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
Length	67:41
Label	TMT
Producer	múm, Finnur Björnsson
múm chronology
Yesterday Was Dramatic - Today Is OK (2000) Finally We Are No One (2002)

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Pitchfork Media	(9.1/10)
Stylus

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

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

External links

• Yesterday Was Dramatic - Today Is OK at MusicBrainz