Ágætis Byrjun

Ágætis Byrjun is the 1999 album-release from Icelandic music band Sigur Rós.

Some of the 10 songs of the album include some musical gadgets: The first song (intro) - contains parts from the title track in reverse playing, starálfur is a palindrome, some parts of the song can be played forwads and backwards, and the last song (avalon) contains the palindrome-part of starálfur slowed down 4 times.

Track listing

1. intro (1:36)
2. svefn-g-englar (10:04)
3. starálfur (6:47)
4. flugufrelsarinn (7:47)
5. ný batterí (8:11)
6. hjartað hamast (bamm bamm bamm) (7:11)
7. viðrar vel til loftárása (10:18)
8. olsen olsen (8:03)
9. ágætis byrjun (7:56)
10. avalon (4:00)

Web resources

• Samples of the album can be heard at http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/media/index.html
• official website
• eighteen seconds before sunrise - the official Sigur Rós news source