Sigur R?s - Hvarf/Heim
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Free Music Review: Sigur Ros Hvarf/Heim
Hit: 5 Stars
This album is a delight. This band is so original and so unpredictable that their music is always a surprise, and Hvarf/Heim is no exception. On one disc are polished studio recordings of several of Sigur Ros' most requested songs, and on the other disc are rare live cuts rich with acoustic detail. I don't speak Icelandic, so the words are lost on me, but the music speaks for itself. Their extremely moving song "Von" (Hope) is on both discs so we get to hear it both live and produced. Both versions soar with emotion, as the music moves from bright to dark like a stormy sky. I'm glad I bought it.Free Music Review: Great sound!!!
Hit: 4 Stars
If you like ethereal soundscapes this is a great CD. If you like to hear lyrics this is probably not for you. I personally like hearing the sound of Icelandic and Sigur Ros' own made up language (it's hard to tell which is which). Mixed with the atmospheric music, the songs are haunting and beautiful. The song Hlj?malind sounds almost like a "pop" song and is very catchy.Free Music Review: Great new (old) CD
Hit: 5 Stars
Awesome CD, I had heard most of the songs in their original formats years ago - but that doesn't take anything away from this masterpiece. It would have been great to try and squeeze all the songs onto 1 CD but I guess that wasn't possible; it's a pain in the neck to keep getting up when listening to such relaxing music.
One of my favorite CDs of 2007
Free Music Review: waiting...
Hit: 5 Stars
As some reviewers have noted, this isn't a "mainstream" release, but a worthwhile addition to one's collection while waiting for a follow-up to Takk...
Why 5 stars? A lesser album by Sigur Ros is still better than the best from other bands. (IMO, anyway)
~ More details later, as I get to know the album better. :-)
Free Music Review: under-appreciated acoustic set.
Hit: 4 Stars
Hvarf/Heim isn't meant to be a real album, just a little treat before the band releases a new LP sometime in summer '08. So, of course we can't expect this release to be as epic or groundbreaking as their others, and diehard fans need to go into it knowing that there is really nothing new. Really, this collection is meant to be a little more personal, especially disk 2.
The most under-appreciated part of this two disk set is, in fact, the second disk. It is not very often that anyone gets to hear the band unplugged, and many have grown entirely too accustomed to listening to them with electricity. By removing the electricity, Sigur ros managed to take some of their more epic masterpieces and make them more natural and personal. Let's take for instance Heysatan. While the original on Takk isn't too much different, the live recording strips the band down to the bare minimum and the song becomes almost a lullaby. The rest of the songs follow suit. I was personally surprised how lush their songs stayed unplugged.
The "new" material on the first disk isn't really new at all. All of it has been recorded in the past, with two of the songs being exclusions from previous LP's.
In the end, I can't, in comparison to the band's other works, give this a five star rating. But I can give it 4, and a place in my cd collection.