Miranda was an album released in December 1983 by Iceland

Iceland

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ic band Tappi Tíkarrass

Tappi Tíkarrass

Tappi Tíkarrass was a famous Icelandic punk/pop band which added elements of funk, disco and jazz to their music, marking a difference from other traditional bands at that time...

, which was led by singer Björk

Björk

Björk Guðmundsdóttir , known as Björk , is an Icelandic singer-songwriter. Her eclectic musical style has achieved popular acknowledgement and popularity within many musical genres, such as rock, jazz, electronic dance music, classical and folk...

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With Miranda the band switched their music style to disco music, pop melodies and mellow songs counteracting their previous punkish EP, Bítið Fast í Vítið

Bítið Fast í Vítið

Bítið Fast í Vítið, which in Icelandic could be translated as ,"Biting hard into the know" or"Biting hard into knowledge", was an EP released in 1982 by Tappi Tíkarrass, an Icelandic punk/pop group led by vocalists Björk and Eyþór Arnalds....

in 1982. Also in this album, vocalist Eyþór Árnalds was replaced in most of the songs, performing only two tracks: the title song and another version called “Mýrin Andar”.

The inner sleeve featured the Björk’s handwritten lyrics of “Mýrin Andar” and a black and white child illustration.

Tappi Tíkarrass members were:

• Björk Guðmundsdóttir
  Björk
  Björk Guðmundsdóttir , known as Björk , is an Icelandic singer-songwriter. Her eclectic musical style has achieved popular acknowledgement and popularity within many musical genres, such as rock, jazz, electronic dance music, classical and folk...
  
  : vocals and keyboards.
• Eyþór Arnalds: vocals.
• Jakob Smári Magnússon: bass.
• Eyjólfur Jóhannsson: guitar.
• Oddur F. Sigurbjarnason: drums.

Track listing

Track	Title	Length
Side A
01	Miranda	01:03
02	Skrið	02:02
03	Kríó	03:22
04	Íþróttir	03:16
05	Tjet	03:18
06	Lækning	04:09
07	Drek-Lek	01:49
Side B
08	Beri-Beri	02:42
09	Hvítibjörn	02:28
10	Sokkar	03:19
11	Með-Tek	04:31
12	Get Ekki Sofið	03:50
13	Mýrin Andar	02:01

Performers

1 and 13: vocals by Eyþór Arnalds.

2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 and 11: vocals by Björk Guðmundsdóttir.

7 and 12: vocals by Björk Guðmundsdóttir and Eyþór Arnalds.

Personnel

Recording engineer: Tony Cook.

Recording studio: Southern Studios

Southern Studios

Southern Studios is a recording studio in the Wood Green area of London. It was founded in 1974 by John Loder, and came to be the recording studio of choice for Crass and their record label Crass Records. Southern Studios Ltd. continues to grow its label and provide label management and...

, England

England

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Note: This article features Icelandic characters. For more information see Icelandic language

Icelandic language

Icelandic is a North Germanic language, the main language of Iceland. Its closest relative is Faroese.Icelandic is an Indo-European language belonging to the North Germanic or Nordic branch of the Germanic languages. Historically, it was the westernmost of the Indo-European languages prior to the...

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