( ) is the 2002 album-release from Icelandic music band Sigur Rós, featuring 8 unnamed songs. This 3rd album of the band is divided into two parts: the first 4 songs are more "light and optimistic", while the last 4 songs are "bleaker and more melancholic". The two halves are divided with a 30 second silence. The album is in a created language the band calls "Hopelandic."
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Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta, (1304?-1377?), Moroccan Muslim, visited Mecca several ...