Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK

Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK is the debut studio album by Icelandic band Múm. It was released on 23 December 1999 by TMT Entertainment and Thule Records.[4][5]

Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK
Studio album by
Múm
Released23 December 1999 (1999-12-23)
Genre
Length67:36
Label
  • TMT
  • Thule
Múm chronology
Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK
(1999)		 Finally We Are No One
(2002)
Singles from Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK
  1. "The Ballad of the Broken Birdie Records"
    Released: 1999[3]

In 2005, Múm performed the album live in its entirety as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties-curated Don't Look Back concert series.[6] On 30 August 2019, Morr Music released a 20th anniversary remastered edition of Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK, which included remixes and reinterpretations of the original album's songs as bonus tracks.[4]

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]
The Guardian[1]
Mojo[8]
Muzik4/5[9]
NME8/10[10]
Pitchfork9.1/10[11]
Tiny Mix Tapes4.5/5[12]

Tim DiGravina of AllMusic wrote that Múm "proves to be as successful at creating emotional ambient electronic music" and called Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK "an unmitigated, accessible masterpiece."[7] Matt LeMay of Pitchfork deemed it "one of the most deeply, purely emotionally affecting albums of the year."[11]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Múm.

No.TitleLength
1."I'm 9 Today"4:42
2."Smell Memory"9:23
3."There Is a Number of Small Things"6:32
4."Random Summer"3:12
5."Asleep on a Train"7:17
6."Awake on a Train"9:23
7."The Ballad of the Broken Birdie Records"5:25
8."The Ballad of the Broken String"4:45
9."Sunday Night Just Keeps on Rolling"8:10
10."Slow Bicycle"8:47
Total length:67:36
20th anniversary edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."The Ballad of the Broken Birdie Records" (Ruxpin remix II)5:13
12."Smell Memory" (Bix remix)5:14
13."There Is a Number of Small Things & The Ballad of the Broken Birdie Records" (µ-Ziq Straight mix)8:01
14."The Ballad of the Broken Birdie Records" (Biogen mix)5:24
15."Smell Memory" (Kronos Quartet rework)9:34
16."Random Summer" (Hauschka rework)3:53
17."The Ballad of the Broken String" (Sóley rework)4:08
Total length:109:03

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[13]

Release history
Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
Iceland 23 December 1999
  • TMT
  • Thule
 [4][5]
United Kingdom 2000 CD Tugboat [5]
Japan 25 September 2001 P-Vine [14]
Various 4 October 2005
  • CD
  • LP
 Morr [15]
Japan 21 September 2007 CD P-Vine [16][17]
17 October 2012 Hostess [18]
Various 30 August 2019
Morr [4][19]

References
  1. Kabuubi, Maxine (30 June 2000). "Mum: Yesterday was Dramatic, Today is OK (Tugboat)". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  2. Cheung, Karen (17 December 2020). "The Quiet Poetry of Post-Rock". The Rumpus. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  3. "múm – The Ballad Of The Broken Birdie Records – Vinyl 12" – 1999 – IS – Original". HHV. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  4. "múm: Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK". Morr Music. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  5. Williamson, Nigel, ed. (31 March 2001). "Global Music Pulse". Billboard. Vol. 113 no. 13. p. 43. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  6. "The Covers Album". Stereogum. 1 August 2005. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  7. DiGravina, Tim. "Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK – Múm". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  8. "Múm: Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK". Mojo. 2005. p. 122. [T]he tracks they construct are full of an indefinable wonder...
  9. Green, Thomas H. (August 2000). "Múm: Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK". Muzik. No. 63. p. 122.
  10. "Múm: Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK". NME. 22 April 2000.
  11. LeMay, Matt (7 July 2001). "Múm: Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK". Pitchfork. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  12. "Múm – Yesterday Was Dramatic Today is Ok". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  13. Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK (liner notes). Múm. TMT Entertainment. 1999. TMT02CD.CS1 maint: others (link)
  14. "イエスタデイ・ワズ・ドラマティック-トゥデイ・イズ・オーケー | ムーム" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  15. "múm: Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK". Morr Music. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  16. "「yesterday was dramatic – today is ok」ムーム – リリース情報" (in Japanese). P-Vine Records. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  17. "イエスタデイ・ワズ・ドラマティック-トゥデイ・イズ・オーケー | ムーム" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  18. "イエスタデイ・ワズ・ドラマティック-トゥデイ・イズ・オーケー | ムーム" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  19. Múm. "Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK (20th Anniversary Edition)". Bandcamp. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
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