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Universal acclaim- based on 215 Ratings
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Positive: 198 out of 215
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Mixed: 3 out of 215
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Negative: 14 out of 215
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May 8, 2022Cold,brittle and moving this record is a rewarding experience with no comparison. It's hard to pin down exactly why it it works so well but it does.
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May 1, 2017Seeing this name and the legendary album cover makes me just forget everything, start playing Svefn-g-englar and go on a journey that spans 70 minutes.
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Mar 23, 2016Probably the best album to ever be recorded. Stunning instrumentation, great vocals, songs that stick with you for the rest of your life and will make you wonder what else mankind can achieve.
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Mar 12, 2015An epic, beautifully made post-rock album filled with a psychedelic tone and an unique way of presenting it to you. Most of the tracks are really mind-blowing and relaxing to hear. If you are a post-rock fan, check it out
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Jan 9, 2015Es una colección de canciones compuesta por canciones que te brindarán un momento jovial, relajante y un ambiente en la que, en su especialidad, no es de sorprender del post-rock, y más de estos grandes exponentes.
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Jan 26, 2014One of the most beautiful experiences you can have with music. Definetely a recomendation. (Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd is another good one) ,
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Jun 28, 2013
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Dec 6, 2012
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Jun 18, 2012Since 'Svefn-g-englar' to 'Avalon', these masters of post-rock can express hundreds of emotions every second of his songs, and although in some songs the words are incomprehensible due to its pronounce in Vonlenska, the musical and expressive quality of this album make it a work that should be heard by all people.
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Mar 18, 2012Although Sigur Rós isn't for those who is accustomed to popular radio stations, their second studio album Ã
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Oct 21, 2011
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Jun 22, 2011This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Jun 16, 2011Complete and utterly sublime from beginning to end. No other band can capture an atmospheric, mesmerizing, haunting yet beautiful sound like Sigur Ros has done with this album. It's not an easy listen but to the most patient, it is one of the most unique musical experiences you will ever have.
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May 6, 2011It's scary how drawn you get to the music. The enchanting feel of the strings along with Jonsi's eerie falsetto creates a musical beauty that will be near impossible for other bands to attempt. If you liked Kid A or Since I Left You, or In Rainbows this album is for you.
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Aug 22, 2010im glad it was given the reviews it deserves. definitely one of my top 5 favorite albums of all time
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JimmyH.Dec 11, 2007truly moving album, it evokes sonic textures that leave impressions in you mind that will have these songs ringing through your ears for weeks, perhaps months after listening. Flawless except for the Overdrawn Ny Batteri, if it didn't take so long to get to anything good in that song then this entire album would be perfection. a must buy.
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JoshuaS.Oct 21, 2007
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BobRJun 29, 2007Gah... this album's making me stay up late - -;;;... but yeah, it's awesome stuff... Catches your attention right from Svefn-g-Englar. Recommended for Radiohead fans. Now i'm attempting to sing along :(..
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dna13Apr 16, 2007Beautiful and ancient. New and utterly original. Trippy and grounded. Of this world and another...... This music is oxymoronic in more ways than a critique could ever validate.
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DevynMApr 11, 2007this is one of my favorite and probablly will always be because of its beauty and original sound that sigur ros created. The use of the bow makes this album so much different then von or () because of its mellow and sleek noise it gives off. This album deserves its rating
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KrisSDec 31, 2006To all who posted "0"s, NO, Nickelback is NOT the greatest band in the world... XP~
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MikehDec 30, 2006this is a ridiculously good album. anyone looking for a breath taking direction on rock and shoegaze need look no further, sigur ros have forged one of the most beautiful sounds in modern music history, and even though it feels pretentious to say that, one listen of Svefn-G-Englar justifies any foolish overblown statements. definitely one of my favorite albums of this decade so far.
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JuliaAAug 20, 2006a good beginning it is...Jonsi,Georg,Kjartan,and Orri are really talented musicians.for some people they might sounded boring,but as for those who love them or trying to,each song got such a revelation of enlightenment.'Flugufrelsarinn' and 'Ny Batteri' are just two of their best cuts
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DANIELPJun 2, 2006better than anyone on this music style, this cant be compared with radiohead this is pure!!!
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mr.hankeyMay 12, 2006This is by far Sigur Ros' best record. It is inspiring, optimistic, pessimistic and most of all beautiful. Reaching at great lengths to draw you in with it lush sound Agaetis Byrjun is a masterpiece that is already an ambient classic. A dreamy soundscape is thrown into you and the first mental objective you have is to fall asleep because the music has so much potential and it delivers it.
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PatrickOMay 10, 2006Spellbinding emotion.
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TomBApr 22, 2006Life changing
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MichaelSFeb 21, 2006Painful. Vapid. Useless. Incompetent. Pointless. Worthless. Grotesque. Nauseating. Pathetic. Ridiculous. Coma-inducing. Mind-numbing. Utterly awful. Sheer torture. Causes cancer. Avoid at all costs. What else do you need to know? It's the Worst Album of All Time! This is to music what rust is to astonomy...
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tbmurphyFeb 13, 2006Viõrar Vel Til Loftárasa is beautiful beyond words.
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RobertDNov 13, 2005There are no exceptions, Sigur Rós' "Àgætis Byrjun" is unlike anything I have ever heard before: it is beautiful, mystical, sensetive and down right excellent! There's noe one like Sigur Rós.
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TimENov 8, 2005Not as good as their mastepiece Takk!!
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NunoAOct 13, 2005Dazzling. Perfect for soundtracking a stary night at the seaside.
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aldomOct 12, 2005so much depends in your status of "ego or humor" but however it´s kind a dramatic and pured emotions are discribe in this album.. pretty cool. i love it!
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TalkingHeadSep 16, 2005I HATE IT! I just can't stop listening to it!
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mattaAug 11, 2005Great, but I agree with the reviews that say that there is, at times, overkill with the sonic, spacey electronics, etc. That is really the only thing keeping this from being a true masterpiece. As it is though, 90%(hence the 9) is gorgeous.
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tatoJul 30, 2005awesome
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SamFJul 27, 2005A stunning, beautiful fusion of electronica, orchestral, rock and raw emotional singing. Highly recommended for anyone who loves music.
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JohnFJan 7, 2005The first album i've ever listened to, that made me realise maybe music wasn't just entertainment, maybe there was something more at work. This album changed my life!
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JeremyGJan 10, 2004This album, more than any other, will evoke spontaneous bursts of emotion in me. For example, I'll just break out in goosebumps at one point, or laugh aloud at another. Not to sound *too* stoner-turned-music-critic... but sometimes it feels very much *above* music. I love wading through it.
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JohnMJan 7, 2004One of those albums where you remember exactly where you were and what you were doing the first time you heard it. Quite astonishing.
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JasonLSep 8, 2002Myself being an american, I could never imagine anything this amazingly original and breathtaking ever coming from the U.S. Astonishing!
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FabioC.Sep 5, 2002this cd will bring you to outer space, which is, you will discover, an extremely cold place. this record brings you to a white, good feeling. track four and six are unbelievable, they seem to have been made by the instruments themselves, and not by 20years old guys. experimental and simple as a kiss between boys in an open square. great.
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FanMorganJul 9, 2002Jesus, I've had this album for a few months now. I don't usually write this kind of thing. Perfect. Like nothing else in the world. Indescribable.
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TylerB.May 11, 2002i love this album! any idiot would know that this is a must have.
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EricH.Jan 26, 2002I want to say this is embarassing spacey emotional post-shoegazer crap - but then for some reason I get embarassingly emotional everytime I listen to it. I don't know if it's Sigur Ros or my fault.
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TrevorT.Oct 21, 2001Absolutely mesmerising. You will stop what you're doing and listen. You have no choice.
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JakeM.Sep 12, 2001This album is a stunning counterpart to its 10 year elder MBV's Loveless. Refined, beautiful, and thoroughly inventive.
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SebastianS.Jul 25, 2001If only you could pronounce the title, you'd tell everyone you know to buy this album now. An uncommonly excellent recording.
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AlexF.Jun 5, 2001Over-produced kitschy crap. This space music shite makes me vomit. Most embarassing high-pitch voice of all times.
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FredS.May 22, 2001This is a briliant album. Beautiful with unintelligble lyrics and shockingly good instumentation lending to undefinable mood music.
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Awards & Rankings
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They evoke folks as diverse as Led Zeppelin and My Bloody Valentine, but the gently woozy Sigur Ros don't sound like anything or anyone else so much as a classic-rock band bewitched by white magic.
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Waves of unidentifiable noise, dulcet vibraphone pulses and singer/guitarist Jonsi's ethereal singing (more like some ghostly instrument than any conventional vocal, borne out by Jonsi's fictional 'language', Hopelandish, which he often sings in) mesh to create an elegant, grand music that's equally ambient and epic.
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Each song drifts in and out of focus like snatches of street noise on a half-awake Sunday morning - no need to get up, just lie there and listen quietly.