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Dýrð í dauðaþögn is the debut album by the Icelandic singer-songwriter Ásgeir Trausti. The album was recorded in three or four months in the summer of 2012.[1] Most of the original Icelandic lyrics were written by Ásgeir's father.[1]

Dýrð í dauðaþögn
Studio album by Ásgeir Trausti
Released	September 2012
Recorded	Hljóðrita Studios, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
Genre	Indie folk
Length	39:58
Language	Icelandic
Label	Sena
Producer	Guðmundur Kristinn Jónsson
Ásgeir Trausti chronology
Dýrð í dauðaþögn (2012) In the Silence (2013)
Singles from Dýrð í dauðaþögn
"Sumargestur" "Leyndarmál" "Dýrð í dauðaþögn" "Nýfallið regn" "Hærra"

The album reached number thirty-four in Denmark,[2] and number one in Iceland where it has since been awarded triple platinum certification.[3][4] It became the best selling debut album ever in Iceland.[5] It is also reported to be owned by one in every ten people in Iceland.[6]

As well as being nominated for the Best Album of the Year award at the 2012 Nordic Music Prize,[7] the album won the Album of the Year at the 2012 Icelandic Music Awards and it received a Kraumur Award.[8][9]

In the Silence, an English language version of the album, translated by the American musician John Grant, was released online on 28 October 2013, and physically on January 27, 2014.[4] Only the vocal part is different from Dýrð í dauðaþögn.[1]

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians[10]

• Ásgeir Trausti Einarsson – vocals (all tracks), backing vocals (all tracks), guitar (all tracks), bass guitar (tracks 6, 9, 10), keyboards (tracks 1–9), piano (tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10)
• Sigurður Guðmundsson – keyboards (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9), piano (track 2), bass guitar (tracks 2, 3, 4), backing vocals (track 3), harmonium (track 5)
• Kristinn Snær Agnarsson – drums (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9), percussion (track 3)
• Þorsteinn Einarsson – guitar (tracks 2, 3), backing vocals (tracks 3, 10)
• Samúel Jón Samúelsson – trombone (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 9)
• Kjartan Hákonarson – trumpet (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 9)
• Óskar Guðjónsson – saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 9)
• Valdimar Kolbeinn Sigurjónsson – bass guitar (track 1)
• Ingi Björn Ingasson – bass guitar (track 4)

Recording personnel[11]

• Guðmundur Kristinn Jónsson – producer, recording, mixing
• Sigurður Guðmundsson – recording
• Kristinn Snær Agnarsson – recording
• Ásgeir Trausti Einarsson – recording

Other personnel[11]

• Svarti Hrinhurinn – cover art
• Jónína de la Rosa – photography
• Bobby Breiðholt – design

Charts

Chart (2012-2013)	Peak position
Tracklisten Danish Albums Chart[12]	34
Icelandic Albums Chart	1

References

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