Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK

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Yesterday Was Dramatic - Today Is OK
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Studio album by múm
Released 11 March 2000 (2000-03-11)
Genre Electronic
Length 67:41
Label TMT
Producer múm, Finnur Björnsson
múm chronology
Yesterday Was Dramatic - Today Is OK
(2000)
Finally We Are No One
(2002)Finally We Are No One2002
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars [1]
Pitchfork Media (9.1/10) [2]
Stylus 3.5/5 stars [3]

Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK is the debut album by experimental Icelandic musical group múm, originally released on TMT (Iceland) on 11 March 2000, and then on 2 April 2001 in the United Kingdom. In 2005 the album was performed live in its entirety as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties-curated Don't Look Back series. "The Ballad of the Broken Birdie Records" appears in the 2009 film Until the Light Takes Us.

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "I'm 9 Today"   4:42
2. "Smell Memory"   9:23
3. "There Is a Number of Small Things"   6:32
4. "Random Summer"   3:12
5. "Asleep on a Train"   7:17
6. "Awake on a Train"   9:23
7. "The Ballad of the Broken Birdie Records"   5:25
8. "The Ballad of the Broken String"   4:45
9. "Sunday Night Just Keeps on Rolling"   8:10
10. "Slow Bicycle"   8:47

Personnel

  • Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson – trumpet on track 6
  • Helga Björg Arnardóttir – clarinet on tracks 3 and 6
  • Stefán Már Magnússon – rhythm guitar on track 6
  • Hildur Guðnadóttir, Gróa Margrét Valdimarsdóttir, Sigríður Geirsdóttir – strings on track 6
  • Arnaldur Hilmisson, Múm – artwork

Release history

Region Date Label Catalog
Iceland 11 March 2000 TMT Entertainment TMT02CD, TMT02LP
United Kingdom 2 April 2001 TMT Entertainment TMT02CD, TMT02LP
Japan 25 September 2001 P-Vine PCD-23157
United Kingdom 21 January 2002 Tugboat Records TUGCD021, TUGLP021
Europe 3 October 2005 Morr Music MM058CD, MM0582LP
Taiwan 2006 Avant Garden Records

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