Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK
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| Released | 11 March 2000 | |||
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| Length | 67:41 | |||
| Label | TMT | |||
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Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK is the debut studio album by Icelandic experimental musical group Múm. It was released by TMT Entertainment in Iceland on 11 March 2000, and then on 2 April 2001 in the United Kingdom.
In 2005, Múm performed the album 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.
On 30 August 2019, Morr Music released a remastered 20th anniversary edition of Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK. The release featured newly commissioned reworkings of the album's songs as bonus tracks: a cover of "Smell Memory" by Kronos Quartet (with additional drums by Múm's Samuli Kosminen), a reinterpretation of "Random Summer" by Hauschka, and a new version of "Ballad of the Broken String" by Sóley.[1]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Guardian | [3] |
| Mojo |  [4] |
| Muzik | 4/5[5] |
| NME | 8/10[6] |
| Pitchfork | 9.1/10[7] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | 4.5/5[8] |
Tim DiGravina of AllMusic wrote that Múm "proves to be as successful at creating emotional ambient electronic music" and called Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK "an unmitigated, accessible masterpiece".[2] Matt LeMay of Pitchfork deemed it "one of the most deeply, purely emotionally affecting albums of the year".[7]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 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 |
Personnel
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Production
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Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Catalog |
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| Iceland | 11 March 2000 | TMT Entertainment | TMT02CD, TMT02LP |
| United Kingdom | 2 April 2001 | ||
| 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
- ^ "Mum: Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK (20th Anniversary Edition) – 3LP – Morr Music". Forced Exposure. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ a b DiGravina, Tim. "Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK – Múm". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ^ Kabuubi, Maxine (30 June 2000). "Mum: Yesterday was Dramatic, Today is OK (Tugboat)". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ^ "Múm: Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK". Mojo. 2005. p. 122.
[T]he tracks they construct are full of an indefinable wonder...
- ^ Green, Thomas H. (August 2000). "Múm: Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK (Tugboat/Thule)". Muzik. No. 63. p. 122.
- ^ "Múm: Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK". NME. 22 April 2000.
- ^ a b LeMay, Matt (7 July 2001). "Múm: Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK". Pitchfork. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ^ "Múm – Yesterday Was Dramatic Today is Ok". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
External links
- Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK at Discogs (list of releases)
- Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK at MusicBrainz