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Von
by Sigur Ros
ALBUM RANKINGS:
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews and awards.
Overall Rating:
2.3267
Avg. Critic Score:
2.6486
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All Music GuideBased on pure sound, Von is just as much of a treat as the acclaimed follow-up. ...more
All Music GuideThe heaps of praise during 2000 surrounding 1999'sÁgætis Byrjunbrought surprisingly little attention to Sigur Rós' first record, released in 1997. ...more
PopMattersVon is neither that bad nor that good. It is definitely not a clunker, and despite its rough-edged and misplaced ambition it succeeds quite grandly at times. ...more
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Junkmedia
When layers of choir-boy vocals are added to the group's singing ("Hun Joro"), when feeble, naturalistic sounds are used in questing improvisations ("Sigur Ros"), or when acoustic instruments coalesce with a swath of electronics ("Dogun"), you'll find ...read the complete review at Junkmedia
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Splendid
It's a long, occasionally ponderous listen... but it's an impressive and rewarding journey that moves between prog, space-rock and subdural transmissions in ancient alien tongues. ...read the complete review at Splendid
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Dusted Magazine
Von is, in a sense, an ultrasound view of the unborn Sigur Rós - it’s almost fetal, an abstracted and vague representation of what would come later....read the complete review at Dusted Magazine
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Dusted Magazine
When Sigur Rs debut album was released in Iceland, it failed to cause much of a critical flutter in the other 190 (give or take) countries in the world, but, the worldwide release of the bands follow-up, gtis Byrjun was accompanied by enough hype...read the complete review at Dusted Magazine
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