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intereact!Sigur Rós
Retail Price (not our price): $13.98
Release Date: 2005-09-13
Manufacturer: Geffen Records
Format: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Track List
Now here, for your listening pleasure, the tracks...
| Disc 1 |
Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
1) Amazon.com
Just when this Icelandic crew seemed stuck in loud/soft/loud/ soft rut a la Mogwai or Godspeed You Black Emperor, they release their most beguiling, subtle and beautiful album yet. This album, allegedly the group's first sung in Icelandic rather than their own made-up "Hopelandic" (not that this listener could tell the difference) is relentlessly joyous, unaffectedly rad and inventive but never just for its own sake. Strings hold an ever more prominent place in the music, and this is a good thing. Songs unfold slowly as usual, but they take unexpected turns as often as not. The brilliant "Glósóli" burbles with as much melodic invention and anything by their fellow Icelanders Mum. Takk is a delight from start to finish, managing to be both their most accessible and experimental album yet. --Mike McGonigal
Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5
1) Not their best [Rating: 3 out of 5]
I really like Hoppipolla and all but this isn't their best. I almost have all the tracks on this album on my computer. Unlike Agaetis Byrjun and Von, it is kind of annoying. I would suggest Agaetis Byrjun. It doesn't sound like Staralfur or Vidrar Vel Til Loftarasa (those two songs are from Agaetis Byrjun)I really think this isn't their best album. Go ahead. Buy this album. You won't be too disappointed...2) glosoli = melodic paradise [Rating: 5 out of 5]
The album as a whole is something to be marvelled at. It is truly awesome, in every sense of the word. "Glosoli" might be my favorite Sigur song to date, and that is saying alot.3) Jawdropping [Rating: 5 out of 5]
The whole album is beautiful and important, but even if it weren't, you might want to buy it just for "Sæglópur." You know roughly where this song is going to go almost instantly, and it does in fact go there...but, oh, the journey.I'm reminded of nothing more than "Mornixuur" by Bel Canto from _Shimmering, Warm & Bright_, and from me, that's high praise.4) Profound, profound, profound [Rating: 5 out of 5]
My soul soars when listening to Glosoli. It has an ethereal, other worldly quality about it. And it has a wonderful climax and release that is worth the wait. If you watch the video of this track, you can begin to understand the metaphor at a soul level. The other tracks are also superb. This is not ordinary music. It affects me at a very deep emotional level. I feel healed after listening to it. Give it a try. I think you will agree with my assessment of its transformative power and beauty.5) Brilliant. [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Truly Brilliant. A Work of Art in these modern times; I find myself absolutely astonished every single time I finish a song, just hanging on my seat for the next movie-esque music. One of my favorites in my entire collection.-Dr. Kenneth