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A real throwback to the past, this is probably the band's most notable release for long-time pre-Takk fans. Hauntingly melodic, the warm and melancholic tone of this album certainly made an impact in the early 00's as its at-the-time narrow appeal competed with the angst-driven confusion of metal and emo having combined forces for a brief period to create needless arguments of what was what twenty years later. If anything, Sigur Ros offered respite from the stressful chaotic expressions, and instead gave the listeners a subdued chaotic expression. It conveyed control and intentional breathing where the opposite end of the pendulum was more of a pressure valve release. Each having their place pending mood of the listener.
Good background music but never need to listen to again
Have to be in a more mellow, slow, mood to listen to it. However, I appreciate the beauty of the album.
Zarąbisty cosmic rock islandzki
Nope
amazing
nostalgia w pigułce
Listened 3/3/24. This one is new to me. There is much to unpack here. This one will get many listens.
Note
Interesting!
Really like the start of this album. Driving with the mountains in the background was super cool and almost trancy in a way. Very much enjoyed listening to something so new, kinda was charming not being able to know what they’ve been saying. end kinda lost me but wasn’t paying as close attention, feel like this album requires that. Overall, cool new experience
Aw man it lost my review must not have saved. This was a very calming listen for a froday after a stresdful few days. I listened to it during a workout and it was very relaxing. I picked up on a lot of tones that seemed to deal with childbirth. You can hear a heartbeat at the end of the first song for example. Anyways. Icelandic Radiohead, fun listen
Wow, this is really not my thing. I dig using nontraditional methods for a rock album (I mean, I have Kid A and Amnesiac), but it wasn't until listening to this that I just am not interested. This would be a 2.5 for me, but a 3 based on technical musicianship. I felt like I was watching the end credits for a movie for an hour.
I liked this more and more as I listened. It started off sounding like relaxation music from a health spa and (with the last track, Avalon) ended the same way. The 3rd track (Starálfur) had more lyrics (in Icelandic, so meaningless to me) and a nice feel, with a lot of strings. In Ný batterí and in the title track, I found myself trying to parse the lyrics (which didn't work, of course). I think my least favorite was "Hjartað hamast (bamm bamm bamm)".
What a beautiful journey. I'm having trouble coming up with a comparison but at no point was I looking to skip ahead. I was just content and relaxed. Enya and Pink Floyd come to mind but still aren't a great comparison.
I've listened to this one before and it never really grabbed me so I wasn't really looking forward to this time through the album. However, I think I've just lived with this one long though that I've started to become used to the cadences of the album. It's never going to be one of my favorites but it has finally hit the point where the curves are familiar enough that I can enjoy the soundscape and get lost in it
It’s beautiful, bewitching, beguiling. Other be words. Magical.
Liked it, the kind of rock music you didn't know you needed, but the band just takes you on another planet, completely flying 10 000 above the ground. Cool discovery.
Great. Def need this kinda vibe sometimes.
A marvelous musical experience throughout, it's a beautiful, ethereal and very special album.
Wonderfully slow and alien. Long tracks, and generally cohesive throughout; both natural and mangled. Beautiful and terrifying. Feels like a dying deer.
Moody, relaxed, Icelandic
What can I say... I've read the rave reviews... personally I just don't get how you could wax lyrical about this Icelandic group. I didn't even like the vocals, for what there was of vocals. I didn't completely hate it, some of the melodies (once the volume became audible) were ok, but overall, it is an hour of my life I'll never get back listening to the album.
This album takes you on a journey.
relaxing but probably not going to listen to again
Je voulais l'aimer plus parce que Staralfur est magnifique (aussi le climax de The Aquatic Life) mais pas réussi
# Playlist track - Starálfur # Notes - Album kicks off interesting, dreamy and chill. - By track 5 it devolves into longer, more boring tracks. - It's interesting to listen to Icelandic music, but there isn't enough interest to fill the whole album. - Not recommeded.
I have listened to a lot of Sigur Ros, but I think I've mainly listened to later albums like (). I did a little reading on this and it was amazing they came out with this amazing masterpiece after their previous album only sold 300 copies! I do see the historical significance of this in the post rock world.
High pitch voice, scandinavian
Kinda depressing
This was one I missed at the time it was released. I couldn't get through the whole thing.
Not for me ..
Quite a mellow album
Yowzers. Another album I didn’t realize I had this strong of an emotional connection to. I listened to this album a lot back when it was released. Svefn-G-Englar is a five star song and provokes feelings. Parts of this album still sound like it’s been transported to the present day from the future. I’m listening to this over lunch and now I don’t want to go back to work.
This album is gorgeous, brimming with beautiful string arrangements and soaring vocals I don’t understand. This album is also gargantuan, each song at least 7 minutes (mostly) and they’re all the same slow tempo. I really do love it but I recognize these things as slight flaws. Songs can be as long or short as they need to be, and I would say most of these earn their length but not all. Four stars for sure though.
Is that an ALIEN? With an umbilical cord?! Blew my mind, man. I liked this. It didn’t blow me away, but it was pleasant to listen to with earbuds while working.
it was a cool listen but kinda boring tbh
I had really low expectations after reading the Wikipedia article about this album. An Icelandic "post-rock" album (whatever the hell that means) sung almost entirely in Icelandic, that is over an hour, and whose tracks lean on the longer side (10+ minutes in some cases). Yeah, I really wasn't sold. And to be honest, it didn't really do a whole lot for me. The tracks are beautiful. The melodies are easy to listen to and at times they soar higher than other tracks of heard in the same/similar genres. My trouble with it is that this is art and, I think, meant to be consumed as such. I know that sounds strange. "Isn't all music art?" Well, yes. But you know what I mean. There's art and then there's *art.* The stuff that wasn't just written to be commercially successful and sell records. It's the stuff that was put together because the people involved had a personal vision. That's what this feels like to me. Maybe that's because of the solemn nature of the sound of this album. Maybe it's because I'm right. I don't know. But my issue with this is that it simply isn't an easy listen. It's tempting to listen to this as background music but then you lose all meaning of the music. This is *art* and in order to be properly understood probably needs very intentional listeners. I just wasn't ready to do that today and so it just didn't hit the way I'm it could've/would've if I was ready to sit down for an hour, close my eyes, and just listen. I guess what I'm saying is, there's nothing wrong this album. There's something wrong with me and the way I consumed it today. Or maybe it just wasn't for me. But I did like it. I don't know. 3 stars. Standout tracks: Svefn-g-englar, Flugufrelsarinn, Ny batterí, Olsen Olsen
Ik heb het niet echt een kans gegeven, maar nee sorry niet voor mij dit.
This sounds like I imagine I’d feel if I spent some time in Iceland. I’ve heard some of their later stuff and liked it, but sitting with a whole album is something else. A bit disconcerting at times. Songs like Starálfur help break that up though. I like it, even if I don’t see myself returning to it. 3.5
I like the ambient, ethereal sound. Some of the vocals and rock-forward sections take me out of it a bit. Definitely a vibe. 3.6
Not a fan of this at all
I only knew Sigur Rós from their album "Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust" which I bought because of how much I liked the single "Gobbledigook". They tend to make me think of Radiohead a lot because the music is delicately orchestrated and has a haunting quality about it, but it's not for me. I could never really get too deep into them, but I'm sure it's hits for tons of people.
Good background music
Interesting. I liked a lot of it but some of it was a little repetitive. Very ethereal.
Might be cool in a movie..
Not really my thing.
The individual songs can be nice but I can’t really listen to this all the way through for some reason
It took me a few songs but it got me into this lovely dreamlike state in the end
<3
Shit makes me cry.
Beautiful music that doesn't really go anywhere? Nothing really to complain about but nothing that I really liked either.
Ambient, too long but I like Icelandic.
It was good. No songs I’d listen to again but beautiful as well.
Very chill and atmospheric. Not really my thing, but still a fun ride.
ваааааааааааааайбиииииииииимсяяяяяяяя в коооооооосмооооооосеееееее
я нахуй утонул и умер алкоальбом: 6 утра, ложишься на диван и у тебя жесткие вертолеты, но на душе хорошо
ради этого я начинал слушать 1001
Not my favourite of theirs, but neat background music
Very ethereal, made me want to take a nap. I don't think I'll be visiting it again.
Absolutely love this album. So beautiful. I just wish I understood what the hell they were saying.
Just beautiful. Unlike anything else. I kind of always make up my own words to the their music, which leads me to associate these songs with different feelings. Regardless, this album makes me look at the world around me with more clarity and understanding. It’s meditative, but also dynamic and expertly crafted.
Very pretty, but almost too mellow.
Lovely album
Electric walruses.
Apparently they are more well-known than I thought. Wasn't for me...
I like Sigur Ros for what they are. Icelandic/Nordic Atmospheric Indie Rock with nods to ambient instrumental jams. It's great music for certain things but not all things. I had never listened to this album but I know a bunch of their other stuff. Jonsi, the lead singer's solo stuff is pretty cool too; similar sounding but his voice is very mystifying and calming.
Sounds
Sehr medlodisch aber iegendwie auch langweilig ...kann nebebei dudeln
já tinha ouvido! parece uma meditação transcendental no tempo do mundo e na criação de todos os seres
What a ride!!! Amei. Não fui atrás das letras, mas o som.... Gorgeousness.
Gostei! Mas algumas (poucas) vezes achei um pouco cansativo.
Sigur Ros is almost always beautiful, but I wouldn't say it is always super listenable. Good mood music for sure, but not something you always feel like putting on in your car. This album succeeds at being the most listenable, I think, of all their stuff. It may drag a bit in the middle because of the song lengths, but it begins and ends with some of the most beautiful music I've ever heard. Staralfur, I don't know what it means, but it makes me cry every single time I listen to the song. Brilliant stuff. Impossible to rate it any lower.
Atmospheric and dreamy. Some of the songs run too long for me but an interesting listen.
Just what I needed on a day where I'm feeling very under the weather. I put my headphones on and let it wash over me. I really like the lush textures and brushed drums. I will be returning to this one. Lovely.
Cool post-rock album. Bit too dragged out for me, but for a mood type of album it’s great
I have a weird relationship with Sigur Rós, sometime I like it and drown in it, other times I don't understand it.
Icelandic mellow mostly meditational music
Ich bin komplett erwartungslos an das Album rangegangen. Weder Cover, Band, Albumtitel noch irgendein Song haben mir irgendwas gesagt. Super chilliger und arschgeiler Einstieg! Hat mich richtig abgeholt. Jetzt, wo ich noch mehr gehört habe, muss ich erfreulicherweise feststellen, dass das ganze Ding nice ist! Ich kann/möchte keinen Song herausheben, da ich das Album als ganzes zum Abtauchen klasse finde! So bringt es aktuell Spaß!:)
- Krass. - Der Name Sigur Rós war mir sehr viel bekannter als die Band selbst. Ich dachte ich würde etliche Songs kennen. Nope. Ich kannte Sigur Rós von genau einem Song der seit Ewigkeiten in einer meiner Playlists rumfliegt, und zwar: "Saeglopur". Find ich sehr geil. Wusste aber trotzdem null was mich erwartet. - Was passiert ist, ist eine traumhafte Erfahrung und ein Moment der absoluten Entspannung, den ich fühlen durfte. Und das im Büro. In einer eigentlich insgesamt recht stressigen Woche. Aber da gab es diesen einen Slot in dem Zeit war und BAM. Einfach komplett abgetaucht. Alles hat sich entspannt, ich bin förmlich aus dem Büro rausgesogen worden. An einen anderen Ort. Sowas ist nicht alltäglich. War extrem schön. - Ich denke wenn ich Entspannung brauche, werde ich jederzeit darauf zurückkommen. Wenngleich ich mir das Album sicher nicht täglich anmachen werde. Dafür ist es dann doch zu speziell. Aber was Besonderes sollte man im besten Fall ohnehin nicht inflationär gebrauchen. Wär dann ja nix Besonderes mehr... Rating: 4/5
- Ein Album für das der Begriff wunderschön erfunden wurde. - Ich kenne wenig Werke, die eine so derartige Schwere und gleichzeitig eine solche Leichtigkeit in sich vereinen. Jedes mal wenn ich Ágætis Byrjun, macht das was mit mir. - Es waren unter anderem Sigor Rós (und allen voran dieses Album), die mir vor einigen Jahren die Augen gegenüber dem Post-Rock/Metal geöffnet haben. Wie ein guter, verständnisvoller Freund haben sie mich an die Hand genommen und mir die wunderbare Ambivalenz dieses Genres gezeigt; den Spagat zwischen tiefer, reißender Finsternis und hinreißender, überwältigender Schönheit. - Ich verzichte auf irgendwelche fadenscheinigen Analysen und auf die Sezierung einzelner Stücke. Dieses Album ist für mich ein absolutes Meisterwerk. 5/5 PS: Ágætis Byrjun wäre lustigerweise auch ein Album gewesen, was ich für unsere 101 Alben angedacht habe. Ich habe aber alle Alben, die ich vorstellen möchte einmal auf dem 1001 Index überprüft, ob die eventuell noch kommen und Dopplungen dann aussortiert. Das dieses wundervolle Album nun schon jetzt direkt kommt, freut mich sehr.
Coole Platte. War wie in Trance, auf Aspirin Complex, während ich nebenbei ein wenig an der Gitarre geklimpert habe. Mache mir jetzt erstmal Solstafir an, auf die habe ich dadurch nämlich Bock bekommen. Werde ich definitiv wieder hören! 4/5
Dull, lacking
The soundtrack I wanna hear if I'm an astronaut looking back at the earth
This one is in my top two Sigur Ros albums (other being "()") and one of the quickest 5's I've given in some time. I love the sludgy atmosphere on Svefn-g-englar. The musical equivalent of floating through clouds on an overcast day. Everything about the composition is so patient and brooding and (for me at least) hits perfectly. Always found the heartbeat outro to be a little bit of an odd non sequitur. Staralfur takes over with a more urgent tone lead by a sweeping orchestral instrumental and keys melody that repeats throughout. Once again, just peak, pretty music. Ny batteri is another favorite of mine from this album. Opens with some horns and drone that evoke imagery of a seaside port. This gives way to a silky bass line and more straightforward vocal delivery (compared to the more aural songs that precede it). Drums (mixed very compressed) come just after the midpoint adding some intensity to the mix and really putting the "rock" in post-rock. This is about as metal as this album gets. I do like the contrast into the funky synth line + harmonica that Hjartad hamast open with. Vidrar veltil loftarasa brings us back to a floral arrangement with a tender piano supported by orchestral swells. Jonsi's vocals are buried and strained through effects. I find the back quarter to be really moving every time I listen to it; like coming to the summit of a mountain. Had this in the background for the most part through the last 3 songs. Love em all in their own rights. I swear Avalon is just a slowed down version of one of their other songs (can't place which, but I'm nearly certain of this).
Initial thoughts on band name, album name, and album art: What the fuck am I about to listen to. Well this album is weird, doesn't help that I looked up the language and it is " gibberish language Vonlenska". They do have an intense electronic feel to them. Feels like a Daft Punk influence pushed together with a lot of other influences. Overall not a bad album but not my jam still. 3 stars for me
This is my type of album! Incredible production and a beautiful listen on headphones. To top it all off, it's in a foreign language so I don't have to try and understand the lyrics and I can just enjoy the voice as an instrument ala Radiohead. Sigur Ros now sits firmly as my second favorite Icelandic artist in between Dadi Freyr and Bjork. I don't know if it's because I listened to Bittersweet Symphony this morning, but this sounds similar to The Verve in spots. This album started off as a solid 4, but slowly drifted into a very average album as it progressed. Definitely a handful of songs I really liked especially at the beginning and Olsen Olsen, but I can't imagine I'll pick this album up again in the future.
The drums coming in on Ny batteri were so unexpected but an awesome addition to the song it really added a whole new element to this album. The piano, strings, and other instruments are so beautifully put together throughout the whole album. It was a bit slow towards the end but I think that it was a good way to wind down. Was between a 4 and 5 on this album the whole time, but I was mostly leaning 5 just because of the epicness of this. So I'll give it the nudge up. Haven't pulled out this one in a while but id DEFINITELY do drugs and listen to this album again.
Pumped for this it’s been awhile since I’ve listened to them, and it’s only been a few songs but I do really love the atmospheric art rock sound. Didn’t realize how absolutely Icelandic these guys are. Dadi is probably a big fan. Starálfur is one I’ve definitely heard before. Beautiful track. Love the upright guitar used as a cello on some songs. Radiohead uses that on a few tracks and it’s such a cool sound. Almost all of these songs are super dreamy especially with the orchestration and angelic Icelandic voices. It runs longer than I’d like some albums to be but could see myself loving to take a long walk to this in the future.
This is an album that I recognize is good, but it just doesn’t click with me.
No
10/10 such a beautiful listen, i can't think of anything quite like it. the duality of sadness and happiness on here really moves your soul, accompanied with the gentle string instruments and lovely lovely steel-like percussion. everything here gels so well together, it's kind of reminded me of a whale in the ocean haha.
Großartig!
Love this one
Folk-y crescendocore post-rock. Enjoyed the vibes of this one, carefully moving between chilly winter sounds and strong gusts of wind. Spares and not sparse at the same time. Very good, would recommend. Tho sometimes the vocals sound like Simlish to me
Very chilled & relaxing without being tedious or boring. Enjoyed that.
Breathtakingly, hauntingly beautiful like watching a glacier melt. About the same pace too
Nice sounds but didn't gel for me. Too experimental. 1/5
While I love this album, it's not one I go back to with any regularity. Highly innovative and new for when it was released.
Finde ich ziemlich cool. Ich mag das atmosphärische und die Arbeit mit Klängen und das Gefühl, dass manche Lieder vermitteln. 7.8/10
Música ambiental. Agradable. Parece como música de despedida.
Early Floyd like Reminiscent of Portishead
Horrible boring and annoying. I never understood the appeal of this band. I think it’s a band that you say you like to be cool.
Perfect lounge music on dark winter evenings. Not my favorite taste.
What do you say about this album? It’s just good music. The late 90’s was a stomping ground of quintessentially good music and this is no exception. It opened a lot of windows to what world music could be and that was? Damn enjoyable.
Wenn man auf atomsphärische Klänge steht.
Weird. Liked it.
Beautiful ethereal soundscape of an album
Icelandic rock band Sigur Ros, but more of New Age meditative melodies so I bought these songs Svenfn-G-Englar (meditation track) Olsen Olsen Agaetis byrjun
This shouldn't work, but it does. How something so ethereal and fractured can sound melodic, thematic and centered is a work of art.
This was surprising. I expected electronica, and it’s there, but there were songs that felt classical and one I had to stop what I was doing just to listen.
One of my favorite albums of all time
Kind of a slog to get through but I was happy at the end of the slog! Love a lil weird alien baby album cover.
5/10 - 3/5 Not really my vibe. I do appreciate all the effort that went into it, and it has a good vibe, but it's pretty slow and atmospheric.
One of those unbearably pretentious hipster post-rock nonsense bands that was passed around for indie cred in the 2000s. I was always much more of a GY!BE fan, but I have to admit this band is pretty talented. Ambient, moody and just a wee bit psychedelic. Also, anyone else remember the webcomic Questionable Content?
The best adjective for me to describe this album is atmospheric. It sounds like it could be the soundtrack to a sci fi movie. I feel as if I’m drifting through space, peacefully feeling the warmth of the stars as I float by, and yet I somehow also feel sad as I hear the strange melodies of the Icelandic voice. Words not understood, but somehow felt.
Ethereal, magical music. Listening to this album makes me believe in the mysterious and transcendent of life! Loved it!
One long beautiful dream scape....I couldn't get thru it. Sounded like a soundtrack for a stunning visual IMAX movie. Good background music for doing something.....
Slow, cold, clumsy, a endless sleepwalk through a dark nightclub by day
Not my taste, not my language.
Very cool ambient sounds and unique arrangement - very relaxing album
Beautiful, calm and soothing. A very relaxing listening experience 👍 4/5
SCC baby.
I’ll put this on my list of things to work to. It’s just right for deep work and deep thinking. 4/5
Spacy
I remember hearing Svefn-g-englar for the first time, still raises the hair at the back of my neck.
This album just didn’t do it for me.
Their is a lot going on, and I am too dumb and white to understand. Olsen Olsen was really nice
This is very easy and pleasant to listen to. I could take a nap to it or I could use it to get pumped up for something. Very versatile.
Hated. Too ethereal// taking music too seriously.
That one was really cool, especially for a rainy day.
Without context, this was an album of beautiful soundscapes. Overall, however, there was nothing "exceptional" about it, in my opinion. Standout track: Flugufrelsarinn
its very psychological but soulful at the same time. not exactly what i would listen to on the daily but it is a very good album.
So very far out of my usual wheelhouse, but so captivating. Hauntingly beautiful. I didn't look up the English translations to the lyrics but still found it completely enjoyable. I'm not sure how often I'd revisit it as this isn't the type of music you listen to passively, rather it is an active experience. 4/5
Excesivamente melancólico, rayando en lo aburrido. Tiene una canción linda.
I worked at a record store when this album came out. When it would come on during the day, we'd joke it was 'nap time'. That being said, it's a great background album, but I don't mean that as an insult. I know the band made up a language for this, and it makes the vocals another instrument and part of the soundscape. Upon close listening it's droney, symphonic and catchy in all the ways I want music like this to sound. I like this so much more than Radiohead I can't even begin to tell you. Take my 4 stars, you weird Icelanders, you've earned it.
1. intro - 0 2. englar - 1 3. ztaralfur - 1 4. fluguf - 1 5. batteri - 1 6. hamazt - 1 7. loftraraza - 1.5 8. olzenolzen - 1 9. byrjun - 1 10. avalon - 1
Liked the melancholic vibe, it was a bit boring though
It's just beautiful. Chilled, epic, mournful just an absolute joy.
Made up language?
An old favorite.
Some of this is really beautiful, but I could not finish the 10 minute long falsetto track at the beginning. It was really bad and I can only assume that this album is famous for some of the other tracks? Okay, now it is a bunch of weird experimental sounds and noise. Not good.
I am unsure
קלאסיקה איסלנדית שמגדירה את ההתפתחות של הפוסט רוק. אוהב
Probably better in headphones. I really think you have to be in the mood. I remember it being something I liked a lot back in 2005.
Like this one a lot. Can't even tell if the lyrics are in a language I know. But the ambience of it is great.
I really liked this album. It was great for background music while working but if I focused on it too, it was a good listen.
Loved it. So strange and ethereal, but you still connect with it on an emotional level.
Like their 3rd album even better called "( )" best but this also 5 stars. Live it is even more like being in a trance, utter beauty.
Apparently I'm late to the party. When I started "1001" project with the idea of "hey, I'll hear something I would've missed, maybe something there's no way I wouldn't have missed." Nailed it. Not entirely my thing, but there are certainly moments where this will fit perfect. Thanks!
Instrument with trance. Tool like
This is an absolutely Phenomenal album. The atmosphere created is truly brilliant, the haunting vocals and beautiful orchestration are also a highlight
Chill. Background. Great instrumentation - synthesizer, drums, keyboard, guitar, cello, horns.
Horrible. Unlistenable.
Didn't enjoy
I really liked how this started and that it is something unique and haunting and definitely weird, but it was too much of the same on repeat. I needed something different peppered in to give it a great review, as it is I liked it well enough but left me wanting more.
Very cool trippy and atmospheric. I will be listening to it again.
This album had some really good songs and some that made me feel really bad- like my bones were itchy.
Beautiful and sometimes haunted music, layered and intense at times. So glad I heard this album. Will def listen again.
This record was gorgeous and soft and warm in so many ways, I enjoyed the soothing ambience of a lot of this record, sounded amazing with the lights off and a candle lit up, felt ethereal and beautiful, I had to give it more than one listen, just so I could immerse myself in the music. Loved it.
Love love love!!! 100% my vibe
Even though I don't speak Icelandic and had to look up all the lyrics, I thought this was a very moving concept album. The band did a really good job of making me feel isolation during all of the tracks at the same time as hope and disappointment. Sonically, it is beautiful and complex. The reason I'm not giving it four stars is because it was an hour and a half. I have that's really hard to listen to as a full album. I still think it was best to listen to altogether, but I probably can't do that again many times. Individual tracks will definitely be revisited.
I liked the vibes, but I would have enjoyed this more if I were on drugs.
If gave me feelings and I do not appreciate it
So happy that this came up. I used to listen to this record all the time when it came out. It's an exotic, ambient sound that you can just sink into. We would put it on and drink wine and talk all night. Also good for studying, tripping, taking long drives through austere landscapes, and floating in a pool looking up at the stars. This band to me goes hand in hand with Ulrich Schnauss.
Don't know what they say but enjoyed the music
Very beautiful sound, reminds me of some of Radiohead’s work for sure.
I don’t know a single word of Icelandic but this band’s music always sends me on an emotional journey. Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust was frequently on repeat during my college years, but this is my first time listening to Ágætis Byrjun. I’m so glad I took the time to hear it.
cool cover but the music is really not my thing
nicht das meine
Had memories of them being quite good, but I really dislike this. It's the whingy vocals, I had to put it off.
Was confused for a moment because it sounded familiar, but then I realized Jónsi is the vocalist lmao. It's cool and all but I'm looking for revolutionary.
Mind opening...
Nice
Dreamland "music". I like it but opportunities to sit and listen to it would be few.
4.5 - Beautiful album and very epic. It tailed off a little bit at the end
Its fine I guess. I don't want to revisit any tracks, only to listen as background music. I find the vocals quite annoying tbh. Sigur Ros overrated to me. 2.8/5
If the generator had thrown up this Icelandic band I'd never heard of I think I'd have been pretty blown away by this to be honest. Definitely prefer this to later/ better known Sigur Ros which can occasionally slip into the mawkish. I also prefer that Jonsi is singing Icelandic here rather than a made up language, even if it's all the same to me. At what point does everyone saying something is overrated make it underrated?
Never been to Iceland but this music makes me feel the mystery and immenseness of that part of the world. I could feel myself dancing with the aurora borealis and the breathing in and out with the universe.
Interesting musical journey! Love much of this album and its relaxing style. Even though the lyrics are not a real language, so I had read, it is soothing. Great musical style.
On paper, I feel like I would enjoy this. Man, too many 10 minute atmosphere songs though. I won't knock it for experimentation, which I appreciate. It's just not a top album for me.
💖 ný batterí 🗣️ 🔟
Fantastic
Je suis un tantinet déçu. Considérant le statut légendaire du groupe, j'aurais pensé être plus impressionné. Il y a des passages que j'ai trouvé vraiment accrocheur et musicalement tellement bien fait, mais en même temps il y a tellement de longueur. J'aurais certainement plus apprécié si l'album avait été écourté. 5/10
This is the reason I started using the Album Generator. Incredible album that, without understanding the Icelandic lyrics, conveys and evokes so much emotion just through its sound alone.
neat chill rock. not something i'll listen to again but neat.
Sigur ros can do no wrong
Really great music to chill to
1.9 What is this, Icelandic gibberish? I didnt get through the whole thing. I could appreciate the sonic soundscapes but I am not going to reach out to listen this again to find out
Sphärischen Klänge
Nice! Fun to hear!
Filmisch, prachtig, sfeer, nostalgisch, warm dekentje. Soms iets te warm, lang geleden dat ik dit hoorde en 't is me soms net allemaal te cozy en mooi en wiiiiijjjjds en laaaang enzo. Maar op de juiste moment ergens 's nachts onderweg door een sprookjeslandschap is dit zalig. En Olsen Olsen is sowieso leuk om mee te brullen als hymne.
i have this one too
extremely beautiful, proves how important vocal melodies can be without really having lyrics, and how people should listen to more music in foreign languages. Sounds like the best parts of Coldplay in some ways, but all killer and dreaminess, no bullshit
Na ja.
One song that could be called such. The rest sounds like experimtal failure...
4/5. Slow and sweet, these songs transcend the language barrier. I have no idea what he is signing about but I enjoy it nonetheless. Orchestral and brass sections pulling me through these songs. It's not perfect for some of the passages going on a little too long or the vocals are a little too breathy, but when it hits, it's alien and familiar, cozied up in my bed and dreaming of the stars.
I probably prefer Takk slightly more but this is still an extraordinary listen. For an album in which the lyrics are utterly obtuse it is remarkable how affecting it is
Eurotrash
Totally forgot about this band and record. Listened to this quite a bit 10 years ago. The first 3 songs are absolutely beautiful. If they could hold my attention as long as these three tracks do - this album would be a five. Staralfur is pretty enough on it's own to demand this album be on this list. However after it, things start to get a little bland and stale. Might just be the style of music for me, but I don't think this record needed to be over an hour long. Still a great record with some pretty unique songs.
nix für mich
Vackert album! Episka långa soundtrack aktiga låtar
Isn't my music style
This was good, really nice atmospheric tunes
This is an absolute masterpiece. Sigur Rós really started something that was so unique and took the mainstream by storm. I know see that this album was the start of a wave of post-rock that changed Alternative music for the better, washing away the post grunge hangover from bands like Radiohead.
What the hell is this - my dad
My fave guitar bowing whiney bois
So this was exactly what I was hoping would happen on this journey! What an amazing band and album that I would have never discovered if not for this. Like an Icelandic Radiohead, loved it!
They’re talented enough, and the music is “pretty,” but just kind of boring.
I don't know. I kind of hated this but yet it had moments that make me want to hear more maybe? It did have its moments but most of it felt like a chore. I guess a 2?
Not great not terrible
Beautiful first of all, with layers of melody, rumblings, weird noises and instruments all working together, and giving so much depth. It’s motivating while calming. I have no idea what they’re saying, but I love it anyway.
What a fucking brilliant album. Produced masterfully. The song to song transition at the beginning was expert. 5 Stars
I was really disappointed by this. It’s all much of a muchness and certainly did not move me to tears like someone else said
Incredibly atmospheric and moving, achieved exclusively through tone and texture. Sung in Icelandic and gibberish, I didn't understand a word but was still moved almost to tears. An otherworldly masterpiece. Rating: 5/5 Playlist track: Svefn-g-englar Date listened: 19/12/23
good atmosphere, moody background music. each song took too long to start though, which wasted the listeners’ time.
I wanted to like this more than I did. I didn't hate it though.
Liking it so far. Svefn-g-englar is really nice. Very melancholic yet comforting.
Idk
It's a mood
im not the biggest fan of post-rock, but this was relatively pleasant. didnt like vocals tbh hard to call it significant too, its more of "most popular" in this case. also didnt even realise the album has ended, cause next song by Red Sparowes (sic) sounded exactly the same, so thats a -1 point lol Significant 26/74 Liked 11/74 Added 3/74
Great ethereal sound, just went on a touch too long
A one-of-a-kind album. It's very dreamy and soothing... few albums like this make me feel like I'm a kid again and transport me to that world of wonder and naive fun, while it still has its darker moments, such as the devastating Ný batterí. A lot of beautiful melodies :')
One of the most interesting folk bands, their music suggests a lot the Icelandic panorama swept by the wind and snow, and the electronic arrangements underline their coldness and vastness. But you have to be in the mood to appreciate them. And I don't always have it :)
ethereal and dreamy, good coding music since it's not in English (Icelandic and gibberish??) I am giving 3 because though it was memorable, I might not go back and listen
Truly a beautiful album. Peaceful with moments of epicness and melancholy. Will revisit sigur ros 4.5
Such a relaxing album. Atmospheric.
A eerie and poignant album.
what a unique album! sigur rós' Ágætis byrjun made for an extremely pleasant listening journey. peaceful, ethereal, dreamy. the whole album had such a chill vibe, but they were still able to expand past their ambient genre. a great example is in "hjartað hamast (bamm bamm bamm)", where the opening is country-like, which definitely came out of left field. i enjoy them pushing the boundary of their music! i suppose the only negative thing to say is that it's hard to listen to this whole album straight through. sigur rós know what they're about and go hard in exactly one direction. i wouldn't call them one note by any stretch, but it can be a lot to listen to song after song of them.
I think Sigur Rós being included on this project is incredibly fitting, and while I'm not an expert on their work, this was an excellent album to include. This is only their second album, and yet the music here is so ambient and so beautiful and has such maturity as far as sound goes. It is haunting and eloquent and moving. From what I do know of this group, I can't imagine there being a better album pick of theirs to be on here. This was probably a 3.5 for me, and I have zero issues bumping it to a 4. Very lovely album.
Sexy ASMR
Known before: Band only Standouts: Starálfur Flugufrelsarinn Viðrar vel til loftárása Olsen Olsen 8/10
Known Before: Standouts: 3. Staralfur 6. Hjartad hamast 9.0
Known before: Band Standouts: 07. Viðrar vel til loftárása 09. Ágætis Byrjun Rating: 8.0
Might have been more appreciated if I was able to listen with headphones.
Kind of nice to listen to while working.
Beautiful record. Haunting and imaginative compositions. A journey of dark symphonies with some touches of psychedelia.
This dude is great. Really pretty album.
Really really enjoyed this one a ton. Excellent.
Loved
3 This album sounds like what I imagine it feels like to be floating in a sensory deprivation chamber, in a really good way
One of my favorite bands and one of my favorite songs, “Staralfur”.
This is one of the greatest post-rock albums of all time. It is brooding, simmering, and has some incredible moments of release. Somewhere on the border of shoegaze, ambient music, and rock, this album provides incredible melodies, and a lush instrumental backing. Jónsi Birgisson’s voice is piercing and haunting and is the perfect complement to the music.
Love
Too ambient and slow or passive for me, not much melodic content
Very calming, pleasant to listen to. 3.25 Stars Favourite songs: - Starálfur - Ágætis Byrjun
Spacey but also somehow folky. Post rock meets new age meets folk and a trace of Radiohead. Almost gave it 5 stars, I really want to be able to use half stars.
I was pleasantly shocked by this one. I wasn’t expecting to like it due to the length but it proved me wrong. Now it was long with lots of longform songs. Do I think some could get cut down a little? Yes. Do I think they’re also perfect songs? Yes. I know that sounds contradictory but this was a truly great album.
Beautiful. I think some of the tracks just might have saved my soul.
ahhhhh yeah!! Do love me this album as well!! I first heard about it from JRE when he had Dominic Monaghan on as guest. I remember hearing that the language spoken in these songs are just made up. Staralfur is pretty. As much as I like still only gonna give it a 4
Puede que no estuviera en la vibra para disfrutarlo, pero no me ha dicho absolutamente nada. No me ha molestado oírlo y quizá en un futuro hasta vuelva a darle una pequeña chance, pero ha sido como tener ruido de fondo sin sentir nada.
Never listened to any ambient stuff like this before but I thought it was pretty good. I didn't like the vocals in some of the songs, especially earlier on in the album, though. I'd give it a 3.5 if I could.
A very interesting album with a pleasing sound to it. I have no idea how to classify this album (or what they are saying), but it was very dreamy at times.
Why is Icelandic music always so damn good? This album is a hidden gem. Very ambient and almost ethereal sounding on a lot of tracks, I really enjoyed this and will be listening again.
ok as background noise I guess
Weird and beautiful.
Great music for an art gallery or son et lumiere experience. Meditative.
Interesting album, kind of ambient music, some tracks reminded me of Radiohead. Overall not bad
I love many songs from this album, listening to the whole thing all the way through was a lovely experience.
Definitely a grower. Listened twice, and it sucked me in a lot more on the second playthrough. Favourite tracks (so far): Svefn-g-englar, Starálfur, Olsen olsen.
I don't have time to write much for this one. It's ethereal and one of a kind, I love every minute from front to back.
NICE
Not for me
Ethereal rock isn't my fav, but this was quite well done. That said, I'll be happy to not listen to it again.
Some of the most beautiful music I don’t understand.
Interesting
Very nice ambient music that I will probably return to.
This album is really good. Even though the long songs mean I will probably not listen to it again, This album was great. Each song sounded different and interesting. It reminded me a bit to king crimson, the trumpets or the melody playing softly like the flute in the song, and then having pretty good highs. I liked this album a lot, Glad I listened to it.
Listened to this twice to see if I was missing something. Liked it less the second time. It’s fine background music I guess
This album benefited from a second listening, months and months later after taking a pause from the 1001 greatest albums challenge. I remember listening to it the first time stuck in west side highway traffic, and for whatever reason forgetting to write a review. This time around though, it was a morning drive down to Jackson and a really enjoyable experience. It feels like an album that shouldn’t be so good, but nearly every song except the last (Avalon) is beautiful in its own way. I have a special place in my heart for “Staralfur” after the Life Aquatic, and it ended up being a serendipitous day hearing “Sven-g-englar” again during Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. A lovely album and a great way back into this challenge.
Washed over me
Samey vibes and long tracks but pretty good music to chill to. Wouldn't listen on a casual day but definitely something to put on when studying/playing a game and want some nice chill background vibes
Sigur Ros was a band I had heard of. Have heard some songs by them. Always meant to give them a proper listen to. So now that's happening. All that being said. I did enjoy the album and can recognize that it is really good. But I don't think I'd come back to it.
eh. not for me.
ihan sillee mukava ja rrrrakastan islanninkielellä laulettuu musiikki mut kävi kyl vähä pitkäks vaikkaki oli sillee sellasta mitä vähä halusinki tältä levyjen kuuntelu hommalta mut ei jääny kyl sillee hirveen posi vibat vaikkaki näin kyl kui innovatiivinen oliki
Very chill and nice. Icelandic is an underrated singing language. 8/10 would listen again
Sleepy time music
chill & calming
Interesting album! I’ve not heard anything like this before!
A beautiful soundscape. This is what Iceland sounds like.
Sigur Rós delivering exactly what you expect them to. A particular and ethereal sound with a very demanding listening experience, you really need to be in the mood.
Could not get into it. Dark, dull, slow.
annoying
Vond er niks aan
Heel erg goed begin, daarna werd het helaas erg vaag. Op basis van de eerste paar nummers een 4, maar zwakte dus af. Een magere 3
-dreamy -ethereal -shoegaze -longing -hints of Smashing Pumpkins, Machina -hints of Bjork, Debut -symphonic shoegaze -hints of Spiritualized -hints of Angelo Badalamenti -WOW!!
J'aime pas
2/5. While I had listened to bits and pieces of this album many years ago during my post rock phase; I didn’t really like it then and it doesn’t really do it for me now.
Why would they try to undo all the musical rep Björk has earned for Iceland by putting out something so devastatingly boring? Every song is the intro to a better song that never begins, drawn out to 10 minutes. You keep waiting for something engaging to happen and it never does.
Not my cup of tea
Enfin du post-rock sur cette liste ! Il était temps, après 60 albums de Dylan environ. Bon Sigur Ros c'est pas mon groupe préféré dans le genre (Mogwai<3), mais leur influence est indéniable. L'album met un peu de temps à démarrer, mais Ný batterí est très bien, Viðrar vel til loftárása aussi.
Given I bought this when it came out it’s amazing how little of this I know. The start is majestic particularly when that awe inspiring guitar whails in the 2nd track Sfevn-G-Englar (possibly written about Sven Goran Erickson managing the England football team) but the tracks are too long to hold the attention of a young persons mind, i now have more time, more patience. This is cinematic music. Im not a fan of the vocals, they’re a bit middle of the road for me and the music is so strong & powerful there’s no need for words or vocals, just left your self get carried along in the wind, from still to breezy to howling. It’s timeless music it’s aged very well, I just picture wild vast Icelandic landscapes but that’s much down to their film Heima which is a must see and 1 of my favourite music documentaries of all time. It’s classical music really which harks back to an olden age of a simpler pastoral time, it’s classical country music. It’s epic and dramatic but here’s the thing with most tracks on the LP over 7 minutes and 2 over 10 it can’t maintain that, I think it should have had shorter tracks in there to break it down change the pace & mood before building back up. The vocals are too twee for me but that guitar howl is quite something, could do with more of that shoegaze sound. Although dreamy and ethereal it’s also very well arranged and tidy.
Haven't listened to the Rós before, but I think I will again soon
2.5
Ok, I REALLY liked this album. I couldn't understand the lyrics, but the instrumentals are top notch! I added quite a few song to my favorites!
1999, жанр не определяется. Жесть, а чего плавит так при прослушивании? Долгие, тягучие треки, с кучей шумов. Язык опять же непонятный. Очень крутые басы и ударные, оно на самом деле очень современно слушается. Пожалуй, это тот жанр музыки, который увлекает, интригует, но я не могу в него вникнуть и осознать до конца. Ира на него агрится, говорит что мало того что плавит, так ещё и на caretaker похоже. Не согласен. Альбом крутой. Хочется даже 5 ему поставить, за крутость, и переслушать хочется. Да так и сделаю. 5/5
Kind of moody and atmospheric. Not bad
Vibey but it was hard to keep my attention with it being in another language. One song gave MMJ
Vielseitiges, sehr alternatives Album mit experimentellem Sound. Nichts zum ständig hören, aber dennoch beeindruckend.