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Dýrð í dauðaþögn
2012 studio album by Ásgeir Trausti From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dýrð í dauðaþögn is the debut album by the Icelandic singer-songwriter Ásgeir Trausti. The album was recorded in three or four months in the summer of 2012.[1] Most of the original Icelandic lyrics were written by Ásgeir's father.[1]
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The album reached number thirty-four in Denmark,[2] and number one in Iceland where it has since been awarded triple platinum certification.[3][4] It became the best selling debut album ever in Iceland.[5] It is also reported to be owned by one in every ten people in Iceland.[6]
As well as being nominated for the Best Album of the Year award at the 2012 Nordic Music Prize,[7] the album won the Album of the Year at the 2012 Icelandic Music Awards and it received a Kraumur Award.[8][9]
In the Silence, an English language version of the album, translated by the American musician John Grant, was released online on 28 October 2013, and physically on January 27, 2014.[4] Only the vocal part is different from Dýrð í dauðaþögn.[1]
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Track listing
All tracks are written by Ásgeir Trausti Einarsson and Einar Georg Einarsson except where noted.
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Personnel
- Musicians[10]
- Ásgeir Trausti Einarsson – vocals (all tracks), backing vocals (all tracks), guitar (all tracks), bass guitar (tracks 6, 9, 10), keyboards (tracks 1–9), piano (tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10)
- Sigurður Guðmundsson – keyboards (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9), piano (track 2), bass guitar (tracks 2, 3, 4), backing vocals (track 3), harmonium (track 5)
- Kristinn Snær Agnarsson – drums (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9), percussion (track 3)
- Þorsteinn Einarsson – guitar (tracks 2, 3), backing vocals (tracks 3, 10)
- Samúel Jón Samúelsson – trombone (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 9)
- Kjartan Hákonarson – trumpet (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 9)
- Óskar Guðjónsson – saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 9)
- Valdimar Kolbeinn Sigurjónsson – bass guitar (track 1)
- Ingi Björn Ingasson – bass guitar (track 4)
- Recording personnel[11]
- Guðmundur Kristinn Jónsson – producer, recording, mixing
- Sigurður Guðmundsson – recording
- Kristinn Snær Agnarsson – recording
- Ásgeir Trausti Einarsson – recording
- Other personnel[11]
- Svarti Hrinhurinn – cover art
- Jónína de la Rosa – photography
- Bobby Breiðholt – design
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