- Ágætis
byrjun (Icelandic: [ˈaːucaitɪs ˈpɪrjʏn], A good beginning) is the
second studio album by
Icelandic post-rock band
Sigur Rós,
released on 12 June...
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attracted critical and
commercial attention with
their second album Ágætis
byrjun. Jón Þór "Jónsi"
Birgisson (guitar and vocals),
Georg Hólm (b****) and Ágúst...
- the
Icelandic post-rock band
Sigur Rós, from
their second album, Ágætis
byrjun. "Svefn-g-englar" was
released as a
single in 1999, with two
studio recordings...
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reviewers found the
album weaker than the band's
previous album Ágætis
byrjun. This is the
first album to
feature drummer Orri Páll Dýrason who joined...
- Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic).
Retrieved 30 May 2018. "Rosalegt strögl í
byrjun". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 14
January 2006.
Retrieved 30 May 2018...
- Ágætis
byrjun and ( ), it was re-released in the
United Kingdom in 2004, and in the
United States a
month later. In 2005, Von and Ágætis
byrjun were declared...
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Keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson joined the band in 1998 and a year
later Ágætis
byrjun was released. It
reached number 1 on the
Icelandic album chart,
number 17...
- Rós website: On the
first three Sigur Rós
albums (Von, Von Brigði, Ágætis
Byrjun), Jónsi sang most
songs in
Icelandic but two of them ("Von" and "Olsen Olsen")...
- "Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are
Floating in Space" by
Spiritualized "Ágætis
Byrjun" by
Sigur Rós
Allmusic review Allmusic.
Retrieved August 17, 2013. "Vanilla...
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joined in 1999,
shortly after the
recording of the
studio album Ágætis
byrjun, when the
previous drummer, Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson, left the band. Orri has...
