At least a lot of us gained a new appreciation for it (even if we didn't vote for it), it looked like. And that's really the best part of these polls imo.
― change display name (Jordan),
Yeah, that's true. It was really cool to see a positive reaction for Biophilia in the voting thread. I remember being so disappointed when it didn't even make the top 77 albums list in 2011. Speaking of new appreciations, Medulla was a revelation for me when I went back to it before voting. I've always enjoyed it, but I fell for it in a big way over the last few weeks. Ended up putting it as my number three.
― kitchen person, Monday, 7 May 2018 14:38 (five years ago) link
I'm a little surprised Utopia did better than Biophilia
― ufo, Monday, 7 May 2018 14:40 (five years ago) link
https://cansesclasseled.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/0416aad9845ed91751bf880c3951f34f-1000x1000x1.jpg
03. Post (1995) -- 228 points; 28 votes; 5 first-place votes
― nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Monday, 7 May 2018 14:46 (five years ago) link
Yeah I enjoyed & listened to Medulla a lot when it came out, but was a little surprised to go back and realize that it's now one of my favorites (and maybe my #1).
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 7 May 2018 14:49 (five years ago) link
https://cansesclasseled.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/vespertine.jpg
02. Vespertine (2001) -- 287 points; 33 votes; 12 first-place votes
https://cansesclasseled.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/homogenic.jpg
01. Homogenic (1997) -- 301 points; 33 votes; 17 first-place votes
― nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Monday, 7 May 2018 14:56 (five years ago) link
Brief break and then back with Sugarcubes tracks.
― nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Monday, 7 May 2018 14:57 (five years ago) link
only 12 voters for Sugarcubes? lol, I woulda voted for my five favorite KUKL tracks given the chance
― sleeve, Monday, 7 May 2018 14:58 (five years ago) link
if y'all haven't heard those records, they are worth your time
wow good for Vespertine, my number one
― 808s & Deep States (voodoo chili), Monday, 7 May 2018 15:00 (five years ago) link
my albums ranking:VespertineHomogenicDebutPostVulnicuraSelmaSongsMedullaBiophiliaVoltaUtopia
― ufo, Monday, 7 May 2018 15:02 (five years ago) link
my album ballot:VespertineHomogenicPostDebutVulnicura
― 808s & Deep States (voodoo chili), Monday, 7 May 2018 15:04 (five years ago) link
Perfect top two! My order:
HomogenicVespertineMedullaPostVulnicuraDebutBiophiliaUtopiaVoltaSelmaSongs
― kitchen person, Monday, 7 May 2018 15:05 (five years ago) link
I guess it's not surprising to still see the eternal divide 92-01 / 04-present in the perceptions of her career. At the same time, I sense a re-appraisal, a few years ago you still had whiners asking when she'd finally return to pop (these people need to be slapped) and beats; now more people reserve a good place for her later work, though it's curious how nobody quite agrees on which. For example, I had a second discovery of Björk at the time of Medulla and Volta, so these two hold a special place for me, Medulla especially but this one really stands alone, I think Volta really defined her later work: all those sound-landscape portraits, and the use of additional instruments (horns on Volta, then strings, then winds). At the same time, I was always cold to Biophilia, which I find too... abstract and cold in its style exercises. I was hoping to see even more points for Vulnicura.Post and Debut are both unequal, but Debut has a lot of charm, and so does Post, maybe.I can't deny that Homogenic and Vespertine still tower in her discography, including for me, although for a while Medulla was my official favorite. I still can't decide which I prefer of those two masterpieces, as they're really so different. I certainly wasn't expecting a 17-12 for Homogenic, I'd have imagined Vespertine coming on top actually, because of its sheer orchestrated / atmospheric / post-pop beauty. I guess Homogenic is the all-rounder, while Vespertine is the late night shivers.
― Nabozo, Monday, 7 May 2018 15:11 (five years ago) link
Vespertine was my #1 but there was almost nothing separating the top three (Which included Vulnicura)
I should already be asleep but I think I'm going to...stick around for joy.
― Maximum big surprise! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Monday, 7 May 2018 15:18 (five years ago) link
(adding to my post: *soundscapes and poetry really developed in Volta, the longer pieces too)Anyone for a symbolic interpretation of Vespertine's cover ? Right now the swans and rapture are staring at me and striking me as a very unique and defy my thoughts.
― Nabozo, Monday, 7 May 2018 15:18 (five years ago) link
PostHomogenicVespertineDebutVulnicura
any of those top 3 could be at the top on any given day, though
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Monday, 7 May 2018 15:18 (five years ago) link
lol this was a pretty predictable top 5
― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 7 May 2018 15:20 (five years ago) link
Vulnicura almost squeaked in!
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Monday, 7 May 2018 15:21 (five years ago) link
Full album results ...
Homogenic 301 33Vespertine 287 33Post 228 28Debut 183 24Medúlla 132 17Vulnicura 123 18Utopia 56 8Biophilia 54 8Volta 29 4Selmasongs 20 3Drawing Restraint 9 16 2Vespertine Live 8 1Telegram 7 1Mount Wittenberg Orca 6 1
― nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Monday, 7 May 2018 15:53 (five years ago) link
SUGARCUBES TRACKS
10. Eat the Menu -- 17 points; 2 votes
09. Water -- 20 points; 3 votes
― nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Monday, 7 May 2018 15:55 (five years ago) link
(Not going to overwhelm the thread with YT links until we get to music videos, ftr.)
― nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Monday, 7 May 2018 15:56 (five years ago) link
I didn't vote in the album poll (was a beyond-the-deadline voter), but Vespertine would've been my number 1. Post was 2 though, so I doubt it would've lead to a switch of those two.
Biggest surprise for is seeing Medúlla so high. Thought it'd place around 7th/8th, certainly not higher than Vulnicura and Biophilia!
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 7 May 2018 15:57 (five years ago) link
08. Traitor -- 23 points; 3 votes
― nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Monday, 7 May 2018 15:59 (five years ago) link
My albums vote
HomogenicVespertineVulnicuraMedúllaMount Wittenberg Orca
Did not vote for Sugarcubes tracks as I only know three. But will check out whatever comes up.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 7 May 2018 16:04 (five years ago) link
True confession, I've never checked out the Sugarcubes stuff
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 7 May 2018 16:05 (five years ago) link
search the bonkers string-section remix of "Deus" for sure
― sleeve, Monday, 7 May 2018 16:06 (five years ago) link
07. Walkabout -- 34 points; 5 votes
― nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Monday, 7 May 2018 16:08 (five years ago) link
06. Motorcrash -- 37 points; 5 votes
― nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Monday, 7 May 2018 16:11 (five years ago) link
TOO LOW :)
― sleeve, Monday, 7 May 2018 16:12 (five years ago) link
Oops, "Traitor" and "Eat the Menu" had 1 first-place vote each
― nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Monday, 7 May 2018 16:16 (five years ago) link
05. Mama -- 38 points; 5 votes
― nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Monday, 7 May 2018 16:17 (five years ago) link
04. Planet -- 39 points; 5 votes
― nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Monday, 7 May 2018 16:22 (five years ago) link
03. Deus -- 29 points; 7 votes; 1 first-place vote
― nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Monday, 7 May 2018 16:30 (five years ago) link
02. Hit -- 63 points; 8 votes; 3 first-place votes01. Birthday -- 99 points; 11 votes; 6 first-place votes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58bAgVSYV1E
― nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Monday, 7 May 2018 16:31 (five years ago) link
birthday is so brilliant, one of the best-ever basslines
― 808s & Deep States (voodoo chili), Monday, 7 May 2018 16:35 (five years ago) link
(change "x" to "t" in link)
hxxps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPHRHcwwbrg
("Deus" remix version)
― sleeve, Monday, 7 May 2018 16:36 (five years ago) link
looks like utopia is unpopular but I think it's my fav thing she's done since vespertine, glistening and supple and fresh. vulnicura otoh i haven't been able to get into at all
― ogmor, Monday, 7 May 2018 16:40 (five years ago) link
REMIXES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSIPalML2_o
10. Isobel (Deodato Mix) -- 15 points; 2 votes (tie)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viX7tcKXehY
10. It's In Our Hands (Soft Pink Truth Mix) -- 15 points; 2 votes (tie)
― nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Monday, 7 May 2018 16:46 (five years ago) link
These were the other six Sugarcubes songs that got votes:
Coldsweat 15 2Pump 9 1I'm Hungry 9 1Delicious Demon 7 1Tidal Wave 6 1Regina 6 1
― nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Monday, 7 May 2018 16:48 (five years ago) link
didn't vote for sugarcubes but birthday is all time of course
― ufo, Monday, 7 May 2018 16:59 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48cuLlF5iqs
09. Family (Katie Gately Remix) -- 16 points; 2 votes
― nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Monday, 7 May 2018 17:04 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOwHxXiJXY4
06. Hyperballad (Brodsky Quartet) -- 17 points; 2 votes (tie)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5Y3mBFchvo
06. Isobel (Transfunk Remix) -- 17 points; 2 votes (tie)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-nS15CbtmI
06. Violently Happy (Masters at Work 12") -- 17 points; 2 votes; 1 first-place vote (tie)
― nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Monday, 7 May 2018 17:10 (five years ago) link
I really like that Katey Gately remix of Family! The original is also one of her most amazing songs, I think
― Dan S, Monday, 7 May 2018 17:11 (five years ago) link
The MAW mix is excellent indeed.
― Siegbran, Monday, 7 May 2018 17:16 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivqs5AoQ8sY
05. Big Time Sensuality (The Fluke Minimix) -- 19 points; 2 votes; 1 first-place vote
― nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Monday, 7 May 2018 17:21 (five years ago) link
isobel transfunk remix is the truth
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 7 May 2018 17:21 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqD1Qd3EMD4
04. The Dull Flame of Desire (Modselektor Remix for Girls) -- 21 points; 3 votes
― nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Monday, 7 May 2018 17:25 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Avp_164pXD4
03. Who Is It (Vitalic Mix) -- 22 points; 3 votes
― nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Monday, 7 May 2018 17:33 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEGqNobImKI
02. One Day (Springs Eternal Mix) -- 26 points; 3 votes; 2 first-place votes
― nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Monday, 7 May 2018 17:42 (five years ago) link
Poor Volta. The singles, or most of them, are probably the least successful things on it. A brassy mini-album based around "Wanderlust" and the somber middle section etc would be great.
― Maximum big surprise! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Monday, 14 May 2018 02:11 (five years ago) link
a long time lurker (well, i did post briefly a few years ago), finally signed up just so that i could submit my ballot but couldn't manage it in time. so before i go back to lurking i just wanted to say how stunned i am that no Mark Bell / LFO mixes were mentioned at all, especially considering how well loved I Go Humble seems to be.
Possibly Maybe Lucy mix which is more devastating than the original (and the original is devastating enough, didn't she say it was the most difficult song for her to write?). then the trio of Bachelorette mixes, Blue/Optimism and this one, which would be my #1, probably:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8TpCBmpn8s
and Hyperballad, Stomp mix / Disco Sync mix and 3am mix is just so achingly beautiful:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifSYpW6tLEE
also Come to Me Black Dog remix >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> anything else on The Best Remixes for People.
and sad Charlene and You've been flirting again didn't make it. the turn and the swell of violins in the latter when she sings "give her some time, give her some space", and the anticipation that something wonderful is about to happen, and when you hear it for the first time you're so afraid you'll be disappointed and then Isobel starts...
― scanner darkly, Monday, 14 May 2018 03:11 (five years ago) link
damn it, i forgot Verandi. i'm totally in the "vespertine b-sides" camp. the way the voice counters the falling bassline...
surprised (and glad) to see Enjoy and Crying make it - for whatever reason i also always thought that they were neglected and not widely liked tracks (and both were the first tracks i liked on both albums). funny it seems to be a shared perception.
― scanner darkly, Monday, 14 May 2018 03:18 (five years ago) link
Last-minute ballot so v.short.
Singles (ranked):
Hidden PlaceCrystalline (Omar Souleyman Remix)Pagan PoetryHunterPlay DeadVenus As A BoyDomesticaAmphibianHuman BehaviourVerandi
Remixes (ranked):
Crystalline (Omar Souleyman Remix)Human Behavour (Speedy J Remix)Hyperballad (Tee's Freeze Mix)Dull Flame Of Desire (Modeselektor's Remix for Girls)Stonemilker (Forest Swords Remix)
Albums (ranked):
Vespertine
― etc, Monday, 14 May 2018 08:09 (five years ago) link
Yeah I do quite like the album (particularly that stretch in the middle) but Wanderlust is the only one of the singles I can really get behind. Dull Flame of Desire is a slog, Innocence is OK but just feels like an inferior retread of Alarm Call.
― Gavin, Leeds, Monday, 14 May 2018 09:52 (five years ago) link
My normie ballot, except for my questionable volta stanning --
4 / Bachelorette1 / Hyperballad20 / Big Time Sensuality9 / All is Full of Love2 / Joga8 / Hunter18 / It's Not Up to You3 / Pagan Poetry12 / Who Is It46 / Where Is the LineEarth Intruders54 / Lionsong7 / Venus as a BoyPleasure is All MineThe Dull Flame of Desire48 / It's Oh So Quiet5 / Unravel30 / Enjoy49 / Violently Happy10 / Hidden PlaceMoon50 / I've Seen it All15 / CocoonStígðu MigDeclare Independence44 / Wanderlust22 / All Neon Like26 / Pluto13 / Undo25 / Aurora
― challops trap house (Will M.), Monday, 14 May 2018 13:17 (five years ago) link
also thanks for running this eric h! not often i feel knowledgeable enough to jump in on an ILM poll but this was one of them :) and the pictures were BEAUTIFUL!
― challops trap house (Will M.), Monday, 14 May 2018 13:18 (five years ago) link
tbh I don't think the top 5 remixes we collectively chose were actually the top 5 remixes; they were just the small handful of remixes that people had heard. IF we all did a deep dive and actually assessed her massive collection of remixes we'd I think certainly have more Mark Bell/LFO stuff.
― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 14 May 2018 15:28 (five years ago) link
yeah i only managed to get through the debut/post/homogenic remixes before voting
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 14 May 2018 15:30 (five years ago) link
i love the black dog remix of "come to me" but it's like... the most unsettling version of that song and i think rating it significantly over "anything else on The Best Remixes for People" is a curious choice to say the least
then again i love cheap euphoria
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 14 May 2018 15:32 (five years ago) link
just kinda shortchanges what the other remixes are going for i think
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 14 May 2018 15:34 (five years ago) link
That Mark Bell "Bachelorette" remix is sheen.
― nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Monday, 14 May 2018 15:36 (five years ago) link
ok so maybe i was a bit too dismissive of the rest of The Best Mixes (and didn't realize Ned wrote the allmusic review for it, just saw it)
but the Black Dog "Come To Me" is the one i immediately turn up when it comes on. if the original is being enveloped in this warm, glowing (yet almost suffocating) blanket of safety then the black dog version is the other end of it, the person to whom the song is addressed, completely surrendered, in a trance of not worrying. which could be seen as unsettling - but that's what the Sabres version is to me, it's the person realizing the suffocating aspect of it.
as for Human Behaviour it's nice but just feels a bit too "Underworld remixes Bjork" by numbers. i'd actually prefer if Sabres remixed it instead! just think of what Weatherall could do with it.
i really wish she had a follow up to The Best Mixes / Telegram, or a singles box set..
― scanner darkly, Monday, 14 May 2018 20:09 (five years ago) link
I like the Speedy J remix of Human Behaviour more than the Underworld one. Reminds me of The Shamen, oddly enough.
― Siegbran, Monday, 14 May 2018 21:51 (five years ago) link
My ballot; Isobel and Hunter might have placed too high, but Hyperballad was an easy pick for #1.
1. Hyperballad2. Possibly Maybe3. Isobel4. Hunter5. Enjoy6. Venus as a Boy7. History of Touches8. All Neon Like9. Army of Me10. Pluto11. New World12. 5 Years13. It's Oh So Quiet14. Like Someone in Love15. Unravel16. Immature17. Human Behavior18. Bachelorette19. Aurora20. The Gate21. Joga22. Black Lake23. Arisen My Senses24. In the Musicals25. The Modern Things26. Come to Me27. Big Time Sensuality28. Stonemilker29. Violently Happy30. Alarm Call
Albums
HomogenicPostVulnicuraUtopiaDebut
― octobeard, Tuesday, 15 May 2018 07:45 (five years ago) link
i thought i'd never want to hear her voice ever again but i listened to Black Lake because of this poll and I liked it. i still don't want to hear her singing ever again though.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Saturday, 2 June 2018 00:48 (five years ago) link
AHAHAHAHHAHAHAH omg you guys Mark Bell made a fucking Miami Bass remix of "Bachelorette" I am SCREAMING!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtYVgansNlA
― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 01:10 (five years ago) link
@BradNelson
have been listening to the Spotify, great job as always ILM.
― Bee OK, Friday, 15 June 2018 00:58 (five years ago) link
my ballot
Tracks:
Come To MePlay DeadEnjoyHyper-balladPossibly MaybeIsobelImmatureMy Snare/Nature is AncientPagan PoetryUndoPleasure is all mineSo BrokenSod OffStonemilkerTabula RasaTriumph of the heartWhere is the lineUnisonvenus as a boywanderlustwho is itit's in our handsyou've been flirting againjogaunravelbachelorette5 yearshidden placescaryone day
Albums:
#1 Homogenic#2 Vespertine#3 Selmasongs#4 Telegram#5 Utopia
remixes
#1 pagan poetry herbert mix#2 plaid all is full of love#3 soft pink truth it's in our hands
music videos
#1 joga#2 bachelorette#3 isobel#4 human behaviour#5 i miss you
― sunburst N snowblind (Ross), Friday, 15 June 2018 04:05 (five years ago) link
hey, i voted Come to Me #1 too! *high five*
such a lovely song
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Friday, 15 June 2018 04:17 (five years ago) link
Debut turns 25 today.
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Thursday, 5 July 2018 17:50 (five years ago) link
listening to "come to me" with the most respect
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 5 July 2018 17:54 (five years ago) link
Been listening again to this ranking and I love this poll’s results.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 26 May 2022 06:45 (one year ago) link
Aww, me too.
― Eggs Benedick (Eric H.), Thursday, 26 May 2022 18:21 (one year ago) link
Funny, I was listening to this as well yesterday.
― LeRooLeRoo, Friday, 27 May 2022 02:54 (one year ago) link
I found myself here just the other day because I had "Scary" swimming around inside my head and wondered whether it got an appropriate amount of love here. (It was on a few ballots, at least!)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 27 May 2022 10:57 (one year ago) link
TTL has all the old Bjork vinyls in stock, FYI
https://www.turntablelab.com/search?sort=best-selling&type=article%2Cpage%2Cproduct&q=bjork&_=pf&pf_v_artist_manufacturer=Bjork&pf_v_artist_manufacturer=The%20Sugarcubes&pf_st_stock_status=true&goal=0_8b218d7604-bbb69b2476-31345977&mc_cid=bbb69b2476&mc_eid=365684acc9
― Indexed, Friday, 8 December 2023 22:57 (four months ago) link