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Takk...

by Sigur Ros

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of 455,477

791
2000's

of 265,750

68
2005

of 37,902

16

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Overall Rating: 3.3756 Takk... is ranked overall as 3.3756 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 3.2251 Takk... has an avg. critic score of 3.2251 out of 4 stars

Takk... Album Reviews

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Stylus Magazine

I always felt as if those moments of triumph in the band’s music were the focal points, the “good stuff” you waited for and wanted to arrive and then stay forever. This time around though, they appear to have taken a backseat to the band’s darker impulses, and staggeringly, Takk sounds all the better for it. ...more

Entertainment Weekly

At times Takk almost rocks--as much as tiny ice-crystal elves from the magical land of Narnia can rock, but still

All Music Guide

Takk... is still very much a Sigur Rós album, due in large part to the ever-present, otherworldly vocals, but also because the only real changes are the activeness of some arrangments. ...more

Rolling Stone

Takk . . .is the most accessible album yet from Sigur Ros -- if a band featuring a falsetto vocalist moaning Icelandic and/or nonsense syllables over a slow symphonic-rock background could ever be considered accessible. ...more

Rolling Stone

Takk . . . suggests a far more abstract Coldplay stripped of their stadium bombast. ...more

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StylusMagazine

Three full-length studio albums into their career, turning the huge critical acclaim their discs have always attracted into commercial success (audience numbers, exposure, sales) appears to be a very real prospect....read the complete review at StylusMagazine

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cokemachineglow

And they still sound hauntingly beautiful. The eleven songs on Takk..., a few of which are transitional pieces, each develop concurrent melody, dynamism, and swelling atmosphere to ravishing effect....read the complete review at cokemachineglow

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BBC Music

After a three-year hiatus, soundtrack-bothering Icelandic dronesters Sigur Rós are back to remind us what epic really means....read the complete review at BBC Music

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