Sigur Ros Agætis byrjun
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MO
April 21st 2011


24016 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

gotta give credit where credits due

Aids
April 21st 2011


24509 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

xeno is the man



happy 100

Yotimi
April 21st 2011


7666 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

2nd paragraph is exactly how I feel. That bow-on-guitar swell of sound 1:24 into Svefn-G-Englar is probably the single greatest sound I've ever heard

wabbit
April 21st 2011


7059 Comments


*with the exception of [insert moment in BoC song] and [insert moment in the Soft Bulletin].

Awesome review, album is my 2nd favourite post-rock album.

balcaen
April 21st 2011


3183 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

eli? have you seen heima? it's a DVD documentary of a bunch of interesting little (or big) free shows Sigur Ros did around Iceland to thank them for all the support. it's a fucking moving watch. i have a copy of it somewhere, but i think the entire thing is fragmented into parts on youtube. i highly recommended you (and any other sigur ros fan) to watch it if you haven't seen it.



EDIT: the thing is on youtube. there goes my night

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNofqsFTW08

balcaen
April 21st 2011


3183 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

idk i think TSOAF'S DVD is a close second for me but that's a live show so i guess i shouldn't compare.



i want to invite a bunch of people over and listen to Agaetis and watch Heima. alas, my friends are too metal for that.

Yotimi
April 21st 2011


7666 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Ok Rabbit, probably a 3 way tie. It's like you know me

eggsvonsatan
April 21st 2011


1087 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

How the fuck did this come out 12 years ago?

Titan50
April 21st 2011


4588 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I actually slightly prefer Takk to this. Both are still in my top 50 though

Tyrael
April 21st 2011


21108 Comments


Literally, I'm the only person I know with tastes even remotely similar to that of my own.

Yo, welcome to the club!

Gyromania
April 22nd 2011


37017 Comments


Spectacular review, Elijah. Happy 100th!!

MrxSelfxDestruct
December 14th 2011


529 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

This may seem out of place given the time frame, but this had been the only album by Sigur Ros I

hadn't heard; it is now my favorite.



Thank you for inspiring me to listen to this. It is one of the most sweeping, and engaging pieces of

music I have ever heard. I thought the uplifting tone of Takk... wouldn't be matched, but the

optimistic of Ágætus Byrjun, it's vast soundscapes, somehow driven by consistent and beautiful

melodies have totally won me over.



One of the greatest albums I have ever heard, and I fear, that I will ever hear.

InAbsentia
December 14th 2011


3544 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Yes. It is one of the most beautiful albums ever recorded.

tarkus
December 14th 2011


5568 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

only heard takk and ( )

balcaen
December 14th 2011


3183 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

yeah i think this might be my all-time favorite. or at least up there among a top 3. and it's been out for a long-ass time and nothing has come close. uh

InAbsentia
December 14th 2011


3544 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

@MrxSelfxDestruct: Check out Talk Talk's Laughing Stock if you want something that matches the beauty of this album.



@Tarkus: What the hell are you waiting for??

InAbsentia
December 14th 2011


3544 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Also, Godspeed.......

tarkus
December 14th 2011


5568 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

honestly idk i keep thinking about downloading it but i never get around to it



i wouldve bought it in the store without hearing it like i did with ( ) but they didnt have it



i guess ill dl now, also reminds me to dl laughing stock

InAbsentia
December 14th 2011


3544 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Just lie in bed and close your eyes. Let Sigur Ros take care of all your problems.

tarkus
December 14th 2011


5568 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

done that with ( ) before its awesome



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