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Universal acclaim- based on 215 Ratings
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Positive: 198 out of 215
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Mixed: 3 out of 215
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Negative: 14 out of 215
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FanMorganJul 9, 2002Jesus, I've had this album for a few months now. I don't usually write this kind of thing. Perfect. Like nothing else in the world. Indescribable.
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BobRJun 29, 2007Gah... this album's making me stay up late - -;;;... but yeah, it's awesome stuff... Catches your attention right from Svefn-g-Englar. Recommended for Radiohead fans. Now i'm attempting to sing along :(..
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TrevorT.Oct 21, 2001Absolutely mesmerising. You will stop what you're doing and listen. You have no choice.
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Aug 22, 2010im glad it was given the reviews it deserves. definitely one of my top 5 favorite albums of all time
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Jun 18, 2012Since 'Svefn-g-englar' to 'Avalon', these masters of post-rock can express hundreds of emotions every second of his songs, and although in some songs the words are incomprehensible due to its pronounce in Vonlenska, the musical and expressive quality of this album make it a work that should be heard by all people.
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Jun 28, 2013
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Mar 23, 2016Probably the best album to ever be recorded. Stunning instrumentation, great vocals, songs that stick with you for the rest of your life and will make you wonder what else mankind can achieve.
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May 1, 2017Seeing this name and the legendary album cover makes me just forget everything, start playing Svefn-g-englar and go on a journey that spans 70 minutes.
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TimENov 8, 2005Not as good as their mastepiece Takk!!
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JohnFJan 7, 2005The first album i've ever listened to, that made me realise maybe music wasn't just entertainment, maybe there was something more at work. This album changed my life!
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MikehDec 30, 2006this is a ridiculously good album. anyone looking for a breath taking direction on rock and shoegaze need look no further, sigur ros have forged one of the most beautiful sounds in modern music history, and even though it feels pretentious to say that, one listen of Svefn-G-Englar justifies any foolish overblown statements. definitely one of my favorite albums of this decade so far.
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JuliaAAug 20, 2006a good beginning it is...Jonsi,Georg,Kjartan,and Orri are really talented musicians.for some people they might sounded boring,but as for those who love them or trying to,each song got such a revelation of enlightenment.'Flugufrelsarinn' and 'Ny Batteri' are just two of their best cuts
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EricH.Jan 26, 2002I want to say this is embarassing spacey emotional post-shoegazer crap - but then for some reason I get embarassingly emotional everytime I listen to it. I don't know if it's Sigur Ros or my fault.
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TylerB.May 11, 2002i love this album! any idiot would know that this is a must have.
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FabioC.Sep 5, 2002this cd will bring you to outer space, which is, you will discover, an extremely cold place. this record brings you to a white, good feeling. track four and six are unbelievable, they seem to have been made by the instruments themselves, and not by 20years old guys. experimental and simple as a kiss between boys in an open square. great.
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JasonLSep 8, 2002Myself being an american, I could never imagine anything this amazingly original and breathtaking ever coming from the U.S. Astonishing!
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tatoJul 30, 2005awesome
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mattaAug 11, 2005Great, but I agree with the reviews that say that there is, at times, overkill with the sonic, spacey electronics, etc. That is really the only thing keeping this from being a true masterpiece. As it is though, 90%(hence the 9) is gorgeous.
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TalkingHeadSep 16, 2005I HATE IT! I just can't stop listening to it!
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PatrickOMay 10, 2006Spellbinding emotion.
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DANIELPJun 2, 2006better than anyone on this music style, this cant be compared with radiohead this is pure!!!
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FredS.May 22, 2001This is a briliant album. Beautiful with unintelligble lyrics and shockingly good instumentation lending to undefinable mood music.
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SebastianS.Jul 25, 2001If only you could pronounce the title, you'd tell everyone you know to buy this album now. An uncommonly excellent recording.
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JakeM.Sep 12, 2001This album is a stunning counterpart to its 10 year elder MBV's Loveless. Refined, beautiful, and thoroughly inventive.
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JeremyGJan 10, 2004This album, more than any other, will evoke spontaneous bursts of emotion in me. For example, I'll just break out in goosebumps at one point, or laugh aloud at another. Not to sound *too* stoner-turned-music-critic... but sometimes it feels very much *above* music. I love wading through it.
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JohnMJan 7, 2004One of those albums where you remember exactly where you were and what you were doing the first time you heard it. Quite astonishing.
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RobertDNov 13, 2005There are no exceptions, Sigur Rós' "Àgætis Byrjun" is unlike anything I have ever heard before: it is beautiful, mystical, sensetive and down right excellent! There's noe one like Sigur Rós.
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NunoAOct 13, 2005Dazzling. Perfect for soundtracking a stary night at the seaside.
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JoshuaS.Oct 21, 2007
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DevynMApr 11, 2007this is one of my favorite and probablly will always be because of its beauty and original sound that sigur ros created. The use of the bow makes this album so much different then von or () because of its mellow and sleek noise it gives off. This album deserves its rating
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They evoke folks as diverse as Led Zeppelin and My Bloody Valentine, but the gently woozy Sigur Ros don't sound like anything or anyone else so much as a classic-rock band bewitched by white magic.
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Waves of unidentifiable noise, dulcet vibraphone pulses and singer/guitarist Jonsi's ethereal singing (more like some ghostly instrument than any conventional vocal, borne out by Jonsi's fictional 'language', Hopelandish, which he often sings in) mesh to create an elegant, grand music that's equally ambient and epic.
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Each song drifts in and out of focus like snatches of street noise on a half-awake Sunday morning - no need to get up, just lie there and listen quietly.