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Universal acclaim- based on 67 Ratings

  • Summary: The very, very distinctive Icelandic band generated an enormous amount of positive press (and deservingly so) for their previous effort, 'Ágætis Byrjun,' which led to a major-label deal and this album, which, like each of its eight tracks, does not have a real title.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 20
  3. Negative: 1 out of 20
  1. Some of the most evocative music of this century. [Dec 2002, p.97]
  2. It's one of those releases that takes awhile to seep in completely, and while there are a great deal of amazing songs, it doesn't move me quite as much as their last disc.
  3. The album coheres; it's a full body of work intended to be heard holistically, not simply as a collection of songs. But it takes some work. You must be an active listener to appreciate it fully.
  4. An overblown, overhyped dreamy swirl of sound that can't commit itself to being anything.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 40 out of 42
  2. Negative: 1 out of 42
  1. TimH
    10
    As others have already expressed, words cannot serve as measure in talking about this album. The album literally gets better with every listen, like a fine wine, whose complexity still surprises ones palette after many tastes. From the ethereal beauty of Untitled #1 to Raging finale of Untitled #8 this album will invoke the deepest of feelings of out its listener. One the greatest albums ever made. Expand
  2. TKOFOX
    10
    Mmmm... good. i like it when good bands make great music.
  3. JB
    10
    Universal album any one can listen to it and love it. One of the greatest things I have ever heard.
  4. PanosK
    7
    It's a good album, but not as good as their previous one. It's still intriguing at times but the no-name-thing often becomes hard to bear.

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