HYPERBALLOT: ILM Artist Poll #88 -- Björk Resultsness

So far today is the day of 90s tracks I don't particularly care for

Enjoy makes me wish she had done more collaborations with Tricky. were there any others besides Enjoy and Headphones?

xp boo

My original copy of Debut might have excluded "One Day". I see it's on my current thrift store replacement but it still sounds largely unfamiliar!

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27. Mouth's Cradle (Medúlla, 2004) -- 526 points; 14 votes

my favorite track from Medulla

Ah now we're talking

Wow, happy to see this one!

whoa, didn't expect it to be top 30!

Medulla, even more than her other albums, demands to be played either on good headphones or loudly on speakers. laptop speakers, moderate volumes, and earbuds just don't cut it.

Mouth's Cradle made it !!
Never fails to heighten my mood, with its cascading choir vocals, what dense simplicity, it makes me want to run or ascend mountains. The way the electronic sample starts the song and then doesn't return because the combination of vocals are just so good at keeping the pace. A marvel of composition. Joie de vivre. She should have made another Medulla.

The coda of that song is baptismal.

And unlike a good number of other songs on that album, I couldn't imagine it working in any other form than in its vocals-only conceit.

Looooove Mouth's Cradle. The background choir part is burned into my brain (and I once unintentionally ripped it off for a track, only later realizing what it was from).

"mouth's cradle" >>>>>>>>

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26. Pluto (Homogenic, 1997) -- 543 points; 15 votes; 1 first-place vote

Approval continues

Only the second track with a first place vote, no?

Also: glad to see people glad to see "Mouth's Cradle" placing.

I feel like Pluto could be released today and it would sound totally fresh and at home in the electronic music landscape.

Disapprove. Quite out of place on Homogenic, noisy mess, clearly an inferior version of Declare Independence which at least is great fun.

Yeah, not really sure Bjork was going for *fun* when making "Pluto."

(That "yeah" was in disapproval, not agreement.)

for some reason i've always heard 'Pluto' as an indirect sequel to "There's More to Life Than This", even though they probably don't share much more than a four on the floor beat. the latter is a lighthearted bjork seeking refuge from a party she doesn't care about, wanting to create her own private party on a secluded island in the middle of the night. 'Pluto' IS a private party of sorts, but one of the mind, agonizing and anxious, more like a snake shedding its skin under a rock than anything you'd want to invite anyone else to. love both songs

great image for Pluto btw, Eric (and great work in general, as others have said!). i feel like it catches her in that Pluto moment

karl's posts itt are a delight

Quite out of place on Homogenic, noisy mess, clearly an inferior version of Declare Independence which at least is great fun.

― Nabozo, Thursday, May 10, 2018 9:04 AM (eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

at last, the worst take

In terms of Björk making a lot of noise, I was a huge fan of the Voltaic live dvd, it revealed her (then-current) vision to me, I would seal off the living room and blast it on my parents' 5.1 system. Some of these songs grew in density to scary and dangerous nuclear reaction levels, Army of Me for example.

i'd be curious to see a ranking of the post-studio albums live albums she puts out for every release.

at last, the worst take
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, May 10, 2018

Not my fault ILM makes such terrible choices :P :P

xpost <3 Brad

I would seal off the living room and blast it on my parents' 5.1 system.

i've never seen the Voltaic live dvd. ...party at Nabozo's parents house!!

“declare independence” is such a dull slog and i can’t wait to see it not place at all. great video though

It's a combination of two lives, you can see it on youtube Paris, Reykjavik). Give a listen to Earth Intruders, Where is the Line, Army of Me, or the closing Pluto/Declare since we're on them :)

I'm inviting the thread to my place for cocktails and Bjork discussion at 6 p.m.

“declare independence” is such a dull slog and i can’t wait to see it not place at all. great video though
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, May 10, 2018

Sorry I made you feel bitter about it, I'll concentrate on the songs I love and stop spoiling yours ;)

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lol

Declare Independence has such a strange video!

Here's that video of Lotic weaponizing the Declare Independence instrumental in a dj set: https://youtu.be/dKXnR5gE74E?t=2533

xposts i am very curious about what kinds of drinks would be found at a bjork-themed cocktail/discussion sesh

sorry i just really dislike most of volta. also as fractured as "pluto" is it *feels* fluid. it reminds me very much of, uh, mania

I haven't had a chance to comment on the roll-out yet but right now I'd just like to say good morning only to "Immature" and "The Modern Things".

Also:

Chairman Mao, beeping out to me.

xp what lotic does with that track is awesome!

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25. Aurora (Vespertine, 2001) -- 550 points; 17 votes

I haven't delved into the live concert video wormhole at all but that Pluto/Declare Independence closer is immense with the brass, ty (lol @ "we're going to end with a lullabye, so we can all go to sleep").

GODDESS SPARKLE

Aurora is so beautiful and I want to shout out Frosti while we're here since i doubt it will place

Agreed. Both were culled from my top 50.

I also really love Harm of Will, which probably won't place at this point

Will anything else from Vespertine place apart from the singles?

still some room for a couple more?

I'm hoping that there are still 6 tracks from Vespertine that will show up

aurora is a beautiful song that weirdly reminds me of the soundtrack from kirby 64. i voted for it.