Jóhann JóhannssonBest Jóhann Jóhannsson Albums Ranked
7.8
Avg Score
13
Opinions
18
Albums
3
Reviewers
Summary from 13 ratings
On Rate.fm, fans have rated Jóhann Jóhannsson’s catalog across 18 albums from 13 opinions, with an overall average of 7.8/10. The top-rated Jóhann Jóhannsson album is Englabörn (2002) with a 8.9/10 average from 1 rating, followed by Englabörn & Variations and Virðulegu forsetar. The discography on Rate.fm spans 2002 to 2018.
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Englabörn & Variations
“John Cage once noted, with some disapproval, that no sooner was the theremin invented than people began trying to replicate 17th century chamber music with it. The Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson, whose debut album *Englabörn* has been reissued without alteration by 4AD, is well-acquainted with the urge to map classical music traditions onto untraditional technologies: See, for instance, his ”
Englabörn
“Though the lucre here at Pitchfork is plentiful, and I scarcely have time to get one wrecked Lex towed off ...”
Virðulegu forsetar
“Listening to music by Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson reminds me of optical illusions, those little diagrams where you can't believe this line is really the same length as that line, or you're amazed that the swirling circle isn't really rotating. Our brains are complex computers but it doesn't take much to short the circuits. We're constantly constructing patterns based on context. *Virðule”