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 And on the 7th Day, God Created Sigur Ros July 1, 2008
Mr. T. Jones (UK)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I will admit now that I'm a Sigur Ros fan, but after buying this album I'm afraid I'm now a huge fan. This is by far their most consistent work by a long shot, each track a work of genius in it's own right. I've listened to the album several times now and find each time I find something different in it. Not different notes or sounds that stand out, something more than that, it conjures up a different emotion, some happy, some sad but always making it more than just a song.
It may not be a hit for everyone, but I promise they'll be track on this album somewhere that even the most ardent rock or pop fan will find something in, and want to listen to again and again. It's worth buying this album for Ára Bátur alone; a pure epic track.
I really think Sigur Ros will stand the test of time now, they've brought themselves into the mainstream and with that to a whole new audience. And with that, they've achieved true greatness.
 Everything but the kitchen sink ! June 29, 2008
Arthur Dooley (N Wales)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Those seeking a minimalist musical experience then this is not for you. The band and producer appear to have thrown everything but the kitchen sink into the mix including heavenly choirs, massed orchestral ranks on top of the usual rock instruments and vocals.
I've played the album a number of times now and it's been a slow burner.The usual mix of sombre slow ballads and stirring anthems. Some of these anthems a bit OTT if you ask me and nothing that stands out and grabs you or makes the hair stand up on the back of your neck.
There were stages when that falsetto voice started to grate and I wondered...'are these brilliant or are they a case of the emperors new clothes?'.
At the moment it doesn't feel like a disc that will sit on the top of my pile for months. More an album that will shoved on the shelf with the rest of the 'S's' in a week or two.
Cheap & flacid June 27, 2008
Mr. M. Penn (London)
1 out of 17 found this review helpful
What terrible packaging, It looks like a give-away in the News of the World. Cheap & thin with a limp quality about it. I am still trying to work out how to remove the unnecessary quote sticker without ripping off the print. Very poor.
The music however, is breathtaking.
Business as Usual June 25, 2008
Muso (Scotland)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Another great album from Sigur Ros. There is a shock! This band can do no wrong! From the whimsical almost Arcade Fireish start with the chirpy "Gobbledigook" to the beautiful "Inni mer syngur vitleysingur". The mood changes to the elegant sound on "Godan daginn". From the frenetic sound of the first two tracks this calms things down.
There is almost a churchlike quality to some of these tracks as if they were being recorded in a church. Jonsi'a voice having the angelic quality.
Many have described this album as being Sigur Ros moving forward and I would have to agree. You cannot stay put with what you know will sell!
You can tell many of the tracks are Sigur Ros due to their beauty but some you may not realise like "Gobbledigook".
I would not say it is their finest work but it will take an awful lot to better "Takk" and "Agaetis Byrjun".
All in very worthwhile purchase and my CD does not hiss! Just buzzes!!
 New batteries June 24, 2008
Jonathan Birch (Cambridge)
35 out of 35 found this review helpful
Sigur Rós's astonishing 1999 LP, "Ágaetis Byrjun", was unreplicable. In the years since, they've made catchier songs and noisier songs; but nothing quite matches the otherworldly ambience of their early masterpiece. "Me su í eyrum vi spilum endalaust" marks a change of direction. In short, it's the first time Sigur Rós have sounded like a band, rather than a school of whales at the bottom of a fjord.
The first four songs are fresh, sunkissed, acoustic, playful: you'd hardly believe it's still Sigur Rós, but it all works beautifully. The message is clear: this is a fun album, a soundtrack for summer, for festivals, for beaches, for running naked across roads. After this brilliant opening, the album loses momentum a little (in particular, "Ára bátur" is overlong and overblown, with choirs and orchestras battling with the vocals for space in your ears), but it's all done with enough verve to keep your finger away from the skip button. "Me su " is by far Sigur Rós's most accessible record, and is a fine place for newcomers to start.
The bottom line is that "Me su " is good news: the successful sonic evolution of one of the most consistently interesting bands in the world today.
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