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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0094633725225
Label: EMI
Manufacturer: EMI
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: EMI
Release Date: September 12, 2005
Studio: EMI
Disc 1:
Editorial Review:
Amazon.co.uk Review:
Many a critical evaluation of Icelandic quartet Sigur Ros has resorted to stock imagery of molten magma, omnipotent ice fields and burbling hot springs--and reasonably so. There's no disavowing the geophysical heartbeat which invigorates the very soul of this most supernatural of bands. Takk may well be Sigur Ros's most stimulating interpretation of their habitat yet--verdant serenity to pregnant anticipation to brutal paroxysms of volcanic thunder via icicle-like celestes, howling electrical winds of curving guitar feedback and hymns seemingly sung by castrato pixies.
Strange and overwhelmingly beautiful. Some may think of Sigur Ros as a permafrosted Pink Floyd (circa Zabriskie Point) and while it's facile to say as much it's an honour certainly worthy of them. There's a seamless, symphonic poetry to Takk where the exultant "Gong", the euphoric choristry of "Hoppipolla" (like the Beach boys turned into snowmen) and the National Geographic panoramas of "Glososli" blend with intuitive homogeneity. You'll wish you were here. --Kevin Maidment
Rating:
- Hate, Love, Heartbreak
My partner hates this album with a passion...He said it was like having sandpaper rubbed all over his face. I love it. Exquisite, strong, heartbreaking. J'adore Takk.
Rating: - Very impressive
Sigur Ros are a band that I have admired in passing for a number of years. I liked everything I'd heard by them but didn't imagine for a minute I'd want a whole album of their stuff. But then I saw this in the sale and picked it up. Wow. What a great album. I particularly liked Hoppipola and Glosoli as they had that familiar sound to them that suggests I've heard them both on TV a number of times in things like the Olympics and such.
The fact that the lyrics are indiscipherable to me because ... Read More
Rating: - A must album
How can you discribe the music of Sigur Ros - pure magic. Music where the emotion is in the song, not necessarily the lyrics. An album you cannot descibe but simply have to listen to it to realise its beauty. I already heard the songs hoppipolla and saeglópur before I have recently brought the album takk, and I was amazed at the quality of the album, not just those two tracks.
Rating:
- Hauntingly beautiful Icelandic music
It was not my original intention to buy this album as I was searching the internet to find out where I could buy a copy of that wonderful piece of music used on the Planet Earth series on BBC One.
Having discovered that the theme is called Hoppipolla by an Icelandic male group called Sigur Ros, I looked them up on Amazon and found their album Takk after reading much of the positive feedback I purchased a copy.
Well I'm absolutely amazed at the original sound from this group, ... Read More
Rating:
- A word of warning
I bought this on the strength of customer reviews which made it sound like the kind of music I might like.
Wrong. I find the music turgid and monotonous. It is difficult to determine where one track finshes and the next one begins. The strangled warble which passes for vocals is very irritating.
It may work as backing music on TV but is does not stand up on its own.
Don't be taken in by the Sigor Ros appreciation society (whose entire membership seem to have offered a review here),try ... Read More
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Takk
by: Sigur Ros
Our Price: 108,464.40
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EAN: 0094633725225
Label: EMI
Manufacturer: EMI
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: EMI
Release Date: September 12, 2005
Studio: EMI
Disc 1:
- Takk...
- Glosoli
- Hoppipolla
- Meo Blodnasir
- Se Lest
- Saeglopur
- Milano
- Gong
- Andvari
- Svo Hljott
- Heysatan
Editorial Review:
Amazon.co.uk Review:
Many a critical evaluation of Icelandic quartet Sigur Ros has resorted to stock imagery of molten magma, omnipotent ice fields and burbling hot springs--and reasonably so. There's no disavowing the geophysical heartbeat which invigorates the very soul of this most supernatural of bands. Takk may well be Sigur Ros's most stimulating interpretation of their habitat yet--verdant serenity to pregnant anticipation to brutal paroxysms of volcanic thunder via icicle-like celestes, howling electrical winds of curving guitar feedback and hymns seemingly sung by castrato pixies.
Strange and overwhelmingly beautiful. Some may think of Sigur Ros as a permafrosted Pink Floyd (circa Zabriskie Point) and while it's facile to say as much it's an honour certainly worthy of them. There's a seamless, symphonic poetry to Takk where the exultant "Gong", the euphoric choristry of "Hoppipolla" (like the Beach boys turned into snowmen) and the National Geographic panoramas of "Glososli" blend with intuitive homogeneity. You'll wish you were here. --Kevin Maidment
Average Rating: 
Rating:
- Hate, Love, HeartbreakMy partner hates this album with a passion...He said it was like having sandpaper rubbed all over his face. I love it. Exquisite, strong, heartbreaking. J'adore Takk.
Rating:
- Very impressiveSigur Ros are a band that I have admired in passing for a number of years. I liked everything I'd heard by them but didn't imagine for a minute I'd want a whole album of their stuff. But then I saw this in the sale and picked it up. Wow. What a great album. I particularly liked Hoppipola and Glosoli as they had that familiar sound to them that suggests I've heard them both on TV a number of times in things like the Olympics and such.
The fact that the lyrics are indiscipherable to me because ... Read More
Rating:
- A must albumHow can you discribe the music of Sigur Ros - pure magic. Music where the emotion is in the song, not necessarily the lyrics. An album you cannot descibe but simply have to listen to it to realise its beauty. I already heard the songs hoppipolla and saeglópur before I have recently brought the album takk, and I was amazed at the quality of the album, not just those two tracks.
Rating:
- Hauntingly beautiful Icelandic musicIt was not my original intention to buy this album as I was searching the internet to find out where I could buy a copy of that wonderful piece of music used on the Planet Earth series on BBC One.
Having discovered that the theme is called Hoppipolla by an Icelandic male group called Sigur Ros, I looked them up on Amazon and found their album Takk after reading much of the positive feedback I purchased a copy.
Well I'm absolutely amazed at the original sound from this group, ... Read More
Rating:
- A word of warningI bought this on the strength of customer reviews which made it sound like the kind of music I might like.
Wrong. I find the music turgid and monotonous. It is difficult to determine where one track finshes and the next one begins. The strangled warble which passes for vocals is very irritating.
It may work as backing music on TV but is does not stand up on its own.
Don't be taken in by the Sigor Ros appreciation society (whose entire membership seem to have offered a review here),try ... Read More
Adult Contemporary • Blues • Children's Music • Christmas Music • Classical • Country • Dance & Electronic • Easy Listening • Hard Rock & Metal • Hip-Hop & Rap • Indie • Jazz • Miscellaneous • Pop • R&B and Soul • Reggae • Rock • Soundtracks • World & Folk •
