Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK

Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK
Studio album by múm
Released 11 March 2000 (2000-03-11)
Genre Electronic, glitch[1]
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
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Guardian[3]
Mojo[4]
Muzik4/5[5]
NME8/10[6]
Pitchfork9.1/10[7]

Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK is the debut album by Icelandic experimental musical group múm, originally released on TMT Entertainment (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.TitleLength
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

Additional musicians

  • 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

References

  1. ↑ "Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK". NME. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  2. ↑ DiGravina, Tim. "Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK – Múm". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  3. ↑ Kabuubi, Maxine (June 30, 2000). "Mum: Yesterday was Dramatic, Today is OK (Tugboat)". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Múm: Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK". Mojo: 122. 2005. [T]he tracks they construct are full of an indefinable wonder...
  5. ↑ Green, Thomas H. (August 2000). "Múm: Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK (Tugboat/Thule)". Muzik (63): 122.
  6. ↑ "Múm: Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK". NME. 22 April 2000.
  7. ↑ LeMay, Matt (7 July 2001). "Múm: Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK". Pitchfork. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
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