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offline zaphod from the metaverse on 2003-09-11 20:11 [#00859357]
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best bjork album? methinks.
its got that nice chilly feel to it that goes well with
winter.
its also made me realize what a genius bjork is as a
songwriter. just some amazing sounds and melodies on here.
plus the live versions of the songs, especially where a deck
of cards is used and sampled, are on par with the album
itself.


 

offline optimus prime on 2003-09-11 20:38 [#00859378]
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i agree. aurora is my favourite song off it.


 

offline Lust Incarnate from the edge of the deep green sea (United States) on 2003-09-11 20:40 [#00859379]
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Pagan Poetry--mMMMM!


 

offline optimus prime on 2003-09-11 20:43 [#00859381]
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haha i love how you appear out of nowhere to respond to a
bjork topic.

well see you in another month or so :)


 

offline titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2003-09-11 21:07 [#00859404]
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hey electro (i know you'll read this), who do you think
would make a stranger collaborator, miss kittin (bjork's
wish) or the neptunes (the neptunes' wish)?


 

offline electro from detroit on 2003-09-11 21:08 [#00859405]
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i dont like neptunes but i guess they will be the
interesting colaboration


 

offline xlr from Boston (United States) on 2003-09-11 21:22 [#00859414]
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Not enough percussion for my tastes but still very good.


 

offline titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2003-09-11 21:26 [#00859416]
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not enough percussion? IMO this is her most
percussion-dominated album, it's just that it's out of the
ordinary percussion (not big crashing beats like on
homogenic especially).


 

offline The_Funkmaster from St. John's (Canada) on 2003-09-11 21:35 [#00859424]
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nah, it's definitely not percussion-dominated... there might
be a lot of percussion, but it's definitely more subtle then
Homogenic...

I've been listening to this album a lot lately, and yes, I
love it... it's my favorite Bjork album, and my favorite
track is Aurora...

and yes, it does have this wintery feel... always reminds me
of Christmas, and so you know, that never hurts...


 

offline The_Funkmaster from St. John's (Canada) on 2003-09-11 21:35 [#00859425]
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yeah, I dispise the neptunes... I hate them so much!


 

offline titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2003-09-11 22:02 [#00859438]
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of course it's subtler but there's a major emphasis on the
beats (think idm).

i don't think the neptunes are a good fit for bjork, not
only musically (too generically programmed) but also
personality-wise. bjork writes and performs her own music
while the neptunes basically just make tracks and pharrell
comes up with a chorus and then they present it to the
artist. i mean, true, bjork has sung over preexisting tracks
by LFO and ensemble, but she might be put off by the
neptunes work ethic (bjork's a true producer, the neptunes
are basically just musicians and programmers). but if the
collaboration did go down, whether bjork was involved in the
music composing and performing process or not, i bet it'd be
like an updated "big time sensuality." just a huge club
banger that would be extremely popular. i really doubt the
neptunes would go all N.E.R.D. on bjork, i think they'd
stick to catchy programmed beats, if bjork were willing to
just be (perhaps the world's most talented and expressive)
pop singer.


 

offline electro from detroit on 2003-09-11 22:06 [#00859439]
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they are different
thats why it would be interesting
clash of talent with no talent


 

offline titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2003-09-11 22:07 [#00859440]
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ouch.. well, i'm just going to say i disagree about the
neptunes having "no talent", but i do agree they're very
different


 

offline The_Funkmaster from St. John's (Canada) on 2003-09-11 22:11 [#00859441]
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I really have to say, I don't think the neptunes are
anything special at all... their songs annoy me to no end,
and that stupid Pharrel guy who can't sing needs to shut-up
before I put my fist through my tv as I try to punch him in
the face... his stupid high pitched attempt at singing is
like nails on a chalk board... I really don't see what all
the fuss is about them... I quite often see The Neptunes and
Timbalind mentioned together, and while Timbalind is quite
good at producing music, I think The Neptunes are among the
most annoying out there today... just my opinions of course,
so don't anyone attack me here...


 

offline electro from detroit on 2003-09-11 22:12 [#00859443]
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well with whats going on in the music world now their
productions are nothing new or special
my cat can do better scratching and his purring is better
beat....more idmish


 

offline titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2003-09-11 22:16 [#00859446]
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maybe you just have to listen with a different set of ears..
as you said, it's different


 

offline wayout from the street of crocodiles on 2003-09-11 23:19 [#00859476]
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vespertine is fantastic, its very christmassy for me too.

has anyone heard any news about 'the lake album'? cant wait
for it.. especially after hearing 'desired constellation'


 

offline electro from detroit on 2003-09-12 14:51 [#00860298]
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lend me your ears......
i thought neptunes would be interesting cause they would try
to do something to a non average complex superb bjork
song...that is tough to do and requires genious......
i expect them to do a telegram kinda remix
the song constrcton for bjork now is getting more and more
complex


 

offline Lust Incarnate from the edge of the deep green sea (United States) on 2003-09-12 14:58 [#00860313]
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Im at college, man. :) I dont have time for this silly
posting nonsense. ;)

Im working on silly psychology nonsense :)


 

offline DJ Xammax from not America on 2003-09-12 15:04 [#00860321]
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It's the only album I have by her and I really like it.
Especially the first 6 or 7 tracks. Aurora is particularly
gorgeous.


 

offline aphextriplet from your mothers bedroom (United Kingdom) on 2003-09-12 15:06 [#00860322]
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unison is my favourite


 

offline Aphexisatwin from your mom's room (United States) on 2003-09-12 15:06 [#00860324]
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Still really enjoy homogenous


 

offline deepspace9mm from filth on 2003-09-12 15:58 [#00860368]
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I bought homogenic the day i started going out with my last
g/f. The cd stopped working the day we broke up. Creepy, and
gutting, cos i loved that album.


 

offline deepspace9mm from filth on 2003-09-12 15:59 [#00860371]
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Bollocks. I meant vespertine. Duh.


 

offline titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2003-09-12 19:48 [#00860641]
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they want to work with bjork, they didn't say they wanted to
do a remix.. that's why i said the collab prolly wouldn't
work, but who knows


 

offline IronLung from the 91fwy in soCAL (United States) on 2003-09-12 19:50 [#00860651]
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I dont rate it her BEST, but its damn beautiful. I think ill
listen to it now...good call zap.


 

offline pantalaimon from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2003-09-12 19:57 [#00860664]
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vespterine is def one of her best, post ad homogenic are
great too! can't wait for her new stuff, esp if its like the
stuff she played inlondon, like alec empire/aphex inspired
dancey noise :)


 

offline zaphod from the metaverse on 2003-09-12 20:10 [#00860680]
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hidden place and aurora are really really good songs.


 

offline ymenard on 2003-09-13 01:58 [#00860771]
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Homogenic = the volcanic side of Iceland

Vespertine = the icy side of Iceland


 

offline Refund from Melbourne (Australia) on 2003-09-13 02:10 [#00860775]
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I haven't been able to give this album a good listening, I
might do so tonight..


 

offline cuntychuck from Copenhagen (Denmark) on 2003-09-13 04:01 [#00860812]
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post.


 

offline rez from here on 2003-09-13 05:06 [#00860830]
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homogenic is still the best björk album, but vespertine is
a close second


 

offline JAroen from the pineal gland on 2003-09-13 05:14 [#00860831]
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mm i cant stand homogenic really.. its strange but that one
really pisses me off

vespertine is really the best ever... imo



 

offline polygon_ring from somewhere else on 2003-09-13 06:14 [#00860856]
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the collaboration with the neptunes would be a nice thing
imo. despite the reigning oppinion here that the neptunes
are shit i like what they do. kinda fresh blood to pop
music. i think it'll be a nice collab because it's
impossible to predict what would come out in the end. would
be quite a surprise.


 

offline zaphod from the metaverse on 2003-09-13 10:49 [#00861090]
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i'd like to see bjork collaborate with the roots for no
other reason than that it'd be really really weird.


 

offline titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2003-09-14 11:37 [#00862288]
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that would be but then again the roots want to do a collab
w/ thom yorke, i dunno if that's much weirder (bjork did 4
songs w/ wu-tang clan, is that a weirder choice than the
roots?)


 

offline DJ Xammax from not America on 2003-09-14 11:42 [#00862296]
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My favourite track from the album is now officially Cocoon.


 

offline rez from here on 2003-09-14 12:18 [#00862350]
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mine is pagan poetry


 

offline JAroen from the pineal gland on 2007-01-29 14:31 [#02040525]
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bump!

still a fantastic album. can't listen to this without
getting horny haha.


 

offline Indeksical from Phobiazero Damage Control (United Kingdom) on 2007-01-29 14:37 [#02040532]
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a superb album. i will put it on now.

although i prefer homogenic.


 

offline OK on 2007-01-29 15:39 [#02040597]
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once, that record made me and all of my friends fall asleep
after some wild partying. it was beautiful like a hug party
or something.


 

offline Quoth from Sweden on 2007-01-29 16:33 [#02040607]
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my girlfriend and i love to listen to it when falling asleep
at night. it's great cause she sings along with bjork at
such a soothing volume into my ears. ahh... too much
personal response in this album.


 

offline RJEclectica from Pennsylvania (United States) on 2007-01-29 16:45 [#02040617]
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It's impossible for me to pick a favorite Bjork album
because each album is so different from the others. But
Vespertine is the album that got me hooked on her. "Unison,"
"Frosti," "It's Not Up to You" were the tracks from her I
first fell in love with.


 

offline OK on 2007-01-29 16:51 [#02040624]
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ha yeah it's great music for falling asleep to.

Master of Puppets was another records that could easily put
me to sleep


 

offline Dr Cetema from Canastota, NY (United States) on 2007-01-29 16:55 [#02040628]
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Matmos and their bizarre sampling aesthetics really make
this album what it is. Wish they would produce more collabs
like this one.


 

offline Gwely Mernans from 23rd century entertainment (Canada) on 2007-01-29 18:45 [#02040750]
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gave this album a thorough listen today. still love it as
much as i did years ago. it makes me depressed that im
single.


 

offline Gwely Mernans from 23rd century entertainment (Canada) on 2007-01-29 18:49 [#02040757]
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you are the luckiest man alive. do you shut your eyes and
imagine taht shes bjork? i would.


 

offline Quoth from Sweden on 2007-01-30 06:32 [#02041127]
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hah... no, but yeah, sometimes... i love how my girlfriend
sings :) aww mush moosh mooshy poo


 

offline JAroen from the pineal gland on 2007-01-30 06:53 [#02041135]
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someone owes me an explanatory email!


 


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