''Puzzle'' is the second

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by the

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ic band

amiina Amiina (formerly Amína, stylized in lowercase) is an Icelandic band composed of members Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir, and Sólrún Sumarliðadóttir, Magnús Trygvason Eliassen and Guðmundur Vignir Karlsson. In the past they have frequent ...

. It was released on September 27, 2010. This album has references to the bands EP ''

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'' as the tracks "Ásinn", "Púsl" and "Sicsak" are re-worked versions of the songs "Ásinn", "Þristurinn" and "Tvisturinn" from that release. Additionally, the track "Mambó" is a re-worked version of the song "Ammælis" from the "

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" single. As part of the pre-order package for the album the band released a video of the band playing "Glámur" from their previous studio album, ''

Kurr ''Kurr'' ( Icelandic for "Coo") is the debut album by the Icelandic quartet amiina. It was released on March 21, 2007 by their own label, Bláskjár Records, after being preceded by the single "Seoul" in late 2006. The album was partly recorded ...

'', at the

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from 2008. This concert was the original quartets first performance together with Magnús Trygvason Eliassen and Kippi Kaninus (Guðmundur Vignir Karlsson) and it also marks the start of their collaboration. Two singles were released together with the album: "Over & Again" was released in May 2010 on CD containing the album track of the same name as well as a remix of "Hemipode" by Kippi Kaninus (originally from

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), and "What are we waiting for?" released in September 2010 as a digital single containing the album tracks "What are we waiting for?", "Blauwber" and "Nebula".

Track listing

# "Ásinn" – 5:34 # "Over & Again" – 3:39 # "What are we waiting for?" – 5:28 # "Púsl" – 6:14 # "In the Sun" – 4:18 # "Mambó" – 4:56 # "Sicsak" – 6:55 # "Thoka" – 3:57 # "Nebula" (Japan bonus track) # "Blauwber" (Japan bonus track)

Personnel

Amiina is: *Edda Rún Ólafsdóttir *Guðmundur Vignir Karlsson *Hildur Ársælsdóttir *Magnús Trygvason Eliassen *Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir *Sólrún Sumarliðadóttir ''All tracks written and performed by amiina.'' Additional performers: *

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–

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(tracks 1, 3 and 7) * Borgar Magnason - double bass (track 7) *

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, Bryndís Nielsen, Jóhann Ágúst Jóhannsson & Inga Harðardóttir - vocals (track 6) * Mixed by

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and amiina

Notes

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