Sigur Rós

Ágætis Byrjun

FatCat Records FATLP11X 2013 2X12" 33rpm (UK)

Ágætis byrjun (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈaːuɣaitɪs ˈpɪrjʏn] OW-gy-tiss BI-ar-yun, 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."

Sigur Rós won an Iceland Music Award and the 2001 Shortlist Music Prize for this album.

Tracklist
A1  Svefn-g-englar  10:03
A2  Starálfur  6:45
B1  Flugufrelsarinn  7:47
B2  Ný Batterí  8:09
C1  Hjartað Hamast (Bamm Bamm Bamm)  7:09
C2  Viðrar Vel Til Loftárása  10:16
D1  Olsen Olsen  8:02
D2  Ágætis Byrjun  7:55
D3  Avalon  4:01

    Remastered At – Abbey Road Studios

2013 UK re-issue
180gm Heavyweight Vinyl
Direct Metal Mastering (DMM) Remastered at Abbey Road.

Condition:  2 LP set in widemouth picturesleeve is NEW and SEALED.

A Note About Shipping To The U.S.
We are located in Canada, but have registered ourselves on eBay.com instead of eBay.ca because it gives us significantly better global exposure.  The problem with this is that eBay wants us to charge shipping appropriate to US, where media mail and other options make for fairly reasonable delivery costs. We tried it for a while but ended up losing money on shipping or having to cancel the orders because we couldn't afford to ship for those rates. To manage this we have set the US shipping to run a calculator based on an American location (we chose Plattsburgh as fairly close) and charging according to UPS pricing.  This avoids the cancellation issue, but appears to the buyer to be a prohibitive shipping cost and misrepresents the shipping as being only expedited. If you give us your postal code we will see if we can offer a more reasonable option, but generally we can get a double LP by air to most places in the continental US for $16, a few bucks less for ground.
Thanks for shopping Sir Helmitt,
Jeff Green, e-sales

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