Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy

Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy
Studio album by múm
Released	24 September 2007
Genre	Electronica
Length	44:13
Label	FatCat
múm chronology
Summer Make Good (2004) Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy (2007) Sing Along to Songs You Don't Know (2009)
Singles from Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy
"They Made Frogs Smoke 'Til They Exploded" Released: 27 August 2007 "Marmalade Fires" Released: 17 December 2007

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	66/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Rockfeedback	[3]
Time Off	[4]
Twisted Ear	[5]
21st Century Music	(7.7/10)[6]
Pitchfork Media	(5.7/10)[7]

Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy is an album by the Icelandic group múm. It was released on the FatCat label on 24 September 2007.

The album marks a shift from the group's original style as it uses more live instruments than electronics, and there is a different vocal style, including male vocals. Almost two years prior to the release of this album, former lead singer of múm, Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir, departed from the band. According to reviews this is believed to be one reason for the break of style compared to earlier releases.^[8][9]

The seventh song is listed as "Rhubarbidoo" in the album liner notes, while it is named "Rhuubarbidoo" on the "Marmalade Fires" single.

Track listing

1. "Blessed Brambles" – 6:00
2. "A Little Bit, Sometimes" – 3:50
3. "They Made Frogs Smoke 'Til They Exploded" – 4:02
4. "These Eyes Are Berries" – 3:00
5. "Moon Pulls" – 2:32
6. "Marmalade Fires" – 5:03
7. "Rhubarbidoo" – 1:34
8. "Dancing Behind My Eyelids" – 4:07
9. "Schoolsong Misfortune" – 2:39
10. "I Was Her Horse" – 2:08
11. "Guilty Rocks" – 5:02
12. "Winter (What We Never Were After All)" – 4:08
13. "The Amateur Show" – 5:02 (Japanese edition bonus track)

Personnel

• Samuli Kosminen — drums on track 1, 3, 4, 7 and 12.
• Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson – trumpet on track 8 and 10.
• Guðbjörg Hlin Guðmundsdóttir — violin.
• Þórarinn MárBaldursson — viola.
• Laufey Jensdóttir — violin.
• Gyða Valtýsdóttir — cello.
• Páll Ivan Pálsson — bass.
• Gunnhildur Einarsdóttir — harp.

References

1. http://www.metacritic.com/music/go-go-smear-the-poison-ivy/mum
2. Allmusic review
3. Rockfeedback review
4. Time Off review
5. Twisted Ear review
6. 21st Century Music review
7. Pitchfork Media review
8. "Review of Go Go Smear The Poison Ivy". Allmusic. Retrieved 2007-11-19.
9. Mark Richardson (24 September 2007). "Review of Go Go Smear The Poison Ivy". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2007-11-19.