HYPERBALLOT: ILM Artist Poll #88 -- Björk Resultsness

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)

Hearing the bell choir version of Who Is It for the first time, wow.

I forgot about the funkstorung remix of all is full

"all is full of love" and "hyperballad" were the two really obvious björk songs i couldn't stop myself from voting for. "love" in particular is so powerful, so beautiful, and lately i've found it very therapeutic. it's so simple. you'll be given love. you'll be taken care of. you have to trust it. maybe not from the directions you poured yourself into but it's there. i'm crying paraphrasing the lyrics rn

anyway i think it's too low

I too have had my moments of private crying to AIFOL; definitely multiple times in college.

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07. Venus as a Boy (Debut, 1993) -- 1,037.5 points; 27 votes; 1 first-place vote

all is full of love was my #2. wondering which version everyone was voting for, though. for me, i was thinking the single, non-album version, which i can't help but think of it as "futuristic" sounding even though i know that i'm probably just thinking of the imagery of the video. the beatless album version is also great, but somehow adding the mechanical rhythm track only enhances its soothing nature while also making it the kind of song that you turn way the hell up on the car stereo so that your butt will itch

wow they are basically tied! didn't realize ppl felt that strongly about hunter (i do, but like an order of magnitude less than AIFOL)

xp omg that one too! 1035.5, 1037, 1037.5...

i voted for both versions of "all is full of love" at once

that's basically it for my ballot except for "hyperballad" wherever it lands (on those rocks probably)

it was incredibly painful to cut "unravel" from my ballot but it happened

If I'm being honest, I voted for the album version of AIFOL.

Aren't there still quite a lot of first place votes left?

There were some unranked ballots. But yes, there are a good chunk left.

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06. Isobel (Post, 1995) -- 1,043.5 points; 27 votes; 1 first-place vote

the pairing of bollywood strings and celeste in Venus as a Boy is perfect

"isobel" is so perfect

i guess "isoperfect" is an awkward song title

I have gotten really REALLY into "Isobel" over the past year and it's gone from "oh that's nice" to like my top 10

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05. Unravel (Homogenic, 1997) -- 1,121.5 points; 28 votes; 3 first-place votes

devil collects it
ah, with a grin

My #1 vote. I really couldn't make that font small enough compared to the background image to properly convey my impression of that song's magnitude, while still remaining legible.

Didn’t know, but delighted to discover, that this song was so beloved.

surprised it got this high! as much as I love Jóga and Bachelorette I think this is my favorite song from Homogenic

Like "Who Is It," this one was even higher for roughly the first third of ballots received. Actually held the #1 spot for a spell.

Didn’t know, but delighted to discover, that this song was so beloved.

― incel elgort (cryptosicko), Friday, May 11, 2018 1:59 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah same here

No shade to the late balloters, but it broke my heart a little each time a new one came in without "Unravel" on it. So I had to make new love.

Ooooh, I woke just in time for my #1. Too low, etc, etc.

I have no idea how I forgot to put "Unravel" on my ballot.

I love "Unravel" so much, few if any songs in her discography are such a comprehensive display of the awesome power of her voice.

wait what?? "Unravel"??????

The song is a hymn, pure and simple.

I imagine Lars Von Trier, post-Breaking the Waves, listening to it and saying, "That's my next Golden Heart."

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04. Bachelorette (Homogenic, 1997) -- 1,170 points; 31 votes; 1 first-place vote

My #1 until the final reshuffle

My #1, I know some folks don't love it like I do but that song has been a constant in my life for like 20 years, so important to me so many times for over half of my life. (my #2 is similar and prob up soon)