Inni (album)

Inni
Live album by Sigur Rós
Released	7 November 2011 (2011-11-07)
Recorded	2008
Genre	Post-rock, ambient
Sigur Rós chronology
We Play Endlessly (2009) Inni (2011) Valtari (2012)

Inni (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈɪnːɪ], Within) is a live motion picture and album by Icelandic band Sigur Rós released in 2011.^[1] The concert footage was directed by Vincent Morisset and filmed at the Alexandra Palace in 2008. It was released on 7 November 2011 on various formats, including vinyl, DVD, Blu-ray and CD. Theatrical versions were shown around the world in late 2011.

It contains live tracks from all but one of the band's albums, and prominently features their (at-the-time most recent) album, Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust. Two tracks were released for free download off the band's website from the album, "Ný Batterí" and "Festival", and "E-Bow" was also made available for download with every pre-order of the package.

Editions

The commercial package for Inni is released in five different editions:

• 'Digital download' edition of the motion picture on .mp4 and/or album on .wav or .mp3
• 'Standard' edition featuring the motion picture on DVD and the album on double CD
• 'Blu-ray' edition with the motion picture on Blu-ray and DVD and the album on double CD
• 'Vinyl/DVD' edition with the motion picture on DVD and the album on both double CD and triple vinyl
• 'Limited special' edition (6996 copies), released in Iceland, featuring special packaging, the Blu-ray, DVDs (NTSC and PAL versions) and double CD as well as a 7" coloured vinyl of the song "Lúppulagið" and additional bonus material.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(78/100)[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	(A−)[4]
The A.V. Club	(B+)[5]
Pitchfork Media	(7.2/10)[6]
BBC	(positive)[7]
Slant Magazine	[8]
Consequence of Sound	[9]
Spin	[10]
Clash	[11]
Drowned in Sound	[12]
Paste Magazine	(8.2/10)[13]

Inni has received mostly positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 78, based on 18 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[2] Marc Hogan from Spin wrote: "After three-plus years without fresh Sigur Rós material, though, the real treat is the contemplatively buzzing, ambient finale "Lúppulagid"—an honest-to-goodness new song." Melissa Maerz from Entertainment Weekly commented that "the DVD captures the 75-minute buildup of guitars, xylophones, piccolos, and frontman Jónsi's cherubic voice, until it reaches its epic finale on the ethereal new swooner Lúppulagid."^[4] Kevin Liedel from Slant Magazine awarded the album three out of five stars and wrote: "Inni is beautiful and alluring, yes, but ultimately a recycled bit of nostalgia likely to please very few."^[8]

Motion picture track listing

1. "Ný batterí"
2. "Svefn-g-englar"
3. "Fljótavík"
4. "Inní mér syngur vitleysingur"
5. "Sæglópur"
6. "Festival"
7. "E-Bow"
8. "Popplagið"
9. "Lúppulagið"

DVD/Blu-ray bonus tracks:

1. "All Alright"
2. "Glósóli"
3. "Hafsól"
4. "Við spilum endalaust"

The DVDs (but not the Blu-Ray) in the 'limited special' edition include an extra bonus track, "Klippa" ("Cut"), a short movie directed by Sarah Hopper, with ambient music by the band and sound design by Matthew Herbert. This edition includes a hand-cut piece of the outfits the band wore during the two concerts in a machine-numbered envelope in each copy, and the movie shows three actors starting this process in a highly-stylized setting. This movie was also made available to watch on the band's official YouTube and Vimeo accounts.^{[14] [15]}

CD track listing

Vinyl track listing

Personnel

• Jón Þór Birgisson – vocals, guitar, piano, pump organ, keyboards, bass
• Kjartan Sveinsson – keyboards, guitar, backup vocals, flute
• Georg Hólm – bass, toy piano
• Orri Páll Dýrason – drums, keyboards, xylophone

References

External links

• Inni at IMDb

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