Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK

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Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK is the debut studio album by Icelandic band Múm. It was released on 23 December 1999 by TMT Entertainment.[1][2]

Critical reception and legacy

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Reviewing Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK for AllMusic, Tim DiGravina found the music "effortlessly timeless and thoroughly engrossing" and called the album "an unmitigated, accessible masterpiece."[3] Matt LeMay of Pitchfork deemed it "one of the most deeply, purely emotionally affecting albums of the year."[4]

In 2005, Múm performed Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK live in its entirety as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties-curated Don't Look Back concert series.[5] On 30 August 2019, Morr Music released a 20th anniversary remastered edition of the album, which included remixes and reinterpretations of the album's songs as bonus tracks.[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason, Gunnar Örn Tynes, Gyða Valtýsdóttir and Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir.[6]

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Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[7]

Additional musicians

  • Helga Björg Arnardóttir – clarinet on "There Is a Number of Small Things" and "Awake on a Train"
  • Sigríður Geirsdóttir – strings on "Awake on a Train"
  • Hildur Guðnadóttir – strings on "Awake on a Train"
  • Stefán Már Magnússon – guitar on "Awake on a Train"
  • Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson – trumpet on "Awake on a Train"
  • Gróa Margrét Valdimarsdóttir – strings on "Awake on a Train"

Production

  • Finnur Björnsson – mixing, recording
  • Finnur Hákonarson – recording
  • Múm – mixing, recording

Design

  • Arnaldur Hilmisson – artwork
  • Múm – artwork

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
Iceland 23 December 1999 Template:Hlist TMT [1][2][8]
United Kingdom 19 June 2000 CD Tugboat [9]
Japan 25 September 2001 P-Vine [10]
Various 4 October 2005 Template:Hlist Morr [11]
Japan 21 September 2007 CD P-Vine [12][13]
17 October 2012 Hostess [14]
Various 30 August 2019 Template:Hlist Morr [1][15]

References

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External links

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