Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun [Full Album]

Tracklist;
1. Intro
2. Svefn-g-englar
3. Starálfur
4. Flugufrelsarinn
5. Ný batterí
6. Hjartað Hamast
7. Viðrar vel til loftárása
8. Olsen Olsen
9. Ágætis byrjun
10. Avalon

"Ágætis byrjun" is the second album by the Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós, which was released in 1999. Ágætis byrjun was recorded between the summer of 1998 to the spring of 1999 with producer Ken Thomas, and became Sigur Rós's breakthrough album, both critically and commercially. Ágætis byrjun represented a substantial departure from the band's previous album Von, with that album's Cocteau Twins-esque dream pop and extended ambient soundscapes replaced by Jónsi Birgisson's now signature cello-bowed guitarwork and lush orchestration (using a double string octet amongst other orchestral elements).

The album's title came from a friend hearing the first song they had written for the album, which would become the title track. After hearing the song, he said it was "a good beginning"; the name stuck. The name has also been translated as "An alright start."

Sigur Rós won an Iceland Music Award and the 2001 Shortlist Music Prize for this album.

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[beastyshout]

Your day gets better each second you listen to this album.

[admiralgumdrops]

this is my first experience with sigur ros. and just like my first experience with radiohead it was very difficult. this is a challenging piece of music but it is a masterpiece

[eddybrown75]

thank you

[LDixon007]

#3 all-time pop/rock/folk album.

IMO, of course. :-)

[gfhgtrdref]

my personal desert island album. i love it.

[SAMSAME05]

Wow great album :-)

[FerrariBoy187]

so beautiful <3

[TheWasp2392]

<3

[DannyGomez666]

@LionsToTheChristians sigur ros did do some shows with radiohead at the time. maybe they rubbed off a little bit?

[iamaEye]

@beastyshout

listen to album in reverse and make that better day a little more better. a fuller circle ;-P

[LionsToTheChristians]

Some parts of this album really remind me of Kid A, but this album was released one year earlier...weird.