Vespertine

Holy mother of god this album is astounding. This could be the best-sounding album on this entire list. Amazing, lush, ethereal textures make this album fabulously enchanting and captivating. This album was definitely outside of my comfort zone but I was quick to warm up to it. I haven’t heard anything else of Byork’s solo stuff, what a good introduction to an artist I keep being disappointed by reviewers on this website, they tend to have awful biases against anything even slightly unorthodox. This album is monumental but has a fairly mediocre rating here. The only criticism people can think up is very lame and unjust: “I don’t like her voice” or “the song structures are unorthodox” or “she’s trying too hard to be weird”. It is so stupid to say an artist is trying too hard when they actually achieve something unique and amazing. Were the Beatles trying too hard to be weird when they recorded Sgt Pepper’s? Were the Beach Boys trying too hard to be artsy on Pet Sounds? I think that the aesthetic this album achieves is basically unparalleled. What an experience this is. I just relish the experience of being IMPRESSED by an album, which is a rare experience

I am not a fan of Björk. Like... REALLY not a fan. She tries too hard to be weird for the sake of being weird and the music suffers for it. This lo-fi, chamber-chill, trip-track album is rough enough without Bjork's whispery, wavery, warbling vocals. She goes out of her way to avoid anything resembling a song structure or an actual melody, instead choosing to wander around aimlessly like a wino on a three-day bender. This album is utterly pointless. I fail to understand how it has garnered so many awards and accolades. I can only assume it's some sort of Emporor's Clothes situation where the pseudo-intellectual music critic crowd wants to appear smart so they gush about the beauty of something that nobody actually sees just because it's Bjork so they're supposed to like it.

This is a surprising one for me. I knew of her most popular songs, but never checked out a whole record. This was enchanting and made me want to become a fairy in the forest. Which is impressive considering I was actually suffering in rush hour traffic and sweating like a pig.

Bjork crafts these wonderful pieces of music with so much purpose, you can hear it in her production. I'd like to think she is primarily a vocal artist, with her voice at the forefront. This makes the music all the more purposeful, being built around the central driving force of Bjork's singing (which is wonderful, by the way). As such, there's a lot of beauty here in this album, with some of the compositions reminding me of one of my favorite albums of all time (Actor by St. Vincent). It's a wonderful body of work, I don't think I can find anything bad to say about it. Well done, Bjork.

I should start by saying that I admire Bjork much more than I enjoy her music. She typically has more ideas in one album than most artists have in their entire careers. She is painstaking in her professionalism and attention to detail. There is nothing lazy or half-hearted about her music. She is perhaps the most committed artist I know of and utterly fearless. And she draws inspiration from a bewildering array of sources. Given how strange her music is, I'm both shocked and grateful that she's had such a long and successful career. She's made room for tons of artists who aren't nearly as daring as she. So why don't I like her better? Probably because her eclecticism and general weirdness overwhelms my poor aged brain. Which is why Verspertine is such a surprise. Not that the album lacks ideas, but they're all pressed into the service of a singular and coherent vision. Listening to Vespertine is like listening to a teenager sing her diary in her attic bedroom at three in the morning, the needle on a record player repeatedly glitching at the end of an album, rain pattering on the window. Bjork's voice rarely rises above a whisper, but she sings with naked emotional intensity. She uses pre-recorded sounds heavily, the way Portishead did on Dummy, but Bjork takes it much further, recording antique music boxes, doors closing, and other found sounds, in addition to musical loops. In addition to the music/found sound loops, Bjork also employs percussive instruments like harpsichord and xylophone, and a full orchestra. It's a unique mix, extremely detailed like all of her work, and a lot to absorb in one sitting. More than any other album I've listened to recently, the music of Vespertine seems designed to support Bjork's vocal performance and lyrics, rather than be an end in itself. So, to really do justice to Vespertine in an review, I would really have to grapple with her lyrics and evaluate how well the musical accompaniment enriches them. That's too much work for me, but I can give my impression, which is that Vespertine is a very accomplished piece of work. Confessional and intimate, atmospheric ballads aren't really my thing, but Vespertine is pretty darned good.

Sounds like Dolores O’Riordan held a knife to Avril Lavigne’s throat and told her to sing like Fergie trying to be Alanis Morrisette.

Warning/Spoiler Alert: There are 2 more Bjork albums in the list of 1001.

I can appreciate the thought and care that went into this and the production is pretty good, but got to be honest I just can't get into her voice and her weird infantile fairy thing.

Original, emotional, introspective, magical. Recommended season: Autumn

Hi- Hidden Place, Pagan Poetry, Aurora, Unison Weaving the hollow and empty with grandiose and dramatic, synthetic with natural, the devious with the naive, listening to Björk is like watching a crystal-clear video stream glitching out on a flaky connection; It's poetic, flowing, and jarring. This kind of evolution of Björk's tapestry of duality is interspersed throughout Vespertine, bizarre, beautiful and disastrous. Hidden Place is an other-worldly (a term all too often associated with Björk's work) track that sets the tone for the 50 minute journey that follows, with Björk's signature struggled breathy crooning (Pagan Poetry) vs her wild belting of notes that echo off the back walls of time (Aurora), it's endearing as much as it is unsettling. Unison is both claustrophobic and expansive, just more opposites that get played off of each other which are part-and-parcel for a vacation through the strange world of Björk, a world that simply couldn't be anyone else's.

This one really challenged me with the experimental soundscapes that are a bit beyond my musical comfort zone, which is what I absolutely love about the 1001 album listening journey! BJÖRK is an artist I’ve been somewhat familiar with beyond her early career with The Sugarcubes and understood to have significant accolades for her unique and inventive song structures, however I’ve always been reluctant to dedicate the time required to fully absorb her music. Primarily, my listening experience to her output has been with the more mainstream tracks from the 90’s records Debut and Post, as I tend to overlook the more pure electronic and ambient genres, however I have appreciated elements of these styles that bands such as Radiohead and to a greater extent Portishead have brilliantly incorporated into their discographies. The recording here includes an array of instrumentation that transcends a fixed category, as BJÖRK fuses electro-beats with strings and even music boxes! Having listened to this album in its entirety, as a full body of work, is what makes me appreciate what the artform of a record can be as a true sensory experience. Dreamy, melodic, ethereal and wintery are feelings this album emotes, adding that it also appears to be deeply personal and intimate through the evocative vulnerability in her lyrics. 🎧 Classic Track- Hidden Place 🎧 Hidden Gem- Harm of Will 🎧 Personal Favourite- Pagan Poetry Now BJÖRK’s voice can be an acquired taste and at times distracts from the lush sensuality of the album’s production. It will demand repeated listens to fully grasp the broad scope of intricate details and meaning, however my initial reaction was a definitive 4 rating! 🖼️ Album Artwork: Glorious 💿 Add to your vinyl collection! Click the thumbs up icon below if you enjoyed my take on the album :)

I love this album. I had never heard it before, but it was such a good listen. I will put it in rotation from this point on. I had really only heard Björk's second album previously, and this album isn't similar at all. It seems to be heavy influenced by a more minimal electronic sound, and i really really like it. The album is quite same-y, but in a really great way, if flows from beginning to end, you never feel the weight of it being over 55 mins. It kind of reminds me about what I love about REM's Up, and OK Computer and maybe slightly some Sigor Ros. For me, albums like this are what this list is all about. It's great As for a rating, I feel like I have to go with a 5, you could argue a 4, but i think it's just such an enjoyable experience and it sounds outstanding, the production is amazing, her voice is unreal. I just love it 5/5

Seems like Bjork is singing her emotions which so that you feel her music rather than just hear it.

I try not to say "artsy" music like this is bad, because I feel like I just don't get it, and that's my fault. But man, this is kinda bad. I guess I can appreciate the alien sound. It almost seems like something the belters from The Expanse series would listen to - just totally foreign to my ears. Anyway, I probably won't be returning to the album.

Like listening to a DJ mixing two tracks that have nothing in common while standing next to freeway hearing traffic go by.

Vespertine This slow burns and burns slow like a UTI, albeit an ultimately pleasurable one. The rhythms and percussion are what stood out on first listen, kind of glitchy but also delicate and textured, and incredibly detailed. And, I imagine, painstakingly constructed. Vocally it took a bit longer to appreciate, the floaty whisperiness and unusual meter on many of the songs adds to the slightly untethered, snowy, ghostly atmosphere, but once I listened a few times the subtle, expressive, introspective tone really appealed to me. It really doesn’t sound 24 years old at all, it’s moody, swirling soundscapes and fractured rhythms sound incredibly modern, and while the melodies and lyrics initially might feel impenetrable the whole album rewards time and patience and repeat listens. I’m not quite sure where it lands on the border of 4 and 5 though. For all its unique, Bjork’s-world-in-a-snowglobe feel, and fragile, crystalline, intense intricacy, its glacial-ness can make it feel a bit distant and slightly too remote at times, But it is an undoubtedly unique and singular album by a unique and singular artist, so, despite it not being an easy album, I think it has to be a 5. 🦢🦢🦢🦢 Playlist submission: Pagan Poetry

Not my usual thing but I respect what Bjork is doing. I overlooked her music in the 90's because the media focused on her portrayal as a kooky manic pixie dream girl and I assumed that her vocals were heavy on screeching and yowling. I was pleasantly surprised to listen to this album that was crafted with layers of texture, and now I think that (as with most female artists from the 90's) Bjork was overlooked in favour of her male peers.

I'm not a Bjork fan but this is the most cohesive album of hers that I've ever heard. I still can't really get past her voice or the shoehorning of lyrics into spaces where they just don't fit. But as Bjork goes...not bad.

Bjork at her most Bjorkish. Wears a bit thin in places, no real standout tracks, and it was about this time that Goldfrapp took it to a more interesting place.

Bjork's unique diction and style of singing sound vaguely like how I'd imagine Lorde would sing if she were Werner Herzog's daughter. The instrumentals and production on this album were most likely a significant early influence on the low-fi alternative genre. Overall a surprisingly enjoyable and original album for anyone who doesn't mind Bjork's unconventional singing style.

Before listening I checked the top reviews and found exactly what I expected to find. It got me worked up, I was gonna ramble on about them, but then the music calmed me down. Will leave it for another time. Saw somebody call this album an "adult lullaby", beautiful description. Enchanting voice, cool chill beats, awesome balls. This album is pure sex

I'm torn on how to rate this. 100% absolutely beautiful and unique music. But, I'll probably never listen to it again.

I love Bjork. So strange and unique, yet still catchy and listenable. This album is no exception. 4 stars.

Bjork's voice is something else. Between the timbre, meandering around the scale, qne formless lyrics, it's confusing and gripping at the same time. Production wise, it's quite modern and would fit well with today's pop trends. The metallic synths are very much 21st century dream pop while the sparse de-emphasized rhythms are still distinctively 90s. Weirdly, I would definitely give this a re-listen.

This album remind me a lot of the Joni Mitchell album where the background music isn't really doing anything but she's saying something it's just I'm not there to really understand it and it's not my forte

I simply won’t listen to Bjork. She’s fucking awful.

Never been so excited to listen to something and give it a 1. I think there's another goddamn Bjork album on this list, too, which is unfortunate. Maybe musically there's some interesting things going on here. Like, if this were an instrumental album and with all of these different sounds going off it could be really cool, especially on a nice set of headphones. But then she starts singing and it just ruins everyfuckingthing. Also insufferable are people who are proclaiming her as a "true artist," what the hell does that even mean? People that confuse eccentricity and being different with artistry are the worst. WTF, I've gotta listen to TWO more albums of her shit? Abominable.

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Now - that's the 4th album of Björk. I really don't know why. Support for alternative music is OK, but in comparison with other wonderful and important artists, 1 Album in the 1001 - list would have been far enough. **** A request to the developer of this Web-App: please enable 0 points in the possible scale.

no no no no I listened to the whole thing and I just don't care. I want my hour back.

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Bjork albums take more focus than any other I can think of. This one was beautiful and made much more of an impact on me than previous listens. No one else can make this. It is unique to her other albums and has a consistent tone throughout. I still like Debut more, this or Post would be fighting for second spot. Rating: 4.8

The last Bjork album that I really engaged with - beautiful instrumentation, this is almost chamber music - and feels a little like Music to Hibernate To. Amazed the earlier Homogenic didn't appear make the cut though - that is one of the albums of the 90s for me.

I love this album. It's one of Bjork's most intimate. It's etherial, delicate and dreamlike. Mostly produced out of her home in Iceland, Björk set out to create a “quiet” album with sounds that felt like they were being whispered into your ear. Employing “microbeats” she finds unconventional sounds to add texture and percussion. If you're a fan of Burial, you'll recognize how this technique can employ layers of sound and atmosphere. She would also work closely with Matmos, an experimental electronic duo, who contributed detailed textures using unconventional samples, such as recordings of insects walking on leaves. Real headphone listening. I'd also like to add that hearing "Pagan Poetry" live (perhaps whilst of some form of mind altering substance) is quite transcendent.

Uno de los descubrimientos de esta lista tbh

I will repeat myself, but one of the most baffling mistakes in the 1001 Albums book is that *Post* and *Homogenic* are missing in it. Selecting *Debut* makes sense, *Medulla* and *Vulnicura* a little less so -- even if I'm always happy to see Björk's face pop out on this app -- but if *really* you want to represent the Icelandic diva's huge impact in the music world (and culture at large), you just got to include her second and third solo albums, period. What about *Vespertine*, then? Well, in some sense, it meticulously follows the footsteps initiated with *Homogenic*, and as such, it's the last step of Björk's upward curve from the late nineties to the early noughts -- just like when you are hiking on the breathtaking mountains of Iceland, to finally reach a scenic plateau where you can stand, look back, and admire the wonderful path you've taken so far. Sometimes, the journey matters more than the destination. But the destination is so beautiful here on a general level, that it makes this particular step as crucial as the ones that preceded it. Compared to *Homogenic*, the rhythms and sonic landscapes are somewhat less rough, more inviting or glossier to the touch, thanks to guests such as Danish electronic artist Thomas Knack, the off-kikter duo of American programmers Matmos, or harpist Zeena Parkins. You have crystalline music boxes, dreamy choirs and cozier moods. It's as if the lava that clashed with ice on "Homogenic" had now solidified, allowing you to tread on a firmer ground to explore more terrain. It's a listening experience that's a little less adventurous than what occured before during the hike, admittedly, and with some more complacent (or at times suddenly weirder) dynamics in the second half of the album. Yet I guess most of the other songs are also very digestible or accessible to general audiences, hence why this album ended up in Dimery's list, maybe. That being said, it's still 100% Björk, which means that the glacial surroundings and the elated vocals are still there to take you to unprecedented heights in the realm of electronic music. Opener "Hidden Place" turns an erotic tryst between the singer and her new lover into a whole fantasy quest of epic dimensions, thanks to that insane choir in the background, supported by one of the most enticing electronic rhythm patterns ever written. Subdued and subtle "Cocoon" explores post-orgasmic bliss in an incredibly poetic fashion (also strikingly graphic at times). Björk here proves that she's equally at ease singing in soft, hushed tones, belying her unwarranted reputation as a sole purveyor of theatrics and drama. "Undo" is part a meditative, introspective search for meaning, and part another epic adventure transporting you to realms of the soul yet unseen, "Pagan Poetry" is tense and poignant in its new exploration of physical and emotional attachment, and closer "Unison" is filled with a fragile yet also wide-eyed sense of hope for the future. "I never thought I would compromise,' the young woman sings, discovering that she doesn't need to master her surroundings and love interests to master and channel her own well of surging emotions. Yielding to the other, surrending yourself, and finding out who you really are in the process, this is what Björk asks of herself here, and if you manage to do the same, you will end up receiving more than what you gave in the first place so as to finally open your heart to this beautiful LP, even for the vast majority of the other tracks I haven't mentioned here. "Undo," the Icelandic genius constantly suggests us in *Vespertine*. Sometimes reaching bliss is just a question of how to let go. 4.5/5 for the purposes of this list of essential albums, rounded up to 5 9.5/10 for more general purposes (5 + 4.5) Number of albums left to review: around a hundred, as I've gone over the 1000 line and this generator is including albums from all editions of the book Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 436 (including this one) Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 258 Albums from the list I won't include in mine: 319

Bjork es una figura fascinante en la música contemporánea. Por muchos motivos, sus obras abarcan estilos y corrientes variadas pero todas de enorme valor y calidad. Si bien sus tres pimeros discos son más accesibles este Vespertine sería uno de los más recomendables para iniciarse en su mundo (Sugarcubes al margen). Si bien sus tres pimeros discos configuran un trío espectacular, este (el 4º) es el más equilibrado y el que mejor ha resistido el paso del tiempo. La producción de Matmos lejos de resentirse ha ganado con los años. It´s not up to you es una de las mejores temas de Bjor, y los tiene muy buenos. Otros discos de 2001, el año del revival garagero con Is this it de los Strokes y White blood cells de los White Stripes como punta de lanza, así como otros discos estupendos: Things We Lost in the Fire de Low, Rock action de Mogway, el album verde de Weezer, Origin of symmetry de Muse, Morning view de Incubus, Gold de Ryan Adams, The Invisible Band de Travis, Rings Around The World de Super Furry Animals, Hot Shots II de The Beta Band, debuts de Gillian Welch o Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions, It's a Wonderful Life de Sparklehorse.... (otros discos notabes también fueron Love and theft, Hallelujah! de La Buena Vida, Pleased to Meet You de James, Free All Angels de Ash, Souljacker de Eels, Can Our Love... de Tindersticks o el segundo de Manu Chao) y con la electrónica a pleno rendimiento ya fuera por vía experimental (Amnesiac), estética (Discovery de Daft Punk, los debuts de Gorillaz, Röyksopp, Zero 7) o simplemente lúdica (Fever de Kilye, Survivor de las Destiny´s Child...) ese mismo año publican Madredeus el sugerente Movimento y Gotan Project La revancha del tango....

I can’t believe Bjork invented UK drill. This album is like sitting next to a window on a rainy day. The production choices and vocal layering create a dreamy aesthetic that makes this still feel fresh. Fantastic.

An album that not only exudes its love lyrically, but becomes the pinnacle of this feeling of feeling safe in one's arm via the mixture of strings that make you swoon and synths that make you feel as though you are lifting off, all perfectly illustrated by the album cover. Its sensual, its personal, its even got this tinge of sadness in its coldness, but its the type of freezing that makes you excited for the fireside, window view of falling snow with the love of your love. Every part of this makes me feel an emotion that it captures perfectly. Similar to Radiohead's Kid A, Bjork is so ahead of her contemporaries, that this still sounds light years ahead of any music being created now, and is really its own thing. Sure, perhaps it blends at points, but isn't that what you want out of this sort of album? To be infused with it, rather than a bystander, you are feeling the pure and utter love that Bjork has for her partner, and whilst that tinge of sadness only grows stronger with the knowledge that Vulnicura is about the very person this album is about, but in the moment this is bliss incarnate.

This is slowly becoming my favourite of hers (I say that after listening to every Bjork album)

Love

Beautiful album with high replay value

bjork rules and this is her best album. somber, thoughtful, eerie, transcendent. i have a recurring dream, folks.

I’ll admit, while I respect Björk as an artist and consider her an immense talent, I don’t really consider myself a huge fan of her music. Whenever I listen to her I basically arrive at the conclusion that I get why she’s so highly regarded, but I rarely go back for multiple listens. Vespertine follows this as well, but it’s probably her project that I like the most. It’s almost like Björk songs Radiohead (one of my favorite bands). It’s a stunning record from beginning to end. I still don’t get into it enough to call it a masterpiece, but I wouldn’t argue with anyone about it either.

Split between giving a genuine review and making a “Me when I see the horse of wisdom” joke due to Pagan Poetry.

Of course I know Björk but not this album. I never was a true fan (for some reason I viscerally hate "It' Oh So Quiet"), mostly because of the Marmite vocals that can border on vocal acrobatics to my ears. BUT I not so in this album, which I liked. All songs are good (I like the last one best I think), atmospheric, and this album definitely has a place among the 1001.

The music was great really high

Cold, haunting, but all around beautiful. The often spaced out soundscapes match perfectly with bjork's incredible voice. Although admittedly a little too long for my willingness to stick with this sound, I can see why many consider this one of her finest works. Favorites: Cocoon, It's Not Up To You, Aurora

Hard to describe what this album is about but I feel it. Takes some warming up but eventually you realize you are in her world and her emotions come through leaving me feeling it all without fully understand it. I step out of this album as if I just left a theater. I experienced a piece of art that I want to go back to and experience once more. There’s more there and I’m excited to go back in.

This was my introduction to Björk, and at the time I had never heard anything quite like it. I remember being struck by how the music could be so soft and subtle but incredibly lush and layered

I love the uniqueness of her voice, the production values and the quirkiness of her music. On the flip side, it was rather maudlin overall, which was a barrier to engaging with it more. "Heirloom" gets a shout out for featuring some kind of Casio keyboard percussion track but making it work

Its very much like sound as texture. like ASMR. Its cool but I am not quite sure what it makes me feel. I feel sort of lost in these sounds, can't quite predict how the songs will go. Its Not Up To You is a good track. Pagan Poetry is intense. Good album to have on in the winter. Yea this album is a lot about getting busy, and the songs themselves individually don't have the same impact as the whole thing in its totality.

While this won’t be a frequent reach, this is above average for ambient chill music.

Vespertine is unconventionally and hauntingly creative, with moments of beauty for me. However, overall, it's not something I would listen to again. I respect Bjork's work, but don't gravitate to her art.

If I had to pay to listen to a stoned Icelandic woman who recorded her own farts on an album, I would be mourning the loss of that precious money to this day. I've listened to some of Bjork's early stuff, and some of it was actually pretty good. But this album wasn't worth the time I spent listening to it. 2 stars and I'm being generous.

Day 30 of Albums You Must Hear... Vesterpine is the fourth studio album from Icelandic singer Björk, an artist that has been creating since age 11. Vesterpine is part art pop, part trip hop and part electronica. Björk’s voice is very similar to Portishead’s singer Beth Gibbons. The sound of the vocals has a quiet and comforting ambience to it. The production is very good and it definitely had that trip hop quality to it, sonically. While the majority of Vesterpine is a tad too emo for my personal taste, I can see why some fans call it her best album to date. The songs that I liked were Hidden Place, It’s Not Up To You and Heirloom. Lastly, Björk got a lot of attention for the swan dress that she wore to the 2001 Oscars, she is also wearing that dress on the cover of Vesterpine. Anyhow, next album please!! Please share your thoughts, memories and opinions!

Frosti is very close to the FNAF song. I can see why that one guy went crazy

Mayneeeee what the hell is this??????

A lil to snoozefest for me

Jag har inte en aning vad jag lyssnade på, avant-garde type shit, ingen struktur, låter lite som Aurora fast sämre. eh vet inte Kan uppskatta produktionen och kreativiteten men det var inget för mig. 2/10

3/10 - hmm, I think Bjork's high toned vocals are pretty overdone

la primera canción casi me induce un ataque de pánico. el final todo el album. no lo puedo escuchar.

Tpmosm. I dont liek a lot of what i am hearing here. It give off the wrong vibe. What kind of sick people listen to this?

Yeesh. I couldn't understand the appeal when I was 16. This album generator has forced me to revisit a lot of other artists I didn't think I liked back then, only to realize that my taste has evolved, so I was hopeful that would be the case here as well. Unfortunately, it's not. 56 minutes of pure agony. Do not pass go, do not collect $200.

More cat torture recordings from Bjork

Woman Poetry. 1/5

1 out of 5 The second Bjork album? I liked this one less than the first. Too slow and just out there. Waaaaayyyyy out there.

Hmmmm I’m very skeptical. This is kind of outside what I would consider my taste or anything I’d even listen to. But ig that’s the point. Idk if I’m going to like any of these but hey we’ll give her a shot. Seems a little uppity and out there for my taste butttt maybe I’ll end up liking it. Hidden Place - 2 I think she invented cursive singing. The song is about a relationship and the bond you have in that. Okay to me, I’m not understanding the choices she’s making regarding the music. Her voice and the production kind of don’t match. Cocoon - 1 Ohhh this one is weird. The first verse immediately being about sex. The background instrumental is like a Lofi beat. I kind like that. Just her voice off puts me. Not dissimilar to how I felt about the Smashing Pumpkins guy. It just is not easy to listen to. I don’t like that it doesn’t follow a rhyme scheme, it has no discernable rhythm, and the breathy thing at the end. Who likes this bro. It’s a sweet message I guess but it’s really not for me. It’s Not Up to You - 3 A message about being perfect and having control and leaning into what comes. I just don’t like that the backing sounds and the vocals do not match. Like she’s not singing to the beat she’s producing, I don’t understand that. She did come onto the chorus on a beat though, which was probably the most redeeming part of this song. Pretty strings in the back. Undo - Yeaaa this album sucks = DNF

Not my taste.

Vespertine feels very much in line with most Björk albums for me: dense, noisy, and deliberately strange, often tipping into something I find difficult to engage with. It sometimes feels weird for the sake of being weird, and much of it is close to unlistenable from my perspective. That said, there are moments where the album shows a softer, more accessible side. A few tracks hint at melody and atmosphere that briefly cut through the layers of experimentation, but these moments tend to get lost in what feels like a lot of unnecessary nonsense. I’ve never really connected with Björk’s music, and Vespertine ultimately reinforces that feeling rather than changing it. Favourite track: Undo – a genuinely nice moment on the album Least favourite track: Most of the album Album artwork: A cool, striking cover that suits the icy, insular mood of the record

I really dislike anything Bjork

Every song is literally the same. The way she sings is soooo whiney... please make it end.

kolejny popowy albumik, pani bjork juz byla na liscie ze swoim debiutem, a teraz przyszedl czas na wieczorowy albumik, jak wczoraj bylo granie popowe z przepieknym bajduzeniem opowiesciowym, tak dzisiaj jest spiewanie artystycznie, nie potrafie niczego wyciagnac z piosenki, jesli jest ona tak ladnie i wrecz egzotycznie zaspiewana, a kontent liryczny zdaje sie nie istniec, a jedynie jest brzmienie, ktore jest mocno elektroniczne eksperymentalne, sa tez i harmoniczne chorki, album jest bogaty w dziwne brzmienie, ale jakos do mnie nie przemawia, na plejke dodam trak numer siedem aurora

I listened to the whole album hoping I could find one song that caught my attention. I do like the music but her singing does nothing for me.

Not my jam

Didn’t listen

that was wank

Garbage

Sorry

Nah

Naja

No me gusta Björk.

Mein Gott war das Schlimm, jeder Song klang gleich als ob man ne Hündin tritt die langsam jault während jemand ne Harfe dazu spielt

Meh

lame

Hated every minute of it. Some of it was just painful to listen to

Not for me.

Not for me

The fuck was this shite

one

WHAT THE HELL MAN 😭😭😭😭😭 STOP IT STOP I JUST GOT BJORK’S DEBUT 3 DAYS AGO LEAVE ME ALONE I HATE HER Bjorks lyrics have no structure and her voice is just unbelievably annoying. I am so pissed she has four albums on this list.

Second bjork in a row. Not impressed v boring

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I'm sorry, I just don't get the fuss about Bjork. It all feels a bit 'Emperors New Clothes' to me. Whilst listening I had a read of the wikipedia page for this album, fuck me, how did it get all these awards and recognitions? Maybe it's me, this wouldn't be the first highly-rated album that I've considered to be utter wank. Anyway, I can only rate based on what I think, and it gets 1 star (I didn't make it all the way through, had 2 tracks left when I finished reading the wikipedia article and felt it very unlikely that they would make me do a 180 on my feelings about this album, after 10 tracks of horse piss!

Nope.

Das hat mit Musik nichts zu tun. Langweiliges Gedudel ohne Melodie und Rhythmus!

One and a half songs into the album and it's a big NO from me. I don't get why this is on the list. 0.5 at best

Not for me. Really interesting sound, but not something I enjoyed listening to. Got about halfway through the album, finishing it would have felt like homework.

Did not enjoy it.

Only managed 3 songs. Didn't really like anything about it.