HYPERBALLOT: ILM Artist Poll #88 -- Björk Resultsness

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I'd like to ask her how she got the vision for Who is it, it's so not "intuitive" and complex as a pop song.
I guess for Medulla at large it must have come in good part from these backing choir vocals she knew so much about.
Those drums <3

Nabozo, Friday, 11 May 2018 17:44 (five years ago) link

I love the version of this song they used for the video, with all of the bells and chimes, is that the handbell version?

Dan S, Friday, 11 May 2018 17:45 (five years ago) link

...well this is what i get for not having time to dig in and fill out a ballot before

lowercase (eric), Friday, 11 May 2018 17:46 (five years ago) link

yeah i really love the single version with the bells

ufo, Friday, 11 May 2018 17:47 (five years ago) link

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, 11 May 2018 17:51 (five years ago) link

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

808s & Deep States (voodoo chili), Friday, 11 May 2018 17:52 (five years ago) link

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

nevertheless, he stopped (flamboyant goon tie included), Friday, 11 May 2018 17:52 (five years ago) link

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

flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 11 May 2018 17:53 (five years ago) link

https://cansesclasseled.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/11-stonemilker.jpg

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

nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Friday, 11 May 2018 17:54 (five years ago) link

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

nevertheless, he stopped (flamboyant goon tie included), Friday, 11 May 2018 17:54 (five years ago) link

another great image

Dan S, Friday, 11 May 2018 17:56 (five years ago) link

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

ufo, Friday, 11 May 2018 17:57 (five years ago) link

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

flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 11 May 2018 17:58 (five years ago) link

the violins and cellos on this track are so great

Dan S, Friday, 11 May 2018 18:01 (five years ago) link

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 "

obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Friday, 11 May 2018 18:01 (five years ago) link

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.

nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Friday, 11 May 2018 18:01 (five years ago) link

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

ufo, Friday, 11 May 2018 18:02 (five years ago) link

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?)

obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Friday, 11 May 2018 18:06 (five years ago) link

yeah, I was thinking about the similar lyrics too

Dan S, Friday, 11 May 2018 18:07 (five years ago) link

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

This is the first thing that's made me laugh today. Thanks!

eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Friday, 11 May 2018 18:21 (five years ago) link

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

obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Friday, 11 May 2018 18:42 (five years ago) link

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.

Nabozo, Friday, 11 May 2018 18:53 (five years ago) link

https://cansesclasseled.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/10-hidden-place.jpg

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

nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Friday, 11 May 2018 19:00 (five years ago) link

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.

the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 11 May 2018 19:00 (five years ago) link

HI-DDENNNN PLAAAAACE

morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 11 May 2018 19:01 (five years ago) link

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

Nabozo, Friday, 11 May 2018 19:08 (five years ago) link

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

sciatica, Friday, 11 May 2018 19:09 (five years ago) link

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

ogmor, Friday, 11 May 2018 19:13 (five years ago) link

That Herbert remix of pagan poetry tho

Ross, Friday, 11 May 2018 19:14 (five years ago) link

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

Ross, Friday, 11 May 2018 19:15 (five years ago) link

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

Dan S, Friday, 11 May 2018 19:15 (five years ago) link

Hidden place samples a deck of cards
Dope

Ross, Friday, 11 May 2018 19:21 (five years ago) link

https://cansesclasseled.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/9-all-is-full-of-love.jpg

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

nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Friday, 11 May 2018 19:27 (five years ago) link

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!

Dan S, Friday, 11 May 2018 19:30 (five years ago) link

Wait what, what is number 1 then, Jòga ?

Nabozo, Friday, 11 May 2018 19:34 (five years ago) link

DON: Well, yeah

morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 11 May 2018 19:35 (five years ago) link

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

Nabozo, Friday, 11 May 2018 19:36 (five years ago) link

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

nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Friday, 11 May 2018 19:38 (five years ago) link

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

morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 11 May 2018 19:38 (five years ago) link

Alfred lining it up

Peaked redundancy (Ross), Friday, 11 May 2018 19:44 (five years ago) link

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

Gavin, Leeds, Friday, 11 May 2018 19:44 (five years ago) link

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.

incel elgort (cryptosicko), Friday, 11 May 2018 19:45 (five years ago) link

Stonemilker is my jam

Peaked redundancy (Ross), Friday, 11 May 2018 19:46 (five years ago) link

https://cansesclasseled.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/08-hunter.jpg

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

nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Friday, 11 May 2018 19:46 (five years ago) link

Well, yeah

Peaked redundancy (Ross), Friday, 11 May 2018 19:47 (five years ago) link

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

morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 11 May 2018 19:47 (five years ago) link

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

morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 11 May 2018 19:47 (five years ago) link

Damn son you make me feel young

Peaked redundancy (Ross), Friday, 11 May 2018 19:47 (five years ago) link

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

incel elgort (cryptosicko), Friday, 11 May 2018 19:48 (five years ago) link

Unravel is the best tho cmon

Peaked redundancy (Ross), Friday, 11 May 2018 19:48 (five years ago) link


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