POLL Neon Like -- ILM artist poll #88 -- BJÖRK (voting open until April 27, 2018)

Voted! Could have done a top 60 too.

Also discovering the Speedy J Remix of "Human Behaviour" at the very final furlong made me question all decisions of ranking, hierarchy, taste etc.

― Tim F, Friday, April 27, 2018 2:42 PM (nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

fuqq stop the presses

couldn't bring myself to vote -- probably would be heavily weighted toward debut-vespertine anyway -- but am very keen to see ppl's suggestions, especially remixes

xp lol

Whittling SP down to 25 was easy. Bjork was impossible to get to 50--guess it helps to have more than 2 good albums ; p

Bjork poll almost seems like it should be done like "you have 100 points, allocate them however you like, to as few or as many tracks as you want"--too hard to actually rank tracks.

ha just remembering how much stuff i would need to listen to again to make an informed ballot and im out

send an uninformed ballot

choosing 5 remixes was really hard guys

Yeah even picking the best 5 drum & bass mixes is difficult.

man yall are going to be mad when its literally all of vespertine in the top 11

I’m putting a dj mix with 20-odd remixes together, when’s the best time to publish that, before during or after the rollout?

xp no, hard to be mad about almost anything placing in this poll!

didn't vote for remixes because it was just too much, but looking forward to what everyone thinks are the best

Only track I would put on of hers these days would be Venus as a boy

all right sent mine

really really love Venus as a Boy

all the different ways to cook an egg!

I am counting 31 ballots at this point. I haven't done the confirmation emails yet though, so I guess this is my way of saying that the polls remain open likely through at least tomorrow and possibly maybe gloomy Sunday.

Just sent mine in. I haven't spent enough time with the post-Volta albums to really evaluate what their best tracks are (and each of these albums required multiple sittings to get through in its entirety, partly due to late-night listening), but I included a token track from each anyway. I am kind of Björked-out now. Looking forward to the rollout nonetheless!

Don't wait up for me guys, summat came up :( Looking forward to the results!

I just re-read my ballot -- I wanted to check if I wanted to change anything in it since I sent it pretty early and impulsively -- but I'm quite happy with it. I tend to listen to Bjork pretty regularly around each new album's release so I guess most of my favourites are pretty set in stone now. The only riddle were the Utopia tracks but for now I'm happy with their positions (yes, there's more than one).

Also, this remix by Olivier Alary is my favourite rework of any of her tracks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0_CvqQpG3M

He went on to work with her on "Desired Constellation".

I think I ended up with 3 Utopia tracks myself. Most of the main albums contributed at least 3 tracks, and a lot of 90s tracks were displaced (eg. Debut era singles didn't figure at all in the end) by stuff I didn't fully appreciate three weeks ago. I'm much better informed now, and more of a fan overall.

These are the 32 ballots I've received and counted. If your name/username/something that looks familiar to you isn't below, I don't currently believe I have your ballot. There's still time!

Eric H.
flamboyant goon tie included
Jordan
Ross
ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ
technopolis
LeRooLeRoo
Gavin, Leeds
Will M.
Vinnie
BradNelson
Ismael Klata
octobeard
Karl Malone
sbahnhof
kitchen person
Marty 8501
Nag! Nag! Nag!
Voodoo Chili
sleeve
cryptosicko
Soundslike
geoffreyess
Siegbran
ufo
!Alicia!
sciatica
Dan S
Tim F
Camaraderie
m bison
eatandoph

Ballot prepared - just need to go somewhere I can access email, will then submit :)

Up to 34. I know a 35th is coming in by day's end.

I have not kept u w this at all but I want to let you all know that this is prob one of the top 5 things that she recorded

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU_nI4DO7iM

Great song to listen to while discussing and thinking about incels: Army of Me by Björk.

Ha that was meant for the masculinity thread in ILE.

Best use of the "When The Levee Breaks" beat? I'd go with "Army of Me". . .

Can I still send a ballot? Been super busy but mught have some free time tomorrow if it’s not closed yet.

Same. Returned from conference.

Yes and yes. Not ready to supply the results just yet

If that's the case I'll throw one together in four hours <3

Whenever my partner walks our dog in the early morning, our cat cries and cries while they’re out, almost non-stop. It’s really annoying. We’ve figured out that the he’s crying because he misses our dog. And now whenever this happens I get ‘Hyperballad’ stuck in my head, every time.

omg

*live from Kitchen Island*

...so I can feel meowier
To be safe up here with you...

Also the whole first verse is very much about Ralph because he’s constantly knocking shit off our countertops (like car-parts, bottles, and cutlery). Ok, I’ll stop talking about my cat now but trust me it’s good

If I get ballots from Le Bateau Ivre, Alfred and Moka, that'll bring the total to 39. Just shy of Smashing Pumpkins' 40.

Voted!

Cant believe that Smashing Pumpkins got 40 votes when they only have two good songs (Disarm and Bullet With Butterfly Wings, obviously)

Y'all would've loved Emily Mackay's paper I heard at MoPOP this weekend:

"From ingenue to strap-on dildo: Björk’s adventures in gender"

Ooh! I’m halfway through her book on Homogenic, but nothing about dildos yet!

Now just waiting on Moka's ballot. (And any other lurkers. Especially if they vote for my favorites.)

Did you receive my ballot ok, Eric? Just checking. All your favorites are on it, I'm sure.

I did receive it, thank you!

Updated list of ballots counted. If your name/username isn't below, then I don't believe I received your ballot.

Eric H.
flamboyant goon tie included
Jordan
Ross
ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ
technopolis
LeRooLeRoo
Gavin, Leeds
Will M.
Vinnie
BradNelson
Ismael Klata
octobeard
Karl Malone
sbahnhof
kitchen person
Marty 8501
Nag! Nag! Nag!
Voodoo Chili
sleeve
cryptosicko
Soundslike
geoffreyess
Siegbran
ufo
!Alicia!
sciatica
Dan S
Tim F
Camaraderie
m bison
Neue Jesse Schule
Van Horn Street
Jeff W
etc
Stevie D
Le Bateau Ivre
Alfred Soto

Thanks! <3

thank you!!

ok well as you've left it open this long I've sent in a ballot !

Phew didn’t have time to go through the last albums but ballot finally sent