i just finished listening for the first time this album.
BOY! was i missing out on such a beautiful album.
makes me kinda angry that i ignore this album for a long time.
my favorite song is Coccon.!
does anyone hold the same view of this album as i do?

Yup!

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i absolutely fucking adore this album. i think homogenic is my favorite bjork album, but this one is just in its own league to me, beyond it being part of bjork's catalog. it's unlike anything else i listen to, yet of course, it's so very bjork. and it's a perfect winter album.

weepingwall said:

Have you seen the videos?

It might be my favorite piece of art ever. Seriously.

It's a great album. Though the video 4 "Pagan Poetry" freaks me out.

'aurora' and 'it's not up to you' are my favorites. and 'frosti', what there is of it. i love 'generous palmstroke', too - it should have been on the album.

Anx said:

i have a question senor anx,
is true that bjork sampled someone walking on snow for the song frosti?

and if so what do you think of electro-acoustic music?


p.s. sorry for the run-on sentence.
one of my holidays wishes this year is to improve my grammar
[Edited 11/12/06 19:04pm]

weepingwall said:

yes, she sampled a lot of sounds that she recorded herself and used them on the album. she worked with matmos too, which is a duo who specialize in that kind of sampling and music-making.

i think that style of music is really fascinating, though i think it can also be very difficult to get into, as is the case with me and matmos. reading about their album concepts, i think they're brilliant. geniuses. but i'll be damned if i can get through one of their albums. but yay for them just for existing and being original.

Bjork was the shit with her first two records. "Post" was especially incredible. I remember seeing her in concert on Halloween in San Diego when I was 14, dragging my dad and my friend to see her. I was blown away; I think hearing her perform "HyperBallad" live was the singular greatest live music moment I have exeprienced thus far.

Then that piece of crap called "Homogenic" happened.

It's really depressing...I used to love H.E.R.

Haven't heard "Vespertine" but I was turned off ever since about 1997. The movie she did was fantastic though.

badujunkie said:

if songs like 'joga' or 'pluto' are crap, then i guess i need to apply for a job at a sewage plant.

Anx said:

I'll be right next to ya Anx ~ love Homogenic to bits and Vespertine ~ probably the most stunning work I've ever heard.

badujunkie said:

forreal? I think Homogenic is her best writing. For once we don't agree!

MoonSongs said:

if only badujunkie had said medulla instead....

badujunkie said:

Homogenic is my favorite Björk album. I loves me some crap.

Anx said:

exactly, fuck Medulla, the rest is all gravy

badujunkie said:

OK, you have single handely dismissed any furture and past opinion you have musically

CinisterCee said:

It was bound to happen sooner or later, although I think it already did last week when you said "Mimi" was BETTER than "20 Y.O." I couldn't respond out of shock.
But it's all good, you still the man.

badujunkie said:

My favourite Björk album!

Pagan Poetry and Unison are the highlights for me.

Beautiful album from start to finish.... easily Bjork's best imho!

What have I just stumbled into?

npgmaverick said:

Freaks my ass in the best way possible!
Once I finally realized my brain wasn't in the gutter and I *WAS* seeing what I thought I was seeing (and I am refering to the non-flesh piercing scenes), well, I got down on my knees and bowed down in awe of such a brilliant piece of work.

An Echo, A Stain does the same to my brain, and I'm high...so high.

eleven said:

I feel the same way. An Echo, A Stain touches a very primal, instinctual part of me. I've not been able to access it entirely but it's like a second heartbeat within me. The entire cd is simply masterful and one of many reasons she is my favourite artist.