release date: Oct. 1987
format: vinyl (12 tp 7)
[single rate: 4 / 5] [3,92]
producer: Ray Shulman & Derek Birkett
label: One Little Indian - nationality: Iceland
Single release by The Sugarcubes, and the band's first international single, as well as its perhaps biggest (?) international hit featured on their forthcoming debut album Life's Too Good (Apr. '88). The band consists of vocalist Björk Guðmundsdóttir, vocalist and trumpeter Einar Örn (Benediktsson), guitarist Thór (aka Þór Eldon Jónsson), bassist Bragi (Ólafsson) and drummer Siggi (aka Sigtryggur Baldursson) - both Björk, Örn and Siggi had played together in the band Kukl from which they broke out around '86 to from The Sugarcubes.
I remember the song being played almost everywhere, at record stores, and at cafés when it was released, and I puchased it during school holiday in October when it was just being released, as I thought it was a fabulous song, and I could hardly wait until they released an album.
Birthday, CD singleformat: cd (7tp7cd)
[single rate: 4 / 5] [3,92]
producer: Ray Shulman & Derek Birkett
label: One Little Indian - nationality: Iceland
Tracklist: A) 1. "Birthday" (5 / 5) - 2. "Motorcrash" - 3. "Cat" (Icelandic) - 4. "Birthday" (Icelandic) (4 / 5)
CD single issue released two months following the vinyl editions. The single contains the bonus track "Motorcrash", like the title track, taken from the upcoming debut album Life's Too Good (1988).
