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Hvarf/Heim
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Price: $10.96
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0634904030728
Label: Xl Recordings
Manufacturer: Xl Recordings
Number Of Discs: 2
Publisher: Xl Recordings
Release Date: 2007-11-06
Studio: Xl Recordings
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Customer reviews of Hvarf/Heim
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Customer Rating:  
Summary: Good Introduction to Sigur Ros
Comment: Do you like strong catchy hooks in your music?
Do you like songs that last about three minutes?
Do you likes insane guitar riffs?
Well, if you do, this probably isn't the band for you. However if you like music that is emotional and atmospheric, I can't recommend this band enough.
On the subject of this Hvarf/Heim, it's good, but not great. This is a great album to start with, if you've haven't heard the band before. But if you are a die-hard Sigur Ros fan, you've probably heard most of this stuff before. Hvarf is a collection of b-sides. Heim is a collection of live material.
Heim dwarfs Hvarf in comparison (as Hvarf was a little forgettable to me). However, the songs on Heim stem out from the live DVD released by the band, Heima. And while both discs are good, I wouldn't recommend buying this if you already own Heima, as the DVD contains more performances by the band, unless you are a die-hard Sigur Ros fan.
If you're just a beginner though, this set is a good starting point.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Odds-and-ends but quite nice anyway
Comment: Sigur Ros has been very busy lately (the last 2 years). After touring endlessly beyond the Takk album around the world, they toured their native Iceland and recorded the experience for a DVD "Heima", which was released last Fall. Just about the same time, Sigur Ros released this collection as well.
Hvarf/Heim (2 CDS; 11 tracks; 73 min.) consists of seemingly 2 completely separate CDs. On "Hvarf" (5 tracks; 37 min.) the band went looking into the archives and came up with tracks scattering from 1995 to 2002. The best in the bunch are "Hljomalind," which sounds like it could've been an outtake from "Takk", even though it was recorded in 1999, and the 9+ min. "Von" (recorded in 1995), as lush yet introspective as anything as the band has done. "Heim" (6 tracks, 36 min.) brings tracks from that Iceland tour in 2006, and it really is nice. All the tracks are acoustic only. The opener "Samskeyti" is an beautiful instrumental, and the other tracks flow just as well. The band is augmented by the strings quartet of Amiina on all tracks, and as such most of the tracks don't sound all that different from the original tracks, even without the epic electric guitar of Jon Birgisson.
In all, this is a nice, but not essential, addition to the Sigur Ros catalog. Since then, the band has released a new album recently, Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust, which seems to mark a new musical direction for Sigur Ros. I'll be sure keep my eye on these guys.
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Summary: Sigur Ros Hvarf/Heim
Comment: This album is a delight. This band is so original and so unpredictable that their music is always a surprise, and Hvarf/Heim is no exception. On one disc are polished studio recordings of several of Sigur Ros' most requested songs, and on the other disc are rare live cuts rich with acoustic detail. I don't speak Icelandic, so the words are lost on me, but the music speaks for itself. Their extremely moving song "Von" (Hope) is on both discs so we get to hear it both live and produced. Both versions soar with emotion, as the music moves from bright to dark like a stormy sky. I'm glad I bought it.
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Summary: Gorgeous
Comment: The music of Sigur Rós is almost indescribably beautiful and this CD brings out some live recordings that are truly gorgeous. I can't say enought about any Sigur Rós CD and this one is no exception. You get transported into another world with each listen.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great sound!!!
Comment: If you like ethereal soundscapes this is a great CD. If you like to hear lyrics this is probably not for you. I personally like hearing the sound of Icelandic and Sigur Ros' own made up language (it's hard to tell which is which). Mixed with the atmospheric music, the songs are haunting and beautiful. The song Hljómalind sounds almost like a "pop" song and is very catchy.
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Editorial Reviews:
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November 5 sees Sigur Rós release a 2 CD set featuring all-new recordings titled "Hvarf - Heim". The album has two titles because it is in effect two separate, but complementary, entities with two front covers and is issued as a limited edition run of two discs. Open it one way and it's "Hvarf" ("disappeared" or "haven") a five track electric studio record comprising mainly unreleased rarities from Sigur Rós's back-pages, none of which features on "Heima" (the double DVD release issued on the same day). It features three previously unreleased songs (Salka, Hljómalind and Í Gær) alongside radical re-workings of two tracks from their debut album "Von". Open it the other way and it's "Heim" ("home"), a six track live acoustic record, comprising delicate new unplugged versions of some of Sigur Rós's finest moments, which have never been performed in this way before. The band were originally planning to release a more traditional live album to go with the "Heima" tour film, but instead decided upon "Hvarf-Heim" - infinitely more stimulating and exciting than some "will-this-do?" toss-offs of songs they honed to perfection in the studio aeons ago. Hljómalind / Starálfur is released as a limited edition double A-side 7" vinyl single on October 22 as a taster for the album release, but also to celebrate the UK Premiere of the "Heima" film which is on October 24 as part of the BBC's Electric Proms.
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