2005, ISBN: 9781156280522

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The discography of Sigur Rós, an Icelandic post-rock group, consists of five studio albums, one remix album, two extended plays, two soundtrack albums, ten singles, eight music videos and one live concert DVD. Sigur Rós was formed in 1994 in Reykjavík, Iceland, by singer and Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The discography of Sigur Rós, an Icelandic post-rock group, consists of five studio albums, one remix album, two extended plays, two soundtrack albums, ten singles, eight music videos and one live concert DVD. Sigur Rós was formed in 1994 in Reykjavík, Iceland, by singer and guitarist Jón Þór Birgisson, bassist Georg Hólm and drummer Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson. Sigur Rós released their debut album, Von, in 1997 with Smekkleysa Records. It failed to chart, selling 313 copies in its first year of release, but was certified platinum in 2005 by Iceland's record industry association. Von brigði was released in 1998 and features remixes of tracks from Von. Only one track, "Leit af lífi", was new to the album. 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 in Norway, and number 52 on the United Kingdom Albums Chart. Two tracks were released from the album as singles: "Svefn-g-englar" and "Ný batterí". Gunnarsson left the band after Ágætis byrjun and was replaced by Orri Páll Dýrason. The group's third studio album, ( ), was released in October 2002, comprising eight untitled tracks divided by a 36-second silence. The album's title consists of two opposing parentheses; it has no other official title, though members of Sigur Rós have referred to it as "Svigaplatan" ("The Bracket Album"). The entire album is performed in Vonlenska, a constructed language of gibberish. One single was released from ( ), "untitled #1" (a.k.a. "Vaka"). Takk, released in 2005, produced three singles, "Glósóli", "Hoppípolla" and Books, , Icelandic-Discographies~~Books-LLC, , , , , , , , , , General Books LLC<