HYPERBALLOT: ILM Artist Poll #88 -- Björk Resultsness

Woot! Totally dig the leisurely addition of layers up to the heavenly "let's unite" section.

Another simultaneously ambitious, delicate and peaceful track, I guess rightfully the best of that 5-track string of songs closing Vespertine (even though I like Heirloom a lot, and Sun in my mouth even more). I think "Harm of Will" must have been lost somewhere in the poll, I can't see it break 700, though it's of course very nice.
I also think Stonemilker / Who is it should be the guests to the early-career party (I so should have voted for Stonemilker). Excited to see in what order all those tracks will place. I hope for very good places for Hidden Place, Undo, Venus as a Boy and Isobel. And to see Aeroplane. Not too concerned for the others.
And I think all the tracks I like slightly less (relatively, I love Björk so it's just grumbling and being assish finicky) have already placed, Big Time Sensuality being the last of them :)

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18. It's Not Up To You (Vespertine, 2001) -- 743.5 points; 20 votes; 1 first-place vote

yay! almost made my top 5.

hope the third draft of my ballot helped push this song this far

When a few of you on Wednesday mused on replacing Vespertine album tracks with B-sides, I thought you were cracked. Here's why.

This was very, very close to the top of my ballot.

A surging ode to passivity, I can 100 percent sign onto that.

Early favorite :) so brooding and playful, love the lyrics, like following a typical Björk day, the regular organ is like counting time, love how she drags the vocals and then there's this illuminating chorus lifting you up by surprise with this big excess of strings / choir.

also must say once more those images are moving from great to gorgeous

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17. Possibly Maybe (Post, 1995) -- 780 points; 20 votes

Another good organ line.

this was almost my no. 1 and it's way too low

perfect use of the organ's lower register

since we broke up
i'm using lipstick again

I gotta try that line

as much as i definitely enjoy solitude
i wouldn't mind
spending a little time with you
sometimes

it's like bjork wrote a song about every relationship i've ever had from beginning to end

no one uses adverbs like björk lol

Brilliant song.

I don't know if there's 16 songs in whole of recorded history that are better!

otm

no number ones tho

OK just checked my ballot, I put this far too low down (have been listening to the Post Live disc today and the version on there is great).

I like the space and freedom she gives herself in this one, there's still something a little jazzy and retro. One of these delightfully slow and tranquil songs, almost decadent but it's not this. Lyrics brilliant again, and what a great title for a love declaration. I haven't listened to it nearly enough.

Does ILX know how wrong it is to put Possibly Maybe outside of the top ten? Probably not.

i put it as my #11

björk has a lot of really good songs

tooo looow

jeepers i don't think we're getting anything that isn't on the first 4 albums anymore!

(ok maybe 1 or 2, maybe my estimate was wild)

(but seriously is Who Is It gonna get robbed a spot here you monsters)

I'm willing to bet that everything else that will place is better than Possibly Maybe (and I liked PM a lot).

as much as i definitely enjoy solitude
i wouldn't mind
spending a little time with you
sometimes

― 808s & Deep States (voodoo chili), Friday, May 11, 2018

my life in 17 words

had no idea possibly maybe was so rated. I heard mutual slump first and somehow that makes it a faintly unsatisfying listen. it's not up to you was my #1, never particularly stood out to me until it caught me on just the right day and now it just seems perfect to me

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16. Army of Me (Post, 1995) -- 816 points; 22 votes

#16?!

yeah this is way too low

my #3

Bjork thinks so too. That's why she's punching away the 16, you see.

weird i was expecting this to hit the top five

proud of "isobel" and "unravel" for getting this far

had no idea possibly maybe was so rated. I heard mutual slump first and somehow that makes it a faintly unsatisfying listen.

i think i also heard mutual slump first, but i had the opposite reaction when i heard where the sample came from. the only bit of shadow's song that i really liked was the sample, so it was amazing to hear how that sustained organ line hanging over silence was just one component of bjork's composition, and how different of a place that she took it to

missed Unison placing above, too! Made my top 10

i probably should've ranked army of me higher for how much i used to love it but i really ruined myself on it at some point.

When "Army of Me" dropped I thought, damn someone's figured out what to do w/the Zep drum sample again. It was the single that made me a full-on convert.

it's that damn synth bass

i think i also heard mutual slump first, but i had the opposite reaction when i heard where the sample came from. the only bit of shadow's song that i really liked was the sample, so it was amazing to hear how that sustained organ line hanging over silence was just one component of bjork's composition, and how different of a place that she took it to

Three words: slide guitar drop

otm about the bass

And if you complain OOOOOOONCE more

"Army of Me is so much about me actually learning that I have to defend myself. I have to stand up and fight the fucking gorilla. Once I’ve got the diamond and I run away with it, it becomes massive ‘cos it’s mine. But if the gorilla had kept it, it would have gone really tiny. That’s surrealism for me.”

I love Army of Me but is it just me or does it sound like a demo? It’s mostly the chorus which bothers me how it sounds... the verses sound more overpowered and the chorus sounds somewhat unfinished. I wish I knew more about music production to verbalize what I’m hearing.