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The Sugarcubes - The Great Crossover Potential (Black 2LP Vinyl) The Sugarcubes were an Icelandic alternative rock band from Reykjavík formed in 1986 and disbanded in 1992. For most of their career, the band consisted of Björk Guðmundsdóttir, Einar Örn Benediktsson, Þór Eldon, Bragi Ólafsson, Margrét "Magga" Örnólfsdóttir and Sigtryggur Baldursson.
The Sugarcubes' debut album, Life's Too Good, was an unexpected international success, and produced their signature song "Birthday". It is credited as the first Icelandic album to have a worldwide impact and influenced Icelandic popular music. Their follow-up album, Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week!, was released 1989 to mixed reviews. Their third and final album, Stick Around for Joy, released in February 1992, was better received and produced the successful singles "Hit" and "Leash Called Love". Rolling Stone referred to them as "the biggest rock band to emerge from Iceland." Björk would later become an internationally successful solo musician and the bestselling Icelandic musician of all time. The Great Crossover Potential
1. Birthday
2. Cold Sweat
3. Mama
4. Motorcrash
5. Deus
6. Regina
7. Pump
8. Planet
9. Water
10. Hit
11. Vitamin
12. Walkabout
13. Gold
14. Chihuahua
The Sugarcubes' debut album, Life's Too Good, was an unexpected international success, and produced their signature song "Birthday". It is credited as the first Icelandic album to have a worldwide impact and influenced Icelandic popular music. Their follow-up album, Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week!, was released 1989 to mixed reviews. Their third and final album, Stick Around for Joy, released in February 1992, was better received and produced the successful singles "Hit" and "Leash Called Love". Rolling Stone referred to them as "the biggest rock band to emerge from Iceland." Björk would later become an internationally successful solo musician and the bestselling Icelandic musician of all time. The Great Crossover Potential
1. Birthday
2. Cold Sweat
3. Mama
4. Motorcrash
5. Deus
6. Regina
7. Pump
8. Planet
9. Water
10. Hit
11. Vitamin
12. Walkabout
13. Gold
14. Chihuahua