Reviews (page 13 of 14)
Non mi è piaciuto tanto
I’ll give this 2 because she has a nice voice and is a good singer. I do not understand this record. Pop/synth/dance is really not my style, but there are also horns at times? Tough start to 1001.
Ok. Not my style of music.
Nicht meins.
Her voice is to scratchy for me.
This is probably the best Björk has ever sounded. And it's still crap. These songs have something resembling a structure and she hasn't yet gone full fairy-baby with her singing so there's that going for it. But it's still terrible and I can't believe there are four Björk albums on this list.
v artsy, not for me
This album felt all over the place while also sounding like it came from a children's TV show. Everything was super basic sounding, and I don't really care for her voice.
That was very weird. I did not like that at all.
Not my kind of music.
I don't really see the draw. Maybe it was new and cool at the time, but it just reminds me of the cranberries and awful "voice cracks"
Just not really a Björk fan. Sure, she’s done some cool shit over the years and people really love her, but it’s just not in my wheelhouse.
not a fan
Bjork isn’t really my bag-I can see the artistry involved in her craft but I don’t like listening to a full album of it. Small doses only for me!
too much screaming😬
I couldn't get into this one. Twice thru did nothing for me.
Not melodic enough for me
It was fine? Not my thing, but not objective trash or anything.
Rarita de cojones, pero para la música que proponen por aquí, digna de Grammy.
Ei ihan mulle tää avant-garde musa. Kaipaan mun musiikkii semmosia jatkuvia toistuvia rytmejä ja vähemmän taiteellist hapuiluu. Human behaviour ja There's more to life than this oli ihan 4/10, muut vähemmän.
It’s not my cup of tea, but there were a few songs I enjoyed. The concept of the album I could appreciate for sure.
not for me
Not really my jam. 0 songs saved to playlist
Didnt like it much
This album was completely new to me. By mid 1993 I was pretty much out of the "popular" music scene. I think I've heard the name, but don't think I've ever heard any of Bjork's music. So I went into this with an open mind and a blank slate. I thought the first couple of songs were pretty good. Sort of an ambient, ethereal feel. But with each passing song it held y interest less and less. Just not really my "thing". 2/5
Not my favorite. A few songs are okay but overall not my thing.
Didn't get it... wasn't taken with anything. Interesting range of sounds and impressive vocals though.
This album was okay, not my type of music
Not my favorite
Human Behaviour put me to sleep, but Crying is interesting so far. Venus as a Boy
This was pretty interesting.
This was a rough one
Björk to me is like Donnie Darko. When I first found it as a teen I thought it was the coolest thing ever, and then each time I listened/watched it again through the years I realized it just seemed so incredible at first because I was 16 and I didn't know better.
It seems like an interesting record… Feels like there is too much going on, kind of grating on my ears. I can see how this was influential for its time (I wouldn’t have been able to guess when this came out) but it just isn’t pleasant to listen to. Is dissonant the right term? Rating might be a bit harsh, but I’m still getting my bearings here. Still finding myself tapping along though so she must be doing something right…
Not my cup of tea
I can't really see listening to this regularly, but it isn't bad. Just not my preferred style.
Two Bjőrk albums in a row on this app strongly suggest to me that I don't like Bjőrk.
Ain’t it for me. Not today at least. Liked a few songs though.
Björk would probably sound better if I was in a fjord amphitheater. I do like a couple of her songs though.
It was okay. Not really my thing, and found it a bit annoying.
# 63 : Slow and dreary, not my thing. Like the song, There's more to life than this…
ehkä legendaarisin arvostelu tässä albumissa... albumi on 2 mutta nyt arvostellaan arvostelu... aloitus, räväkkä statement. OLLAAN NIIN VITUN HAUSKAA POIKAA!! pedofiileille vittuilua...hyvä... viikinkikansan alistusta...suomalaiset...they beat them.. ja loppuun objektiivista reitinkiä... arvostelusta 5/5 violebtly happy
Not the biggest fan, only like 2 songs off the entire album.
This did have a song i recognized and was far more approachable then the other Bjork albums we've listened to. I'm just done with Bjork at this point.
I used to REALLY hate this, now I just find it mildly annoying. You can call that personal growth. A couple of minor tunes, lots of irritating half-arsed trip hop and dumb *look at me* pixie vocals. "Play Dead" is the good one, and it's not even on the original release. I remain convinced she's basically a con-artist, preying on idiot male music journalists with her well-practiced faux-ingenue Icelandic affect. Poor, but not worth an aneurysm.
It was certainly interesting, but too eclectic for me to enjoy properly.
I was not a fan of the experimental/dance airy fairy sound she was trying here. I only liked a couple of the tracks, the rest I couldn't even enjoy as background. Highlights: Human Behaviour Big Time Sensuality
-retrospectively reviewed on 03/07/23, generated 29/06/23- AL: I liked this a lot more then Medulla but I think when it comes down to it I just don’t really like Björk’s voice that much. It just isn’t for me I suppose. FT: “there’s more to life than this”, “come to me” 2/5
I've never listened to Björk before - I'm not sure what I was expecting. This was fine, but I'm not sure what they hype is about. My top pick is 'Big Time Sensuality' which feels boppy in a funny kind of way.
She has a unique voice. Liked the horns in a couple of songs. Would not seek this album out and listen to it again.
Highlights: Venus as a Boy, Crying Leave Em's: Violently Happy, Aeroplane, The Anchor Song Overall Thoughts: This is one of the most abstract musical projects that I have ever heard. I'm glad that I have heard it, but I have no inclination to come back or save any of these songs. I enjoyed how variable the sounds were throughout the album, as well as how Bjork uses her voice in different pitches. It managed to hold my attention pretty much throughout by remaining interesting and variable, but I often found myself turned off by the lack of rhythm and melodies that are traditionally more pleasing to the ear. I didn't hate it, but it is surely not for me. Score Breakdown: 2.618 & 2 -> 2.309
I do not understand. How do people find this enjoyable? Not for me.
Debut was OK, but not mind blowing. Her voice was all over the place, and some of the tracks seemed to go strange places. Probably wouldn’t listen again.
meh
really cool instrumentals throughout but i didn’t love her voice
Beautifully odd. Not much to keep on repeat, but still an interesting listen.
strange
Not generally my sound but Human Behaviour, One Day, Aeroplane, and Play Dead are standouts.
Interesting to say the least.. not really my thing
Just not my type of music
This Bjork album is better that the previous Bjork album, sure. Still a Bjork album though...
i don't think i can call myself a fan of björk, but i did like this more than her later album, vespertine. and i found myself more intrigued by this! debut shows a wider range of björk, which surprised me considering this was her first album. she alternates between peaceful and ambient to electronic dance music. and she throws in a touch of folk, and jazz! honestly, i realize i don't care very much for björk's voice. it's unfortunate, but that's how it is sometimes. 2.5 even though i enjoyed it more than vespertine.
ew i expected more
Ouais bah, c'est pas fait pour moi celle là
Je vois ce qu’elle voulait faire, y’a deux trois truc intéressants dans l’album, mais c’est trop loins dans l’expérimentale donc c’est pas super agréable à écouter.
For the right audience, probably decent but for most a bizarre listen
Very weird electronic pop album with unique vocals I actually liked. I wasn’t a fan at all of most of the music behind the vocals though. Some songs were better than others and I can appreciate the talent but overall not something I’ll go back to.
I respect Björk for her avant-garde attitude and no-compromise experiments, and this album is well produced. I just don't .... like it. The music fails to engage me in any way. It's more like an intellectual exercise trying where you can take modern pop music - which is fine, of course, but it's not for me.
Unique sounds on this album - don’t think I particularly enjoyed it though
I do hate the way she sings, already on this album. Later albums even worse. Only Bjork I like is her Sugarcubes period, when she was kept under control by a band
La primer mitad es hasta aburrida, la segunda está ok, pero nada más
I don't get Bjork. I guess I would have to live in places where it's dark half of the year to relate to this music. Some of the songs are not that bad but her voice is so grating, I can't get past it.
Björk is a loser's dream: her music is bipolar outsider art garbage you mostly have to pretend to like, and she has that weird unconventional pixie-like cuteness that appeals to guys who never had a chance with the hot chicks (and who never had a chance with Björk either, but sshhhh). A music critic's dream too, incidentally. The first song or two were ok tbh, but an hour of offbeat electronica and QUIRKINESS was just too fucking much. 2/5.
ну язык надо знать, лень читать, слушать тоже лень и не цепляет
I appreciate the experimental part of it, but in the end it is to avant garde for my taste. I find her singing often hard to digest.
I've never listened to Bjork before, but she used to come into a cafe I worked at. She would always be wearing a veil. She'd sit alone in a corner and eat a curry, all while never taking off her veil. I always thought she was a weird unit, and this album has cemented that opinion of her. Nice lady though.
Bjork's music is better without Bjork. The voice goes through my head. Also prefer her previous band The Sugacubes.
Kokeilut eivät kiinnosta minua. Minua kiinnostaa se, mitä kokeilijat eivät voi saavuttaa, ja minkä takia he kokeilevat. En sano, etteikö tällä kokeilijalla olisi mitään tuntumaa siitä jostain. Mutta hänen esteettinen visionsa on lähtökohtaisesti liian "taiteellinen", anti-rock n roll, ja aksenttinsa liian islantilainen (sori, mutta osuu turhan lähelle..).
Debut is the same as all the other Bjork. Not for me, 2/5.
This gets stellar reviews on the site, but I prefer her later stuff - to me a lot of the sound here sounds very dated. Her voice is amazing, but the music behind it is a bit too disco/electro in a lot of places for it to work for me. 2/5.
Woahhh, looks like Björk is into electronica after all. Too bad I'm not.
2 stars for her voice which is great however music not for me. Very irritating.
The techno-style and shrill singing makes you wish she used autotune. There were a few, um, listenable tunes. Like Someone in Love, One Day, and were ok. Come to Me was the most music-like track on the album.
Abstract concept and good incorporation of jazz into a different genre, lyrics were inciting but did not make a great impact, it felt like they lack some correlation with the instrumentation.
Not really a fan of her voice. Musically it's quite solid but her singing ruins it for me.
Прослушано! Средний альбом вроде и неплохо, но не цепляет.
Not for me.
I like some parts of this album, but more parts I dislike
no tengo el oido entrenado para esto
Second Bjork album for me from the generator, and I must say.. Bjork blue-balled me. The Bjorkster blue-balled me big time. The opening couple of tracks were so fire, and then she just had to go and turn into.. well.. quirky dorky Bjork I guess. I give this 2 swollen, aching love spuds.
Heard it before?: No Enjoy it?: yes and no, i will say yes in the fact I respect bjork for what she has done for music but I just don’t understand the hype about her style, not a lot of it seems to match up or cohere but that could also be part of the charm? Maybe I need to listen again and to more of her work but I just don’t get it for now? Favourite song: Track 10 - Violently Happy
Skum, artsy, dansmusik.
meh
Pass.
Just not for me
Her voice grated on me at times, and I didn't love the music.
It’s not for me. Big Time Sensuality is an alright song, but I can’t do a full album of Björk’s oddball schtick. Long live this proud freakish weirdo, but she’s not of my tribe.
adele mais pop
not for me
I’ve always tried to get into Bjork but failed. This was another instance. There are some really interesting parts but ultimately it’s nonsense.
Nunca lo había escuchado, creo que solo conocía una canción, esta bueno, pero no es mi estilo.
A decent album that has concepts that are impressive. I can see why people like bjork and find her music special. She is a good singer and the production with the various instrumentals is really good. The lyrics and some of the songs are introspective and take a good look at life. However I myself don’t find the album that enjoyable. As impressive as it is it’s still not for me. 4.6/10
This one sounds like a hipster tried to recreate the sound track to Mario 64 from memory and then put vocals to it
I just don't get her. I think she's one of those artists that critics love (for some unknown reason), but most people just scratch their head. I didn't hate this, but I definitely won't be adding it to my collection!
I did not care for this. Idk what else to add, it wasn't for me and I don't want to hear it again
I have given it a chance so far and I'm just not really digging the music or her singing style. Human behavior was the standout track for me. I didn't hate it but just not for me.
Bit weird for me "There's more to life than this" Live just for the weird car trunk part Maybe The Anchor Song
Werkt me nog steeds op de zenuwen
Moeilijke zanglijntjes en zweverige muziek. Veel mensen lopen weg met haar, maar ik kan er heel weinig mee en deze plaat verandert daar niets aan.
FAIR
First time hearing this one. I've heard her follow up album, Post, which I actually prefer more than this. Debut was not quite as memorable, but maybe I need to give it time to sink in. There were moments I liked, I just didn't hear any standout tracks.
a unique sound for sure. Lots of pop-y beats and dissonant horns and melodies with a bit of jazz thrown in. Kinda felt like a fever dream I’d like to avoid. Didn’t enjoy other than Like Someone In Love.
Very irritating.
Didn’t care for it
Interesting. I liked moments of her voice, but overall the sound was just too weird to be enjoyable.
Dear Bjork, When this album was released I tried to listen and embrace it, but it just didn't click with me and couldn't get past the sound of your voice. I also tried listening to your previous band, the Sugarcubes and as much as I wanted to like it, I couldn't. I realize your music has put Iceland on the global radar as a hotbed for cultural talent, so I feel I should give your music another try and thanks to this 1001 albums challenge I'm having another listen. Sorry, this still doesn't do anything for me, I'm trying to be open-minded, but I just don't care for it. You deserve the accolades you have received because you are clearly talented and unique and you have a dedicated and passionate fan-base so you are truly doing something special. I promise i will try again in maybe...30 years (or sooner), so thank you for your music. Sincerely yours, TDIT
This wasn't bad....for a couple of songs. After that, her voice just grated on me and the music seemed to meander.
Not for me
Muy radical, extremo.
Not a fan
Bjork sounds like a word I would use to describe this music
Enjoyable, I like Bjork's voice, it's a nice counterpoint to all the baby voiced female singers of the modern era. She sings like she really means it. She isn't afraid to leave gaps in the music and let the emotion in her voice fill it in.
Maybe just not in the mood for this sound when I was listening to it.
never heard an album before where the singer holds vowel sounds for so long
not really for me.
2 stars for creativity
2/5 not really my cup of tea
Couple of songs
Debut by Björk (1993) Dazzlingly eclectic and playful instrumentals and arrangements over snappy dance beats carry lame lyrics, anti-melodies and pop-ish vocals across the finish line on this relatively cool album. But the attempted cover of Johnny Burke’s “Like Someone In Love” reveals the serious limitations of Björk’s voice. Shoulda left this one off the record. “Violently Happy” is lyrically fascinating, but spoiled by a melody stuck on the fifth. Makes me want to grab one. As for the rest of the Björk’s vocals, well, it’s not Cyndi Lauper. 2/5
Just not a fan
Sounds like a whale being raped
love the 90s dance vibes when they turned up, but she's fucking annoying isn't she.
Must have been some interesting drugs involved.
This is half good and half just weird. Not good weird either. Just weirdness for the sake of being weird.
Not really my cup of tea, but original for sure.
appreciate the artistry just wasn’t for me
How she sings is so bloody annoying
At times bizarre, other times danceable. Thought this would be much worse than it is, but honestly, it's not terrible. However, don't plan to listen ever again.
Never like Bjork that much
Not as good as I remembered when it first came out.
ive only listened to Post maybe 2 months ago and loooooved it so much. sadly I only sort of liked a couple songs from this one :(
I am sorry, I just can't handle Bjorks voice, it drives me crazy. Some good music played on this album, but then she sings!!!!!!! 2 stars
Couldn't really get through it. I sort of get why she's so loved but I think there's enough experimental music and breadth of genre now as compared to when this was released that it's not as revolutionary
Nunca tinha ouvido nada desta jovem, nem sabia para o que ia. A cantora islandesa pelo que entendo conjuga o ritmo eletrónico com com a sua voz que se enquadra mais numa música pop, algo que na sua genese faz lembrar o Dummy dos Portishead, mas na execução tem nada a ver. Para não dizer que o álbum dos Portishead é muito superior. Entendo o porquê de ser um dos álbuns a ouvir antes de morrer, é algo muito único. No entanto é chato de se ouvir, parece que estou a ir a uma discoteca nos anos 2000. No geral é algo diferente e tem o seu valor, mas não me obriguem a ouvir isto novamente. A melhor música do álbum é o Human Behaviour. Nota:4/10 06/06/2024
I like some of her stuff but i've never been a fan. I only enjoyed a couple of tracks on this album.
Tried, honestly tried but it's just shite.
Fine. Didn't do it for me.
Doesn't have the same affect as Sugarcubes for me, and listening 27 years later feels like there are 100 albums that have mimicked it more successfully.
Una de les artistes més sobrepreuades de les últimes décades. Potser va sorgir en el moment adequat, l'estèril de mitjans dels 90 després de la bogeria grunge, però sembla m'ha semblat que està molt lluny de les lloances generades. 'Human Behaviour' és un bon tema, tot s'ha de dir
Voz llena de sentimiento. Variedad de instrumentos. Pop sin extravagancias. Un tanto experimental. No me ha gustado especialmente.
Rare
A techno album with a song featuring a harp? Gutsy. Doesn't pull it off, though.
Ouff... Je sais qu'elle est considérée comme une grande artiste, mais sérieux... C'est le genre d'affaire qui me stress à mort! La voix les beats.. Pas pour moi :/ J'aurai essayé!
I don’t like the dance beats at all. Sounds Sounds like a tik tok wanna be singer belting over the macarena at times. Not good. But not as terrible as some other stuff we’ve heard. Tries too hard to be experimental and “artistic.”
Quite interesting but not my cup of tea. 5/10
Meh
Listening to Bjork is like hanging out with a mentally unstable friend and it’s always made me uncomfortable
Not horrible, not spectacular. But most importantly, not for me.
Not interested.
3
Nao gostei da voz meio insegura
I just started... I am nervous. I mean, it's just not my sound. I will say, \"Big Time Sensuality\" has that 90s disco vibe that slaps. But, I would be okay (and I know Jonah would, too), if I didn't hear Bjork for a long while.
Tolle Stimme, aber die Art und Weise, wie sie benutzt wird, kommt bei mir nicht an. Irgendwas mit Katzen und Jammern. Schade!
Definitely get the artistic value and futurism of this album, but it does not land for me as a listener probably due to my personal genre tastes. Lots of avant-garde house music fusing a variety of genres to create a new sound. The album seems like I'm listening to Bjork experiment in her studio and transitioning from idea to idea until something clicks. The journey is worth the listen even if the music doesn't speak to you personally. Stand-Outs: Like Someone in Love (of course, it's a Jazz standard with a harp rendition, pretty cool), Violently Happy
It's got variety but none of it's good.
did not go into it with high expectations since I was unsure whether or not I would like Björk’s sound. unfortunately, I was not a huge fan of this album. There were good bits, but overall it was just noise for me.
Possibly the worst thing that I have ever heard.
Bjork has an incredible voice but makes me feel like a 90s sitcom dad who wants to shout at their kid for listening to garbage.
NOT ANOTHER BJORK ALBUM!!!
Her voice is just rotten, maybe I'm missing something, I don't get it or like it. Forgettable
i got scared
0/5 SHUT UP
There are some interesting experimental sounds in this album, such as Aeroplane. Unfortunately, Bjork doesn’t really seem to get off the ground with Debut. She explores a range of emotions throughout and has some good messages, but maybe if I was born in a different year or under a different sign I could appreciate her talents. Other than some decent beats now and then, there wasn’t much I connected to in Debut.
No more Björk on here, please. I’m begging.
I'll say, I'm a few seconds in and already I know this is... not my type. Some people might like this, that's good for them. I wish I did not spend 48 min and 21 sec listening to this. It's a little odd- doesn't match my odd. It is upbeat and happy, but in a slightly diagonal and depressing way. Its a little bit annoying
I tried on 2 different occasions to try and listen to this album. It just did not happen. I could not listen to this at all holy. The songs just did not age or I just could not listen to more than 2 songs.
not my vibe at all rip
Björing
No puedo con su voz lo siento
Nah sorry but wtf
Most of the time, when I don’t like a piece of music, I can see what other people do—it’s just that it isn’t effective on me personally. This album is one of those rare albums where I don’t understand at all, and simply assume that people who like it must be smarter than me to see something that I don’t. Boring, odd without being compelling, overstays its welcome. Rating: 1.5
I just am not the audience for bjork it's just not my cup of tea and never had been and won't be, it was just not good!
Wow I hated this. Would leave the room if it was playing.
No está mal
Human Behaviour was on the radio when I was a junior in Hs. I thought it wasn’t great then and it hasn’t gotten any better. She whines through the entire album. How does this shit make the list?
insufferable, someone please shoot me in the face with a gun
Merde
SHUT THE FUCK UP
i hate bjork
I did not like this
👎
Friends don't make friends listen to Bjork. I am not a fan of Bjork and listening to this is like my version of hell.
Trash
Her voice is terrible, and the music is just noise to me.
Songs are either incredibly dated or their beat sounds like a Crash Bandicoot level. First album for this I had to stop partway through.
I can say that its good but I just dont like it, not my style of music, only really like, feel like I could only listen to Venus as a boy
Love experimental albums! Not this one though, dropped on the second song
Not a fan. Appears very raw and noisy
just not my shi
Yeaaa,, nahhhhh
Minder geschreeuw dan verwacht.. 1 ster.
Seriously?????
Çok şaapamadım ya bu hafif kafamız güzel ama yavaş şarkı vibes sevmiyorum pek… vokal de glb belki değil di tek
Nope
🤮 This album is what was “in the box”
😏
Eh
an interesting one
Ik snap echt niet wat iedereen zo leuk vindt aan Björk. Ik vind het verschrikkelijk. Haar stem jeukt in m'n oor. Ik vind het irritant. DNF
What the fuck
Sere mi se od Bjork, neslušljivo. Ne razumijem ljude koji ju vole. 1/5, 1/10
A couple bright spots musically but it's a no for me for the voice and lyrics. Listened before? N Saved tracks? N Favorite tracks? None ⭐ Did not like it
Meh
A little too abstract and out there for me.
2/10
Pole mulle
- Géèn fàn vän - 0 nummers toegevoegd aan MMMM - 0 nummer al toegevoegd aan MMMM 1*
NO.
Struggled listening to this one. Singing was annoying and music was just nonsense thumpy stuff.
i do not like bjork
Can’t stand Bjork. Never got the hype, never will. Terrible record, next.
That’s a no for me.
je n'arrive pas à aimer björk
Awful.
Boooo!
Experimental Björk music is the only way to describe this. Her voice is lovely but the music doesn't quite fit it in some songs. Definitely not my cup of tea. 1/10
hated it
Annoying songs
I was very scared to listen to this. Yep, Bjork scared me. It was not as scary as I thought, nor a weird. It's odd, to be sure and I don't want to listen to it anymore but not scary.
I wish I was sophisticated enough to understand why this is a top album at all.
Album alternated between songs I thought were alright to ones that got on my tits. Listening on the train probably aggravated by rating
Don't like this playlist that much 1 star
I've been dreading the day I have to listen to a Bjork album. It has finally arrived. Let me preface: She seems like a nice person, she makes music where she looks like she is having a ton of fun. This fucking sucks, its so bad. It's like a middle schooler stole some redbulls from their parents fridge and made an album by themselves in the garage with instruments they were completely unfamiliar with. I almost DNF'd, but I stayed with it, out of respect. Best Song: N/A Rating: 1/10 Stars: 1/5
Definitiv unique, hat mich aber absolut kalt gelassen und ich konnte nicht drumherum, einiges zu überspringen. Kam mir oft einfach nervig und einfach wie irgendein aufgenommener Lärm vor. 1 – Konnte ich gar nichts mit anfangen 😬 Hat mich nicht angesprochen, kein Zugang gefunden – weder musikalisch noch emotional. Eher Qual als Genuss.
She's saying the same words over and over and over and over. Each song had the same qualities, the same raspy voice. I did not like this album.
Nope, too out there for me. I like some avant garde stuff, but Björk gives me a headache
Not for me
I really wanted to like this album but while it has many styles I found it wasn't resonating with me at all.
Too avant garde for me
Out of Bobcat or Bjork, this is definitely Bjork
When this album ended, I said, "Oh thank God." out loud. This was a slog for me. It's not the kind of vibe that I look for in anything. It's wispy and laissez-faire in a way that just feels so dead. The music is upbeat and as the songs would start, I'd be bopping along, then the singing started and I just kept checking how long the song had left. Not the worst thing I've ever heard, but still a one for me.
I hate Bjork
Hsks
Zuhause, Heidenheim, Deutschland. Furchtbarer Müll…
Honestly, I thought I'd like it more. It totally didn't get to me. Not a single song caught me. I think I was open, trying to like it, but just didn't happen. It's a bummer, such an iconic album and album cover. I guess it isn't for me.
Not that good!
Who and what the fuck is a Bjork? As if you couldn't tell from the music, she grew up on a commune.
not my jam at all, even annoying at times
What a unique artist back then and now. At first I’m captured by her voice and great singing, but then I start to question her voice and style. It’s as if she recorded her vocal performance for half the album or more with no music written and afterwards they wrote music to underlay what she already sang. There’s a disturbing disconnect between the rhythm being played and what she is singing over it. It kinda makes me sick to my stomach honestly. She lags behind the beat so much and I find it really grating. She is a talented singer for sure, but her style grew stale for me after 3-4 songs. Shes a one trick pony and all of her music sounds the same.
I have never liked Bjorks voice sadly. I like quite a few Icelandic artists but she’s not my vibe.
I understand that Bjork is popular for some reason but her voice annoyed me to no end and the music didn’t vibe with me either. I’m not sure how people sit down and listen to this and enjoy it.
I hate this album, tried listening it a few times and just stopped after a few songs. Annoying droning vocals, frustrating drums and uninteresting lyrics.
for someone just not me 2/5
weird
Lowkey hate the first song, it sounds like she's singing completely out of tune. In fact, the only song I tolerate on this entire album is "Venus as a Boy". I honestly don't think I've hated an album so much before but I'm never going to listen to this again. 0 stars
Not for me. Don't like electtronic
Not sure what this was but it’s not for me
2/10
completely not my thing, but it's okay ig...
I hate this.
The music starts. Björk comes in. She’s in a completely different key. Great. It’s another dissonant album. Although less whale-like than her later album, the style of singing in her debut album sets the tone for the whiny sound her music takes. Not for me.
Wow I am not a Bjorn fan. This is like Alanis Morisette fan fiction. Boo
Not a fan
Damit kann ich nichts anfangen. Die Stimme nervt mich einfach nur.
this is wank
The singles are catchy and Björk has some voice, but I found this generally fairly bland. It feels like she is holding back.
Probably only popular because of her mysterious Icelandic elven allure.
God this was a hard listen... The beats are fun and then Björk starts to sing..."There's More to Life Than This" was fine except for that weird part in the middle...wtf was that. This was tough. "Crying" also had some solid beats. "Aeroplane" was actually horrible and why was "The Anchor Song" included? Fuckin terrible. I was waiting for this album to end. I hate rating albums so low since "Dub Housing" but there was literally not a single song here that I added or marked to listen to again... I think "Violently Happy" was my "favorite" song? The beat was cool and the vocals weren't horrible. What was that intro tho?
This gave me a better understanding of one of the characters in the show Sense8. Not my groove though.
Stressful. Not for me at all.
Bjork appeals to someone, and I have heard enough to know that I am not that someone. Just a little too quirky and out there for my tastes. That said I know she has had a profound influence on a lot of indie and electronic groups. But, I just can't seem to get into her music.
this shit weak af gng
Not my type.
Absolutely not.
Just no
Not my style. 1/10
Just not for me
Not my vibe
Too Avant Gard for me.
Not a fan, just noise and annoying singing
This was not my cup of tea. There were a couple songs that I really enjoyed, where the production felt like a clear precursor to what is now EDM, and her voice layered smoothly on top of it while maintaining a certain sharpness. Through the rest of the album, the production seemed disjointed at best, lacking melody and not finding pleasant rhythms. The vocal sharpness that gave necessary punch to the few enjoyable tracks was grating elsewhere. 2 / 10
It's so late 80s/early 90s sounding. It's so jangly. Not a fan. I couldn't say I enjoyed one song.
Not a fan
i'm sorry but I don't get it, as many times as I ried listening to her music
Not for me.
Not a fan it just went over my head and it was not poppy enough for me but that is fine for some people just not me.
Not good then, worse now.
I like the part where it sounds like she corners you at a party and starts speaking tongues. There's absolutely no question what decade this album came from. It sounds like the music at a rave in a Sci-Fi movie. Like a classy rave for the elites in society. I really enjoyed the first track but they're all basically the same. I actually really like her voice.
Please never again shocking
i like her taste in samples, for the most part, but really dislike literally every other part.
This is like the third album i heard (this one being more acceptable than the others) This feels like if that eccentric colleague who say that they are a great singer and when you hear it you internally go "for the love of god make her stop" got a music carrier. sometimes you hear her voice clear to then jump to a shrieking dissonant note,then to a monotone and finally to a random screaming note. I don't get Björk. it feels like it's one of those artist that live of the "You just aren't an art critic, like me"-people. To me this just sounds like "Weird for Weird's sake". Instrumentations are okey to pretty decent just drop the vocals and it would be fine.
Did not listen
Electronica-pop overlaid with lyrics.
Not a Bjork fan. That has remained unchanged!
How did this get on the list
Well I'm glad I never have to hear that again. Painful. I have no idea how this passes as music. It's not artistic, it's just not.
Never been a fan and this hasn’t converted me. I don’t get her popularity.
Baby babble nonsense.
Felt like an 80’s disco record
I really dislike bjork