Iceland [Explicit Lyrics]

Track Listings

1. Cold War

2. Cold Day in Hell

3. Everyday Thang - Cold World Hustlers,

4. Run So Fast - Cold World Hustlers, K-Love

5. Nasty Lyrics '95

6. Straight Doin' It

7. Zone - Cold World Hustlers,

8. Iceland

9. 415 Reasons

10. Lil Homie

11. Cold World U.D.I - Cold World Hustlers,

12. Jeffrow

13. Onoe Time Too Many

14. Dirty Bitches - Charles Baxter, Cold World Hustlers, ,

15. Taste da Hate

Iceland,Cold World Hustlers,Priority Records,G-Funk,Gangsta Rap,Hip-Hop,Pop,Rap,Rap & Hip-Hop,Soul/Reggae/Rhythm & Blues,West Coast Rap

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Fantastic Doesn't Begin To Describe It
Amazing
MASTERPIECE
I just don't know....
This album just "takk"s to me...

Takk...
Sigur Rós
Manufacturer: Geffen Records
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Ágætis Byrjun
Plans
Z
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ASIN: B000AJJNPY
Release Date: 2005-09-13

Tracks:

Takk
Glosoli
Hoppipolla
Meo Blodnasir
Se Lest
Saeglopur
Milano
Gong
Andvari
Svo Hljott
Heysatan

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Just when this Icelandic crew seemed stuck in loud/soft/loud/ soft rut a la Mogwai or Godspeed You Black Emperor, they release their most beguiling, subtle and beautiful album yet. This album, allegedly the group's first sung in Icelandic rather than their own made-up "Hopelandic" (not that this listener could tell the difference) is relentlessly joyous, unaffectedly rad and inventive but never just for its own sake. Strings hold an ever more prominent place in the music, and this is a good thing. Songs unfold slowly as usual, but they take unexpected turns as often as not. The brilliant "Glósóli" burbles with as much melodic invention and anything by their fellow Icelanders Mum. Takk is a delight from start to finish, managing to be both their most accessible and experimental album yet. --Mike McGonigal

Customer Reviews:

Fantastic Doesn't Begin To Describe It.......2007-07-08

Sigur Rós has done it again, and we the collective fanbase are wondering just what it is about that windswept barren rock that is Iceland that inspires the generation of ridiculously great music.

There seems to be a burgeoning dichotomy of taste with their music. People who like the albums ( ) and Von tend not to embrace albums like Agætis Byrjun quite so readily, and vice versa. Those whose do like Agætis Byrjun are the ones who will love this latest work.

I can't find a track on here that I don't like. The pieces meld and flow together as if watching a liquid metal body spontaneously mutate into changing forms. A completely solid effort, though if I had had to choose one piece as the standout, it would be "Hoppípolla."

This is one of the ten best CD's I own.

Amazing.......2007-05-10

Really damn good, one of my favorite CD's. I only give it a 4, because it has to be compared to the previous release, Agaetis Byrjun, which is probably the best album thats been released in recent years.

MASTERPIECE.......2007-04-13

This album is one of those albums that resides in a very special place for me. It has consistently well produced tracks, mood and 'quality'. It really could be thought of as one epic tale/song; a myth long forgotten. It's like glacier exposing the soul of the Earth after the collapse of human civilization. With time, you come to appreciate the brilliant sonic subtleties: the textures, the changing tempo, the instrumentation. Sheer brilliance!

I just don't know...........2007-04-03

I know I am joining a dwindling minority when I speak against this band, but I just can't help myself. I own two Sigur Ros albums including this one and I have listened to them many times in attempt to understand why this band has such a sterling reputation, but I have failed to uncover this mystery.

It seems like in the writing process, Sigur Ros get in a huddle and say to themselves, 'Lets find the most beautiful sound we can and use it throughout the entire album.' I mean, the sounds this band can make are amazing, but there is absolutely no 'umph' nor meaning to this music as far as I can tell. Its like this band tries to recreate the sound you hear while stepping through heaven's gate, and succeed! But I do not want to remain at heaven's doorstep throughout an entire album. I want a band to take me into heaven and show me how it feels to live amongst the clouds, and walk on solid gold. There is very little variation in all of Sigur Ros works, and very little more than one long, but pretty droning sound. This album is like staring directly into the sun; its bright and overwhelming at first, but after a couple of minutes your eyes get tired of it, and block it out.

Personally, when I listen to music I want it to take me places. I want to expirence an aurol journey that lifts me off my feet with passion and energy, and Sigor Ros does not deliver. This band provides nothing more to me than a pleasant background noise. For the record, a little light/dark contrast goes a long way in music, and the same shining noise throughout an entire album is a good start, but gets stale and overdone very quickly. Just think how much brighter the light would be, mixed with a little bit of darkness! Think about how much more interesting the Sigur Ros concept would be with the slightest bit of contrast. Some will argue that there are dynamics throughout this album, and I will agree, but anyone can play music louder to create a cheesy sense of climax. Change is good! No change is boring.

To me, Sigur Ros lacks everything I look for in music: Contrast, direction, backbone and passion. If I were you I would check out Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Explosions in the Sky, and Pelican for music with personality.

This album just "takk"s to me..........2007-04-01

*siiiiiiiiiiiigh*
Remember back when albums were a sonically satisfying masterpiece of music and clever wordplay, generally tied together with some overall unifying theme and message? When the music really meant something and 'spoke' to you, even when you weren't engulfed in a purplish haze? No? That's probably because they stopped making music like that somewhere between the Moody Blues' epic "Days of Future Passed" and when whatever marketing genius signed Paris Hilton's record deal. They just stopped. That reason and the fact that if you've ever even heard of the band Sigur Rós and you're from the wrong side of the Atlantic, then it was probably by accident or because you were visited and blessed by some sort of musical angel set out to save the world from even still more Nirvana rip-off bands and flash-in-the-pan American I-dulls. In either of those cases, you owe it to yourself and humanity, now that you've happened upon the band and this, their magnum opus, to listen to "Takk..." a good thirty of forty times or until you start humming to yourself in Icelandic.

The band, Sigur Rós, is from the fairy-tale kingdom of Iceland, where genetically engineered-to-be-beautiful little Bjork-ettes frolic in the steamy mists of the natural hot springs...you could read about the band now, more and more, on discerning alterna-sites here and there...or just visit their homepage. But what you won't learn about them on the interweb is that they secretly and deliberately have been stealing all the best moves in music and concocting this album as a means to propel their mother Iceland to fabled musical-mecca status so that instead of English or Chinese the world will all want to speak their language. Don't fret if you don't already...you won't need to understand a word to understand what they're REALLY trying to say here. The lyric sheet basically translates into: "We're going to take over your heart, your scene, your country and then the world." I'm not afraid. Heil Sigur Rós!

File this one under "what every band in the world would love to accomplish." It's rock, it's classical, it's rap and country (except without so much of the rap or country) and a testament to mankind's ability to create and invent. I'd call it "ethereal" if I wanted to risk your running to the dictionary instead of to the record store first. Let's just say this album would be what could have happened if the Beatles lived on a funkier island, had cuter chicks to impress, and didn't just do it for the money. Yes, yes...and spoke icelandic.

Honestly, I probably couldn't tell you where one song starts and the other begins as the album's tracks have been fused together so artistically...But you'll be too busy kicking yourself for not having known about these guys earlier to be able to decide which is your favorite track. Assigning genre? Pointless. Just embrace it and accept it, guys. That cute girl with the hoodie and the ipod you always see on the way to work already has....girls? so has that sensitive, well dressed fella you've been meaning to give the time of day to. It's time to see what music has been doing while you were away.

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AMAZING MUSIC BEYOND THE COMPREHENSION OF SOME POP MUSIC CRITICS MINDS
Sigur Ros CD
Undescribable...Breathtaking..
Music never heard describing a place only imagined

Ágætis Byrjun
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ASIN: B00005IC2H
Release Date: 2001-05-22

Tracks:

Intro
Svefn g englar
Staralfur
Flugufrelsarinn
Ny batteri
Hjartad hamast
Vidrar vel til loftarasa
Olsen olsen
Agaetis byrjun
Avalon

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Reykjavík-based noise quartet Sigur Rós are the biggest band in their native Iceland, which should say much, much more about the collective insanity of that earthquake-ridden, blizzard-beaten crag of an island than anything to do with Sigur Rós's sound. But in their music, Sigur Rós reflect all the breathtaking glory of the Icelandic wastes--a fairy-tale explosion of unhinged elemental majesty that's finally crystallized here, their debut European release. Poised somewhere between the haunting soundscapes of Labradford and the lilting Celtic falsetto of Enya, Agaetis Byrjun is a truly breathtaking listen. Frontman Jon Por Birgisson sings in a language that Sigur Rós dub "Hopelandic"--an otherworldly mutation of Icelandic, sung in the falsetto cadence of angels; similarly, he plays his guitar with a violin bow, opening the floodgates for brilliant waves of feedback. And while it's the opening "Svefn-G-Englar" that's Sigur Rós' moment to date, there's far more that they have to offer; listen to the pomp and flourish of a full orchestra on "Flugufrelsarinn," or the awe-inspiring near-religious mantra of "Ny Batteri." --Amazon.co.uk

Album Description

UK version of the Icelandic experimental/alternative act's international debut (their third album overall). Originally released in 1999, 'Agaetis Bryjun' is multi-platinum in their homeland. Includes the singles, 'Svefn-G-Englar' and 'Ny Batteri'. Single disc packaged in a very cool envelope style digipak. 2000 release.

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The Good Reviews Are Apparenthetically ( Priceless ).......2007-07-09

Aren't All Those Good Reviews JUST Priceless ?

With tongue firmly poked in cheek. Being "Visually Enhanced" Music is, first, enjoyed by the eye.
Which is to say that if the COVER is "interesting" the MUSIC is, possibabblely, at least as "inspired."

Take for instance the COVER of "Rock Bottom"... EXACTLY Why Mr. Wyatt and Alfraidie Cat ever changed that is beyond understanding, however it still touches the heart all the way up the charts. With that in mind, Sigur's Ro's's A'gaetis's Byrjun's, (it is with a tear on the other cheek this type-tighter does not connect the a to the e,) COVER has been observed for the past 8 years or so, picked up and perused and neatly replaced neatly in the bin still in protective placenta . ( See :: Put THAT Book Back on the Shelf and 787 Ray Johnson gives birth to CalligRayphy's new hole ) So it passes the "Visual Review". The Smekkleysa alone is worth the price. Honestly up until now only SNIPPETS of this have reached our ears and thus just the SNIPPETS and jib-lettes are being review here, so don't expect the WHOLE Inch-A-La-La. To make it short and tweet :: The SNIPPETS are not nearly long enough, however having purchased this, we are looking forward to cele-berating the entire Jam Boring Jamboree . And with tongue still snuggling deep in cheek, we do not need to see yet another review of this review so if you wanna review this review please send a stamped self addressed antelope or Deer Post Card To :: rain rien nevermind 2101 baneberry way east, Chanhassen, MN 55317 you sofa with some fingernails and religious overtomes. Dear Kjartan Sveinsson, Wheee! Appreciate YOU being appreciated. Put The Book Back On The Shelf: A Belle And Sebastian Anthology 2aBaby TranceDance.

AMAZING MUSIC BEYOND THE COMPREHENSION OF SOME POP MUSIC CRITICS MINDS.......2007-06-22

Like the other reviewer nearby, I also have a pet peeve about this word "pretentious" when applied to Sigur Ros (or other arful pop). It is a universal cliche amongst reviewers who don't like art rock or progressive rock. The word "pretentious" actually means:

---adjective DISAPPROVING
---trying to appear or sound more important or clever than you are,
especially in matters of art and literature:
---a pretentious art critic
---The novel deals with grand themes, but is never heavy or pretentious.

-- characterized by assumption of dignity or importance.
-- making an exaggerated outward show; ostentatious

I've heard this word all my life because apparently I like a lot of music that is "pretentious." The last time I heard it used was recently on a radio special about the 40th anniversary for The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, which one critic decried as "the beginning of pretentiousness in pop music". And this for an album that is consistently at the top of almost every list as the most important album ever made-- I guess a LOT of people like pretentious art.
What these critics are saying is that pop and rock musicians that have other musical influences (i.e., world music, classical music, jazz music) are somehow falsely trying to BE world musicians, classical musicians, and jazz musicians by using those influences. Or that lyricist that have other influences (i.e., poetry) are trying to BE poets. In reality, all they are is open-minded pop and rock musicians, willing to experiment with skills they have that lie beyond the boundaries of early rock styles (i.e., Eddie Cochran, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, etc.).
I'm not sure why it makes you pretentious simply because you have musical skills beyond pop and rock, but I can't imagine a more boring scenario than a genre that didn't grow or challenge itself. In reality, this is how the language of an art form evolves. The heyday for what Sigur Ros is trying to do was between 1967-1977, when progressive rock was literally a top ten chart topping phenomenon.
In the end, this is all "pretentious" means when used by such critics: they don't like the styles of music that exist midway between folk and classical, or rock and jazz, or whatever and whatever. I love music rooted in pop, rock, and folk that is embellished by all sorts of influences from more complicated genres. I love the fact that a song can swing from a gentle little folk tune to a complicated instrumental movement. I also love the storytelling aspect of longer pieces of music and concept albums-- it gives the lyricist more time to stretch out and explore a theme. These artists are not trying to be something that they are not, they are being exactly what they ARE: pop artists with ears open to other influences. This happened as soon as Paul McCartney (in 1967) came into the studio after hearing a classical work with a Bach trumpet, and he wrote and plopped a similar trumpet arrangement in "Penny Lane." It happened when Brian Wilson crumbled the Beach Boys formulaic song structure (1966) and started to record his collage piece SMiLE. And then for ten odd years after, much of the best of rock music had similar boundary-breaking tendencies.
Sigur Ros is very much in the art-rock category. You can see their lead singer from one or two vantage points (albeit extreme ones): either he is the most otherworldly supremely beautiful gift to pop music that has ever happened, or he is a pretentious pseudo-opera singer. And really, which vantage you choose depends on whether or not you are moved by his work. You can tell which camp I fit in-- I think he's one of the most important pop artists on the planet, and you'd have to be crazy not to at least give him a chance to work his magic on you. Buy this record--- TODAY!

Sigur Ros CD.......2007-06-08

Received in a timely fashion. Couldn;t be happier with the condition. Mahalo!

Undescribable...Breathtaking.........2007-05-16

Breathtaking is truly the only word that describes this album as a whole. It's one of the most stunning and beautiful albums i've ever heard, and I don't even understand a single word that's sung! There's not a single bad track on this album, each song makes you not only feel as if you're in Iceland watching the sunrise, but such uplifting, spiritual emotion. Sigur Ros might not be considered "easy listening" to those who are new to them...but once you hear this album, you just don't give a damn. Their music speaks volumes, you FEEL what they're saying, not what they're saying. This album is one of the best albums ever, once again showing how Icelanders sure know how to play their music.

Music never heard describing a place only imagined.......2007-05-12

This is one of the 10 best albums I've ever heard. Cannot recommend this album enough. If you have never heard of Sigur Ros you might want to borrow an album from a friend first but if you have remotely heard of them you know no words can describe their sound, so buy this album now!!!

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Wonderfull
A Masterpiece Indeed!
blowingmasterscream
This album is really amazing and you should buy it.

Screaming Masterpiece
Sigur Ros , and Bjork
Manufacturer: One Little Indian Us
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ASIN: B000BITTDU
Release Date: 2005-11-15

Tracks:

Fero Til Breioafjaroar
All Is Full of Love - Bj , Icelandic String Octet, Matmos, Zeena Parkins
#8 A.K.A. Popplagio
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Hrafnagaldur/Odin's Raven Magic - Schola Cantorum, Guamundss, The Icelandic Symphony Orchestra, ,

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1. Steindor Andersen & Sigur Ros - A ferd til Breidafjardar
2. Bj?rk - All is Full of Love
3. Sigur R?s & Amina - #8 aka Popplagid
4. Johann Johannsson - Odi et Amo
5. M?m - Green Grass of Tunnel
6. Bang Gang - Find What You Get
7. Apparat Organ Quartet - Romantica
8. Eivor Palsdottir - Brostnar borgir
9. Slowblow - Within Tolerance
10. Finnbogi Petursson - Conversation
11. The Sugarcubes - Motorcrash
12. Ghostigital - Bank
13. Mugison - I'd Ask
14. Amina - Fjarskanistan
15. Sigur R?s etc - Odin's Raven Magic (10 minutes extract)

Format: CD

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The tiny, strange, and environmentally harsh Viking country of Iceland has produced some of the world's most original pop music of the past few decades, despite being inhabited by just 300,000 people. Fostered by a physical isolation from the world and temperatures that strongly encourage humans to stay inside, the nation has developed a music that tends just as much towards a light ethereality as it does jagged, experimental harshness. The soundtrack to this ironically-titled music documentary (originally called Gargandi Snilld) mixes lesser-known Icelandic acts (Bang Gang, Minuswith, Slowblow, Mugison) with ones that we can presume live inside the iPods of every other college kid (Sigur Rós, Múm, Björk). And while there is an unfortunate paucity of rarities by the better known acts, true discoveries abound: Mugison imagines the Kings of Convenience matched with White Hassle; Jóhann Jóhannsson's flotational sounds with the Kraftwerk voice trick are a joy; and you just have to hear the Apparat Organ Quartet. -Mike McGonigal

Customer Reviews:

Wonderfull.......2007-06-14

A great stage compilation. Singers, musicians, stage performance... all well done to represent the spirit of far, distant and chilly Iceland. Modern sound and contemporary artists singing their lungs while musicians harmoniously pulling strings and banging drums. I liked it. HOWEVER! IF YOU WERE EXPECTING A SOLO Sigur Ros album - it is not. That is a compilation of various artists and Sigur Ros are only presented in the first and last pieces.

A Masterpiece Indeed!.......2007-02-07

This album is probably one of the most unique and excellent soundtracks/compilations I've ever heard. It's nice to get a mixture of lesser known Icelandic artists and well known Icelandic artists. Listening to this album makes you feel like you're getting into a one of a kind Icelandic experience. Definitely worth buying.

blowingmasterscream.......2006-06-14

i wanted so badly to get to see the Screaming Masterpiece movie. and finally i did. the experience is amazing, mindblowing. just to get to see Bjork performing live pluto and all is full of love in her last 2003 world tour worth the movie ticket. everything else is a bonus track!!! and what a bonus!!!
from the start with sigur ros, then bang gang and múm... worldless... in between you discover little jewels like the amina girls and apparatt...so you leave the movie theater hoping to make your next holidays trip to iceland!. first step for most of us, poor humans, is get the ost!. you will love this songs, they are all great, original,emotional stuff. if you are about to discover what`s next after Bjork and Sigur ros, well, here`s the first step to heaven. enjoy!

This album is really amazing and you should buy it........2006-01-23

This is an amazing compilation and well worth it. It will make you feel deeply and experience a high within yourself and open new closets within yourself. I didn't know what to expect of the artists I didn't know ---usually compilations scare me away even if they have some of my favorite artists on it----but I must say I like every single song (except for sugarcubes). It gives you an idea of Iceland and mixes the energy of the pieces- from high energy to low - in a way that works very well. This is a unqiue compilation- and one of the few that is worth interest in my opinion. Beautiful. And I'm at a loss for good words.

Edda - An Icelandic Saga - Myths From Medieval Iceland / Sequentia

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Sings to my DNA
Pretty Good
For the Nordic Soul, an echo across time...
Medieval Latin? Music
A great tool for learning as well as the musical enjoyment

Edda - An Icelandic Saga - Myths From Medieval Iceland / Sequentia

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Release Date: 1999-05-18

Tracks:

Myths From Medieval Iceland: Leikr elds ok isa (The Song Of Fire And Ice)
Myths From Medieval Iceland: Veit ek at ek hekk (Odinn's Rune-verses)
Myths From Medieval Iceland: Hliods bid ek allar (The Prophecy Of The Seeress)
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Myths From Medieval Iceland: Baldrs minni (In Memory Of Baldr)
Myths From Medieval Iceland: Senn voru aesir allir a pingi (Baldr's Dreams)
Myths From Medieval Iceland: Pat man hon folkvig (The Prophecy Of The Seeress)
Myths From Medieval Iceland: Ragnarok (The End Of The Gods)
Myths From Medieval Iceland: A fellr austan um eitrdala (The Prophecy Of The Seeress)

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Sequentia here performs a miracle of musical restoration, bringing to vibrant life medieval Icelandic texts about gods and heroes inhabiting a mythic past. Drawing on oral traditions and informed scholarly speculations about long-dead performing styles, they have come up with a hypnotic disc that startles with its power and beauties. The songs and recitations are interwoven with captivating fiddle tunes, and the singers wrench surprising emotions from the old texts. The late Barbara Thornton shines in her solos and duets, and Benjamin Bagby's mesmerizing chanting, recitation, and singing brings us as close as we're likely to get to sitting at the feet of the bards of old. An extraordinary disc that shouldn't be missed. --Dan Davis

Customer Reviews:

Sings to my DNA.......2007-02-17

While it's not unusual for me to have several different recordings of the same work by different performers, this is the only case in which I have two identical CDs, one for home and one for the car. I have to assume my Scots-Irish ancestry has some Nordic blood, as this music affects me powerfully. I haven't even read the program notes, so it can't be that the text's mesmerizing. This may not be everyone's cup of tea, but if mead is your drink, it's perfect.

Pretty Good.......2007-02-01

There are some really awesome moments on this disc. All of the Voluspa segments, especially the final one describing Ragnarok, and The Song of the Mill are very well done. The stark atmosphere serves to not only enhance the singing portion, but really draw you into the song. The booklet that comes with the CD is essential, with beautiful translations of the poems that put Caroline Larrington's Poetic Edda to shame.

But there are also a lot of weak moments. I can't say that there is anything interesting in the instrumentals, which are fortunately few and far between. The Tale of Thrym is ok the first time through, but loses it's appeal very quickly. Odin's Rune Verses lack emotion compared to the rest of the pieces.

I also found the Italian Opera style singing a bit imposing. The rolling of the r's is sometime distracting, and I wondered the first time I heard it if that's what the language really sounds like. Of course, this is my first exposure to Icelandic, so I really couldn't tell you if its right or wrong, but the male singers do it much more than the females. Perhaps it just comes from their background as opera singers.

Overall, this is a good thing to have if you're at all interested in Norse/Icelandic/Viking mythology. If you're not, I think you can skip it.

For the Nordic Soul, an echo across time..........2006-10-23

I thought nothing like this existed, yet here it is! The Sequentia group sings ancient Nordic mythological poems, in very much the manner of ancient Skalds. The skald was a bard, or troubadour, of ancient Scandinavia. In the Sagas, many of the greatest skalds came from Iceland, a land colonized by Norwegians unwilling to live under the dictatorship of King Harald Harfa-gri (Harald Fairhair). The songs on this album are recited in Icelandic, a language that has changed only slightly from the Old Norse spoken by their ancestors. The style of performance is a specualtion, to a certain degree, but very much like that of most traditional Nordic folk music, traditions that have been passed on for centuries.

Medieval Latin? Music.......2006-10-14

For some reason, it doesn't sound quite nordic to me. Did they really roll their 'R's in the Old Norse, or is Sequentia putting a Latin spin on it? It sounds like Italian opera accompanied by medieval Icelandic instruments.

A great tool for learning as well as the musical enjoyment.......2006-07-11

I am impressed by, actually, the insert book! It has 47 thin pages of history, lyrics, and translation.

I bought this CD because the only foreign language I really retain is from foreign music. The lyrics are decently clear for learning. I didn't expect the insert book to have Icelandic lyrics, but it has that and a translation. There is a summary on each of the poems also.

The music is a bit simple, but the real art is in the song. The singing could even go without instrumentation. The album is 76:52 minutes long.

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Lifes too good
It's STILL good!!!!
Delicious.
einar steals the show
How Original!

Life's Too Good
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Rare is the debut that displays such fully formed talent as Iceland's Sugarcubes' first album. Highlighted by the Cocteau Twins-influenced single "Birthday," two other provocative singles, "Deus" and "Coldsweat," and by the incredible vocal gymnastics of Björk Gudmundsdottir, Life's Too Good brilliantly shows a new band staking out its own sonic space. Einar Orn contributes an electronically reprocessed trumpet, and a few awkwardly charming and ranting vocals as well, but this is clearly Björk's show. Her vocal range is staggering. The CD reissue adds six extra tracks, several of which are sung in Icelandic. --Rob O'Connor

Customer Reviews:

Lifes too good.......2006-06-28

I really love 'Lifes too good' Its one of the best albums i've ever heard. I espicially like the songs 'birthday' and 'deus'. I much prefer bjork in those days. take my advice buy the album or regret it!!!!!!!

It's STILL good!!!!.......2005-08-09

I saw The Sugarcubes when I was a freshman in college in 1989. They rocked then and this cd is a great old stand by...I've had to replace it many times since it came out because friends that I would introduce Bjork and the boys to would steal it from me. I never cared about replacing it because I was able to share some good music with my good friends. No matter what new comes out, this cd stays in my rotation. What are you waiting for?!?!?!? MILK AND BISCUITS??? Seriously, this is much more entertaining than the music that Bjork records today. When she fronted The Sugarcubes, Bjork was one cool chick from Iceland. These days she's just odd.

Delicious........2005-07-05

This is the debut album from "that band Bjork was in". I got this the year it came out with Siouxsie's "Peep Show", and have enjoyed it ever since. "Life's Too Good" has a wonderful energy, is both wild and pretty, and is one of the great alternative releases of the late 80's. "Birthday" may be the only thing close to a hit here, but "Motorcrash", "Mama", "Delicious Demon", and "Dues" are all excellent too. Truth be known, I really like every track here, and the remixes are decent as well. I would recommend this album to anyone, but especially to major fans of Bjork of course. Being a fan of hers and not knowing The Sugarcubes, is like being a fan of Sting, and not knowing about The Police. They do have a collection out also.

einar steals the show.......2005-03-12

if you're buying this because björk's on it then you're making a big mistake because she sounds like doodoo. syke!! haha that was just to get your blood flowing. seriously though she is overshadowed by her once-husband einer orn benediktsson who sings in a tone of voice so wonderful that words cannot even begin to explain, like a poet reading his own poetry.

How Original!.......2004-11-04

Before Bjork the solo artist, there was THE SUGARCUBES, the most internationally famous and idiosyncratic punk/pop groups that ever hit from Iceland. The album's title exemplifies the music itself: it's simply too good. Each song infuses the elements of what makes The Sugarcubes: fun, corkiness, idiosyncratic behavior, unique rhythms, beats, and harmonies, sometimes abstruse and profound lyrics, and eerie, soft, and melodic singing (and sometimes wailing). At the end it all turns out into some wild rollercoaster ride through the corky and wild world of The Sugarcubes. I have been a Bjork fan lately, but now i am even happier that i can get back to Bjork's creative and musical roots by listening to the Sugarcubes. I recommmend this to anybody whose a fan of Bjork, or anybody that's interested or curious in hearing a new twist to punk/pop music.

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Sublime, hazy, sweet melancholy from Iceland

Something Wrong
Bang Gang
Manufacturer: From Nowhere Records
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ASIN: B000NIIUJM
Release Date: 2007-04-03

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Inside
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Something Wrong
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There Was A Whisper
Forward And Reverse
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In The Morning
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Contradictions
Look At The Sun

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Sublime, hazy, sweet melancholy from Iceland.......2007-04-04

I feel lucky i had discovered Bardi's music (he's the genius behind this album). I discovered Bang Gang while i was in Reykjavik visiting a friend and i have been a huge fan ever since. I sampled and immediately bought this in Iceland back in 2003. The CD has lots of beautiful ethereal female vocalists, with lots of melancholy trip hop, accoustic-rock songs and some very dark and bittersweet and seductive lyrics. The mood is somber, hazy, sensitive and emotional.
I just love all the songs. They feature some brilliant vocalists such as Keren Ann, Esther Talia Kasey, Daniel Agust (of Gus Gus fame), Phoebe Tolmer and Nicolette (of Massive Attack fame), so all these international vocalists add a different note to all the songs and they all have their own distinctly different introspective notes. The songs are somewhat dark, lonely, frosty i would say, they are slow paced, contemplative, full of longing.
It's a CD that i just love to put on and relax to on a cold winter day, a CD to relax to and just enjoy. I'm very happy to hear it is getting a US release finally. It's about time...

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Tomorrow will be brilliant...
Igloo Magazine's REVIEW

Yesterday Was Dramatic - Today Is OK
Múm
Manufacturer: Morr Music / M.M.
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ASIN: B000AGK9XC
Release Date: 2005-10-18

Tracks:

I'm 9 Today
Smell Memory
There is a Number
Random Summer
Asleep on a Train
Awake on a Train
The Ballad of a Broken Birdie Records
The Ballad of a Broken String
Sunday Night Just Keeps on Rolling
Slow Bicycle

Customer Reviews:

Tomorrow will be brilliant..........2007-01-03

Múm's debut album is subtle in its excellence, but hypnotic when its at its best. The Ballad of Broken Birdie Records will surely tickle your spine and leave you gasping for more.
The future is oh so bright...

Igloo Magazine's REVIEW.......2005-12-01

Review by: R_Garcia, Igloo Magazine (www.igloomag.com)
(10.09.05) I will begin this review with a paraphrase from the included one-sheet: "This album was recorded very shortly after me and Gunni met Kristin and Gyda and became a four people band... It was originally released on an Icelandic label called Thule but early on a number of disputes came up which ended up dragging on for many years... We have the rights for the record back now and are really happy to be re-releasing it on our friends label where it seems to fit in like home."

If not for that disclaimer, one might take this re-release as new compositions from Múm (which I accidentally did when I tossed the CD in my car's player without reading a word.) If this indeed was to be a new release for Múm, it would most certainly be a step back. The sound quality is not exactly on par with what a Múm fan might be used to, and the major-scale over clicky-click beats thing has been beaten to death by a zillion aspiring laptop rockers in countless indie and net-releases for the last five years.

But... this release was recorded in 1999, which if memory serves, was around the time that the clicky movement was first being born (that would place Múm at the vanguard, where they belong.) This disc also provides a candid look into the Múm toolbox; the clean, patient sounds, ethereal keyboards, live instrumentation and pulsing rhythms are all there in infancy, offering up a missing link in the evolutionary story of Múm.

Highlights are "Asleep on a train" which features a hypnotic drum loop, melodica, and bells weaving in and out of a sinewave bass and water-drop melody; "The Ballad of a Broken Birdie Records" which highlights a wispy female vocal over lethargically crunchy clicks and synths; and "Sunday Night Just Keeps on Rolling" which forces the user to wait in anxiety for six of eight minutes before delivering an ejaculatory, up-tempo, bit-degraded drum rush.

All in all, this disc will find its way into my car collection and will most definitely get spins alongside other Mum discs like Summer make good and Finally we are no one. It will also serve as a stopgap until the next collection of new Múm tunes is born.

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Love Gling Glo!
It is what it is...
My favorite Bjork album
decent album - worth it for bjork fans interested in understanding her musical influences
Bjork unleashed

Gling-Gló
Björk
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ASIN: B0000AYL44
Release Date: 2003-09-02

Tracks:

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Luktar-Gwendur
Kata Rokkar
Pabbi Minn
Brestir Og Brak
Astartr
Bella Sm
Litli Tstarmann
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Bvr
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Customer Reviews:

Love Gling Glo!.......2007-07-19

I'm not sure I understand the assessments made by negative viewers that this album is lacking soul and that only Bjork fans can understand/appreciate it. I'd have to highly disagree on that end. This is such a great and rich album and I've known many people to enjoy it. Maybe I'm "jazz blind" but I don't care if it means I get to thoroughly enjoy this fun, simply wonderful Bjork gem with no pretentions attached.

It is what it is..........2006-09-18

In response to the review by Laura Laureate, check the date this album was recorded...1990! You can hardly say success had gone to Bjork's head...she was still in the Sugarcubes and relatively unknown back then. She tried something different and then moved on. That being said, it is only essential for true Bjork fans.

My favorite Bjork album.......2006-07-03

I especially love Luktar-Gvendur, Kata Rokkar and I Dansi. I think Kata Rokkar may be the best song Bjork has ever recorded (that's in my humble opinion of course).

It's jazz... Upbeat at times, slow and smooth at others. Except it has Bjork's voice on it. She's not the jazziest of vocalists, but she still adds 150% to the beauty of the music. It's soo much different from the rest of her other work, which may mean that even if you don't like her solo-electronica stuff you may like this. However, if you're reading this you probably already like Bjork, thus I'm wasting all of this useful space. I'll stop now.

decent album - worth it for bjork fans interested in understanding her musical influences.......2006-01-07

i wish people would take the time to check their information before writing reviews. but of course that's the trade-off we get with web reviews right - as opposed to reading a newspaper or magazine writer's take on something, which has to be fact-checked.

two things from previous reviews need to be addressed. laura laureate writes of bjork, "has success gone to her head? does she think she can 'do it all'? so far she has made fairly smart choices... but she is hitting a wall with gling-glo". if you looked at the title of the album you'd see that this is a reissue. gling-glo was released in the states in 2003, but originally recorded and released in iceland in 1989-1990. this is a full five years before post, when she was still playing with the sugarcubes and was barely known-of here in the states. so this was actually done way before the "smart choices" laura speaks of. besides which, musicians don't play music just for the benefit of the purchasing public. bjork and the very famous icelandic jazz trio she's playing with on this album had played together several times, and had really enjoyed themselves. so they recorded an album together. sometimes musicians play music of a type or genre that they're interested in, or to play with musicians they like, and the result ends up influencing their later work. in that sense i find it pointless to ask whether she can "do it all"; the fact that she tried it is what's interesting for us music fans.

steve parker writes of the trio that "somehow they manage to completely miss the essence of jazz... It's like learning a foreign language from a book, without ever hearing it spoken... somewhere between New York and Iceland something crucial got lost in translation.". perhaps that's because this is an icelandic jazz trio, popular in iceland, recording mostly icelandic folk songs, for an icelandic audience. musical traditions always morph and change when translated across cultures. it may not jive with our definition of the genre but that doesn't make it any less valid or successful as music.

on this album, bjork is playing with the gudmundar ingólfssonar trio. the trio is one of the most popular jazz groups in iceland. given the context, i think it's a fairly successful album. the jazz is "light" to american tastes, but enjoyable nonetheless. reminds me of the stuff played in the soundtrack to harry met sally, all the stuff that's iconically associated with warm christmassy winters in new york city. perhaps that's what happens when jazz is translated into a snowy, cold clime. not groundbreaking, but pleasant.

bjork, on the other hand, shows her incredible vocal range on this album. her jazz singing is compelling and successful. one of the reasons i initially fell in love with her solo music is because of her very jazz-like take on pop singing. (disclosure: i'm a jazz musician and fan, but i'm also a pop fan, and like most styles of music, i think the two genres are incredibly hard to "mix" and get right.) what i really like about this album is that it's an opportunity to hear bjork's vocals in a more "traditional" setting. for me, it proves her real abilities as a singer. plus it seems to have had a positive influence on her later work.

overall, if you're a bjork fan, a fan of light jazz, and/or a musician interested in hearing the various influences upon bjork's music, this album is definitely worth it. i just wish i knew icelandic so that i could sing along!

Bjork unleashed.......2005-10-07

This jazzy set floored me. I know it predates her solo career but it unleashes all the joy and pleasure of that wonderful voice and presence. Now the rest of her solo career makes sense: the electronica experimentation and self-seriousness about her art are necessary because she's already expressed her straighforward, outright joy in music here in this set.

The negative reviews here have it wrong -- there's nothing slight about the jazz musicians backing her up. They may not be breaking ground, but in their own way, they are as exuberant and joyous as Bjork herself.

Wholeheartedly recommended, especially for social situations involving high spirits and perhaps distilled spirits.

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"Summer" is good
less creative
Not as good as I expected, but Limited Edition is worth it.
I'm scared.
There's an elf stuck in my speaker...

Summer Make Good
Múm
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Hss - A Ship
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Nightly Cares
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Stir
Sing Me Out the Window
Islands of the Childrens Children
Away
Oh, How the Boat Drifts
Small Deaths Are the Saddest
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"Summer" is good.......2006-10-18

Imagine a snowy, ice-crusted clearing, with the clear cold moon shining down on it. Now imagine a bunch of ghosts and otherworldly sprites creeping into the clearing, and singing like ominous children.

That about describes the wintry sound of "Summer Make Good," which tries out a very different sound for Icelandic band Múm -- more ambient, more vocal, and more melodic than electronic. Basically, the band sounds like the slightly creepy little sister of Sigur Ros... not that that's a bad thing at all.

It opens with "Hú Hviss - A Ship," which is pretty skippable -- it's basically a spooky horn and various creakings. But fortunately that moves into "Nightly Cares," a lullabyesque ballad with soft, ghostly vocals, and the icy, meandering electronica of "The Ghosts You Draw on My Back."

From there on, Mum noodle through expanses of ice, night, spaciness and static, with gently wandering melodies topped with electronic glitches. They dabble in more typical pop music in the crystalline "Island of Children's Child", but always slip back into music that sounds airy and creepy, with a sweep of electronica keeping the ambience grounded.

This is not an album to be comfortable to. Listen to it while you sleep, and you'll have dreams about being lost in the snow. Instead it's a long experiment, with vocals in all of their songs, and a more ambient, dreamlike sound that is usually associated with Sigur Ros.

It's very different from their previous work, but only occasionally does it fail to be good. The instrumentation is simply stunning and very creepy -- there's mellotron, synth, and soft drums and guitars gently wafting in and out. I never knew a banjo could sound so incredibly weird. The only weakness of this album is that in some of the shorter songs ("Away," for example) Mum sounds like they were just noodling for the sake of noodling.

This album is also notable for having vocals in pretty much all of the songs, save a few. I'm not sure who is singing, but it sounds like a ghostly little girl, or perhaps a wistful sprite. "... plays a sad old song/I hope tonight/You will touch my hair/and draw ghosts on my back," she croons over stretches of winding synth.

"Summer Make Good" is meant to be an experiment, and if its goal is to be wintry, sleepy and compelling, then it was a success. Just don't look for Mum's "usual" sound in this.

less creative.......2005-12-28

(sorry for bad english)
I discovered Mum like 4 weeks ago, and fell in love with their enchanting melodies and sounds. I couldnt stop listening Green grass of tunnel for days! And I always listened their other tracks while making art designs. Mostly my favourite tracks where the ones with the cute little girl voice, so when i heard this album had a lot of singing, I was so exited.

Yes, this album is still Mum, but not as creative as their other albums. Yes, most tracks here have that weird baby singing (as I hoped for), but.. theres no enchanting melody. Most of their tracks are pretty much the same, they only differ in sounds, which are not as catchy as their other albums. There are 1-2 good tracks here tho.

I hope they do much better for their next album. I hardly find good music that inspire me in these days now. I still love you Mum ;)

Not as good as I expected, but Limited Edition is worth it........2005-11-24

"Finally We Are No One" was excellent, if not near classic. "Yesterday Was Ok..." was thought-provoking and emotional, nostalgic music. "Please Smile My Nosebleed" was also largely remeniscent of old distorted memories of days gone by, with the golden 'On The Old Mountain Radio'. However, these feelings are quite lacking on "Summer Make Good". Instead, they are replaced by something... inexplainable.

Upon my purchase of "Summer Make Good", I was very much excited; I even bought the Limited Edition hardcover book version.
Let me tell you this: The book is just gorgeous. I was blown away by the old authentic textured cover. I drooled over the old, inksplattered pages, lapped up the words, stared dreamilly into the photographs and pictures and drawings, I took in that new-old-book smell, And because of this, I fell into that quiet, paraconscious mood that you have to be in to fully appreciate an electronica / electro-alternative / neo-classical album.

But even with all my enthusiasm and preparation, something just does not sit right with this disc. Although she has a lovely voice, the '-dottir' singer overdoes it a bit. I think this album is to Mum what "Hotel" is to Moby; boldly finding a renewed urge to sing on almost every track. In some part this has to be applauded, I guess, but what both these artists fail to understand is that they initially built their loyal worldwide fanbase primarilly because there is no contextual restriction or language barrier imposed on predominently INSTRUMENTAL music. Sing in a song, and you immediately restrict it's meaning and interpretation. You also narrow your audience to mainly those people who can understand the language you are singing in (not always, but often). This is not to say that I don't enjoy lyrics in music. 90% of my CDs are lyrical. But where artists so often got it right doing things all instrumentally, it becomes very hard for the venture into vocal-driven tracks not to turn out wrong. Exceptions for Mum are the gorgeous "Green Grass Of Tunnel" from "Finally..." in which the singing had a simple and easilly memorised melody of it's own.

I hope that Mum find their meaning mainly in the music again on their next album, and not so much on the vocals, which, as harsh as it sounds, were quite second-rate here. Apart from that, the album is indeed dripping with athmosphere: darker than their past two, and more abstract. However, the record evokes curiosity rather than melancholy, and unease rather than comfort. Again, this doesn't make for easily memorable listening. However, with all of this in mind, I still boost the rating up to four stars mainly due to the sheer beauty and effort that went into creating the book. If you do get this album, make sure you get the limited edition. It definitely makes up where the CD is lacking, and helps to put you in the right frame of mind for the CD, even though the CD is not quite as timeless as the pages.

I'm scared........2005-08-23

I give this 3 stars instead of 2 because there are two great tracks on here (#2 and #3). I really like Finally We Are No One, which is full of different moods, evocative of childhood images and film music and has some hummable stuff, but this one is daaark, and full of filler. "Weeping Rock, Rock" is strong verging on epic, and "Nightly Cares" is really lovely and complex, but the rest is creepy without being interesting or memorable. "Finally" you can drive to, clean to, journal to, or just listen to, but "Summer. . ." isn't something I want to share or be alone with. Just get "Finally" or some Boards of Canada CDs, you'll be all set.

There's an elf stuck in my speaker..........2005-08-14

A project by the few beautiful people from Iceland. It seems like every artist that comes out of Iceland never really leaves it, wherever they are located in the world. Like this album for example, it was recorded in all sorts of places with the help of people from all kinds of nationalities, but I cannot help and imagine myself situated in a warm house that is in a very small, isolated, distant land.
The music is a lot more analog and acoustic then I would have imagined, so it really feels infused with human touch, to the point of having a sexy sway. It feels like a gathering of strange nature creatures who know how to play music, very surreal.
On top of everything they made it seem like it was a gathering of very good friends, and it feels like the musicians are supporting each other with great drive.
The whole album kind of takes up, in its own unique way, one of the 'major' recording concepts in todays music: a layered wall of sound. The idea is basically make it sound more menacing and powerful and be able to stuff the entire stereo wall with lots and lots of NOISE. Only this Mum album doesn't sound very compressed, so even though there is so much happening, and so many instruments used, it >feels < very quiet, great contrasts.
Super. Waiting for new Boards of Canada album...

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Complete Studio Albums Box
The Sugarcubes
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