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- Summary:
- Record Label: Pias / Fat Cat / Bad Taste
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 14 out of 14
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Mixed: 0 out of 14
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Negative: 0 out of 14
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Agaetis Byrjun stands up in overall artistic merit to any record ever made.
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Sigur Rós effortlessly make music that is massive, glacial, and sparse..... They are the first vital band of the 21st Century.
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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.
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Sigur Ros's second album proper features this astonishing opener ["Svefn-G-Englar"] and 10 others which, while surprisingly diverse, each reflects their penchant for apocalyptic serenity, overdriven guitars and teenage singer Jonsi's Birgisson unique Hopelandish language.
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Agaetis Byrjun is an impressively unself-conscious record that would have been difficult to make in a trend-obsessive center like London or New York. It is sincere and though its influences may be familiar, its beauty and tenderness are refreshingly new.
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'Post-rock', which Sigur Rós most assuredly are, may be little more than the shoegazing of a decade ago in an ironic T-shirt, but that's no reason to dismiss it outright. For a start, much of it is very lovely.
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Ágætis Byrjun is one of the most sublimely immersive albums to come along in ages.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 48 out of 50
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Mixed: 0 out of 50
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Negative: 2 out of 50
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FanMorganJul 9, 2002
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DevynMApr 11, 2007
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JeremyGJan 10, 2004
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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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dna13Apr 16, 2007
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May 1, 2017
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AlexF.Jun 5, 2001Over-produced kitschy crap. This space music shite makes me vomit. Most embarassing high-pitch voice of all times.
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