Editing The Sugarcubes (section)

=== 1987–1988: ''Life's Too Good'' ===
In late 1987, the band signed to [[One Little Indian]] in the UK and to [[Elektra Records]] in the US. They released their debut album, ''[[Life's Too Good]]'', in 1988 to critical acclaim in both the UK and the US. They first came to notice in the UK when [[BBC Radio|BBC radio]] [[Disc jockey|DJ]] [[John Peel]] played "[[Birthday (The Sugarcubes song)|Birthday]]", which was later voted by his listeners as #1 in the 1987 [[Festive Fifty]], and #23 in the All Time Chart.<ref>{{cite web | author= | year= 2008| title= Festive 50s| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/festive50s/1980s/1987/| access-date=2008-10-25}}</ref> Their music has been described as [[avant-pop]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bj%C3%B6rk-mn0000769444/biography|title=Björk &#124; Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_xiUEAAAAMBAJ|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_xiUEAAAAMBAJ/page/n16 100]|quote=sugarcubes avant-pop.|title=Vibe|date=January 28, 2002|publisher=Vibe Media Group|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> and was characterized by a psychedelic [[post-punk]] sound sometimes reminiscent of [[the B-52's]] and [[Talking Heads]], whimsical yet heartfelt lyrics, and the imploring, girlish voice of Björk, accompanied by Einar Örn's erratic vocal performances. In the last quarter of 1988, The Sugarcubes toured North America to positive reception.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.grapevine.is/Author/ReadArticle/the-sugarcubes|title=Dr. Gunni's History Of Icelandic Rock / Part 27 |date=2011-02-11|work=The Reykjavik Grapevine|access-date=2017-03-15|language=en-US|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305222351/http://www.grapevine.is/Author/ReadArticle/the-sugarcubes|archive-date=2014-03-05}}</ref> In September, the band played at [[The Ritz (rock club)|The Ritz]] in [[New York City|New York]], a concert attended by [[David Bowie]] and [[Iggy Pop]].<ref name=":0" /> On 15 October the band appeared on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' with a performance of their songs "Birthday" and "Motorcrash".<ref>{{Citation|last1=Broderick|first1=Matthew|title=Matthew Broderick/The Sugarcubes|date=1988-10-15|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0694536/|last2=Brown|last3=Carvey|last4=Dunn|first2=A. Whitney|first3=Dana|first4=Nora|access-date=2017-03-15}}</ref>