Sigur Rós discography
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The discography of Sigur Rós, an Icelandic post-rock group, consists of eight studio albums, three remix albums, five extended plays, one soundtrack album, sixteen singles, twenty-three music videos and two video albums.[1] Sigur Rós was formed in 1994 in Reykjavík, Iceland, by singer and guitarist Jón Þór Birgisson, bassist Georg Hólm and drummer Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson.[2]
| Sigur Rós discography | |
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Sigur Rós performing at the Roskilde Festival 2006, Denmark | |
| Studio albums | 8 |
| EPs | 5 |
| Soundtrack albums | 1 |
| Live albums | 1 |
| Compilation albums | 3 |
| Singles | 17 |
| Video albums | 2 |
| Music videos | 23 |
| Remix albums | 3 |
| Other appearances | 13 |
Sigur Rós released their debut album, Von, in 1997 with Smekkleysa Records. It failed to chart, selling 313 copies in its first year of release, but was certified platinum in 2005 by Iceland's record industry association. Von brigði was released in 1998 and features remixes of tracks from Von. Only one track, "Leit af lífi", was new to the album. Keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson joined the band in 1998 and a year later Ágætis byrjun was released. It reached number 1 on the Icelandic album chart, number 17 in Norway, and number 52 on the United Kingdom Albums Chart. Two tracks were released from the album as singles: "Svefn-g-englar" and "Ný batterí". Gunnarsson left the band after Ágætis byrjun and was replaced by Orri Páll Dýrason.
The group's third studio album, ( ), was released in June 2002, comprising eight untitled tracks divided by a 36-second silence. The album's title consists of two opposing parentheses; it has no other official title, though members of Sigur Rós have referred to it as "Svigaplatan" ("The Bracket Album").[3] The entire album is performed in Vonlenska, a constructed language.[4] One single was released from ( ), "untitled #1" (a.k.a. "Vaka"). Takk..., released in 2005, produced three singles, "Glósóli", "Hoppípolla" and "Sæglópur". The album reached number 1 in Iceland, number 4 in Italy and Norway, number 16 in the UK, and number 27 in the United States. It was certified gold in Iceland and the UK. Sigur Rós's fifth studio album, Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust, was released in 2008 with "Gobbledigook", "Inní mér syngur vitleysingur" and "Við spilum endalaust" all released as singles. Með suð... was also certified gold in the UK.
In March 2012, Sigur Rós released "Ekki múkk", from their sixth studio album Valtari, also released in 2012. In 2013, they released their seventh album, Kveikur.
Albums
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Sales | |||||||||||
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| ICL [5] |
AUS [6] |
DEN [7] |
FIN [8] |
FRA [9] |
GER [10] |
IRL [11] |
ITA [12] |
NOR [13] |
SWE [14] |
UK [15] |
US [16] | ||||
| 1997 | Von
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1999 | Ágætis byrjun
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1 | — | — | — | 65 | 59 | 38 | — | 17 | — | 52 | — | ||
| 2002 | ( )
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1 | 49 | 24 | 24 | 19 | 33 | 17 | — | 6 | 50 | 49 | 51 | ||
| 2005 | Takk...
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1 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 30 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 27 | ||
| 2008 | Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
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1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 5 | 15 |
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| 2012 | Valtari
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1 | 14 | 21 | 21 | 29 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 8 | 7 | ||
| 2013 | Kveikur
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1 | 17 | 8 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 14 | ||
| 2023 | Átta
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— | —[A] | — | — | 51 [27] |
5 | — | 18 [28] |
— | — | 30 | — | ||
| "—" denotes a title that was not released or did not chart in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
Compilation albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Notes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICL [5] |
AUS [6] |
FRA [9] |
GER [10] |
IRL [11] |
ITA [12] |
NOR [13] |
SWE [14] |
SWI [29] |
UK [15] | |||||
| 2007 | Hvarf/Heim
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2 | 49 | 50 | 35 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 45 | 44 | 23 |
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| 2008 | In a Frozen Sea: A Year with Sigur Ros
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| 2009 | We Play Endlessly
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "—" denotes a title that was not released or did not chart in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Live albums
Remix albums
| Year | Album details | Notes |
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| 1998 | Von brigði
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| 2017 | Route One
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| 2017 | Liminal
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| 2018 | Liminal 2
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| 2025 | Takk… (The Tape Variations)
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Soundtrack albums
| Year | Album details |
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| 2003 | Hlemmur
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| 2020 | Odin's Raven Magic[33]
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Video albums
| Year | Album details | Certifications |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Heima
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| 2013 | Valtari Film Experiment
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Extended plays
| Year | EP details | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [9] |
IRL [11] |
ITA [12] | |||
| 2001 | Rímur
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| 2003 | Sigur 1 / Sigur 9
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— | — | — | |
| 2004 | Ba Ba Ti Ki Di Do
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77 | 25 | 7 | |
| 2006 | Sæglópur Japan Tour EP
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— | — | — | |
| 2013 | Brennisteinn US Tour EP
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— | — | — | |
Singles
| Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICL [5] |
BEL (FL) Tip [32] |
CAN [36] |
DEN [7] |
GER [37] |
IRL [11] |
UK [15] [38] | ||||||||
| 1999 | "Svefn-g-englar" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 146 | Ágætis byrjun | |||||
| 2000 | "Ný batterí" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 133 | ||||||
| 2003 | "Vaka" | — | — | 4 | 20 | 98 | 31 | 72 | ( ) | |||||
| 2005 | "Glósóli" | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Takk... | |||||
| "Hoppípolla" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | |||||||
| 2006 | "Sæglópur" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2007 | "Hljómalind" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 91 | Hvarf/Heim | |||||
| 2008 | "Gobbledigook" | 9 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust | |||||
| "Inní mér syngur vitleysingur" | 8 | 16 | — | — | — | — | 152 | |||||||
| 2009 | "Við spilum endalaust" | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2012 | "Ekki múkk" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Valtari | |||||
| "Varúð" | — | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 2013 | "Brennisteinn" | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Kveikur | |||||
| "Ísjaki" | 12 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 2016 | "Óveður" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |||||
| 2017 | "Á" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2023 | "Blóðberg" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Átta | |||||
| "—" denotes a title that was not released or did not chart in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Other appearances
These songs have not appeared on official Sigur Rós releases.
Guest appearances
Compilation appearances
| Year | Song | Album | Notes |
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| 1994 | "Fljúgðu" | Smekkleysa í hálfa öld[41] |
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| 1998 | "Leit Að Lífi" | Popp í Reykjavík[42] |
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| 2003 | "Ég Mun Læknast" | Branches and Routes[43] |
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Soundtrack appearances
| Year | Song | Soundtrack | Notes |
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| 2000 | "Bíum bíum bambaló" | Angels of the Universe[44] |
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| "Dánarfregnir og jarðafarir" | |||
| 2001 | "Svefn-g-englar" | Vanilla Sky | Part of the original soundtrack curated by the director Cameron Crowe |
| "Agaetis Byrjun" | |||
| "The Nothing Song (Njosnavelin)" | |||
| 2004 | Film score | The Loch Ness Kelpie[45] |
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| 2005 | "Á ferð til Breiðafjarðar" | Gargandi snilld[46][47] |
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| "Hrafnagaldr Óðins" | |||
| 2009 | "Fljotavik" & "Ara Batur" | The Boys Are Back | The film features a score composed by Hal Lindes and a soundtrack by Sigur Rós.[48] |
| 2010 | "Festival" | 127 Hours | |
| 2011 | "Hoppípolla" | We Bought a Zoo |
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| 2014 | "The Rains of Castamere" | Game of Thrones: Season 4 |
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| 2016 | "Varðeldur" | Captain Fantastic | Original soundtrack scored by Alex Somers, a frequent collaborator of Sigur Rós and Jónsi[49][50] |
| 2017 | "Match" & "End" | "Hang the DJ" | Original soundtrack scored by Alex Somers, a frequent collaborator of Sigur Rós and Jónsi[51] |
Music videos
| Year | Song | Director(s) |
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| 1999 | "Svefn-g-englar" | August Jakobsson, Sigur Rós[52] |
| 2000 | "Viðrar vel til loftárása" | Stefan Arni, Siggi Kinski, Sigur Rós[53][54] |
| 2003 | "untitled #1" | Floria Sigismondi[55][56] |
| 2005 | "Glósóli" | Stefan Arni, Siggi Kinski[57][58][59] |
| "Hoppípolla" | ||
| 2006 | "Sæglópur" | Sigur Rós, The Mill[60] |
| 2007 | "Heima" | |
| 2008 | "Gobbledigook" | Stefan Arni, Siggi Kinski[61] |
| "Inní mér syngur vitleysingur" | Sigur Rós[62][63] | |
| "Við spilum endalaust" | ||
| 2012 | "Varúð" | Unknown |
| "Ég anda" | ||
| "Fjögur píanó" | ||
| "Rembihnútur" | ||
| "Ekki múkk" | ||
| "Dauðalogn" | ||
| "Valtari" | ||
| 2013 | "Brennisteinn" | Andrew Thomas Huang |
| "Ísjaki" (Lyric video) | Unknown | |
| "Kveikur" (promo video) | ||
| "Stormur" (collaborative video) | ||
| "Rafstraumur" | ||
| 2016 | "Óveður" | Jonas Åkerlund |
| 2023 | ||
| "Blóðberg" | Johan Renck | |
| "Andrá" | Katya Gimro, Alexey Krupnik | |
| "8" | Rúrí | |
| "Gold" | Rene van Pannevis | |
| "Ylur" | Sophie Hunter | |
| "Mór" | Glenn Leyburn, Lisa Barros D'Sa | |
| "Glóð" | Claudia Hausfeld, Rúnar Rúnarsson | |
| "Skel" | George Jasper Stone | |
| "Fall" | Katya Gimro | |
| "Klettur" | Frosti Jón Runólfsson |
Notes
- Átta did not enter the top 50 of the ARIA Albums Chart, but peaked at number eight on the ARIA Vinyl Albums Chart.[26]