Album Title
Sigur Rós
Ágætis byrjun (1999)
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01) Intro
02) Svefn-g-englar
03) Starálfur
04) Flugufrelsarinn
05) Ný batterí
06) Hjartað hamast (bamm bamm bamm)
07) Viðrar vel til loftárása
08) Olsen Olsen
09) Ágætis byrjun
10) Avalon

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First Released

1999

Genre

Post-Rock

Mood

Epic

Style

Folk

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XL Recordings

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Ágætis byrjun (A good beginning) 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."



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