Summer Make Good
2004 studio album by Múm
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Summer Make Good is the third studio album by Icelandic band Múm. It was released on 12 April 2004 by FatCat Records.[14]
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| Released | 12 April 2004 | |||
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| Length | 46:50 | |||
| Label | FatCat | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 71/100[3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| Alternative Press | 4/5[5] |
| Drowned in Sound | 8/10[6] |
| Entertainment Weekly | C[7] |
| Mojo | [8] |
| Pitchfork | 4.5/10[9] |
| Q | [10] |
| Slant Magazine | [11] |
| Stylus Magazine | 7/10[12] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | 4/5[13] |
The CD edition of Summer Make Good was released in a cardboard sleeve. 28 June 2004 saw the release of a "limited presentation" edition of the album: a hardcover book (with dust jacket) containing artwork, and with the CD slotted into the inside back cover.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason, Gunnar Örn Tynes and Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir, except where noted.[15]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Hú hviss – A Ship" | 1:27 | |
| 2. | "Weeping Rock, Rock" | 6:18 | |
| 3. | "Nightly Cares" | 4:58 | |
| 4. | "The Ghosts You Draw on My Back" |
| 4:14 |
| 5. | "Stir" | 2:41 | |
| 6. | "Sing Me Out the Window" | 4:42 | |
| 7. | "The Island of Children's Children" | 5:16 | |
| 8. | "Away" | 1:28 | |
| 9. | "Oh, How the Boat Drifts" |
| 5:11 |
| 10. | "Small Deaths Are the Saddest" | 1:30 | |
| 11. | "Will the Summer Make Good for All of Our Sins?" | 4:02 | |
| 12. | "Abandoned Ship Bells" | 5:03 | |
| Total length: | 46:50 | ||
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[16]
Additional musicians
- Ólöf Arnalds – guitar, viola, Stroh violin, xylophone, backing vocals
- Girls from Austurbæjarskóli (Ársól Þóra Sigurðardóttir, Brynja Siggeirsdóttir, Halla Björg Sigurþórsdóttir, Perla Hafþórsdóttir, Vigdís Perla Maack and Viktoria Sigurðardóttir) – vocals on "Weeping Rock, Rock"
- Samuli Kosminen – drums, percussion, sampler
- Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson – trumpet, pianette, Moog synthesizer, whistle
- Adam Pierce – harp
- Halldór Arnar Úlfarsson – halldorophone
Production
- Graeme Durham – editing
- Orri Jónsson – mixing, recording
- Múm – mixing
- Mandy Parnell – mastering
Design
- Dave Howell – artwork
- Dave Thomas – artwork