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.

Critical reception and legacy

Reviewing Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK for AllMusic, Tim DiGravina found the music "effortlessly timeless and thoroughly engrossing" and called the album "an unmitigated, accessible masterpiece." Matt LeMay of Pitchfork deemed it "one of the most deeply, purely emotionally affecting albums of the year."
In 2005, Múm performed Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK live in its entirety as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties-curated Don't Look Back concert series. On 30 August 2019, Morr Music released a 20th anniversary remastered edition of the album, which included remixes and reinterpretations of the album's songs as bonus tracks.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason, Gunnar Örn Tynes, Gyða Valtýsdóttir and Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir.

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.
Additional musicians
  • Helga Björg Arnardóttir – clarinet on "There Is a Number of Small Things" and "Awake on a Train"
  • Sigríður Geirsdóttir – strings on "Awake on a Train"
  • Hildur Guðnadóttir – strings on "Awake on a Train"
  • Stefán Már Magnússon – guitar on "Awake on a Train"
  • Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson – trumpet on "Awake on a Train"
  • Gróa Margrét Valdimarsdóttir – strings on "Awake on a Train"
Production
  • Finnur Björnsson – [audio audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing (recorded music)|mixing], [sound sound recording and reproduction|recording and reproduction|recording]
  • Finnur Hákonarson – recording
  • Múm – mixing, recording
Design
  • Arnaldur Hilmisson – artwork
  • Múm – artwork