Von (album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Von

| type = Album

| artist = Sigur Rós

| cover = Sigur_ros_von.jpg

| alt =

| released = 14 June 1997

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = {{flatlist|

• Post-rock
• avant-garde
• drone
• dark ambient

}}

| length = 71:59

| label = Smekkleysa

| producer =

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Ágætis byrjun

| next_year = 1999

}}

{{Album ratings

| MC = 68/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/von |title=Reviews for Von by Sigur Rós |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=2015-03-02}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|author=Andy Kellman |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/von-mw0000633326 |title=Von - Sigur Rós | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2015-03-02}}

| rev2 = Blender

| rev2score = {{rating|2|5}}Slower into its stride, with tune-free twittering and dull homages to FX-pedal rock making up the first half. [Jan/Feb 2005, p.123]

| rev3 = Drowned in Sound

| rev3Score = 8/10{{cite web |url=http://www.drownedinsound.com/releases/14389/reviews/4136673 |title=Sigur Rós – Von |author=Alexander Tudor |date=22 April 2009 |work=Drownedinsound.com |publisher=Drowned in Sound |access-date=2015-03-02 |archive-date=2015-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402113023/http://www.drownedinsound.com/releases/14389/reviews/4136673 |url-status=dead }}

| rev4 = musicOMH

| rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|last=Heward |first=Emily |url=http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/sigur-rs-von |title=Sigur Rós – Von | Album Reviews |publisher=MusicOMH |date=2009-06-08 |access-date=2015-03-02}}

| rev5 = Pitchfork

| rev5Score = 7.8/10{{cite web |url=http://pitchforkmedia.com/reviews/albums/7154-von/ |title=Sigur Rós: Von |author=Sam Ubl |date=30 November 2004 |access-date=3 October 2011 |work=Pitchforkmedia.com |publisher=Pitchfork Media |archive-date=19 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111119025530/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/reviews/albums/7154-von/ |url-status=dead }}

| rev6 = Rock Sound

| rev6Score = 6/10Gardner, Noel F. (June 2009). "Sigur Ros – Von." Rock Sound (123): 84.

| rev7 = Under the Radar

| rev7score = 4/10They failed handily on this effort, but as we all know by now, it was only a matter of time before they got it right. [#8, p.112]

}}

Von ({{IPA|is|ˈvɔːn}}, Hope) is the debut studio album by Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós, released on 14 June 1997 by Smekkleysa Records. Production lasted over two years, and the result sounded significantly different from the original recordings. The band considered scrapping the final result, but decided not as it would have made the process too long. In exchange for recording time, Sigur Rós painted the studio they recorded in.{{cite web |url=http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/band/trivia.php |title=Sigur Rós – trivia |work=Sigur-ros.co.uk|access-date=2015-03-02}}

Von was originally released in Iceland to positive reviews from critics, but went relatively unnoticed abroad. In the first year following its release, Von sold only 313 copies in Iceland. Following the band's popular international releases Ágætis byrjun and ( ), it was re-released in the United Kingdom in 2004, and in the United States a month later. In 2005, Von and Ágætis byrjun were declared platinum albums in Iceland, signifying domestic sales of over 5,000.