Note: These 10 albums are all fucking amazing and anyone who disagrees is immediately wrong and should be castrated slowly with a pair of needle nose pliers.
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10. Sigur Rós - ( )
Critically acclaimed by some and critically reviled by others (douchebags) this album is simply one of the greatest things that has ever been crafted. I have always said that this will be the album that I play when the world is ending. When the stars fall out of the sky, and the sun is crashing into the Earth, I will be sitting in a lawn chair in my backyard smoking a bowl blasting this album (with sunglasses on of course).
Favorite Tracks: Untitled 3, Untitled 4, Untitled 7, Untitled 8
I know this is kind of late, but I have to ask. After hearing a bit about Sigur Rós and reading your thoughts on the album I checked it out on itunes. After reading the overwhelming amount of positive reviews I decided to take a chance and buy it. So last night before I went to sleep turned off the lights, got out my nice headphones, laid on my bead, and listened all the way through. I wasn't particularly tired when I started the album but somewhere around the 4th track I started to drift to sleep. This is where it gets weird.
I was asleep, or at least it felt like I was asleep. Yet I could still hear the music, remember the melodies, think about the rhythms. With my eyes shut, somewhere between being awake and being asleep, I felt like I could literally see the notes on the inside of my eyelids. This went on for a few tracks and then during the climax in track seven I became fully awake. Normally when I sleep with music I can't remember where exactly I fell asleep, but this time it was as if I had never actually fell asleep. I lay awake for the rest of the album and when it was done I couldn't fall asleep. I sat awake thinking about the music for about an hour.
Overall, it was probably the strangest experience I have ever had with music. Now today I listened to it again driving home from work. I honestly don't know how I feel about the music, some parts I really like and while others are completely captivating, I can't really say that I enjoy them. So the question is, have you had an experience like this with the album, and did it take you a few listens to really 'get it'?
I hope to hear your answers, and these are not just questions for Quad. Anyone who considers themselves a fan of Sigur Rós or this album, please respond.
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