Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK

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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.<ref name="morranniversary"/><ref name="thule"/>

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."<ref name="allmusic"/> Matt LeMay of Pitchfork deemed it "one of the most deeply, purely emotionally affecting albums of the year."<ref name="pitchfork"/>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref name="morranniversary"/>

Track listing

All tracks are written by Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason, Gunnar Örn Tynes, Gyða Valtýsdóttir and Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir.<ref>References for songwriting credits:

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Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.<ref>Template:Cite AV media notes</ref>

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 – mixing, recording
• Finnur Hákonarson – recording
• Múm – mixing, recording

Design

• Arnaldur Hilmisson – artwork
• Múm – artwork

Release history

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Iceland	23 December 1999	Template:Hlist	TMT	<ref name="morranniversary"/><ref name="thule">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
United Kingdom	19 June 2000	CD	Tugboat	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} In the left sidebar, click Template:Noitalic. Click Template:Noitalic.</ref>
Japan	25 September 2001		P-Vine	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Various	4 October 2005	Template:Hlist	Morr	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Japan	21 September 2007	CD	P-Vine	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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Various	30 August 2019	Template:Hlist	Morr	<ref name="morranniversary">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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