Ágætis byrjun
Ágætis byrjun(" A good beginning") is the second studio album by Icelandic post- rock band Sigur Rós, released on 12 June 1999.
The album was recorded between the summer of 1998 and the spring of 1999 with producer Ken Thomas.
" Ágætis byrjun" represented a substantial departure from the band's previous album" Von", with that album's extended ambient soundscapes replaced by Jónsi Birgisson's now signature cello- bowed guitarwork and lush orchestration, using a double string octet amongst other chamber elements.
" Ágætis byrjun" became Sigur Rós's breakthrough album, both commercially and critically.
It received a 2000 release in the United Kingdom and a 2001 release in the United States.
According to their label Smekkleysa, the album sold 10,000 copies on its first year of release in Iceland, earning the band platinum status.
It won numerous awards, and has appeared on multiple critics' lists of the best albums of the 2000s.
" Ágætis byrjun" is the band's first album to feature keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson, and their last to feature drummer Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson, who left the band several months after the album was released.
Gunnarsson was replaced by Orri Páll Dýrason in the same year.
Thrush Hour: A Study of the Great Ladies of Jazz
Thrush Hour: A Study of the Great Ladies of Jazz is Stephanie Nakasian's sixth album as leader.
It was released in 2006.
The album features Nakasian paying tribute to twenty of jazz's great female singers.
Nakasian's intention, as stated in the liner notes, is to emulate and mimic their styles and inflections in order to bring a sense of authenticity back to vocal jazz.
The extensive liner notes include a short biography of each singer as well as Nakasian's description of how she endeavors to achieve their unique sound.
All of the arrangements were taken from the originals and prepared by Nakasian and Hod O'Brien.
Von (album)
Von(" Hope") is the debut studio album by Icelandic post- rock band Sigur Rós, released on 14 June 1997 by Smekkleysa Records.
Production lasted over two years, and the end result sounded significantly different from the original recordings.
The band considered scrapping the final result, but decided not as it would have made the process too long.
In exchange for recording time, Sigur Rós painted the studio they recorded in.
" Von" was originally released in Iceland to positive reviews from critics, but went relatively unnoticed abroad.
In the first year following its release," Von" sold only 313 copies in Iceland.
Following the band's popular international releases," Ágætis byrjun" and, it was re-released in the United Kingdom in 2004, and in the United States a month later.
In 2005," Von" and" Ágætis byrjun" were declared platinum albums in Iceland, signifying domestic sales of over 5,000.
Ladies of Letters
Ladies of Letters is a BBC Radio 4 comedy series starring Patricia Routledge and Prunella Scales, based on the series of books of the same name written by Carole Hayman and Lou Wakefield.
Routledge stars as Vera Small and Scales as Irene Spencer, two elderly ladies who share a sometimes rocky relationship conducted by correspondence.
The success of the first series of" Ladies of Letters"( broadcast in 1997) spawned adaptations of several sequels:" Ladies of More Letters"( 1999);" Ladies of Letters. Com"( 2000);" Ladies of Letters Log On"( 2001);" Ladies of Letters Make Mincemeat"( 2001 Christmas Special);" Ladies of Letters Spring Clean"( 2004);" Ladies of Letters Go Global"( 2006);" Ladies of Letters Say No"( 2007);" Ladies of Letters Go Green"( 2008);" Ladies of Letters Crunch Credit"( 2009) and" Ladies of Letters Go Crackers"( 2010- this series features Anne Reid instead of Patricia Routledge as Vera Small, see below).
Each of the 15- minute episodes come as part of BBC Radio 4's long running magazine programme" Woman's Hour".
A ten-part television adaptation of the first radio series has been made for ITV3, which began on 3 February 2009.
Ladies of the Canyon
Ladies of the Canyon may refer to:
The Caliph's Tea Party
The Caliph's Tea Party is a remix studio album by American musician Gonjasufi.
The album was released on 4 October 2010 by Warp label.
The album is a complete reworking of his debut album" A Sufi And A Killer" released earlier this year.
School of Jazz
School of Jazz may refer to:
Svefn-g-englar
" Svefn- g-englar" is a song by the Icelandic post- rock band Sigur Rós, from their second album," Ágætis byrjun".
Pulse (Megumi Hayashibara album)
Pulse is Megumi Hayashibara's fifth album, released on December 21, 1994.
A single version was released earlier excluding karaoke tracks of the songs.
The Modern Art of Jazz
The Modern Art of Jazz may refer to:

Question: Which album was released earlier, Ágætis Byrjun or Thrush Hour: A Study Of The Great Ladies Of Jazz?