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''( )'' is the third full-length album from Icelandic band Sigur Rós, first released in October 2002. It comprises eight untitled tracks, divided into two parts: the first four tracks are lighter and more optimistic, while the latter four are bleaker and more melancholic. The two halves are divided by a 36-second silence, and the album opens and closes with a click of distortion. Lead singer Jón Þór Birgisson ("Jónsi") sang the album's lyrics entirely in "Hopelandic", a made-up language consisting of gibberish words. ''( )'' reached No. 51 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and was positively received by critics, although some reviewers found the album weaker than the band's previous album ''Ágætis byrjun''.
==Production==
The album's title consists of two opposing parentheses, representing either the album's two halves, or the idea that the album has no title, leaving the listener free to determine it. Members of the band have referred to ''( )'' as ''Svigaplatan'', which translates to "The Bracket Album". In the credits of the film ''Heima'', it is referred to as ''The Untitled Album''. The outside packaging of ''( )'' consists of a plastic protective sleeve with two parentheses cut out, revealing the image printed on the CD case underneath. There are four versions of this cover art, which consist of modified photographs of nature around the band's Mosfellsbær studio, sold in four parts of the world: Europe, the United States, Australia, and Japan. In Iceland, all four cover designs are sold. The back of the packaging shows an image of a sleepwalking boy, adapted from a photograph by John Yang. In 2011, Yang's daughter, Naomi Yang, of the band Galaxie 500, said that the band used the image without permission or payment to her father.〔(【引用サイトリンク】author=Eyeteeth.blogspot.com )〕 There are no liner notes or production credits included, although packaged with the album is a booklet of twelve blank pages, on which listeners are invited to write or draw their own interpretations of the album's music.〔 A limited edition version of ''( )'' released in Spain includes a 94-page book of contemporary art.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sigur Rós ( ) CD Book Spain edition 2003 )〕
''( )'' was co-produced and engineered by Ken Thomas, who also worked with the band on their previous album, ''Ágætis byrjun''. This is the first album Sigur Rós recorded at their studio based in Álafoss, Mosfellsbær, a small rural town outside Reykjavík, Iceland. The band refers to the studio as "Sundlaugin", or "The Pool". ''( )'' includes the work of the string quartet Amiina. ''( )'' was given more production and recording time than ''Ágætis byrjun'', although lead singer Jónsi considers the ''( )'' album "less polished" than its predecessor. He characterized the record as being "much more bare and alive and there are far fewer little slick things and much less sweet stuff." The strings of ''Ágætis byrjun'' were recorded in just two days, while two weeks were given for their recording on ''( )''. In addition, the former was performed by the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra, while the latter was done by Amiina. Because of this, the string parts required less preparation prior to recording. The band "just let them 'jam' in the studio until everybody was happy", according to Jónsi.〔
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