Ágætis byrjun

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Ágætis byrjun
CD Album by Sigur Rós
Released	1999 June
Recorded	???
Genre	Post-rock
Length	71 min 53 s
Record label	Smekkleysa Records
Producers	???
Professional reviews
AMG (http://www.allmusic.com/)	4.5 stars out of 5	Link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE5791CDC4CAF7420F6B13E48DFB167F729D94EFB87126E495AD1A9214AD85F22D959F695C8AEFF6AB679AFFA62AC500AD5C0EA50ECBC1B&sql=10:igae4jn75wal)
Sigur Rós Chronology
Von brigði (1998)	Ágætis byrjun (1999)	( ) (2002)

Ágætis byrjun (A decent start) was a 1999 album released by Icelandic musical band Sigur Rós.

The ten songs on the album include some self-referencing: the introduction contains backmasked parts from the title track, and the last song, "Avalon", consists of an instrumental passage from "Starálfur" slowed down four times.

Track listing & English translation

1. "Introduction" - 1:36
2. "Svefn-g-englar" [sleepwalkers] - 10:04
3. "Starálfur" [staring elf] - 6:47
4. "Flugufrelsarinn" [the fly freer] - 7:47
5. "Ný batterí" [new batteries] - 8:11
6. "Hjartað hamast (bamm bamm bamm)" [the heart pounds (boom boom boom)] - 7:11
7. "Viðrar vel til loftárása" [good weather for airstrikes] - 10:18
8. "Olsen Olsen" - 8:03
9. "Ágætis byrjun" [a decent start] - 7:56
10. "Avalon" - 4:00

External link

• Samples of the album can be heard at http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/media/index.htmlpl:Agetis Byrjun

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