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.
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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." 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.
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 – mixing, recording
- Finnur Hákonarson – recording
- Múm – mixing, recording
Design
- Arnaldur Hilmisson – artwork
- Múm – artwork
Release history
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| 23 December 1999
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| TMT
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!scope="row"| United Kingdom
| 19 June 2000
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| Tugboat
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| 25 September 2001
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| 4 October 2005
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| Morr
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| 21 September 2007
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| P-Vine
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| 17 October 2012
| Hostess
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!scope="row"| Various
| 30 August 2019
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| Morr
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