final track on this record is my favorite bjork song of all time. i can remember thinking i didn't like this as much as homogenic at the time but now i v much feel the contemporary consensus. imo homogenic feels like it's always trying to explode where vespertine seems like it's always trying to be quiet. her best record along with medulla (which i like more than most)
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 17 July 2017 18:27 (six years ago) link
Medulla's when her quailty control started slipping - all her records since have been patchy.
― chap, Monday, 17 July 2017 18:30 (six years ago) link
I like this album a lot but I never listen to it, whereas I go back to Post and Homogenic (and selected songs from Medulla and Volta) a lot.
― this iphone speaks many languages (DJP), Monday, 17 July 2017 18:31 (six years ago) link
I think the original title for Vespertine gives us a nod to why it's so quiet - Domestica
― Paisley Window Pane (Ross), Monday, 17 July 2017 18:53 (six years ago) link
Anyone heard the Vespertine opera, any good? It's now released on CD:
https://www.galileomusic.de/cover/400/oc978.jpg
― Siegbran, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 07:46 (four years ago) link
Funny to see the intital lukewarm reaction to this now ILX certified classic.
― chap, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 12:47 (four years ago) link
that is weird. IMO it's clearly her best album and also the last album of hers I really loved.
― akm, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 12:59 (four years ago) link
I'd agree, except maybe with the 'clearly'.
― chap, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 13:03 (four years ago) link