Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun (2 x LP)
- Artist:
- Sigur Rós
- Title:
- Ágætis Byrjun
- Label:
- Krúnk
- Catalog#:
- KRUNK8LP
- Format:
- 2 x Vinyl LP, Album, Reissue
- Country:
- Europe
- Released:
- 01 Oct 2021
- Media Condition:
- Mint (M)
- Sleeve Condition:
- Mint (M)
- Comments:
- Brand New And Factory Sealed. Save On Shipping By Combining Two Or More Items.
- Stock Images:
- Images are stock images, actual item may differ.
Ágætis Byrjun (A good beginning) is the second studio album by Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós, released on 12 June 1999. The album was recorded between the summer of 1998 and the spring of 1999 with producer Ken Thomas. Ágætis Byrjun represented a substantial departure from the band's previous album Von, with that album's extended ambient soundscapes replaced by Jónsi Birgisson's cello-bowed guitar work and orchestration, using a double string octet amongst other chamber elements.
Ágætis Byrjun was a commercial and critical breakthrough for the band. It received a 2000 release in the United Kingdom and a 2001 release in the United States. According to their label Smekkleysa, the album sold 10,000 copies on its first year of release in Iceland, earning the band platinum status. It won numerous awards and has appeared on multiple critics' lists of the best albums of the 2000s.
Ágætis Byrjun is the band's first album to feature keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson and their last to feature drummer Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson, who left the band several months after the album was released. Gunnarsson was replaced by Orri Páll Dýrason in the same year. The album has been described as "cosmic", "other-worldly" and "timeless" due to the unique sound of the band's music.
The ten songs on the album include some self-reference; the introduction contains backmasked sections of the title track and the last song, Avalon, consists of a different take of an instrumental passage from Starálfur slowed to around a quarter of its original speed. The string parts on Starálfur are palindromic; they are the same forwards and backwards. All vocals are sung in Icelandic, except for those on Olsen Olsen and the last section of the title track, which are sung in the gibberish language Vonlenska. Sigur Rós' subsequent album, ( ), used Vonlenska exclusively for its vocals.
A1 | Svefn-g-englar |
A2 | Starálfur |
B1 | Flugufrelsarinn |
B2 | Ný Batterí |
C1 | Hjartað Hamast (Bamm Bamm Bamm) |
C2 | Viðrar Vel Til Loftárása |
D1 | Olsen Olsen |
D2 | Ágætis Byrjun |
D3 | Avalon |
Media Condition | Mint (M) |
Sleeve Condition | Mint (M) |
Format | Vinyl |
Format Description | Album, LP, Reissue |
Country | Europe |
Year | 2021 |
Genre | Electronic, Rock, Post Rock, Ethereal, Ambient |
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