Reviews (page 12 of 13)
Defiantly not my favorite kind of album. It never really goes anywhere for me, with each break in music being progressively slower.
Need more time with this.
I think i dont get this because im not a musician. Because it sounds complex and difficult and grand. But what was the impetus to make it? Some of it is just noisy.
Truly sad that the first actually experimental album on my journey thus far just wasn’t for me but hey, what can I say. But it just wasn’t for me. It was still interesting and somewhat okay background noise but I will forget I listened to this pretty soon.
Sleepy
What Enya would sound like on gummies
Had to skip the back half of Svefn-g-englar because I couldn't stand the "It's yooooooooooou" refrain, assuming that's what they were saying. I had to listen to the album multiple times to find a track that I wanted to capture for a future-listen playlist: no favorites easily jumped out to me. I'm not as enamored of the Jonsi falsetto, but maybe it's just not for me. These vibes make me want to listen to Radiohead instead.
low bpm, baydı
Largely pleasant and forgettable. A nice enough way to fall asleep if you need a soundtrack for that.
Did not like this album at all. Thought Svefn-g-englar had a cool interesting vibe to start and then the entire album just had no energy. The lead singer made me physically uncomfortable on bamm bamm bamm. Not for me
Some cool moments and sounds but did not grab me.
Musical wallpaper
I heard some of the Icelandic magic (like Bjork), but the songs never felt like they truly get energetic enough to stick around for. Glad I gave it an honest listen, but I dont get it
I like the beats and everything with it but it feels like the songs get kind of dragged out and over stay their welcome after a couple of minutes in
Trippy and reminded me of UFOs
Another album that doesn't go anywhere. Nice noises, but an hour of it isn't for me.
I have mixed feelings. It was a challenge for me to finish the album. I lost my interest in most songs due to their slow intro. However, as the songs progressed, intricate melodies -maybe not even melody, sound- appeared. I felt like looking at a nebula. Still, these parts were not common and I will have to skip a lot if I want to listen to these songs again. I think they are just not my type.
One of those bands I'd heard about but never heard. Everything I heard about them sounded like they aren't my thing. Listening to this confirms they are not my thing.
lulling me to sleep while I work. I do appreciate the instrumentation but it needs something in addition to whats here to make this a classic.
Didn’t like this one at all
expected a kinda pretentious sonic soundscape thing, and it delivered that, with some moments of beauty. but it all wore kind of thin. kind of annoying. it's an hour-plus soundtrack to luxury cars on winding autumnal roads. a soft-focus tribute to the lexus december to remember sales event.
it was fine
Interesting background music
Not really my thing, but it wasn’t bad. Album art is off putting tbh.
Difficult. I love "Starálfur" since several years but I did not like any other song on this album. It is creative, there are lots and lots of moments which are interesting. But still, I simply don't get it for most parts.
Not for me Best Song: Flugufrelsarrin Rating: 4.5/10 (not Good) Stars: 2/5
Beautiful songs individually but as a an album I found it a hard listen, bit of a chore to get through.
Not bad, my Icelandic is rusty so didn’t really connect.
Interesting is the word id use. dramatic, sweeping, but repetitive and nothing really of note. the long songs were really annoying honestly. good background music but not much more than that; definitely could feel the emotion through the music but it wasn't something i deeply resonated with
Droning soundtrack music. I’d have to give it another listen but couldn’t get into it.
Qué es esta poronga hermano, banco lo novedoso y lo que quiso intentar pero un PARTO literal
Es como estas en el utero a punto de nacer pero como que no salis nunca, quedas en el eter flotando. Me aburrí.
Interesante la propuesta ponele, Posta un sonido muy novedoso. +1 estrella por usar el arco de violín en la guitarra y dar esas vibes Pero no es algo que dejaría sonando a gusto (capaz de fondo)
Meh!
Very mid, I didn’t enjoy. Not my type of music and found it a bit boring honestly
Talented but so slow and painful
Both dreamy and dreary.
I can appreciate what they are doing with this album, but I just can't get into it. I like psychedelic rock and I feel like there are elements in this album, but there seems to be a lot of tension...
Musically solid. The lack of English lyrics and the voice is a little annoying Would be good for background music?
Sleep music?
Ambient music. Not my thing. Lyrics when sung are too distracting to let me read.
Not for me. Listened yesterday and I can’t remember what it was.
It was good background music but a bit too weird for my taste at times.
Not really my thing but most tracks were pleasant.
I find this music very very dull
Definitely an interesting album. I can appreciate the musicianship, but this was an album that required more of my attention and I just couldn’t get into it. 2.5/5 Probably won’t listen again
Not for me
the strangest album yet 2/5
This album made me sleepy
Meh. 2*
Boring
The vocals on this are infuriating 95% of the time, vacillating between a shit falsetto and a forced soft voice that reaches an absolutely enraging nadir on Hjartad Hamast where it sounds like this motherfucker is insipidly whining in your ear and you don’t know what it’s about or how a grown person can sound so pathetically infantile. There is some beautiful music here, but every track lasting seven minutes means it’s interspersed with a lot that isn’t great to hear. The best stuff on this album sounds like it could be the music in a documentary about space exploration or technological progress, and I don’t really feel like I mean that in a complimentary manner despite it being the nicest thing I have to say about this album.
Oh boy…Icelandic Artsy Fartsy. Great if you’re into that stuff.
when it's good it'really good but most of the time it isn't for me.
Interesting sounds and really crisp, immersive production, but I found this a real chore to listen to. Too ponderous, pompous and plodding to hold interest for long and what few melodic ideas there are here become repetitive and are buried under the wall of sound. I'll give it two stars for the vision, but this isn't something I'd return to personally.
Very soft and slow. Might make good sleep music?
What in the Swedish chef transcendentalism was this?!
It was pretty slow to get going. It did grow on me a bit as I listened but generally kind of boring for me. Too sophisticated for my tastes I guess.
Some good songs but i don't really get it overall
Initially I liked the art-house, ambient vibe of the album but that novelty wore away by the fourth song and I had a hard time getting through it
Very chill with weird melodies. 2
glad i stuck with this one bc it improved a little towards the end
Reminded me of Beach House, Cigarettes After Sex. Maybe they were the original influence? I would say it’s a 2.5 stars, not quite 3. If it was in English and or had more vocals I’d be more into it. Solid.
War mir zu "abgespaced", wird sicherlich seine Fans finden oder gefunden haben, für mich ist das nichts. 2 Sterne
Good god No. Making up a language is one thing, but making up a language and being obnoxious about it is another. As soon as the singer chimed in I got shivers and had to distract myself from the voice. There was a couple songs that started off genuinely beautiful, and I can see where the influence comes in, but that’s all I’ll give.
I have enjoyed tracks by this artist in the past amd I recognize that this is thier 'best' work. But it truly bored the balls of me
I find the Sigur Ros sound a bit irritating after a while - the whole album became a bit of a struggle towards the end,
Music made for me to dislike (slow and sad). Gave it a go and found the earlier portion of the album to have a beautiful, somewhat haunting and ethereal quality which i quickly came to tire of when I realised the whole album is just more of the same. All Nordic languages sound like the Swedish chef muppet to me and this shit drags on way too long. Also upon finding out the vocalist was a man I immediately reassessed the above comment about the quality of the vocals as not beautiful but gay and retarded.
First song bangs but tbh the rest struck me as a bunch of whiny screeching. Maybe I'm missing something #imightbeabitch
Man bestimmt ansich voll schön, aber ehrlich gesagt dafür gerade gar keine Aufmerksamkeit :(
Eh.
Some good parts, but nothing to justify listening to an hour and 10 minutes of it
Kinda cool vibes but got a bit bored.
I kind of get how people would like this. Especially if they're high out of their mind. Good music to chill and listen to. For that, they stay out of my 1 star rating. But, it's not my jam.
I found this extremely boring and difficult to listen to. Some lovely moments harmonically but overall didn’t really inspire any emotion in me
Not bad by any stretch but I couldnt understand it so I likely wont be back.
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Some somber and pretty post-rock, but I am not going to bother trying to get translations of their Icelandic lyrics into English, so who knows what the hell is coming into being by the end of the album? Hard not to fall asleep with this album, though it is clear what the ambition of the band was, and I appreciate that they swung for the fences. I certainly felt the album drag by track 7 of 10. Unfortunately, I had more fun reading about how the album songs were created than I did while actually listening to the songs themselves, and I'm not sure what to make of that.
Not a fan..
It was okay....
Heard it before. In general it's not my vibe but I can appreciate the calmness of the album 2/5
I thought I had the wrong album after reading the reviews. This is not the least bit interesting to me. I didn’t absolutely hate it, but 2 stars is generous.
Not a fan
Icelandic folksy Enigma is not my kind of groove.
I don't know if I "got" this album. It was a nice soothing listen, with cool ambient music that was relaxing. But that's all it was for 70 minutes. Nothing else on the album, just the same ambient music without much variance. Which is fine, but not that great or memorable
Hey, Opium dens need to play something too. I admit there is a lot of creativity and uniqueness on display, but its just not for me. I just can't imagine the circumstance in which I would want to spin this again.
Sigur Ros я узнала еще в подростковом возрасте и думала - боже, какая унылая музыка. Прошли годы, я думала, раз я люблю ambient, может и атмосферный sigur ros мне зайдет для длинных неспешных вечеров... Но нет. Все еще уныло. Мои длинные вечера проходят совсем в другом вайбе, все-таки.. Музыка все-таки очень красивая местами, прям хочется послушать, но вокал и общий флоу - кошмар. Поэтому при большом уважении, все таки - такая оценка
Icelandic mellow rock. Svefn-g-englar was painfully redundant with just the lyrics that sound like "it's you" over and over again. Very dreamy and mellow. It was okay.
Pre-listening thoughts: the cover is making me wildly uncomfortable and that is the sole reason I have put this album off for so long. Post/during listening thoughts: what the hell am I listening to? It’s not bad, but are they trying to lull me to sleep? This is just ambience. The instrumentals are beautiful but not engaging. Every song is unnecessarily long. Somebody wake me up in an hour and 11 mins. 4/10 DID I NEED TO HEAR THIS BEFORE I DIE: this is probably what the kiss of death sounds like but no Fav tracks: idk man I liked some moments but every song was just way longer than I wanted it to be Least fav tracks: Avalon
It's good music to listen to while trying to fall asleep, but that's not exactly a compliment.
2 out of 5. Some nice moments throughout.
Starting quite good but the end was a drag
Instrumental Icelandic
Icelandic atmospheric music. Meh.
Man, I dunno. People seem to love SR but I can't get into them. Probably good background for studying or zoning out or waxing my handlebar mustache or something, but I can't get there.
its like meditation music kinda... its ok? i'd never go out of my way to listen to this.
Wow been a while since this one. Majorly into during this album during college in art school. Surprisingly still very good and it brought back some feelings. Don’t know that I would still continue to listen to it.
I didn't like this album at all.
as far as our weird albums go... this one honestly isn't too bad. it is a lovely sound, and it is quite pleasant to have playing in the background. I happened to listen to this album as I was flying home from Cali and I felt like there was a soundtrack for a portion of my ride. that being said... it's a 2 stars. probably never going to play this album again. it wasn't awful, but giving it a middling 3 stars seems unfair because of other 3 stars that i have ranked.
I don’t know how I feel about this one. There were times I was really vibing with it, but there were other times that it felt like listening to ambient noise for longer than I wanted to. Between the length and the language gap, I’m gonna go with a two.
It is atmospheric, ambient, sometime ethereal music that sounds like it's that moment 3/4 of a way through a romantic comedy film when something has gone wrong and a character needs a scene to be seen thinking very hard about what they have done wrong and then probably go run towards the love of their life they obviously nearly let slip through their fingers (actually I could genuinely here this moment of them getting up and started to run through the christmassy streets looking for their love at about 4:30 of Staralfur.) I guess that's quite a good thing if this music can provoke an image in my head but also by me conjuring that image is not one that is emotional to me but sadly just makes me think, generic. I don't know if this is because Sigur Ros were the first to do it in 1999 and therefore, congrats, as that means a lot of others have followed suit or if this kind of music has just been around us all in various ways and so inevitably blurs into eachother. At times it reminds me of Moby, but I think I prefer Moby.
Not my taste.
Borrrringggggggg
would not ask to put it on. could i write poetry to this? n
Wacky
A little bit too psychedelic for my taste. 3/10
I was somewhat familiar with Sigur Rós because I listened to a lot of Jónsi (Birgisson -- lead singer) around 2010. This is a more atmospheric soundscape approach and I think it has to be the right moment to fully digest what they're offering with this album. It's pretty long and a lot of it feels like waiting for a moment that never happens but there's some really beautiful instrument combinations interspersed throughout. You almost forget that the vocals are in a different language, I personally think this improves the listen but I fully understand that people might not like this (or aren't willing to fully invest in the sonic experience). It's definitely a journey and you have to pay attention and follow along to really get it. 2.25 because I still like Jónsi's solo projects better.
1.9
weird but not terrible
Good music to fall asleep too
Jeg skal jo bruge hele skalaen, kan godt se det gode i albummet, vild med hvor meget ingenting der er på det, men ikke helt min stil
soundscapes
Album 565 of 1001 Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun (1999) Rating : 2.5 / 5 Described as Icelandic post-rock. While I can't praise this as a great "album", I can recommend it for falling asleep or a meditation aid. That isn't a put down. It is a very peaceful and calming album. It can put you in a relaxed mood and is quite relaxing. Not that entertaining but not all bad. Perhaps if I could understand the language it would resonate more.
The made-up lyrics always struck me as such a weird choice. It's extremely relaxing and great background music but I find it difficult to actively listen to. My favorite parts usually had no vocals. Fav Track: Flugufrelsarinn
this drags on for way longer than it should and the incredibly slow tempo makes it feel even longer
2.5 ethereal but samey and the high pitch voice grinds over time
Very odd. Liked some, some of it felt like soft screemo
Bof , bof pas séduit par l'éther ..................
Welp, I guess I get it. A couple songs were intolerable.
I don't get post-rock. I can hear the talent on display but none of it affects me in the slightest, except for the eventual boredom.
Meh.
Meh. There were parts I liked and parts I didn’t. Very soundtrack like. Space/intergalactic feel. Favorite song: Staralfur
Classical music for nerdy high school English teachers to grade papers to while they ponder their fleeting youth when they used to lean against the doorframe at frat parties awkwardly leering at the sorority girls who were never ✨intellectual✨ enough to date but certainly hot enough to gawk at. I’d call it well-composed, but well-composed is just a nice way of saying the music is pretentious *and* boring at the same time.
Creepy
Sigur Ros always passed me by, despite being a fan of some of their peers, and although going in hopeful this did nothing for me. It's undeniably well made and accomplished, but I found it cold and overblown.
Look, this album sucks. It’s not magical, beautiful, awe inspiring, or emotional. Is this supposed to be music on some other galaxy? I’m not buying it. I saw Star Wars and the Cantina band jammed.
Just weird. Not the worst thing I’ve listened to, but if I’m going to listen to instrumental background stuff, this isn’t it
Felt more like a soundscape album than a music album for the most part. I enjoy chill music to read to or have in the background, but this wasn't great reading music. Felt pretty unexcited by it, too soundscapey.
Not really for me. Songs are slow and boring prefer something with abit more oomph. I can see why this album has such high praise by its fans but it comes off as a little too pretentious for me. No hate of course as everyone has different tastes and I did manage to listen to the whole album while working, but I certainly wont be in a rush to listen to any of the songs any time soon.
Meio psicodélico, uns sons meio ASMR. Não curti muito.
4.04 rym troppo etereo e onirico e tutto quanto
Day215 - i enjoyed the sound but not really the lyrics
It's nice but not for me. It got slightly annoying after half an hour
Good nap time music…or walking in nature music
Just listened to it yesterday. I can happily die without listening to it again. I found it boring but creative, just too ambient to enjoy or wonder what surprise is around the corner (spoiler, there is no surprise!). One.Five stars for me!
This album could bore somebody to death
The tracks are really long and scary to drag and become repetitive. I liked sections, but I'm not scrubbing through 70 minutes of music to go find them
The first couple songs had me enjoying the album. However as the album progressed it just felt worse and worse
Swimmy. OK to work to for the first few tracks
Fine if you like ambient music
This has some good tracks but they bleed into one.
Very special
Buh, not my cup of tea. It's too long, there's really not much happening and I don't understand the lyrics. svefn-g-enflar is iconic, the rest is absolutely forgettable.
lijkt mij perfect als soundtrack bij een film... helaas was dit zonder film...
It's atmospheric and background mood music to listen to while your mind is engaged with something more interesting, like a movie or D&D session. Flugufreisarinn stood out. The lyrics translated to English opened up more interest. First time listening to this album.
Interesting as exploratory. This music would be good as mood for a film (confirmed by the Wikipedia article), but it's not really something I would listen to on its own merits. In the inevitable comparison to the most famous Icelandic singer Bjorke, the latter can be more discordant but is more unique and exploratory, whereas Sigur Ros feels hesitant and careful. Not danceable, singer's register is higher, but not high enough.
Faktiskt jättenajs att lyssna på på promenad själv och om jag hade gjort en film hade jag använt låtar från detta albumen till soundtracket. Bästa låt: Hjartao hamast (bamm bamm bamm)
No es para mi
I get what they are trying to do and what feelings they're trying to shove down my throat but they are trying to hard. and people who prefer this over mogwai are just trying to be cool because these guys sings in icelandic
Forgettable
What? Is? This? 2 stars for not blinding me.
Since I don't speak Icelandic, I can't comment on the lyrical quality of this disk. It's musically fine if you need some background music. For that, it's perfectly fine. Beyond that, maybe I'm not indie enough to get it -- or maybe I just haven't watched the naked video. Anyway, if you want to drift off to a lovely album full of unpronounceable titles, by all means, have at it.
I wish I liked this more, I feel like it could be cool. But it’s so fucking boring. It’s literally under a playlist called “Nap Time” on Apple Music lmao.
Surprisingly not offensive.
1./5. Not a fan of this. It may be "innovative" and different, but that does not make it good. I did not enjoy a single song on here.
Meh
Can’t figure this one out. Really want to like. Hear some Pink Floyd, U2. But it just can’t come together
Another ambience album, awesome. This time, it's apparently rock music... I guess I hear it. This was simply not my thing, and it definitely dragged on too long. The problem with ambient music is that it doesn't ever seem to develop; if it's not interesting at the start, it never becomes interesting. And that was definitely the case here.
It can send your soul to outer space if you are on shrooms, but it's not really my cup of tea
An interesting listen, but nothing to revisit. Great background music for a weird day, which I'm currently having.
musica sperimentale mi piace solo una canzone svefn-g-englar
Objectively beautiful music that is also objectively boring as fuck
Super quirky, weird, esoteric. Kind of silly at times, especially some of the singing. Listenable, but not something I'd ever return to.
I don’t know what to say. This is background music. I can’t imagine just sitting down and listening to this intently.
Great production, enjoyable atmosphere, somewhat boring/flat compositions overall.
I kept waiting for the 'grand moment' but nothing happened. The entire album is drowsy guitars and occasionally, half-hearted vocals. What a waste of an hour.
I appreciate being introduced to this album because part of why I want to do the 1001 albums is to get to listen to novel things, that being said, this was definitely a miss. It wasn't unlistenable or anything, there was just no upside. My favorite track was Viðrar vel til loftárása, it was a fairly orchestral track that was, in all honesty, probably the most boring one for me to like, but the album wasn't for me unfortunately. I can definitely imagine a state of mind where this would sweep you off your feet, I'm just not there.
Correcto. Música de fondo, nada más.
Idk wtf I just listened to
I had not heard this before but I've previously enjoyed their songs Hoppípolla and Rains of Castamere (where they have a cameo in Game of Thrones). Unfortunately a whole album of Sigur Rós is too much. The album goes on for too long, over an hour of instrumental music and wailing sounds is not my idea of a good time. Perhaps if I understood Icelandic I would have enjoyed it more.
I like the weird stuff …. but i hate that i have to listen to 6 mins of nothing before i get to it. 2.5
Sorry, Iceland, but I'm just not into this.
This was a rough listen. Maybe it's really a one star.
Forgettable background music except for the parts where the vocals got grating and distracting
At times I thought I almost liked it but it's hard to like the whole album
just not my favorite. a bit noisy
I really wanted to dislike this but didn’t. It was a soft opening to a Monday morning. I kind of wish I had a hangover to enjoy it more. I don’t know if I will ever look for this but not bad!
Bjork + Radiohead = Bjorkhead 4/10
IJslándse vægheið wær ik nýt zo veel mmee kán. Nýts mis met obscure tælen, ðrómerige klánnken en een éxperimentje op z'n týð, mær dit pakkt me nýt zo en hett álbum is ænn ðe lánge kannt. Rær mær wær.
De albumhoes doet mij gelijk denken aan Teardrop van Massive Attack. Wat een grove schande dat Mezzannine niet in de snoblijst staat, man man man. Ik ken de naam Sigur Ros verder wel, maar ik weet eigenlijk niet of ik nummers van ze ken. Het begint allemaal heel rustig en dromerig, iets wat op zich wel past bij postrock. Al kan postrock ook een stuk harder zijn, dat vind ik dan weer fijner om te luisteren. Ik drop even Effloresce van Oceansize (debuutalbum, zoals een echte snob betaamt). De hoge stem van de zanger schuurt hier een beetje. Het is mij allemaal iets te traag en te dromerig, en zoals gezegd schuurt die zang, want het is net wel/niet vals. En dat hij dan in het IJslands zingt, helpt niet echt mee. En dat maakt het voor mij geen prettige luisterervaring als ik eerlijk ben. Het is op zichzelf muziek die ik heel vet zou kunnen vinden, maar dit kwartje valt juist de andere kant op. Te ambient, te dromerig, te net wel/niet vals. Kriegelig word ik er van, in plaats van rustig. Ik zet het wel liever op dan Frans Bauer of mijn grote vriendin Joni, maar daar is ook alles mee gezegd.
Album # 40 This was a very interesting album to listen to and definitely out of the ordinary listening genre's that come across my feed
Relative to the size of its economy, Iceland's systemic banking collapse was the largest of any country in economic history. Was Sigur involved with that?
I had a throbbing headache all morning. As soon as this album ended the headache went away. Is it correlation or causation? Was this album the cause or the cure?
Not quite sigur gross, but not really sigur VERY NICE either.
Alright I guess.
Avant garde, to be sure, but I'm trying to imagine any scenario where I'd play this again. Dinner party? On the treadmill? Driving around?
Interesting but kind of have to be in the mood for this one
Not for me.
Seen this one on so many 5 star summaries too, been looking forward to it. ITS YOUUUOOOUUUUUUEEEHEHEHEHEHHEEE Fuck me shut up 1 But the music has potential 2
I do like this band but there were only a few songs on this album that stood out to me
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.
Note
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.
# 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.
Kinda depressing
Quite a mellow album
Ik heb het niet echt een kans gegeven, maar nee sorry niet voor mij dit.
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
Very ethereal, made me want to take a nap. I don't think I'll be visiting it again.
Electric walruses.
Sehr medlodisch aber iegendwie auch langweilig ...kann nebebei dudeln
Icelandic mellow mostly meditational music
Dull, lacking
Perfect lounge music on dark winter evenings. Not my favorite taste.
Not my taste, not my language.
Excesivamente melancólico, rayando en lo aburrido. Tiene una canción linda.
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
Made up language?
cool cover but the music is really not my thing
Had memories of them being quite good, but I really dislike this. It's the whingy vocals, I had to put it off.
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.
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
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
Na ja.
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?
It's a mood
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.
Not for me
Washed over me
eh. not for me.
annoying
Vond er niks aan
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.
Vibey but it was hard to keep my attention with it being in another language. One song gave MMJ
Post rock, dream pop. L'ascoltatore è immerso in un sogno che non finisce mai, e che talvolta si tramuta in incubo. L'atmosfera estremamente astratta crea un immaginario unico, ma la mancanza di ritmo e di "sostanza" si fa sentire ben presto.
Not my thing
Nope
Soooo long
Very relaxing music, with long songs. I feel like I might play this before I go to sleep.
I will never understand the rabid, feverish following that this band has. Sure, the soundscapes are interesting and the compositions are complex. But everything is just so soft. All the edges have been knocked off so that there's no risk of anyone bumping their shins on anything sharp. It challenges nothing, goes nowhere, and carries zero meaning. In a word, it's boring. I don't understand all the fuss over something so bland.
Медленный, мало ритмичности, много фолка
melodic and atmospheric- but it didn't grab me and unlikely to listen to again
liked some parts of the songs but didn’t love it
Not in english, and really out there, maybe for sleep or studying?
I don’t particularly know where to put this one, sometimes boring, other times quite interesting, I guess straight down the middle would be fair, but I can’t go 2.5 unfortunately
Like listening to paint dry
Not for me, but I appreciate that it's in this list since it's.. weird and something that isn't the usual suspects.
Very heavy, kinda a odd concept
Meh
This one is a little out there for me, but it's an interesting sound and there is a beauty to some of it. Tracks I like: Staralfur Viorar Vel Til Loftarasa Olsen Olsen
Wanted to like it but it's just a bit too aimless for me
I was rather bored by this.
8/10: Música etérea, sale en beautiful boy
Demasiado para abajo. No es para mi.
By the end I felt very present in my boredom. It's all very evocative and moving. The first several tracks felt like being on vacation in paradise, but by the end it like you realize that they have just as much traffic in paradise and you're ready to be home again.
Lidt ensformig
Icelandic so didn’t understand lyrics Post rock Spaced out vibe Long ass songs Had some cool guitar parts
On its own, an atmospheric, post-rock instrumental just isn't for me. Slap it on as a soundtrack to a movie or a TV show and I'll appreciate it within the context of the scene it's in, but listening to this music just makes me forget I'm even listening to something in the first place. I will say though, there are certain sections where Sigur Rós leans into heavier rock sounds - that's where this record really shines. For that reason, the standout is Viðrar Vel Til Loftárása.
Ouvi uma beca. Molho secante. Não é mau. 3 estrelas mas talvez 2 porque é ganda seca.
не знаю
I was too distressed by Robbie Robertson dying to listen to this. Also, was not super excited to listen when I tried to pronounce it. Got through tracks 1-2
This falls under the I can appreciate but do not like category. This was celebrated when it was released in 1999 and I attempted to get into in then. There is a four-disc Deluxe version that I can't take on, so I will go with the standard release. While the sonic landscapes created are interesting, I find the vocals grating and off-putting.
Had a hard time getting past not having a clue what they were singing about. Non-English lyrics are fine as long as the music is engrossing. For me, this isn't. In fact, I think it's kind of boring.
This was sooooo boring. It was fine atmospheric music to have in the background but I can never see myself ever listening to this again. I'm sorry I don't have more to say. Maybe if I understood the lyrics I would, so they will get a 2 not a 1.
If you fancy an interminable trip down the road of endless nothingness, this is the perfect album for you.
Not really my taste, very cinematic though which was nice.
A little grating after a while - clever as it may be.
I'm sure there's a time and place for Sigur Ros, and I have enjoyed their music at times, but after a while it just blurs into one long Icelandic whinge and uber-effected guitars.
If each song was about half as long, I’d rate it higher. They all felt like a 5 minute intro with a 3 minute song behind it.
nah
I didn't hate it. It's not my kinda thing though.
We had a vigorous debate about this album. Some thought it was "hot garbage". I disagreed - I thought it was "steaming garbage".
The Devine Comedy and then this!? This app wants me to suffer this week doesn’t it!? This was… a taste that someone might have. At least it didn’t have that creepy singer on it that TDC had.
Svefn-g-englar: Dreamy yet at times it felt almost uncomfortable to listen to with certain screeches and high pitch sounds throughout the middle of the song. Overall seemed quite eerie but lacked certain characteristics that I would be be drawn towards.
Ja nawet nie wiem co to jest.
The soundscapes remind me of the experimental Radiohead stuff. Very calming Rating: 2.5
Pretty good lullaby music. Every song just drags.
just not my jam
not my jam, too Icelandic :D
boring lol
If I ever take up yoga/meditation, this is what I'll have as ambient noise whilst doing it. Very nice - but not for actually listening to.
Some of this album is easily ignorable ambient which is hard to either like or dislike that much. When they pick up the pace on songs like "Ný batterí" it's quite good. Unfortunately there is not much of this. The lead vocalist can sing although in a very atypical male voice. Some of the songs, like "Hjartað hamast" bury the lead vocals in a cloud which is a waste of a talented singer. The high pitched male vocals and the album overall wear out their welcome long before the end of this drawn out album.
Had to stop listening. It reminded me of Karen Gedney, and how she asked me to get her Sigur Ros music before they traveled to Iceland. I remember when she came back from the trip and she talked about how it felt to listen to Sigur Ros's music as she drove through the Icelandic landscape. I remember her sweet boys and it breaks my heart that their mom had to die while they were so young. I really hope they are ok now. Being a mom to two boys now, and also a business owner like Karen, I can't help but see the parallels between our lives and I pray every day I don't die young like she did. I'm sure this entire album is beautiful but it broke my heart to listen to it.
I admittedly half listened. Sounds like it would be awesome for background music for yoga or studying or something.
Glacial sounding electronica.
This was not unpleasant but really felt like just ambient music. Kind of a waste of my listening time.
Uhm hm not for me?
nope
Honestly not a fan… I can see how people would enjoy this though. Some of the songs are very soothing. I just can’t get behind their sound, plus their songs are very long and almost boring for me to listen to. Not my cup of tea.
Hard to rate this one. On one hand I can tell that it is intricate and creative music, often ethereal unlike anything else. On the other hand it's like if a whale in outer space was stuck on rewind putting you to sleep.
Calm, soothing music but a bit too slow and repetitive for me. Some of the songs build to a big climax but others don't and left me wondering why they were as long as they were. It’s nice music but not for me. I was surprised to hear the rock climax of "Ny batteri" get a little emo-y. Interesting.
Inclasificable. Muy aburrido. Lento.
What is this? Listened to the same song over and over again. I'm not a fan of the dreamy vocals or whatever this is. I spent 9 months trying to get out of the womb and this album is just like "gooo back in!!!"
Nah
A little underwhelming. It’s OK. The songs become pretty monotonous by the end, though.
Good but not my jam
- Heard this once before - One of the only albums that regularly appears on all time best lists that I don't get the appeal of - Enjoyed a couple of the songs - The rest didn't click for me at all, maybe one day it will and I'll regret this rating - Fav songs: Ný batterí, Olsen Olsen
Good background music. If I wasn’t familiar with them before I would probably just be bored though.
Weird
I knew nothing about Sigur Rós going into this. I knew the name but not that it was a band. It was nice to go into an album with zero pre-conceived notions. However, I only ask for two things in music: songs to be <5min, and a discernible beat. This album is too avant garde for either. I’m not saying it’s bad, but it’s certainly not for me.
i actually really liked this one. the sounds were all really funky and neat. definitely good for listening while working
I just... have a hard time getting into Sigur Ros. The music is undeniably good, but it doesn't do much for me. Maybe it's because I can't understand what's being said, but something takes away from the overall enjoyment of what is an expansive and impressive musical feat. Not the biggest fan of his voice either.
4,6 Just not for Me Boring and long
Nothing very unique about this album or sounds.
I am not enjoying this. I don't understand the music any more than the lyrics.
Ätherische Walgesänge mit Beatles-Melodien. Bin ich üblicherweise recht empfänglich für. Das hier hingegen erreicht mich zu meinem eigenen Erstaunen meist nicht.
nope 2/5