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Takk... was pretty much bound to be a letdown after the release of two legend-making records. To state that Sigur Rós went mainstream is wrong, they never went mainstream, but they did polish it up a bit, and made their sound more user accessible. Songs like "Hoppípolla" are frequently used in commercials, nature programs, and "my perfect summer" videos on YouTube. However, when a song is really, really good, commercial appeal figures. In no way do I feel Sigur Rós has abandoned their original sound, it's still there, and it's still good. In 2009, British electronic music artist Chicane produced a progressive trance remix of "Hoppípolla", titled "Poppiholla", which was on rotation on BBC Radio 1's B list in June 2009. Hasty, Katie (28 June 2008). "The Fast And The Furious" (PDF). Billboard. p.61 . Retrieved 15 July 2019.

Cromelin, Richard (4 September 2005). "Directions, lost and found". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 12 January 2016.

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These versions consist of the remastered album on 2 x vinyl and additional 12” vinyl of B-sides and rarities, including the Jacobs Studio sessions (recorded circa 2000), which are being made available for the first time. georg: “our first record was called “hope” in icelandic. but i think “melancholy” is something we all feel when we are writing the songs. but in melancholy there is always this little bit of hope inside. it’s sort of a nice feeling. it’s ‘introvert”, is that the correct word? you feel inside yourself, you feel a bit down but you feel good about something, there’s something really nice, something warm, somewhere in the music.” In my opinion, lead vocalist/guitarist Jonsi is the greatest vocalist of all time. He does not simply sing, he expresses exactly what he is feeling at the moment. Every crisp, clear note that escapes his mouth is as beautiful and majestic as you could ever dream a human being's voice to be. The perfect word to describe his voice is "angelic". His voice is so sweet and high, he often sounds like child singing in a church. His unique falsetto tone has always played a major part in Sigur Ros' unmatched, peerless sound. Jam, James (12 September 2005). "Sigur Ros: Takk". NME. Archived from the original on 24 March 2013 . Retrieved 27 November 2011.

georg: “we write like you know twenty songs one month and we would remember three of them. sometimes we would just come in and play the same three chords or whatever, the same loop or the same riff for an hour. and i think that when we were writing the songs for this record we just came in and we all felt like we were doing something new. we are starting fresh, we had done the last record, we had toured it; it’s over and done with. it’s like almost four years of the same songs. so, it was like leaving something behind and starting over again.”strings: amiina (hildur ársælsdóttir, edda rún ólafsdóttir, maria huld markan sigfúsdóttir, sólrún sumarliðadóttir). orri: “we are not trying to be spiritual, or anything. we are making music that moves people. trying. you know, we want to do that. you know that people get something out of it. maybe that is spiritual?” georg: “i think that we have surprised ourselves with a lot of the songs on the record. erm.. i wasn’t very surprised with hoppípolla because i think it really sounds like us. it started off as a tiny little sound bite and then became the song.”

Lamoreaux, Jason T. (December 1, 2005). "Somewhere Cold Awards 2005". Somewhere Cold. Archived from the original on September 30, 2020 . Retrieved September 30, 2005.Glósóli" and " Sæglópur" were released on 15 and 16 August 2005 as the first and second singles respectively, the former worldwide and the latter only in the United States. " Hoppípolla" was released in the UK on 28 November 2005 as the third single. It peaked at number 24 on the UK Singles Chart in May 2006. All three singles were accompanied by a music video.

Sigur Rós reissue Takk on their own label Krunk. Their award winning highly lauded 4th studio album features the singles and fan favourites Glósóli, Hoppípolla and Sæglópur. Takk has been out of print for over a decade in the UK and is sold out world-wide. The record went Platinum in the UK and gold in the US.Offiziellecharts.de – Sigur Rós – Takk..." (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 8 October 2022. georg: “it was something that we were trying to work into gong itself for ages. almost from the day that we wrote it we were trying to work this little bit that we had into that song because we never felt that it fit. but, it should have been there. so on this record, it got a life of its own and became another song. even though it is a part of gong it is still something completely different.” kjartan: “we borrowed björk’s celesta for this record. it was great to have it. i think that ’sé lest’ was the first song that we used it on.”

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