Sing Along to Songs You Don't Know is the fifth full-length studio album by Icelandic group múm, released in August 2009.
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Released | 17 August 2009 | |||
Genre | Electronic | |||
Length | 49:07 | |||
Label | Morr Music Euphono[1] | |||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 62/100 [2] |
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Source | Rating |
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BBC Music | (average)[4] |
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The Observer | (favourable)[6] |
Pitchfork Media | (3.9/10)[7] |
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The album was first made available to purchase for download on 17 August 2009, through the web site Gogoyoko, with 10 percent of the proceeds being donated to the non-governmental organisation Refugees United.[1] The full European release followed on 24 August, and the North American on 22 September.[9][10]
As indicated by the title, some of the album's songs partly and informally rework melodies and lyrics from known pop songs. Thus, "If I Were a Fish" includes references to the Tim Hardin song "If I Were a Carpenter" and "Sing Along" includes a melody from "The World Laughs On", a song by Danish musician Otto Brandenburg, popularized in an Icelandic version in 1960 entitled "Ég er kominn heim", performed by Óðinn Valdimarsson.
Track listing
edit- "If I Were a Fish" – 4:16
- "Sing Along" – 5:39
- "Prophecies and Reversed Memories" – 4:06
- "A River Don't Stop to Breathe" – 4:45
- "The Smell of Today Is Sweet Like Breastmilk in the Wind" – 4:47
- "Show Me" – 3:45
- "Húllabbalabbalúú" – 3:27
- "Blow Your Nose" – 4:07
- "Kay-Ray-Kú-Kú-Kó-Kex" – 3:57
- "The Last Shapes of Never" – 2:27
- "Illuminated" – 4:09
- "Ladies of the New Century" – 3:45
References
edit- ^ a b "gogoyoko - Fair play in music". Gogoyoko. Archived from the original on 2009-08-18. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
- ^ "Sing Along to Songs You Don't Know by Mum". Metacritic.
- ^ Phares, Heather. "Sing Along to Songs You Don't Know > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
- ^ Diver, Mike (24 August 2009). "Review of múm - Sing Along to Songs You Don't Know". BBC Music. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
- ^ Dean, Will (21 August 2009). "múm: Sing Along to Songs You Don't Know". The Guardian. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
- ^ Carter, Imogen (23 August 2009). "Múm: Sing Along to Songs You Don't Know". The Observer. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
- ^ Pitchfork Media review
- ^ Clay, Joe (22 August 2009). "Múm: Sing Along to Songs You Don't Know". The Times. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
- ^ "múm » Blog Archive » SIng Along to Songs You Don't Know out in Europe Today!!!". mum.is. 2009-08-24. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
- ^ "múm » Blog Archive » Our new album world wide exclusive on gogoyoko.com". mum.is. 2009-08-17. Retrieved 2009-08-19.