''Við og við'' is Icelandic musician

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debut album, roughly translating to "Now and Then". It was released in by the 12 Tónar label. The album has been produced by Sigur Rós band member

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who together with

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and Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson from

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also contribute to the album by playing instruments on some songs.

Track listing

# "Englar Og Dárar" – 3:00 # "Í Nýju Húsi" – 4:35 # "Klara" – 2:29 # "Við Og Við" – 5:39 # "Orfeus Og Evridís" – 5:38 ( originally by

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) # "Vittu Af Mér" – 4:15 # "Moldin" – 3:22 # "Náttsöngur" – 4:33 # "Skjaldborg" – 3:04 # "Ævagömul Orkuþula" – 1:58

Reception

According to a press release by

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, Við og Við was "named Record of the Year in Iceland and came in at #38 on Paste's Top 100 Albums list.

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recently named Við og Við as one of the 100 Best Albums of the Decade while

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proclaimed Ólöf as "Reykjavik's answer to

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". Ólöf's voice has been singled out for high praise as "otherworldly" by

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, "stunning" by SPIN, "remarkable" by the

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, "ethereal" by Vanity Fair and "impossibly lovely" by Paste."

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vid Og Vid 2006 debut albums Ólöf Arnalds albums