{"product_id":"sigur-ros-agaetis-byrjun-a-good-beginning-20th-anniversary-edition","title":"Sigur Rós - Agaetis Byrjun [2LP]","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA lot of people have one album that changes their lives, something that in some way alters everything after the first moment the hear it. 1999's \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAgaetis Byrjun\u003c\/em\u003e is that album for a lot of people. \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAgaetis Byrjun\u003c\/em\u003e (\"A Good Beginning\"), is actually Sigur Rós' second beginning. Three years previously they released their debut album,\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Von\u003c\/em\u003e. After that the trio became a quartet and they evolved into something astounding. As suggested by a lyric from \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAgaetis Byrjun's\u003c\/em\u003e title track, Sigur Rós had bigger ambitions after releasing \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVon\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAgaetis Byrjun\u003c\/em\u003e was recorded by the band with producer Ken Thomas in 1999 at their Sundlaugin studio in the Icelandic countryside. It gradually grew into a huge commercial success in Iceland, remaining in the top of the charts for over two years and became available to the rest of the world in 2000 when Fat Cat released the album in the UK, and in 2001 when PIAS Recordings released the album in North America. \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAgaetis Byrjun\u003c\/em\u003e was an album that came literally out of nowhere and seemed to tug at the heartstrings of those who least expected it. No one thought an album by an unknown band of four shy Icelandic men in their early-20s, singing in Icelandic, would become the worldwide music phenomenon it became.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn their 9.4 review, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePitchfork\u003c\/em\u003e called Sigur Rós \"the first vital band of the 21st century\";\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Billboard \u003c\/em\u003ehailed \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAgetis Byrjun\u003c\/em\u003e as \"alluring, exotic, and unspoiled, just like the country that spawned it\"; and \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eQ Magazine \u003c\/em\u003eeven went so far as to call it \"the last great record of the 20th century.\" Tracks from the album have been synched in several notable films such as \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVanilla Sky\u003c\/em\u003e and\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e The Life Aquatic.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReissued on the band's own record label Krunk, the out of print record comes pressed on 2 x 12-inch heavyweight vinyl LPs and features the exact original packaging specs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\"\u003e1\u003c\/span\u003e Intro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\"\u003e2\u003c\/span\u003e Svefn-G-Englar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\"\u003e3\u003c\/span\u003e Starálfur\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\"\u003e4\u003c\/span\u003e Flugufrelsarinn\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\"\u003e5\u003c\/span\u003e NÝ Batterí\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\"\u003e6\u003c\/span\u003e Hjartað Hamast (Bamm Bamm Bamm)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\"\u003e7\u003c\/span\u003e Viðrar Vel Til Loftárása\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\"\u003e8\u003c\/span\u003e Olsen Olsen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\"\u003e9\u003c\/span\u003e Ágaetis Byrjun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\"\u003e10\u003c\/span\u003e Avalon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Music Direct","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41819786379438,"sku":"190296805387","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/6118\/0334\/products\/sigurros.jpg?v=1646932603","url":"https:\/\/morrowrecords.com\/products\/sigur-ros-agaetis-byrjun-a-good-beginning-20th-anniversary-edition","provider":"Morrow Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}