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Bjork Ranked With Descriptions

I've been digging Bjork's music lately, and I want to show my appreciation rfor her art. So here's a ranked list....yay!
7Bjork
Volta

Who would have thought that a collaboration between Timbaland and Bjork would be a good thing?
Volta surprisingly works, but the album is not without it's problems. After 3 serious records
(Homogenic, Vespertine, and Medulla) Bjork wanted to do something fun and that is Volta's
inception. Even though this album is less serious than her 3 previous releases I would never call
Volta the life of the party. If anything I would say Debut and Post are more "fun" albums in
comparison to this release. This is Bjork after all and she takes her craft very seriously at least by
the time Homogenic came out, I just can't imagine Bjork releasing a dumb fun party record. And this
isn't that. I can't even tell much of a difference with Timbaland's production compared to the other
tracks. So I kinda think Bjork failed a bit with this release, Volta really doesn't do anything to
separate itself from her other releases. Don't get me wrong though, I like this album but that
statement can be applied to any other Bjork album I've listened to. A lot of the sound clips are
implemented extremely well and example of that is the sound of running water near the end of I See
Who You Are and the beginning of Pneumonia. And Bjork's voice is great which should be expected
by now. My main problems with this release are that the concept or the intention of this album
failed IMO, also some songs drag on for a bit too long.
Favorite Tracks: Wanderlust, I See Who You Are, Declare Independence
4/5
Fun Fact: Declare Independence was originally an instrumental track by Mark Bell.
6Bjork
Biophilia

Biophilia was more of a multimedia project than anything else including an album IMO. This app
album was also in collaboration with apple. I feel like more effort was put into this odd release
format than into the actual album the campaign is supporting. Yes it's still Bjork, and it's still a
great album, but nothing ever feels that new or different in comparison to her older releases.
There are some fantastic songs on this album though including one of my favorite Bjork songs
Moon, The harp is used very well and it gets prettier and prettier with the plucking of each
individual chord on that harp. Bjork vocals are great as well but that's to be expected. It feels
like a perfect lullaby for adults if that makes any sense. But the album runs out of steam near
some of the final tracks, and I start to lose interest, and then I wish I was listening to
Vespertine or Homogenic instead of this album. But that's not really this album's fault, it's
competition is just so extraordinary good that it has no chance of ever being the winner among
Bjork's discography at least IMO.
Favorite Tracks: Moon, Virus, Crystalline
4/5
Fun Fact: This album was "partly recorded" on an iPad.
5Bjork
Post

While Post is building off of Debut's pop roots, it's also trying out just about every musical genre from
industrial to Big Band, and then to trip hop, the album is really all over the place musically and that
shows. It never feels very consistent at least musically, I mean It's Oh So Quiet sounds like nothing else
on the record, but I love that song with all my heart no matter how cheesy it gets. It's hard to even
pinpoint that one song's genre. Of course it's a big band song since it includes an orchestra but it also
gives off Frank Sinatra vibes, and the hushed quirky build ups near the beginning of the song sounds like
it would be right at home in a Wes Anderson film. That's one of the main reasons why I love this album,
it's not afraid to experiment with anything, and that definitely helps with the transition in sound and
composition from her debut to experimental albums like Medulla. But it's a transition record, and when
you explore new unknown territories in sound, you are bound to make a few mistakes. Songs like Enjoy
and Headphones aren't nearly as enjoyable for me, but they don't really drag down the album. While this
album shows a great amount of progression from her debut, it's still not as catchy or as consistent, so
it's a little bit worse but it's still great and definitely worth a listen.
Favorite Tracks: Army of Me, It's Oh So Quiet, Isobel
4.5/5
Fun Facts: Debut and Post are a series. Debut was written before Bjork moved to England, and Post was
written after she moved to England.
4Bjork
Debut

An oddly named second album from Bjork called Debut. I'm guessing she wants us to forget that the album Bjork
ever existed. Anyway Debut is most notably a dance album with moments of Jazz throughout. The instrumentation
is very catchy and works well with Bjork's cute vocals but the compositions on here aren't nearly as complex as
her later albums. But complex musical compositions don't hold this record back, since this release is unabashedly
pop. A pop song composition has only one main goal, and that is to be so earwormingly catchy that you can't help
but to dance along to the infectious beats and cutesy lyrics. And Debut accomplishes this goal with flying colors.
The song There is More to Life Than This and Human Behavior are two very infectious tracks with repeating beats
that get stuck in your head, but you don't mind. You accept it, because they are very well done, and not
because they repeat it to the point of monotony. There are also many beautiful tracks including Like Someone in
Love and The Anchor song, the forming using the harp and a sound clip of waves crashing. While a lot of these
tracks seem like pure innocent fun, there are still a few tracks mixed that can really pull on the heart string (The
Anchor Song). A fantastic adult debut by Bjork that can be pretty varied musically while never losing it's sense of
fun.
Favorite Tracks: There's More to Life Than This, Like Someone in Love, and The Anchor Song
4.5/5
Fun Facts: Human Behavior was written when Bjork was a teenager.
3Bjork
Medulla

Bjork's album Medulla represents a "5,000 year old blood that's inside of us all; and ancient spirit that's
passionate and dark, a spirit that survives". This album has Bjork stripping down her often vibrant and
lush instrumentation for just vocals whether it be a cappella or Inuit throat singing. This album conveys
a feeling of primordial urges and aggression very well, and the minimal instrumentation helps to simulate
an echo, and whenever I hear this I immediately think of some closed off space with great acoustics like
a cave, which relates back to Bjork's statement. I also love how Bjork changed her sound after
becoming very popular, or at least as popular as she has ever been. She could have stayed safe and
continued on with the sound of Vespertine, but she didn't she kept challenging herself artistically, and I
admire her integrity as a musician. There are some tracks where the minimalist instrumentation works
against Bjork, and can be a bit boring but those moments are few and far between. This album is
fantastic, and it deserves a lot more recognition at least compared to her other albums.
Favorite Tracks: Pleasure Is All Mine, Where Is The Line, and Oceania
4.5/5
Fun Fact: Medulla is the medical term for bone marrow in Latin.
2Bjork
Homogenic

Inbetween Post and Homogenic, Bjork came to a life changing realization that changed the tone and sound
of her music drastically. In 1996 obsessed fan Ricardo Lopez tried to sen Bjork an acid-spraying letter bomb
that would severely injure her, but luckily the package was intercepted by the police. This shocked Bjork
and damaged her emotionally, this event caused her to move away from the United Kingdom music scene.
She also decided to change her image from musical image from cutesy to serious while also writing more
personal lyrics. These new sounds would become Homogenic a musical tribute to her home country of
Iceland. Homogenic combined familiar electronic beats with orchestral string instruments creating a
dissonant, cold, and beautiful sound. Bjork explained that in Iceland everything revolves around nature, but
on the other hand Iceland is incredibly modern. The contrast of Modern beats, and string instruments
helped to create a sort of chaotic and complex sound that shouldn't sound well together, but the
dissonance created by this contrast is beautiful in it's own right. This conflict creates a frenzied and
destructive sound that can be very powerful and strong emotionally. A fantastic album, that should be
listened to from start to finish as a conceptual experience.
I can't really pick favorites, since the best way to listen to Homogenic is to listen to the whole thing in one
sitting.
5/5
Fun Fact: Homogenic was recorded in Spain.
1Bjork
Vespertine

Bjork's magnum opus in my eyes, Vespertine created a large amount of buzz for Bjork, quickly becoming
her fastest selling album and it's very easy to see why. Bjork described this album's sound as the sound
of crystals in the wintertime, which explains the very hushed vocal delivery along with the beautiful, and
lush orchestral arrangements especially the soothing choir vocals and harps. It just creates an incredible
amount of atmosphere that really isn't seen in any of her other album, at least not in this magnitude.
Along with winter backdrop comes very passionate lyrics about love and sex. Explicit sex. Vespertine is a
very pure and pertinent album showing Bjork at her finest. All the elements compliment each other so
well, and they are all just so so pretty, everything creates a soothing feeling of euphoric proportions.
Bjork's hush vocals and extremely moving lyrics, the distant echoing choir, the expressive harps all come
together to create a snowy landscape that can be as large as mountain tops and as small as wind
blowing through crystals in a small icy cavern. There really is nothing wrong with this album in my eyes at
least. If you take anything away from this list it's that you need to listen to Vespertine as soon as
possible.
Every song is fantastic so there's really no need to tell you what my favorites are.
5/5
Fun Fact: Bjork is topless in the music video for Pagan Poetry.
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