I almost never listen to this one, but I'm usually greatful when someone else is playing it in their car.
― Eric H., Friday, 19 December 2008 19:19 (4 years ago) Permalink
"Army of Me" for Tank Girl, one of the best comic book movies ever!
― Tuomas, Friday, 19 December 2008 19:21 (4 years ago) Permalink
army of me comes to mind first, good use of john bonham but sounds so '90s. hmm.
― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Friday, 19 December 2008 19:22 (4 years ago) Permalink
Debut was a better album than this though.
― Tuomas, Friday, 19 December 2008 19:22 (4 years ago) Permalink
correct. but this explores a lot of different stuff and the sparseness/string work is really nice.
i love the thick 90s thing on army of me
― Surmounter, Friday, 19 December 2008 19:23 (4 years ago) Permalink
I strenuously disagree. Overall, this is my favorite album of hers even though I never, ever, ever play "Army of Me" when I listen to it.
― ^likes black girls (HI DERE), Friday, 19 December 2008 19:25 (4 years ago) Permalink
i never really feel like listening to this album in full but having individual songs popping up randomly on shuffle is always great.
― Disco/Very (Roz), Friday, 19 December 2008 19:26 (4 years ago) Permalink
It's between "Headphones", "The Modern Things" and "Enjoy" for me.
― lou, Friday, 19 December 2008 19:27 (4 years ago) Permalink
i know, i've actually had headphones in my head recently. and i haven't even listened to it. that says something about a song.
― Surmounter, Friday, 19 December 2008 19:28 (4 years ago) Permalink
"Hyper-Ballad" (Björk/Nellee Hooper/Marius De Vries) – 5:21"The Modern Things" (Björk/Graham Massey) – 4:10"It's Oh So Quiet" (Hans Lang/Bert Reisfeld) – 3:38"Enjoy" (Björk/Tricky) – 3:56"Isobel" (Björk/Nellee Hooper/Marius de Vries/Sjón) – 5:47"Possibly Maybe" (Björk/Nellee Hooper/Marius de Vries) – 5:06"I Miss You" (Björk/Howie B) – 4:03
It is astonishing that all of these fantastic, amazing, best-of-career songs are all on the same album in almost-unbroken succession.
― ^likes black girls (HI DERE), Friday, 19 December 2008 19:29 (4 years ago) Permalink
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― cankles, Friday, 19 December 2008 19:29 (4 years ago) Permalink
I'm with Dan on this being better than Debut, but my Debut-hate has been well documented on other Björk threads.
― Eric H., Friday, 19 December 2008 19:30 (4 years ago) Permalink
it's still my fav bjork. is it a favorite or not-that-into-it kind of album? sorry this is about post
― Surmounter, Friday, 19 December 2008 19:32 (4 years ago) Permalink
*debut is still my fav, that is.
I don't hate Debut but I do think Post is rather ambiguously a level above it both in quality and consistency; there are only two songs on Debut that I think are in the same league as the ones I listed from Post ("Big Time Sensuality" and "Violently Happy").
― ^likes black girls (HI DERE), Friday, 19 December 2008 19:35 (4 years ago) Permalink
Yes, those two songs (+"Venus as a Boy") are really the only things I think Debut has going for it.
― Eric H., Friday, 19 December 2008 19:38 (4 years ago) Permalink
I just like dance music, and I thought Björk was a great as a dance diva. Also, the beats on Debut still sound incredibly timeless and fresh, which isn't the case with Post. (Not that it's a bad album by any means, but that trip hoppish 90's vibe was never my thing.)
― Tuomas, Friday, 19 December 2008 19:38 (4 years ago) Permalink
(And I don't really mean "hate." I just think it's way overrated compared to the string from Post thru Vespertine.)
― Eric H., Friday, 19 December 2008 19:39 (4 years ago) Permalink
I'll admit I prefer "Violently Happy" to pretty much anything on Post.
― Eric H., Friday, 19 December 2008 19:40 (4 years ago) Permalink
lol I meant to say "unambiguously", clearly I am being distracted by the fuck-off snowstorm happening here
Homogenic is also really fucking awesome in my book.
― ^likes black girls (HI DERE), Friday, 19 December 2008 19:41 (4 years ago) Permalink
Homogenic is my favorite, but Post is closer to my heart--my friend let me borrow his copy of it when I was 13 and then died in a car accident a couple weeks later.
― lou, Friday, 19 December 2008 19:48 (4 years ago) Permalink
^yes. And I don't play Oh So Quiet, either. Never did. Funny, I clearly remember the first time listening to this album, and even then thinking that Army of Me sounded dated (for lack of a better term).
― expletive for lady parts (Granny Dainger), Friday, 19 December 2008 19:49 (4 years ago) Permalink
I'm gonna ban myself from Bjork threads for the next ten years but I still prefer Debut (by quite a distance) too.
Army of Me is a real turd.
― fandango, Friday, 19 December 2008 19:51 (4 years ago) Permalink
and I LOVE(d) Bjork back then.
― fandango, Friday, 19 December 2008 19:52 (4 years ago) Permalink
"Hyper-Ballad" is probably my favorite Bjork track.
― Spencer Chow, Friday, 19 December 2008 19:52 (4 years ago) Permalink
i didn't really start listening to bjork until homogenic, so for some reason i haven't spent too much time with this or debut
― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Friday, 19 December 2008 19:52 (4 years ago) Permalink
Post inspired my first published review!
Dan and Eric OTM about the embarassment of riches here -- coulda picked "Possibly Maybe" or "Hyper-ballad" -- but I picked "Enjoy" because (1) it's a goddamn sexy song; (2) it led me to Maxinquaye.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 19 December 2008 19:53 (4 years ago) Permalink
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― USICMAKEULOSECONTROL (The Reverend), Friday, 19 December 2008 20:01 (4 years ago) Permalink
Sorry, I can't stop watching the Army Of Me video. What was the question?
― You only like him coz he's sexually appalling (Masonic Boom), Friday, 19 December 2008 20:17 (4 years ago) Permalink
I don't think I said this album was an embarrassment of riches, but it is remarkably solid for the first 7 or 8 songs. Homogenic, otoh, is a straight-shot masterpiece from top to bottom. As consistently good as fucking Innervisions or Nu AmErykah.
― Eric H., Friday, 19 December 2008 20:22 (4 years ago) Permalink
As consistently good as fucking Innervisions or Nu AmErykah.
wow, people do really like that new badu.
― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Friday, 19 December 2008 20:23 (4 years ago) Permalink
Back in the day I would have said "Enjoy" or "Hyper-Ballad". Time and perspective make me say "Isobel".
lol, back in the day i would've said 'isobel', now i'd say 'enjoy'. i love post but it probably ranks as my 4th favourite bjork album. never understood why people raved over 'hyperballad', it's ok but a bit in the shadow of 'the modern things' for me...the brodsky quartet version is really excellent too.
bjork had some great b-sides (b-sides! remember them!) in this era too - offhand, 'my spine' (strange and playful collab w/evelyn glennie) and 'charlene' (which is making me think of...fireflies right now? uh) spring to mind.
and yeah, homogenic is one of THOSE incredible albums which is just straight-up genius throughout.
― lex pretend, Friday, 19 December 2008 20:29 (4 years ago) Permalink
There's a great alternate version of "The Modern Things" on the otherwise kinda lame Family Tree box set.
― lou, Friday, 19 December 2008 20:32 (4 years ago) Permalink
"Headphones". easy.
i think "Big Time Sensuality" and "Violently Happy" are the worst things on Debut.
― jed_, Friday, 19 December 2008 20:32 (4 years ago) Permalink
xxxpost Yes they do, but that was meant at least partially tongue-in-cheek, Jordan.
― Eric H., Friday, 19 December 2008 20:33 (4 years ago) Permalink
all Bjork albums seem to have an awesome first half and a dissapointing second. (except for Volta which sucked entirely, and i am a big Bjork fan)I thought Medulla was the real grower.In this case I'm voting for Isobel. (which is hehehe in the 2nd half, yes i know)
― Ludo, Friday, 19 December 2008 20:33 (4 years ago) Permalink
what, jed, you're going to seriously tell me "The Anchor Song" is better?
― Eric H., Friday, 19 December 2008 20:34 (4 years ago) Permalink
by the way I once did a playback version of It's Oh So Quiet on a carnival show, dressed up as Sonic the Hedgehog. I'm not kidding. One of the best thing I ever did in my life ;)
― Ludo, Friday, 19 December 2008 20:35 (4 years ago) Permalink
Anchor Song is fucking gorgeous.
― Turangalila, Friday, 19 December 2008 20:35 (4 years ago) Permalink
I'm all for unorthodoxy when it comes to Björk, but that is not how you fucking arrange for saxophones.
I'll also say I much prefer "Like Someone in Love" to "It's Oh So Quiet" as far as the not-her stuff goes.
― Eric H., Friday, 19 December 2008 20:37 (4 years ago) Permalink
No, but "Come to Me" and "One Day" and "There's More to Life Than This" are!
― lou, Friday, 19 December 2008 20:40 (4 years ago) Permalink
"The Anchor Song", "Come to Me" "Aeroplane" are my favourite things on debut. i agree with you on Homogenic though.
― jed_, Friday, 19 December 2008 20:41 (4 years ago) Permalink
voted for "I miss you". definitely prefer post to debut.
― VISION QUEST TO KNOCK YOU UP (John Justen), Friday, 19 December 2008 20:44 (4 years ago) Permalink
Yeah, I need to learn to just steer the conversation to Homogenic whenever Debut comes up.
― Eric H., Friday, 19 December 2008 20:48 (4 years ago) Permalink
I think Homogenic is her best album but Post is my favorite.
― ^likes black girls (HI DERE), Friday, 19 December 2008 21:23 (4 years ago) Permalink
Vespertine 4 life
― USICMAKEULOSECONTROL (The Reverend), Friday, 19 December 2008 21:43 (4 years ago) Permalink
i am probably alone in this but i think Helmet's cover of "Army of Me" is one of the greatest covers of any song everhttp://www.imeem.com/people/VF-Iw6/music/nbLkak8D/helmet_army_of_me_bjork_cover/
― ♪☺♫☻ (gr8080), Friday, 19 December 2008 21:45 (4 years ago) Permalink
Dan I am just agreeing with you all over the place here
― expletive for lady parts (Granny Dainger), Friday, 19 December 2008 21:46 (4 years ago) Permalink
Homogenic is the one that for me has the dated 90s production (late 90s techno vs early 90s trip hop?), but that may be because I'll still fuck with some trip hop, but techno is dead to me.
― expletive for lady parts (Granny Dainger), Friday, 19 December 2008 21:48 (4 years ago) Permalink
I don't think I said this album was an embarrassment of riches,
No, I said it.
Debut is maybe a notch below Post; Bjork seems to be wearing a musical straitjacket, and it's becoming, as far as it goes; it sounds like she's struggling to say something in an idiom she's halfway to figuring out. That's why I love "Come To Me," "Violently Happy," and "Venus as a Boy."
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 19 December 2008 21:53 (4 years ago) Permalink
I feel like ███████████ you right this second!
― Moka, Friday, 19 December 2008 21:55 (4 years ago) Permalink
I don't know if it's the best thing on there but "The Modern Things" is my jam on this album.
― Tim F, Friday, 19 December 2008 22:10 (4 years ago) Permalink
Overall, this is my favorite album of hers even though I never, ever, ever play "Army of Me" when I listen to it.
Dan we are EXACTLY THE SAME IN EVERY WAY. Well, in Bjorkpinions at least.
― Abbott of the Trapezoid Monks (Abbott), Friday, 19 December 2008 23:43 (4 years ago) Permalink
Along with It's Oh So Quiet, Army of Me is one of the most insular tracks on the album. But more than any Bjork album, I see post as being comprised beautifully of many insular pieces that gel together more with time. these days i even put army of me on by itself sometimes!
― Surmounter, Friday, 19 December 2008 23:58 (4 years ago) Permalink
"It's Oh So Quiet" is a great song and her best ever vocal performance. This is not to say that the other, and less conventional, songs on this album are bad in any way, but "It's Oh So Quiet" is just too great.
― Geir Hongro, Saturday, 20 December 2008 02:10 (4 years ago) Permalink
Also props to "Possibly Maybe" but it sounded better after Goldie remixed it.
― Geir Hongro, Saturday, 20 December 2008 02:11 (4 years ago) Permalink
What is with the disliking of "Army of Me"?
― usic concrète (The Reverend), Saturday, 20 December 2008 02:33 (4 years ago) Permalink
"Isobel" by far.
― daavid, Saturday, 20 December 2008 03:20 (4 years ago) Permalink
Worst track is "Quiet" though.
― daavid, Saturday, 20 December 2008 03:21 (4 years ago) Permalink
How can Geir like "It's Oh So Quiet" so much when Bjork didn't write it? FWIW I boringly went with "Hyperballad" though "Headphones" runs it close because it's sexier.
― how can you mend a broken hat? (edwardo), Sunday, 21 December 2008 04:34 (4 years ago) Permalink
― Geir Hongro, Saturday, 20 December 2008 02:10 (Yesterday) Permalink
what an awful thing to say
― Surmounter, Sunday, 21 December 2008 13:24 (4 years ago) Permalink
― USICMAKEULOSECONTROL (The Reverend), viernes 19 de diciembre de 2008 14:01 (2 days ago)
― elgolfo, Sunday, 21 December 2008 19:36 (4 years ago) Permalink
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Tuesday, 23 December 2008 00:01 (4 years ago) Permalink
"Enjoy", I think. Almost all of the rest of these tracks (as good as they were) were improved upon by their remixes. Actually I guess "Army of Me" wasn't.
― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 23 December 2008 00:14 (4 years ago) Permalink
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 24 December 2008 00:01 (4 years ago) Permalink
Played this last night for the first time in years; Army Of me is fucking AWESOME through big speakers. Great record.
― No, YOU'RE a disgusting savage (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 2 February 2010 16:52 (3 years ago) Permalink
That's the one track that I still don't ever play off of this album.
― PIES! PIES! PIES! PIES! PIES! (HI DERE), Tuesday, 2 February 2010 16:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
How come?
― No, YOU'RE a disgusting savage (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 2 February 2010 16:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
there was a björk concert available to watch on the plane back from canada last week - first time i'd heard "army of me" in a while and that groove is pretty fucking amazing, right? started raving in my seat
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Tuesday, 2 February 2010 16:59 (3 years ago) Permalink
Yeah, it's fucking monstrous.
― No, YOU'RE a disgusting savage (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 2 February 2010 17:00 (3 years ago) Permalink
i also really approve of the song's sentiment
SELF-SUFFICIENCY PLEASEAND GET TO WORK
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Tuesday, 2 February 2010 17:02 (3 years ago) Permalink
AND GET OFF FACEBOOK!!
― Mark G, Tuesday, 2 February 2010 17:08 (3 years ago) Permalink
Strangely Norman Tebbitesque lyrics to that song but it kicked her Glastonbury set into gear - lasers!
― Dorian (Dorianlynskey), Tuesday, 2 February 2010 17:11 (3 years ago) Permalink
"Army of Me" is a click too slow for me, edging the beat from being menacing into just being plodding and stodgy. I also think the transition from "Army of Me" to "Hyper-Ballad" is the weak link on the album where the end of a song doesn't accurately set you up for the beginning of the next one.
― PIES! PIES! PIES! PIES! PIES! (HI DERE), Tuesday, 2 February 2010 17:11 (3 years ago) Permalink
http://devonrecordclub.wordpress.com/2012/05/23/bjork-post-round-28-nicks-choice/
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 10:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
what's a "playback version on a carnival show"?
― how's life, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 10:45 (1 year ago) Permalink