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2.42 | 12 ratings | 1 reviews | 17% 5 stars Write a review Buy SIGUR RÓS Music from Progarchives.com partners

Singles/EPs/Fan Club/Promo, released in 2005 Songs / Tracks Listing CDS & 12" track list: 1. Hoppípolla (4:28) 2. Með Blóðnasir (2:17) 3. Hafsól * (9:52) * = New studio recording of a song originally released on Von. 7" track list: 1. Hoppípolla (4:28) 2. Heysátan (4:09) Line-up / Musicians - Jónsi Birgission / vocals, guitar - Kjartan Sveinsson / keyboards, electric piano - Georg Hólm / bass - Orri Páll Dýrason / drums Releases information CDS CDEM 673 released 28.11.2005 12" 12EM 673 released 28.11.2005 7" EM 673 released 1.5.2006 EMI Records Ltd. Thanks to Keppa4v for the addition Edit this entry

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SIGUR RÓS Hoppípolla ratings distribution

Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music(17%)

Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection(25%)

Good, but non-essential (25%)

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"Hoppípolla" was released by Sigur Rós as a single, and the song is included on the full- length studio album "Takk." In Icelandic "Hoppípolla" means Jumping into puddles, the song is sung mainly in Icelandic although some of the vocals are sung in Vonlenska also. The song gained large popularity through BBC's Planet Earth TV series which, in tern granted the band many fans and ensured the success of "Takk." The song was also used in the credits for the movie "Children of Men" as well as a few other ads/shows.

The song itself is a rather upbeat one and there is nothing dark about. It is quite a different song as most, if not all of the bands' previous songs are somewhat mellow. It is not a bad song by any means, and it really takes time to grow on you. "Með Blóðnasir" is in many ways a reprise of "Hoppípolla" and it features the same melody being chanted/sung and it is put to brilliant effect. For some reason the band decided to add "Hafsól" from their debut album "Von." Listening to "Hoppípolla", then "Hafsól" one can really get the sense of just how far the band has come.

Not a bad ep, although it is quite pointless if you already own "Takk" and I would not recommend it just for "Hafsól." It is a nice ep to have though and the cover art is similar to that of "Takk" as it is constructed with that same kind of black ink-wash. In the end 2 stars is fitting, a good 2 stars. Collectors/fans only

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