Me and Armini is the fifth (third released outside Iceland) studio album

Studio album

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 by Iceland

Iceland

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ic singer and songwriter Emilíana Torrini

Emilíana Torrini

Emilíana Torrini Davíðsdóttir is an Icelandic singer, best known for her 2009 single Jungle Drum, 1999 album Love in the Time of Science and for performing "Gollum's Song" for Peter Jackson's film The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.-Early life:Torrini grew up in Kópavogur, where, at the age of...

. It was produced by Dan Carey

Dan Carey (music)

Daniel De Mussenden Carey is a London-based producer, writer, mixer and remixer whose credits include work with CSS, M.I.A., Hot Chip, Athlete, Emilíana Torrini, Sia , Alice Gold, Kylie, Franz Ferdinand, Santigold, The Kills, Róisín Murphy, Mr Hudson, Lily Allen, Brazilian Girls, The Long Blondes,...

. The album was released on 8 September 2008, preceded by the digital single "Me and Armini

Me and Armini (song)

"Me and Armini" is first single lifted from Emilíana Torrini's third album Me and Armini. It was released as a digital download only on August 18, 2008 and later on September 1, 2008 as a limited to 500 copies 7" vinyl. The song is a live favourite on the tour supporting the Me and Armini album...

" on 19 August. "Big Jumps

Big Jumps

"Big Jumps" is the second single by Emilíana Torrini released from her third album Me and Armini. It was released as a digital download only on October 13, 2008...

" was the next single and was released on 29 September 2008.
The third single, "Jungle Drum

Jungle Drum (song)

"Jungle Drum" is the third single released from Emilíana Torrini's third album Me and Armini. It was released as a digital download on March 9, 2009 and later on June 19, 2009 as a CD single ....

," was released as a digital download on March 9, 2009 and later this year, on June 19, it got a physical release on CD (in Germany

Germany

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 only). Since then, the single became a number one in some European countries, such as Germany

Germany

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, Austria

Austria

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 and Iceland

Iceland

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 and in Belgium

Belgium

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. The album entered the U.S. Billboard Heatseekers Chart at #30.

On May 4, 2010 the song "Gun" was used over the end credits for the opening episode of the TV-series "Luther

Luther (TV series)

Luther is a British psychological crime drama television series starring Idris Elba as the title character Detective Chief Inspector John Luther. A first series of six episodes was broadcast on BBC One from 4 May to 8 June 2010. The second series of four episodes was shown on BBC One in summer 2011...

" on BBC One.

Track listing

1. "Fireheads" - 3:44
2. "Me and Armini
   Me and Armini (song)
   "Me and Armini" is first single lifted from Emilíana Torrini's third album Me and Armini. It was released as a digital download only on August 18, 2008 and later on September 1, 2008 as a limited to 500 copies 7" vinyl. The song is a live favourite on the tour supporting the Me and Armini album...
   
   " - 4:17
3. "Birds" - 6:23
4. "Heard It All Before" - 4:13
5. "Ha Ha" - 3:15
6. "Big Jumps
   Big Jumps
   "Big Jumps" is the second single by Emilíana Torrini released from her third album Me and Armini. It was released as a digital download only on October 13, 2008...
   
   " - 3:01
7. "Jungle Drum" - 2:13
8. "Hold Heart" - 2:04
9. "Gun" - 5:45
10. "Beggar's Prayer" - 2:55
11. "Dead Duck" - 5:36
12. "Bleeder" - 4:50

Bonus tracks

13. "The Wolf Song" - 4:24 (bonus track on iTunes
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     and the Japanese edition)
    
14. "Me and Armini" (dub version) (bonus track on the Japanese edition)
    

Gold Edition bonus disc

After the success of the "Jungle Drum" single in Germany

Germany

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, this edition of the album was released on September 25, 2009.

1. "Me and Armini" (Mr Dan
   Dan Carey
   Dan Carey is a lacrosse player for the Toronto Rock in the National Lacrosse League. Carey was selected in the first round by the Colorado Mammoth in the 2005 NLL Entry Draft after playing one season at Canisius College...
   
   's "Magic Typewriter" remix) a.k.a. Dan Carey remix
2. "Me and Armini" (Simone Lombardi remix)
3. "Beggar's Prayer" (KRCW session)
4. "Big Jumps" (music video)
5. "Jungle Drum" (music video)
6. "Heard It All Before" (music video)

Charts

Year	Album	Chart Positions
		UK United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	GER Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	FRA France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	NL Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...	CH Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....	BE Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
2008	Me and Armini Third studio album Studio album A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...	96	19	56	94	71	56

Certifications

Release history

Region	Date
Worldwide	8 September 2008
United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	9 September 2008
Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	26 November 2008