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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)

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