Mum

Mum

Track Listings
1. Zero Gravity
2. Walk Ten Miles
3. Caught Like a Trout
4. Venus on the Forehead
5. Body Surrender
6. Kronos
7. Nice Round
8. Fat Scan'n Miracle
9. Miss Defied
10. Resonant Frequency
11. Let the Peace Come On
12. History Spin

Mum
Finally We Are No One
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • good but monotonous
  • great late night music from iceland.
  • very interesting sound, but not quite my style
  • Worth it's weight in gold
  • Spooky but accessible
 Finally We Are No One
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ASIN: B000066HH0
Release Date: 2002-05-28

Tracks:

  1. Sleep/Swim
  2. Green Grass Of Tunnel
  3. We Have a Map of the Piano
  4. Don't Be Afraid, You Have Just Got Your Eyes Closed
  5. Behind Two Hills.A Swimmingpool
  6. K/Half Noise
  7. Now There's That Fear Again
  8. Farawat Swimmingpool
  9. I Can't Feel My Hand Anymore, It's Alright, Sleep Tight
  10. Finally We Are No One
  11. The Land Between Solar Systems

Amazon.com

It's an enchanted world that Múm inhabit. Conceived in a remote Icelandic lighthouse, Finally We Are No One is an electronica album that conjures up hazy, half-remembered memories of childhood, both magical and eerie. The obvious comparisons are with Boards of Canada and Múm's compatriot, Björk. But as with their superb 2000 debut, Yesterday Was Dramatic, Today Is OK, Múm make a music that's far too original to be easily compartmentalized. So analog keyboards hum alongside muted digital glitches, and "proper" instruments--accordions, cellos, melodicas--flutter in and out of the mix. The overall effect is of a modern kind of folk music. It's gentle, almost-fey stuff, but the quartet (including twin sisters who appeared on the cover of Belle & Sebastian's Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant) never slips into anything like polite ambience. Instead, the 11 pieces are like extracts from a particularly vivid dream journal, especially when the Valtýsdóttir sisters sing in their peculiar gurgling, infantilized way in the epically unfurling lullaby, "The Land Between Solar Systems." This is an album that leaves you longing for shady childhood experiences you never knew you'd even had. --John Mulvey

Album Description

Fat Cat are proud to announce their release by recent signings (2002) from Iceland, Mum. Highly-anticipated second album from this Icelandic 4-piece. Beautifully meshing some dense but intricate programming with gorgeous vocal and instrumental melodies, richly textured, hypnotic and unashamedly sumptuous.

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars good but monotonous.......2007-03-18

The tracks don't vary much. Needs a bit more to keep me listening to it instead of others in my collection.

5 out of 5 stars great late night music from iceland........2007-02-10

iceland. sounds exotic. sounds beautiful. this is a great recording from that place. gorgeous melodies linger about the room when i play this disc. it's a perfect nighttime cd, mysterious sounding and haunting. the vocals enchant. I could never vomit listening to this music; it makes me feel too good. buy it for nights like heaven.

3 out of 5 stars very interesting sound, but not quite my style.......2007-01-06

a good sound, a couple stand-out tracks but didn't impress me too much.

5 out of 5 stars Worth it's weight in gold.......2006-03-15

This album could possibly be one of the best albums I own. It's in my top 10 albums of all time. I heard the song 'We have a map of the piano' on MySpace and had to get the album. I was blown away by how well the songs were put together and the sounds Mum experimented with.

My husband liked it too, and he is one tough cookie when it comes to experimental music. (He's british and likes 80's Brit music)

I can honestly say that Iceland produced a fine band in Mum, and they, like Bjork, are worth their weight in gold.

4 out of 5 stars Spooky but accessible.......2006-01-18

Without a doubt their best CD. This is really creative stuff and conjures up these wonderful otherworldy places in your head. At times the music is similar to Four Tet, but I would say it is a little more accessible with a more consistent pace.

I've been listening to a lot of instrumental stuff recently (Advokat, Icebreaker, The Orb) and this one is definitely up there. It's really spooky in places but with catchy melodies.
Yesterday Was Dramatic - Today Is OK
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Tomorrow will be brilliant...
  • Igloo Magazine's REVIEW
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Manufacturer: Morr Music / M.M.
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ASIN: B000AGK9XC
Release Date: 2005-10-18

Tracks:

  1. I'm 9 Today
  2. Smell Memory
  3. There is a Number
  4. Random Summer
  5. Asleep on a Train
  6. Awake on a Train
  7. The Ballad of a Broken Birdie Records
  8. The Ballad of a Broken String
  9. Sunday Night Just Keeps on Rolling
  10. Slow Bicycle

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars 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...

4 out of 5 stars 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.
Summer Make Good
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • "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
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ASIN: B000228EL8
Release Date: 2004-05-04

Tracks:

  1. Hss - A Ship
  2. Weeping Rock, Rock
  3. Nightly Cares
  4. Ghosts You Draw on My Back
  5. Stir
  6. Sing Me Out the Window
  7. Islands of the Childrens Children
  8. Away
  9. Oh, How the Boat Drifts
  10. Small Deaths Are the Saddest
  11. Will the Summer Make Good for All of Our Sins?
  12. Abandoned Ship Bells

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars "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.

2 out of 5 stars 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 ;)

3 out of 5 stars 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.

3 out of 5 stars 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.

5 out of 5 stars 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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Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Amazing Album!
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ASIN: B000IY03VE
Release Date: 2007-01-23

Tracks:

  1. Medley: Scratched Bicycle/Smell Memory
  2. Awake On a Train
  3. Now There Is That Fear Again
  4. The Ballad Of the Broken String

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Amazing Album!.......2007-05-13

Absolutely amazing, one of my favorite albums I own. Innovative, intense, fun, and interesting all at once, mum really outdoes it's self with these live recordings, a must have for anyone into the original and the awesome!
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    ASIN: B000ECXV8C
    Release Date: 2007-03-20

    Tracks:

    1. Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head - B.J. Thomas
    2. Never Ending Song of Love - The New Seekers
    3. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - The Platters
    4. Very Thought of You - Engelbert Humperdinck
    5. Love Letters - Dinah Washington
    6. Wayward Wind - Slim Whitman
    7. You Always Hurt the One You Love - Clarence "Frogman" Henry
    8. To All the Girls I've Loved Before
    9. Winchester Cathedral - New Vaudeville Band
    10. Are You Sure - The Allisons
    11. You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry - The Caravelles
    12. If I Had a Hammer - Trini Lopez
    13. Ring-A-Ding Girl - Ronnie Carroll
    14. Green Leaves of Summer - Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
    15. Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On the Bedpost Over Night?) - Lonnie Donegan
    16. Cocktails for Two - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
    17. Mockin' Bird Hill - Patti Page
    18. Oh Happy Day - Edwin Hawkins Singers
    19. Best Things in Life Are Free - Jo Stafford
    20. You'll Never Walk Alone - Lee Greenwood

    Tracks:

    1. Mona Lisa - Nat King Cole
    2. Roses Are Red (My Love) - Ronnie Carroll
    3. Walkin' My Baby Back Home - Johnnie Ray
    4. Half as Much - Rosemary Clooney
    5. You Are My Sunshine - Slim Whitman
    6. Far Away Places - Perry Como
    7. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered - Doris Day
    8. Way You Look Tonight - Fred Astaire
    9. Great Pretender - The Platters
    10. My Special Angel - Bobby Helms
    11. Heartaches by the Number - Guy Mitchell
    12. To Each His Own - The Ink Spots
    13. April Love - Pat Boone
    14. Love Is a Golden Ring - Frankie Laine
    15. Changing Partners
    16. Paper Doll - The Mills Brothers
    17. Dark Moon - Bonnie Guitar
    18. Stranger in Paradise - The Four Aces
    19. Band of Gold - Don Cherry
    20. My Happiness - The Pied Pipers

    Tracks:

    1. Play a Simple Melody - Bing Crosby, , Bob Crosby
    2. Be My Love - Mario Lanza
    3. Cruising Down the River - Russ Morgan & His Orchestra
    4. Some Enchanted Evening - Perry Como
    5. Someday You'll Want Me to Want You
    6. Heartaches - Vince Hill
    7. I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You) - The Ink Spots
    8. It's Magic - Doris Day
    9. Somebody Stole My Gal - Johnnie Ray
    10. Shot Gun Boogie - Tennessee Ernie Ford
    11. Faith Can Move Mountains - Nat King Cole
    12. Charmaine - Mantovani
    13. How High the Moon - Mary Ford, Les Paul
    14. Tea for Two - Tony Martin
    15. Twilight Time - The Platters
    16. My Happiness - Ella Fitzgerald
    17. Feet Up (Pat Him on the Po-Po) - Guy Mitchell
    18. Goodnight Irene - The Weavers
    19. What Have They Done to My Song Ma - The New Seekers
    20. If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd Have Baked a Cake - Eileen Barton
    Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy
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      Manufacturer: 3d
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      Release Date: 2007-10-01
      Please Smile My Noise Bleed
      Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
      • You'll smile all right
      • Alternately brooding and percolating album of remixes...
      		 Please Smile My Noise Bleed
      Múm
      Manufacturer: Morr Music / M.M.
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      ASIN: B00029LNZU
      Release Date: 2004-07-13

      Tracks:

      1. on the old mountain radio
      2. please sing my spring reverb
      3. please sing my spring reverb (styromix)
      4. please sing my spring reverb (i.s.a.n. catena mix)
      5. flow not so fast old mountain radio
      6. please sing my spring reverb (phonem mix)
      7. on the old mountain radio (christian kleine mix)
      8. please sing my spring reverb (amx)
      9. please sing my spring reverb (b.fleischmann mix)

      Album Description

      In a way it was only a matter of time before múm would end up on Morr music. Anyone who has had the pleasure of listening to the Icelandic trio knows that múm's "eye shutting-bicycle beats, sounds and melodies" would feel suitably at home with the Morr. This record came to be raw for múm, like a raw carrot. In a way their machines wrote the musik themselves, while múm were playing around on a mountain, lying down, standing up, running around. When they came back they were surprised by their beauty. This is where things started looping and feeding back and even the old mountain radio swam in with a few random words and murmurs. A very old distant friend joined in singing, but only for a split second. When the songs had recorded themselves on tape, Thomas sent them out to all his nice guys who made new pieces out of them, each one special in its being music: Christian Kleine's old mountain radio is playing a steady diet of old school electro pop. 8 bit snare drums and a deep massaging subbass manage to put a headnodding, perfect groove into múm's delicacies. Styrofoam has the original múm melodies spinning out of control while somewhere along the way a vocoder and a steady kickdrum manage to sneak in. Bernhard Fleischmann makes a happy return with some splendid cut-up old school hiphop action and the múm girls humming along gently. Phonem turns múm's clearcut melodies into shifting layers of grainy sound and deep textures, only to be interrupted by an ever evolving broken beat. Arovane does what he does best. Lush homemade synths and basement beats. two step amx style so to speak. I.S.A.N. contribute their dark and brooding cantena mix - all deep analogue bass and persistently ringing bells with the original melody making only the vaguest of appearances.

      Customer Reviews:

      4 out of 5 stars You'll smile all right.......2006-12-22

      Usually it's nothing short of tedious -- sometimes headache-inducing -- to listen to an EP comprised of a few album tracks, and then the remixes of said tracks. Fortunately this is not the case with Mum's "Please Smile My Noise Bleed," a shimmering collection of trippy Icelandic music.

      It opens with "On The Old Mountain Radio," a trippy, wintry little song full of music-box melodies, somnolent organ, and soft static. It sounds like a toy piano being played in an attic, through a cranky old radio, and it's nothing short of magical.

      There are only two remixes of this one: "Flow Not So Fast Old Mountain Radio" is a sprightlier, more ethereal version that also trips by faster. And the Christian Kleine Mix is full of half-obscured vocals, before shifting into a delicate song full of sharper beats, and a more assertive melody.

      Then there's "Please Sing My Spring Reverb," a stronger and earthier song with more static around the edges. It gets a deluxe five remixes: the sparkling synthpoppy "Styromix," the stormy clouds of "I.S.A.N. Catena Mix," the sharp beats and ethereal backdrop of "Phonem Mix," the shimmering and playful "Amx," and the tootling synth and beats of "B. Fleischmann Mix."

      Like their fellow Icelandic band Sigur Ros, Mum is brilliant at giving us shimmering, wintry pop music, full of sparkling and ethereal sounds. So with music like that, it's no wonder than throwing beats over the songs can transform them into unrecognizable new melodies.

      Usually remixers only throw a few new beats on a preexisting song. But with songs like "Please Sing My Spring Reverb," it changes everything about this melody -- makes it less experimental and more pop, without losing the signature sound. And though there are fewer mixes of "On The Old Mountain Radio," they're even better -- "Flow Not So Fast" is just adorable.

      "Please Smile My Noise Bleed" is a sparkling, shimmering little EP, and much better than remixes usually are. Thoroughly enjoyable for fans of Icelandic pop.

      4 out of 5 stars Alternately brooding and percolating album of remixes..........2005-03-25

      I've played this CD nearly non-stop since buying it a week ago. The album is, essentially, two original MUM tracks and six non-MUM remixes of those tracks -- usually a formula for listening-tedium, artistic laziness and wasted money on the part of the buyer. Not so here. The songs sparkle, effervesce and delicately brood, each track satisfyingly unique and distinct. I am still enchanted.

      Of the nine tracks, easily four of them mine aural gold and justify the CD's price. That said, there is not a bad track on this CD and any MUM fan will be blissed in the rain and wash of analogue-driven sounds and spangles. This is music with which to drive late at night or lose some part of yourself at home, eyes closed and the body moving: sway into slow rock. Share this CD with a friend -- you will convert them.

      I own every MUM album but one -- they are all recommended. Enjoy.
      Millions
      Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
      • A mantra for love
      • Brilliant!!
      • Worth a million!
      • Missing Song....
      • Thanks to E. Figueroa
      		 Millions

      Manufacturer: Milan Records
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B0007Y8A9C
      Release Date: 2005-04-05

      Tracks:

      1. House Building
      2. Blackout -- Muse
      3. St. Francis of Assisi
      4. Tumble and Fall -- Feeder
      5. Moving In/Lost Boy 1
      6. St. NIcholas/Damian and the Donkey Escape
      7. Old House/In the Attic
      8. Hitsville U.K. -- Clash
      9. Chuggers/Sterling/Lost Boy 2
      10. Brazil
      11. Ransacked
      12. La Petite Fille de la Mer -- Vangelis
      13. Mum/Parachutes to Africa
      14. Nirvana -- El Bosco

      Album Description

      Danny Boyle (28 Days Later, Trainspotting) once again reinvents the cinematic experience with a heartwarming story of two little boys, faith, miracles...and lots of money. Starting anew after the death of their mother, 9-year-old Anthony is ever practical, while his 7-year old brother Damian uses imagination, fantasy, and faith to make sense of his confusing world. When a suitcase full of money falls out of the sky at Damien's feet, it sets the boys on the adventure of a lifetime that leads them to realize that true wealth has nothing to do with money. Featuring original score by John Murphy, "TUMBLE AND FALL" by Feeder, "BRAZIL" by S'Express, and the film's signature song "NIRVANA" by El Bosco.

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars A mantra for love.......2007-05-19

      Whole disc it is beutiful, the movie too. But, the song Nirvana is the most beautiful song that a lot of people can hear. Its a kind of mix of apocaliptic premonition with love song. Chorus like it were came from the sky by angels. Really, beautiful song for all kind of liking.

      5 out of 5 stars Brilliant!!.......2007-05-12

      The soundtrack and the film are both brilliant!! The touching tracks on the soundtrack help you remember what it feels like to be a child. Imagination. That is what is missing from today's society and that is what Millions helps us recapture!!

      5 out of 5 stars Worth a million!.......2007-01-04

      this is one of the most enchanting, heart-warming, sweet and funny films of all time. And the music score is fabulous!!

      4 out of 5 stars Missing Song...........2005-11-09

      Hello... I saw the movie it's very good... But i does.not find a nice music in the sound track. this music begin to play when their come to the new house and finish when he see the train before to build the paper house...
      This instrumental music play again in others escenes on the movie... thanks... i you can help me...

      4 out of 5 stars Thanks to E. Figueroa.......2005-09-04

      I have been looking for that missing song (thanks to you I learned it is from Muse) for ever! Thanks so much, I have just purchased their album!
      The Silence
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • WOW
      		 The Silence

      Manufacturer: Ring Road Records
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD
      ASIN: B000GHUN1I

      Product Description

      Mar's Debut Album 'The Silence' Features Jimmy LaValle Of The Album Leaf and Samuli Kosminen Of Múm!!! 'The Silence' Was Recorded In Reykjavik, Iceland And It Was Produced By Gunnar Tynes Of Múm (His First Album Production), Iceland's Axel Árnason, Jimmy LaValle, And Samuli Kosminen. Mar was my mother's name. She passed away of cancer in 1999. Even when there were no signs of hope, she dreamed ridiculous dreams. Everyone should dream ridiculous dreams. It's our only chance to do so. Mar was founded by me, Kyle Reidy in early 2004. We went through several changes in line-up before settling with the final four who pulled through and actually recorded the debut album a year later. Patrick Atkinson (electric guitar), Nate Reed (electric guitar), and Claire Long (keyboards) were a part of Mar with me until April of 2005, after a tour with The Album Leaf. All three are very intelligent and creative musicians and each of them had their share of writing 'The Silence'. After the tour everyone went their own way and I stayed with the name and will continue to make Mar albums and do live tours. Track List: 1 Silence 2 Patience 3 Sigga 4 Bows 5 The Liar 6 Red Rum 7 Jesus 8 An Empty Room 9 Klrisskus 10 Departure

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars WOW.......2006-10-01

      If you like Sigur Ros, Mum, The Album Leaf, Pink Floyd, anything beautiful, check this out!
      Felix Pappalardi & Creation/Dont Worry Mum?
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        		Felix Pappalardi & Creation/Dont Worry Mum?
        Felix Pappalardi
        Manufacturer: Edsel
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
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        ASIN: B000GPIEZM
        Release Date: 2006-09-04

        Tracks:

        1. She's Got Me
        2. Dreams I Dream Of You
        3. Green Rocky Road
        4. Preachers' Daughters
        5. Listen To The Music
        6. Secret Power
        7. Summer Days
        8. Dark Eyed Lady Of The Night
        9. Ballad Of A Sad Cafe
        10. Bring It With You When You Come
        11. As The Years Go Passing By
        12. Railroad Angels
        13. Hi-Heel Sneakers
        14. Water Is Wide
        15. Sunshine Of Your Love
        16. Caught A Fever
        17. White Boy Blues
        18. Farmer's Daughter

        Album Description

        Fully annotated two-fer featuring the only two solo albums released by Pappalardi. Felix Pappalardi started his career in the early 60s as arranger and producer for folk acts like Tim Hardin, The Youngbloods, Joan Baez and Fred Neil. In 1967 he was asked to produce Cream's classic album Disraeli Gears, co-writing 'Strange Brew' with Eric Clapton. In 1969, Pappalardi produced guitarist Leslie West's first album Mountain. Pappalardi and West then formed heavy rock group Mountain, who had a succession of gold-selling albums between 1970 and 1974. In 1976, Pappalardi recorded his first solo album with Japanese hard rock band Creation (who had supported Mountain). Don't Worry Ma was recorded in 1979 with top US session players Eric Gale, Chuck Rainey and Bernard Purdie. Edsel. 2006.

        Album Details

        An Original Member of Heavy Rock Group Mountain, These were his Two Solo Albums from 1976 and 1979.

        Rap Music:

        1. No Limit Soldiers Compilation: We Can't Be Stopped [Clean]
        2. No One Can Do It Better [Explicit Lyrics]
        3. Politics of the Business [Explicit Lyrics] [Explicit Lyrics]
        4. Project English [Clean]
        5. Runaway Slave [Explicit Lyrics]
        6. Scratch Masters Revenge, Vol. 1
        7. Slowed and Throwed (Chopped & Screwed) [Explicit Lyrics]
        8. So Serious About Mine [Explicit Lyrics]
        9. StageCoach Magazine vol.2 [Explicit Lyrics]
        10. Stagecoach Magazine Vol.3 [Explicit Lyrics]

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