Ágætis byrjun

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Annotation

Strengjabrúðurnar: Szymon Kuran , og hinir
String puppets: Szymon Kuran, and the others

Annotation last modified on 2017-03-23 07:45 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	Intro phonographic copyright (℗) by: Krunk (in 1999) recording of: Intro (Ágætis byrjun) lyricist and composer: Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson, Georg Hólm, Jón Þór Birgisson and Kjartan Sveinsson	2.5	1:37
2	Svefn‐g‐englar producer: Sigur Ros (Icelandic post-rock band) and Ken Thomas (British producer and engineer) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Krunk (in 1999) recording of: Svefn-g-englar lyricist and composer: Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson, Georg Hólm, Jón Þór Birgisson and Kjartan Sveinsson writer: Orri P. Dyrason	4.65	10:04
3	Starálfur double bass [kontrabassaðist]: Gerður phonographic copyright (℗) by: Krunk (in 1999) recording of: Starálfur lyricist: Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson, Georg Hólm, Jón Þór Birgisson and Orri Páll Dýrason composer: Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson, Georg Hólm, Jón Þór Birgisson and Kjartan Sveinsson	4	6:46
4	Flugufrelsarinn phonographic copyright (℗) by: Krunk (in 1999) recording of: Flugufrelsarinn lyricist and composer: Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson, Georg Hólm, Jón Þór Birgisson and Kjartan Sveinsson	3.25	7:48
5	Ný batterí brass [brössuðu]: Sammi and Snorri recording of: Ný Batterí lyricist and composer: Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson, Georg Hólm, Jón Þór Birgisson and Kjartan Sveinsson	3.65	8:11
6	Hjartað hamast (bamm bamm bamm) harp [harpaði]: KK (harp with Sigur Rós) recording of: Hjartað hamast (bamm bamm bamm) lyricist and composer: Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson, Georg Hólm, Jón Þór Birgisson and Kjartan Sveinsson	3.5	7:10
7	Viðrar vel til loftárása slide guitar [strauk stálið]: Pétur recording of: Viðrar vel til loftárása lyricist and composer: Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson, Georg Hólm, Jón Þór Birgisson and Kjartan Sveinsson	4.1	10:18
8	Olsen Olsen vocals: Álafosskór recording of: Olsen Olsen lyricist and composer: Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson, Georg Hólm, Jón Þór Birgisson and Kjartan Sveinsson	3.85	8:03
9	Ágætis byrjun recording of: Ágætis byrjun lyricist and composer: Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson, Georg Hólm, Jón Þór Birgisson and Kjartan Sveinsson	2.9	7:56
10	Avalon recording of: Avalon lyricist and composer: Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson, Georg Hólm, Jón Þór Birgisson and Kjartan Sveinsson	3.5	4:02

Credits

Release

engineer:	Ken Thomas (British producer and engineer)
strings:	Szymon Kuran

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/415421 [info]
ASIN:	US: B00005IC2H [info]

Release group

associated singles/EPs:	Ný batterí Svefn-g-englar

part of:	Pitchfork: Top 20 Albums of 2000 (number: 2) (order: 2) Shortlist Music Prize Nominees (number: 2001 winner) (order: 9) The Top 20 Albums of the Year (SPIN magazine, 2001-01) (number: 13) (order: 12) Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2000s: pub_2011-07-18 (number: 29) (order: 29)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/9621 [info]
reviews:	http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/7151-agaetis-byrjun/ [info] https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/sigur-ros-agaetis-byrjun/ [info] https://web.archive.org/web/20000901073958/http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/s/sigurros-agaetis.html [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/sigur_ros/agaetis_byrjun/ [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000623855 [info]
Wikidata:	Q249952 [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 766921859225
Format:: CD
Length:: 1:11:54

Additional details

Type:: Album
Packaging:: Digipak
Status:: Official
Language:: Icelandic
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

[PIAS] America
PIASA1-2

Release events

United States
2001-05-22

Release group rating

4.35 (see all ratings)

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