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RS: 3.5of 5 Stars Average User Rating: 4.5of 5 Stars

2005

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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. Lighter and more piano-driven than the Reykjavok quartet's previous three albums, Takk . . . suggests a far more abstract Coldplay stripped of their stadium bombast. The majestic guitar climaxes that marked Sigur Ros' 1999 breakthrough album, Agaetis Byrjun , are fewer and farther between. Here, the guitars are generally restrained, augmented by orchestral flourishes and tinkling keyboards, while the steady rhythm of "Glosoli" sounds as if it's supplied by boots trudging over snow-covered tundra. With strings, horns, backward sound effects, an atypically straightforward vocal and a naggingly catchy keyboard hook that another band could make millions with, "Hoppipolla" offers itself as the autumn's feel-good anthem. Radio won't get it, but the iPods will understand.

BARRY WALTERS

(Posted: Sep 22, 2005)

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Bluemask writes:

5of 5 Stars


On Takk... Sigur Ros take their propensity for creating immesne guitar and falsetto vocal sound scapes and simplify it. They up the keyboards and the drums and shorten the songs. Yet the album retains the glory of their early work. Hoppipolla is one of the most beautiful songs of the last five years with the best keyboard line this side of Coldplay.

Jan 1, 2006 16:06:29

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JACkory writes:

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Listening to Takk is a spiritual experience.

Dec 6, 2005 06:34:31

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