HYPERBALLOT: ILM Artist Poll #88 -- Björk Resultsness

who is it was my #2, definitely thinking of the bells version when i voted

Also I personally prefer the Bogdan Raczynski version with the accompanying Colargol mashup

Tagaq's voice is largely responsible for the vocal forest that you hear on "Who Is It"-- no actual throat singing except at the end, but on them choruses, lots of the ululations she is so good at

― nevertheless, he stopped (flamboyant goon tie included), Friday, May 11, 2018 10:51 AM (forty-five seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"vocal forest" otm

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11. Stonemilker (Vulnicura, 2015) -- 931 points; 26 votes

Seeing as it (the Bogdan Raczynski version of "Who Is It" with amazing Colargol video) has less than 100k views I would guess that it's not.. as popular or well known as I thought it was?

hxxps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6FEB01V8TU

another great image

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQf0y_mk3hs

the Vespertine tour version of Who Is It is also great, it's fascinating to be able to track the development of it from the Bogdan Raczynski version to the Vespertine tour version to the two Medulla era versions

fantastic to see Stonemilker this high! her best album opener

lol i was right, the five missing homogenic songs are all in the top ten

the violins and cellos on this track are so great

yay, Stonemilker! After I submitted my ballot and kept the Bjork-binge up, I regretted not putting it higher. i love the moment when the low end enters and the strings begin to flesh out, and the song briefly organizes into a stately walk - "show me emotional respect / and i have emotional needs "

I was about to argue how strong "Army of Me" is as an album opener and maybe her best, and then I remembered "Stonemilker" and shut myself up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlCCmYTbJy4

wow i didn't know about this early version of Where is the Line from the greatest hits tour

i know it's just chance that "stonemilker" follows "who is it" in the roll-out, but it sounds very intentional in the playlist because of the echoes in the pre-chorus (Who is open chested, who has coagulated, Who can share, Who has shut down the chances?)

yeah, I was thinking about the similar lyrics too

sisyphus' friends are always putting Undo on his mixtapes and he fucking hates it, stop that, he says

ilx - the only place where my sisyphus jokes land :)

I'm listening to the Vulnicura Live version of All Neon Like and others. This live is a killer.
I also really enjoyed the 360° video clip of Stonemilker, I'd never seen that on YouTube, it's cool and the concept really fits such a sad song/album.

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10. Hidden Place (Vespertine, 2001) -- 944 points; 25 votes; 1 first-place vote

the 360* Stonemilker video was the first time I ever experienced VR, it was at MoMA PS1 and my friend and I saw it the same weekend (maybe same day?) we saw her on the Vulnicura tour. I like actually cried watching it.

HI-DDENNNN PLAAAAACE

Thank you Eric, you can stop the poll here.
Hidden Place would have been my #1 if I had ranked the ballot :)

I wasn’t expecting Pagan Poetry to be the highest ranking Vespertine track, that was the one people would laugh at when I would play the album for them 17 years ago, well who's laughing now eh

more than any other single moment, hidden place coming out was when i became totally bewitched by bjork

That Herbert remix of pagan poetry tho

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jBzKucaqlTk

as an album opener Hidden Place kind of echoes Hunter on Homogenic, similar eerie feel to me

Hidden place samples a deck of cards
Dope

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09. All is Full of Love (Homogenic, 1997) -- 1,035.5 points; 26 votes; 1 first-place vote

big point jump

I thought I was aware of most of the iconic imagery around these albums, but there are so many in this poll I had never seen before!

Wait what, what is number 1 then, Jòga ?

DON: Well, yeah

Can't believe that Hunter, Venus as a Boy, Bachelorette and Hyperballad are all in front of All is Full of Love.

I wonder if it's the split between those who love the original mix and those who love the album's Howie B version?

dude, those five songs end to end are one helluva line-up.

Alfred lining it up

This was the last thing cut from my ballot. I think I prefer the Howie B version these days.

Kind of surprised "Stonemilker" just missed the top 10. I went back on forth between it and, er, something that hasn't placed yet as my #1.

Stonemilker is my jam

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08. Hunter (Homogenic, 1997) -- 1,037 points; 25 votes; 1 first-place vote

Well, yeah

I remember listening to "Hunter" at the same time as Spring Heeled Jack and Roni Size.

Because I like perversions, I entertained the thought of a Henley-Bjork collaboration.

Damn son you make me feel young

The only Homogenic track I didn't vote for. It just doesn't do anything for me, other than introduce the album, really.

Unravel is the best tho cmon

Hunter really feels like a dramatic album opener to me

xp my favorite version of All if Full of Love is the one on the album. I've never figured out what string instrument is featured in this, it sounds like plucked harpsichord strings. and I love those shimmering blasts of white noise at the end

you tried to organize freedom

Dan - that’s A harpsichord my friend

ok, thought so!

love the video

(of Hunter)