Sigur Rós
Agætis byrjun







Release Year: 1999

Rankings:
All-Time #231 / 1990s #43 / 1999 #2

Genres: Post-Rock
Parent Genres: Rock

Rate Your Music (Album Info and User Reviews)
Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Consequence of Sound (USA) - Top 100 Albums Ever (2010) 76
Consequence of Sound (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 12
Delusions of Adequacy (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2010) 62
Fast 'n' Bulbous (USA) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (Updated 2015) 572
Gorilla Vs Bear (USA) - 20 Favorite Albums of the Decade 2000-2009 (2009) 11
LostAtSea (USA) - Top 50 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 15
Music Underwater (USA) - Top 100 Albums 1990-2003 (2004) 28
Pitchfork (USA) - The 100 Best Albums of 2000-2004 (2005) 6
Pitchfork (USA) - Top 200 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 8
PopMatters (USA) - The 100 Best Albums of the 2000s (2014) 25
Robert Dimery - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Updated 2018) No Order
Rolling Stone (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 29
Slant (USA) - Top 250 Albums of the 2000s (2010) 11
Spin (USA) - The 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years (2015) 294
Stylus (USA) - The 50 Best Albums of 2000-2004 (2005) 18
Stylus (USA) - Top 101-200 Albums of All time (2004) 141
Stylus Decade (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2010) 77
The Onion A.V. Club (USA) - Top 50 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 13
Tiny Mix Tapes (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2010) 46
Tom Moon (USA) - 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008) Main entry
Treble (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 90s (10 per Year) (2008) 4
Under the Radar (USA) - Top 200 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 20
eMusic (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 13
Irish Times (Ireland) - Top 20 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 18
Mojo (UK) - The 100 Greatest Albums of Our Lifetime 1993-2006 (2006) 70
Mojo (UK) - The Mojo Collection, 3rd and/or 4th Edition (2003/2007) No Order
NME (UK) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 97
No Ripcord (UK) - Top Albums 2000-2009 (2012) 27
Paul Morley (UK) - Words and Music, 5 x 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2003) No Order
The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die (2007) No Order
musicOMH (UK) - Top 21 Albums of the 2000s (2010) 16
Cokemachineglow.com (Canada) - The 60 Best Albums of 2000-2004 (2005) No Order
Adresseavisen (Norway) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 10
Helsingin Sanomat (Finland) - 50th Anniversary of Rock (2004) No Order
OOR (Netherlands) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 18
OOR (The Netherlands) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (2007) 79
Studio Brussels (Belgium) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Nominations (2015) No Order
Intro (Germany) - The Best Albums of the Decade 1991-2001 (2001) No Order
Laut (Germany) - Top 50 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 37
Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 100 Best Albums Since Autumn 1994 (2003) 72
Christophe Brault (France) - Top 20 Albums by Year 1964-2004 (2006) 7
FNAC (France) - The Ideal Discography: 823 Indispensables Albums (2015) Key album
Les Inrockuptibles (France) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2010) 42
Nicolas Dupuy (France) - The 100 Best Rock Albums (2010) No Order
Heineken (Spain) - Top 50 International Albums of the 2000s (2009) 32
Mondosonoro (Spain) - Top 50 International Albums of the 2000s (2009) 8
PlayGround (Spain) - Top 200 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 9
Indie for Bunnies (Italy) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 53
Ondarock (Italy) - Rock Milestones (albums added every month) No Order
Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Albums of the Century (2003) No Order
Porcys (Poland) - Top 100 Albums from 2000-2004 (2005) 5
Porcys (Poland) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2010) 12
Screenagers (Poland) - Top 100 Albums of the 90s (2005) 17
Teraz Rock (Poland) - Top 50 Albums of the New Millennium (2005) 38
Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 4.5 Stars
Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade B
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004) 4 Stars
Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10 8
Metacritic (Metascore 0-100, Weighted Average of Reviews from USA and UK) 87
Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (UK) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2002) 4 Stars
Music Story (France) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 5 Stars
Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) 7.5
End of Year Lists
Addicted to Noise (USA) - Albums of the Year 22
Alternative Press (USA) - Albums of the Year 24
Barnes & Noble.com (USA) - Albums of the Year 27
Eonline (USA) - Albums of the Year No Order
Music-Critic.com (USA) - Albums of the Year 1
Pitchfork (USA) - Albums of the Year 2
Shortlist Prize Nominees 2001-2007 (USA) Winner
Spin (USA) - Albums of the Year 13
Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year 16
woxy.com (USA) - Albums of the Year 82
Melody Maker (UK) - Albums of the Year 22
NME (UK) - Albums of the Year 35
Playlouder (UK) - Albums of the Year 7
Select (UK) - Albums of the Year 26
Terrorizer (UK) - Albums of the Year 17
Eye Weekly Canadian Critics Poll - Albums of the Year 10
Aftenposten (Norway) - Albums of the Year 11
Dagsavisen (Norway) - Albums of the Year 3
Panorama (Norway) - Albums of the Year 2
Rumba (Finland) - Albums of the Year 16
Le Soir (Belgium) - Albums of the Year 2
OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year 13
Intro (Germany) - Albums of the Year 1
Spex (Germany) - Albums of the Year 6
Visions (Germany) - Albums of the Year No Order
Zündfunk (Germany) - Albums of the Year 4
Les Inrockuptibles (France) - Albums of the Year 5
Popnews (France) - Albums of the Year 5
Trax (France) - Albums of the Year 3
Mondo Sonoro (Spain) - Albums of the Year 2
Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - Albums of the Year No Order
Rockerilla (Italy) - Albums of the Year 4
Babylon (Greece) - Albums of the Year 17