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
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
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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