Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK

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Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK
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Studio album by
Múm
Released23 December 1999 (1999-12-23)
Genre
Length67:36
LabelTMT
Múm chronology
Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK
(1999) 		Finally We Are No One
(2002)
Singles from Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK
  1. "The Ballad of the Broken Birdie Records"
    Released: 1999[5]

Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK is the debut studio album by Icelandic band Múm. It was released on 23 December 1999 by TMT Entertainment.[6][7]

Critical reception and legacy

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarHalf star[3]
The GuardianStarStarStarStarStar[4]
MojoStarStarStarStar[8]
Muzik4/5[9]
NME8/10[10]
Pitchfork9.1/10[11]
Tiny Mix Tapes4.5/5[12]

Reviewing Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK for AllMusic, Tim DiGravina found the music "effortlessly timeless and thoroughly engrossing" and called the album "an unmitigated, accessible masterpiece."[3] Matt LeMay of Pitchfork deemed it "one of the most deeply, purely emotionally affecting albums of the year."[11]

In 2005, Múm performed Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK live in its entirety as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties-curated Don't Look Back concert series.[13] On 30 August 2019, Morr Music released a 20th anniversary remastered edition of the album, which included remixes and reinterpretations of the album's songs as bonus tracks.[6]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason, Gunnar Örn Tynes, Gyða Valtýsdóttir and Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir.[14]

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
Total length:67:36
20th anniversary edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."The Ballad of the Broken Birdie Records" (Ruxpin remix II)5:13
12."Smell Memory" (Bix remix)5:14
13."There Is a Number of Small Things & The Ballad of the Broken Birdie Records" (µ-Ziq Straight mix)8:01
14."The Ballad of the Broken Birdie Records" (Biogen mix)5:24
15."Smell Memory" (Kronos Quartet rework)9:34
16."Random Summer" (Hauschka rework)3:53
17."The Ballad of the Broken String" (Sóley rework)4:08
Total length:109:03

Personnel

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Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[15]

Additional musicians

  • Helga Björg Arnardóttir – clarinet on "There Is a Number of Small Things" and "Awake on a Train"
  • Sigríður Geirsdóttir – strings on "Awake on a Train"
  • Hildur Guðnadóttir – strings on "Awake on a Train"
  • Stefán Már Magnússon – guitar on "Awake on a Train"
  • Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson – trumpet on "Awake on a Train"
  • Gróa Margrét Valdimarsdóttir – strings on "Awake on a Train"

Production

  • Finnur Björnsson – mixing, recording
  • Finnur Hákonarson – recording
  • Múm – mixing, recording

Design

  • Arnaldur Hilmisson – artwork
  • Múm – artwork

Release history

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Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
Iceland 23 December 1999
TMT [6][7][16]
United Kingdom 19 June 2000 CD Tugboat [17]
Japan 25 September 2001 P-Vine [18]
Various 4 October 2005
  • CD
  • LP
 Morr [19]
Japan 21 September 2007 CD P-Vine [20][21]
17 October 2012 Hostess [22]
Various 30 August 2019
Morr [6][23]

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