Bjork singles

Being exposed to Homogenic as a teenager is the only reason I think I was able to digest and absorb sentiments like "maybe not from the sources you have poured yours, maybe not from the directions you are staring at."

Can't believe "Pagan Poetry", "Play Dead", "Violently Happy" and "I Miss You" all got zero votes in this poll.

"Play Dead" was my number one soundtrack to ~really deep thoughts~ at age 13.

"i miss you" is one of the weirdest tracks in björk's discography, especially in retrospect

I had no idea there were five singles off Volta, I don't have much affection for any of those songs at all ('Innoncence' isn't bad but it's basically 'Alarm Call Pt. 2'). Can't remember which Biophilia singles are which either but I do like that album as a whole. I agree with Lex's first 10 more or less although I'd put 'Hyperballad' and 'Venus...' in there and bump 'Army of Me' and 'Violently Happy'.

The trumpet solo at the end of "I Miss You" (and similarly on "Enjoy") >>>>>>

Bjork was the first ESL lyricist I ever went deep with-- ESL is typed with zero judgement, obv, just a statement of fact. It was so amazing to hear her ways around English. I absolutely fucking loved all the unconventional wordings of her stuff on Debut and Post: "you better be ready to get confused", "your rescue squad / is too exhausted"-- even the way she pauses here on "rescue squad" like she's teasing out what the right word is, it sounds like she's mid-argument--, the weird weighting of "suggests exciting sex", "like dinosaurs and people", "my best souvenir", "I suck my tongue in remembrance of you". Or the way she liked to dwell on details that were so unconventional "we'd then have to rush back / to the town's best baker / to get the fresh bread of the morning".

But my favourite moments of all were of course the ones where she didn't seem cute or exotic but seemed to be looking right through me, like on "Hyper-Ballad" especially

poxiii björk deep cuts:

come to me
charlene
sod off
my snare
pluto
one day
enjoy
unravel
aurora
where is the line?
the modern things
my spine

Man I love "Sod Off."

"Homogenic" didn't have many songwritey moments that resonated with me, though production-wise it was fucking amaaaaazing. "Cocoon" was a big one for me on "Vespertine" but most of the rest of that album's songs have faded from my mind. I wanted to hold on to the song about her son pouring oil in her mouth but it never stuck.

In comparison I really fuck with "Virus" and "Cosmogony", not to mention the out-there shit like "Dark Matter" and "Hollow", but emotionally I file her recent records next to Dagmar Krause

FUUUUCK lex those are all amazing songs

"Heirloom" is the one track that doesn't work for me on Vespertine b/c album is 110 percent sex and then BOOM song about her mother and son stuffing lightbulbs down the throat.

Also, the lyrics to "Immature" are all they need to be.

play dead is so great. maybe my number 3 after Bachelorette and Isobel.

brb gonna listen to " Come to Me" for the nth time in the last 24 hours.

one of my favorite string sections on an electronic track too.

"Who Is It" always seemed like a deep cut to me, despite being a single, and it's absolutely my 2nd or 3rd favourite Bjork song

Here's the version Tagaq and B and Rahzel did together, ruuuuules

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60meINdgk9c

'filed emotionally next to dagmar krause' = you just sold me a copy of biophilia, young man!

Bjork the producer: http://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/magazine/bjork-production-feature

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