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south pacific
 Post subject: Best Bjork Album?
PostPosted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 5:13 am 
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I bring this up because I spotted Telegraph in the $1.99 bin today and decided to take a chance on it. I have never ever seen it used before and was bit curious.

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I readily admit that I haven't heard all of her work, just a few songs (usually the singles) from each of her solo albums over the years. I liked a couple of tunes from her last one Medusa but overall I have never been that impressed by her or The Sugarcubes in the past. So anyways, I wasn't expecting much with this but boy, I was blown away with how good and interesting this was to listen to. She jumps from orchestral, to neo-soul, to industrial to bossanoval/70's to xylophone(!) from track to track and still kept it interesting with a minimum of yelps and vocal gymnastics. Have to give her props for this though I don't know if she actually wrote all of the songs on this one. Okay, so I'm 10 years late on this party on this one but do you think this was the best album she did? I'm inclined to say yes but I want to hear your reasons of dissent, if any.


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Medusa


you mean Medulla?
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Medulla, right. Whatever.


She wears that weird headress on the cover so I thought it was Medusa for some reason. :roll:

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i always figured bjork in that picture was close to poppin out all over the place.
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I think Post and Vespertine are my two favorite, I also really like Selmasong.


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I'll go Post then Homogenic

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Telegram is actually a remix album of Post.

Post is actually probably my favorite album by her. Followed by Debut.

I adore Selmasongs but, unless you've seen Dancer In The Dark, it probably doesn't have the same resonance.
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splates Wrote:
southpacific Wrote:
Medusa


you mean Medulla?


Don't let OPA see you doing that.


Anyway, my favorite is Homogenic but Post is really good too. As stated above, Telegram is a remix album of Post.

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Homogenic.
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honestly, i'm so shamed of it, but i've only heard medulla. bjork is an artist that i need to get more into.

i've never even heard vespertine for christ's sake.

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i only have debut and post
i don't listen to either all that much, but i like them both.

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I'll go Post, then debut, then Homogenic.
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Homogenic is her best. After that, Post and Vespertine are my other two favorites.
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don't really like her all that much to get into the other albums but i do have debut, selmasongs and the all is full of love single. i had telegram but got rid of it.

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jewels santana Wrote:
i only have debut and post
i don't listen to either all that much, but i like them both.


I think Homogenic is the best. I like her a lot. (Saw the Sugar Cubes many, many years ago in San Juan Capistrano play to a half-filled room of 75 people....god I hated the little icelandic gnome guy). But I never choose to put her music on. I'll but the next one... listen to it three times, find it interesting and important. And never choose to put it on again.

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i really like vespertine - listen to it a lot more than all the other albums I have of hers - admit I only have 2 or 3 others...Post and Homogenic I think.

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i saw a clip of her doing hyperballad live a with this crazy ass druummer dude doing those crazy ass skatter beats goddamn it was so incredible.

don't listen to her albums that much now tho. at all, infact.
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Homogenic and Post are fairly close for me, with Homogenic just edging it. Vespertine is good, but I think I would like Debut more when I finally get around to buying it.

I hadn't even heard of Telegram reading this. Seriously, how many remix ad box set things has she put out? It must be infuriating to be a Bjork completist
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i really like telegram. is it hyperballad that they do with a string quartet? good stuff.
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