Reviews (page 6 of 7)
1.5 - here’s my very technical review: sounds like someone but I can’t remember. (Maybe the vocals abit like Black Country new road’s new album)
Just another weirdo whispery moment from Björk that doesn’t appeal to me at all. Good for her though.
Bjork has a fantastic voice, but for some reason, keeps making the same, self-indulgent song over and over again since she released Post. I, for one, have had enough of it.
Very dramatic with a powerful voice. Not something I could cruise around in the car listening and relaxing.
one of the bjork albums to be listened to once and forgotten
Tycker om vissa Björklåtar men hennes senare karriär är kanske inte riktigt min grej
I like weird shit but I wasn’t following this
bjoring
I do not like Bjork
Didn't like this one as much as the debut. Sounds well made and all that, but not big on the songs here. Will I listen to again: 10%
Listened Before? N I'm going to be honest here... I didn't make it through this album. Not because I didn't like it, or her, but because I have to be in the right mood for Bjork, and the past few days were not those days. I'm going to give it another listen later, but my impression is that it is not her best work. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Stonemilker
Quite shocked at how bad this was. The vocals and delivery were barely understandable. Some of the orchestration was cool.
Just wasn't feeling like electronic Bjork today.
I struggle with Björk. This album, and artist, has absolutely everything I’ve complained about in other albums. The talent is completely undeniable, there’s risk-taking to an almost unbelievable degree, and there’s just tons of creativity. The problem is that I hate absolutely every second of it. I hate the creative goal, I cannot stand the way she insists on hard rolling on r’s seemingly at random, and I find the lyrics almost laughably bad. I guess I completely agree that this belongs on the list, but it’s absolutely not for me.
Sometimes I get to the end of an album on here and think I didn't enjoy it because I didn't get it. I think I got this one, just didn't enjoy it much. Nothing in particular stuck out as bad. Her voice is actually very good and I generally like strings. Just perhaps a bit too avant-garde for me. Cool that she seems be be doing exactly what she wants though.
My first thought when this was generated was "ugh, I don't want to listen to Bjork this morning". My first thought was correct as this was a slog to get through. I can't say I really liked anything about it and was glad when it was over so does that make it get a 1 or do I round up since I managed to get through the whole thing?
I think most of Bjork sounds like Bjork. It's never really connected for me.
i just don't like bjork! you can't make me!
fine?
I'd file this under art for the sake of art. Minimalist background noise and shrieking.
Raw
Uff, this was a hard listen. A bit too out there for me. It feels like it’s experimental for the mere sake of being experimental. Couldn’t get into it.
Predictably weird.
I wanted to love this album, I find Bjorks albums so musically interesting, she is a true artist. I just find her tracks too similar and I think its just not my thing. :-(
I tried, really I did, and this wasn't as bad as the last Bjork related album I had to listen to, but I just don't vibe with her music whatsoever. Too 'artsy' for me, I guess...
usually I like her but this one just wasn't for me honestly....
I'm not quite sure who this music is for, but it's not for me.
Sorry, I just can't follow much Bjork after the Sugarcubes. I quite enjoyed the opening cut, Stonemilker, but I think that exhausted my Bjork engagement for the day. I suppose it has its good points, but I can't get there.
I've tried with Bjork more than once. I have some musician friends (well, one in particular) who is totally smitten with her which made me wonder if I was somehow missing out on something extraordinary. When this started, I was thinking I might be able to sink in, but as the tracks rolled on I experienced that familiar nagging sensation that it all sounds so similar, and the disjointed strange articulation seems like a gimmick after a couple of songs. I don't doubt her authenticity, she's staked a claim to a genre all her own, but I just don't hear whatever it is that turns on her fans. It sounds like a disjointed mess to me.
I dig Bjork, but I wasn't feeling this one. Could just be how I was feeling today, but it didn't seem worthy of being on the list.
Dreaded that this day would come and I would have to listen to a Bjork album with an open mind.
Was quite interested to hear this. Although it isn't something I would have listened to if it hadn't come up on here, I have wondered what an album of hers was like. Now I like some weird music, but in honesty, this is too weird for me. Would I turn it off if it came on somewhere? No. Would I put it on again? No. Would I buy it? You can guess that one. No. But its worth a mid to high range 2.
I've never listened to Björk before. Well, now I have. This isn't for me. I can spare a point because I can tell it's for someone, and it was done well for them.
Det ramte sgu bare ikke lige mig.
Very atmospheric, moody. Easy to forget she’s singing words. In the right mood I might like it better. Today it seemed too long, too much of the same.
Björk is supposed to be cool and it’s cool to like her but I can’t connect emotionally with this album
I was really excited to listen to a “new” Bjork album when this came up, but didn’t find it as good as her older albums. Slower, more ethereal and less “pop”, it was good for background music, but not something to listen to intently. Listen again: maybe Purchase for my collection: no Favourite Song:
Can’t say I ever really understood Bjork.
I know this is a good album as far as lyricism, style, theme and production, but to me this is a sound of Björk that I can’t really find myself enjoying. Melancholy toned music is a hard sell sometimes and this is one instance where I don’t prefer it. I get that it’s deeper and well made but that doesn’t translate for my ears. 4.5/10
I liked the orchestration on the album. I never developed an appreciation for Bjorks style of singing.
Не понимаю эту музыку
Great voice, but this really is some otherworldly flavor. Abstract is an under statement, during the absence of structured chorus or verse. Where the voice is simply on a journey to explore the empty space. It’s just too much to enjoy as a typical listener. It takes an effort to reach the appreciation. Random instruments, some thoughtfully executed, electronic beats sporadically hitting, and the ever present ahhhhhhhyyyyaaaaaheeeeaaaaa
Perché non mettere Debut in questa biblioteca musicale? Vale sicuramente 2* più di questo e contestualizza molto meglio Bjork. Mah...
I always want to like Björk's music more than I actual do. There are moments when I can't decide whether it's genius or just self-indulgent weirdness. 2.5
Björk is a great performance artist, as well as a brilliant musician who makes interesting and daring projects. I now know it. If only it is as enjoyable as it is interesting...
I like some Bjork but not sure this album is it for me.
Best song - Stonemilker
I appreciate this more than I can say I actually like it. It was nice in places, but I don't see myself wanting to come back to it. I think this is the kind of music that really demands a certain atmosphere. But it's not really for casual listening.
lots of sounds going on. most tracks sound like 2-3 songs playing at the same time.
Beautiful music with deep passion and emotion. It felt like some lyrics or word choices seemed out of place, kind of like a translation error or if English was a first language. When her singing hangs on every word this made it a little difficult to get into.
More Björk mispronouncing words in a poetically nonsensical way. The background music is really just noise and she keeps the same vocal tones as well as rhythm through every song. Don’t really know why this is on here. Her other album we had was better. 3/10
A like a few things by Bjork, I find she’s alright in small doses. But I’m just not a huge fan of her voice, and some of her songs can be a bit meandering. I think she’s super talented, it’s just not really for me.
Dammit. Well over a thousand albums into this project and I have to suffer through YET ANOTHER damn Björk album? I've really enjoyed this project but THIS is the first time I thought, "I'm so ready to be done." I'm just over it. Four Björk albums PLUS the surprise Björk-before-she-was-Björk album? It's too much psycho-fairy-baby for one list. Even one that's over 1k albums long. So why two stars when I have so much venom for the artist? The strings are gorgeous. When she's not making her stupid face noises, this album is beautiful. Unfortunately, she's almost always making noise and ruining those beautiful string arrangements.
I think it’s okay to not include EVERY Bjork album on these types of lists.
An hour of Bjork. Would've been better as an instrumental, the singing is so off-putting and musically it is interesting and pretty at times. But alas.
Really strange. Similar to another album of hers that I recently listen to for this list. Not for me. 2/5 Won’t listen again
Ikkje nåken Björk-fan no heller
I just can't get along with Bjork. I know everyone claims she's a genius and I can see that she is crazy talented - it's just that all her music makes no emotional connecton and seeing as this is a break up album, that's probably the last thing it was trying to attempt. The songs have a mixture of strings and electronic bubbling all while she does her weird elastic voice thing all over it. It comes across as an album that people feel like they should say they like at parties but would never actually play it when by themself. And goddamn these tracks are long. Maybe one day it'll click, but today is not that day. Best Tracks: Stonemilker; Lionsong; History of Touches
I am far from Bjork's biggest fan, but this album is better than most I've listened to. The sympathetic strings and pleasant accompanying sounds do a better job of cushioning her voice than in many other albums. She's also moderated the harshness of her vocals to a large degree here. She wears orchestral pretty well.
She has a good voice and sounds like they could actually make some good music but this all sucked.
I procrastinated for quite a while before listening to this. I don't really know much about Bjork and was expecting weirdness just for the sake of being weird. This is better than I was expecting. There's emotion and atmosphere in amongst the weirdness. It was an interesting listen, although not an album I would listen to again.
The sound was pretty good but the “songs” were not for me.
The music is interesting. I don’t like her voice and how she’s using it at all. In the final analysis, that left me finding the album irritating more than anything. If I could lift her voice out and just hear the music, I might have a very different reaction.
I just can’t get into bjork…too much wailing.
Not for me.
Paranoias de Björk. No me ha gustado mucho. Un 2.
She’s not everyone’s cup of tea. Including mine
I'm sure that if I drink enough, I can start belching out some Bjork songs accidentally in a karaoke den. Just really depressing. But I guess this was her process. I'm not feeling it, but maybe I need to have my heart broken.
I've listened to a few Bjork albums now, and still none of them have clicked for me
wtf. thumbs down.
One of her most boring work, in my opinion.
the first 4 tracks are great with stonemilker being my absolute favorite. after that, something just didn't click with me. i liked bits and parts of the rest of the songs but none of them worked for me as a whole. it's a strong 5 to a light 6.
Yeah I don't get her. Vulnicura sounds perfectly fine if a bit weird, there's just absolutely nothing there that appeals to me, she sounds like she's having a whale of a time but whatever creativity is on display is lost on me.
I think we've had one Bjork album that I enjoyed, quite early on? This was not another, it's particularly waily and sad, but doesn't really communicate the emotion (or anything) very coherently. 2/5
I didn't like it, every song sounded the same with Bjork singing seemingly random lyrics over electronic ambient music. It was hard to get through the entire album. It wasn't the worst thing I've heard, but I won't be recommending it to anyone
Pretty listenable, but a lot of making weird noise for weird noise’s sake
Like last time, I love the production on the album. The string arrangements were great, and the whole sound design was really cool. I just cannot stand the way Björk lays out her melodies. They are so unsatisfying to listen to because they don’t ever really reach a satisfying ending. If this album did not include any vocals, it would be a 5 star album to listen to while doing other things. 2.5 stars
Happy to be schooled otherwise but this sounds exactly like what she was putting out in the 90s. Issue being it was at least interesting back then, now it's just a bit sad. Surely by now, Bjork, after 20+ years you've been able to figure out your unusual and abstract feelings
Sometimes I love Bjork. This ain’t one of them times.
cool ideas, but kind of annoying at times
This came across as a very emotional, personal album, and the songwriting felt quite strong in that regard. Bjork's vocals are always unique and fascinating. However I found the instrumental aspects of this album too repetitive and it felt like a slog to get through at times.
I like the motifs but it's too weird for me.
This album is a mood, and not one that I'm in today. There was too little variation between songs. Every syllable sung is so slow and elongated that everything just blends into itself. Best Songs: N/A Listen Again: No
Het eerste wat ik meteen dacht toen ik de naam Björk zag was “oh die vond Ezra altijd zo vet” hahaha. Zelf ken ik volgens mij niet heel veel van haar muziek en had ik altijd wel het idee dat het niet echt mijn muziek zou zijn. Ga nu het album luisteren dus we zullen zien of ik wat ken en of ik het wat vind. Eerste (alle) nummer(s) erg theatraal, erg instrumenteel, erg vet. Ze heeft ook echt een bizarre stem. Iets wat ik wel in een concert zou willen meemaken maar ik niet uit mezelf zou opzetten thuis. Zou misschien ook wel erg vette filmmuziek zijn. Maar vind het nogsteeds niet echt mijn ding tbh hahah. Wow, het nummer “Black Lake” had opeens een soort techno plot twist voor heel even, erg leuk. Heb het album niet helemaal afgeluisterd oeps…
Ikkje nåken Björk-fan no heller
Har passerat "Bäst före" för länge sedan. Fanns väl ett par skapliga låtar.
Ze heeft iig een markante en eigen stijl, vooral met de zang. Heel staccato ofzo. En ik weet niet echt wat ik ervan moet vinden eerlijk gezegd. Aangekomen in het 10 minuten durende Black Lake weet ik het: dit is niet voor mij. Maar +1 voor de effort en de uniekheid. 2 sterren.
Bjørk blir litt for rar
Yoko ono thanks
I hope Debut or Post appear on this list somewhere, because I'd love to give Bjork 3 or 5 stars... but her later music just feels like sing-talking over ambient music.
Queen of weird. Too weird
2.5 Not a bad listen. Not really for me though.
Really only good for shrooms. Somehow the lyrics are both too preachy and too whimsical.
Amazing voice as we already know. Songs have not grabbed me, general lack of conventional hooks.
I didn’t care for this one.
Didn't like this. Too eclectic, too literal, melodies too obscure and too difficult. Bjork is always a challenging listen and I will give this another go, but on first listen not for me. 2.5 stars
Not a fan of her style but the album itself is not as bad as I expected. Overall pretty mediocre to be honest.
I know that everyone loves Bjork and I can't deny that she has a original sound but it has never worked for me and this album is no exception.
The first track so strong that the rest of the album struggles to measure up. Atom Dance and Quicksand are also good.
Vulnicura strings was better but wouldnt listen again
I've always liked the idea of Bjork, but I've never been a Bjorker (I hardly knew her). This album goes right into that. Wild songs that sound like nothing I've heard before, but not really connecting with anything. It's a bit her voice, a bit the directionless flow. Again, I don't think that's a true problem, and I think she is someone meant to be on this list. It's just not my jam. Very cool album cover too. I think her best performance was as the witch/seer in Northman.
Once again, yeah, I'm not a Bjork fan. This album didn't annoy me at all though, and there were a couple songs I dug. But most of it just breezed by me. She's one of those big acclaimed artists that I don't know if I'll ever catch the train. Favorite tracks: Lionsong, Atom Dance. Album art: I do like the look of this one, very striking. Bjork hitting the weird NPC pose in some bizarre, but very Bjork, outfit. Very refined. 2.5/5
An automatic 2 for being Bjork, but yeah, there's not a lot here to hang on to.
I know it shouldn't get to me, but there's a quality to Bjőrk's music that in the past has often left me cold. I went in with an open mind to Vulnicura, and it happened again. Why it bugs me is that so many people who say clever and observant things about music rate Bjőrk, and so I wind up feeling I'm at fault. That somehow I'm deficient as a listener. What am I missing? I've given this a couple of spins and if I can sum up the experience in one word, it's this - 'grating'. I could've gone with 'listless' too, but hell, I'd just be acting all gratuitous at that point.
Wederom een album met wel een paar aardige nummers, maar ook een paar nummers waarvan ik niet snap waarom je ze alleen al zou bedenken. **
Like, why... I swear this is the third Bjork album on this list so far... what is it about the greatness of this singer that I'm not understanding? Cause it's definitely going right over my head.
Not into this one. Her voice is great but the songs don’t highlight it.
Conceitual e tals mas sofrível de escutar
There are people who like listening to Björk. And there are people like me.
4th album by Bjork in this list. Kinda too much for this artist.
2 bjork on the bounce, christ
Super bland, after many listens.
Not a huge fan
If you listened to 1 Bjørk album you listened to every Bjørk album. It's the same thing over and over again...
I don’t know that I’m a Björk person? Maybe the environment I listened in
Bjork... that's the onomatopoeic sound I'd like to make when listening to her music. Vague, scatty and dreamy. Not entirely unpleasant but I was quite happy to experience the relief when it was over
Electrónica. Ambiente. Insufrible.
I'm being generous!
i assumed that i didn’t like Björk and this album unfortunately confirmed my theory
This one was boring. Maybe I have to be in a specific mood for Björk and clearly that wasn't today. It was just a bit too bjorky for me today
Zzzzzzz
Just sounded like more Bjork, seems the same as her other albums
Einstaka lög sem hrífa mig. Allt í allt leiðigjarnt til lengdar samt.
Too many of these songs are sprawling and formless. I don't expect pop hooks but I do need some sense of structure to give me an entry point into the music. There was another Björk album on this list, "Vespertine," that I enjoyed much more. On that album, even when the songs were experimental and avant-garde there was some detail that pulled me in -- a beat I could groove to or an interesting synth hook. I felt lost here and found myself slogging through most of it. “Lionsong” stood out to me. The line “Maybe he will come out of this loving me" is a powerful emotional hook. “Atom Dance” has a playful spirit. And Anohni, who sings guest vocals on the song, has an incredible voice -- so distinct. "Quicksand" has that interesting mixing and production I enjoyed on "Vespertine." It's got this thumping bass but the song is far from a dance track.
Bjork is kind of hit or miss with me. First track is beautiful. I love the orchestral elements and the super spacey reverbed percussion. As the track goes on I keep getting more and more impressed. Unfortunately some of these songs just meander around a bit and flow in and out in such a backburner sort of way that I found myself losing focus and my attention. It does feel like this album is missing memorability on a whole. I have enjoyed sitting and listening and experiencing it but if you asked me tomorrow to hum back a melody I would not be able to at all. Feels like a 2/5 for me and I have to be in a very specific mood for it to be a slightly higher 3/5.
Better than the other album if hers but still it good
My brain did not like the chaotic-ness of this. I couldn’t get through the album in one listen.
Paskaa ja kolkuttelee kuninkuusluokan portteja. PASKAA!
Tyypillistä Björk-sekoilua. Tiesin mitä odottaa
This isn't music. It's art. And while I respect the art and the artist. It really isn't for me.
Very long.
Im clearly not sophisticated enough for Bjork
Het lijkt alsof Bjork niet weet hoe ze een einde aan gezongen zinnetje moet breien. Alles lijkt maar soort van over te gaan in de volgende en daar word ik altijd helemaal gek van.
Ik heb het uitgeluisterd, maar ik kon er maar weinig vis van maken
Cette fois c'est trop, mon camarade d'écoute robpelletière avait raison depuis le début: Björk c'est nul
No
Just because it's weird doesn't make it good. I'm not sure if this is intended to be unenjoyable to listen to...
Bjork is one of those artists that I respect more than I actually like. I really appreciate her bravery in pushing artistic boundaries and her no-compromise approach to music making, but I can't honestly say I love her music. Bjork's music is often compared to Kate Bush, who has some really "out there" songs too, but in contrast I absolutely love all of Kate's material. I must admit the strings on he first song, Stonemilker are lovely though. But although this album is superbly produced and written, it doesn't resonate with me so I'll only give it two stars because I'm being honest with myself.
Paranoias de Björk. No me ha gustado mucho. Un 2.
I don’t mind Bjerknes but having listened once, that was enough for me. It was different, as you’d expect, but not for me. 2*
Much like the last Björk album the generator bestowed upon us, this was utterly bonkers. And I hated every second of it.
I give up.
Just a bunch of noises
Supposedly this is a breakup album. But that just sucks out what little fun there was from her being a whimsical figure. The instrumentals are sparser, the lyrics are weirdly inflected with emphasis always put on the least important word of the line. And when you read the lyrics, it's like someone just saying " emotions and feelings" over and over without actually describing any in a relatable way. Ultimately the result is one big sigh. Both the album and my reaction to it.
this is not for me but somehow i get it still did not like it
Absolument insupportable
Not gonna lie didn’t like this at all
No good.
I couldn’t get past three tracks. I’m told the lyrics to this breakup album are “devastating” but I’m met with lyrics like this: “Show me emotional respect, oh respect, oh respect / And I have emotional needs, oh needs, oh ooh / I wish to synchronize our feelings, our feelings, oh ooh” Not so subtle… not so artful. Neither is “I remember every single f*ck” (track three). I usually don’t rate an album if I didn’t hear all (or at least most) of it. But this was a non-starter. Needle off, record back in its sleeve, and ready to move on
Apparently I much prefer weird danceable Björk over weird unsettling strings Björk. The opening track had me curious but then what followed was a disconnected mess that was dissonant, bland, and just off. But not in an artsy way, just a tiring way.
Ne mogu ju ni čuti. 1/5, 1/10
Horrible, whiny sound
Björk does NOT deserve more than one album
Samey production in every song and her singing was samey too. Can't say I enjoyed this at all.
This sucked, this is the first album given to me I just couldn't get all the way through.
Je ferait écouter cette album à mon pire enemi
With album reviews, I try to hear the good out of music and not throw around ones for the sake of it. However, for this album, I can't find any redeeming qualities that would make this any better for my ears. I wasn't a fan of her voice in her debut album, and this is a worse version of that. The production didn't give her any liberties either; even the orchestral arrangements didn't lift her. I'm glad people love you, Björk, but that person is not me.
I really can't stand Bjork
MEH
Oh, Björk. To me, she went from idiosyncratic, messing things up in a positive way, to being idiosyncratic for idiosyncrasy's sake. Ie formulaic. Which in this case means recycling a lot of vocal melodies from Vespertine over a bed of synths and programmed beats that at best sound decent but also recycled from earlier albums and completely disjointed from the vocals. At worst, they sound like a synthesizer our youngest programmed when he had just turned 5. It was, I should add, a synthesizer that produced sounds based on where you placed wooden blocks on a surface with superimposed bars, and a computer scanned that surface and ran a sort of loop over it. And our kid obviously had no idea what he was doing. I tried to help, but couldn't because there were no instructions and you had to figure out what you were doing as you went along. I'm not saying the musicians here didn't know what they were doing. They did. But they tried very hard to sound like they didn't.
Found this pretty grating. I like weird but this was too avant garde
not really for me
Awful. Sounds like she’s being tortured.
Oooh, that is one very ugly breakup. Bjork is critically wounded from whatever she went (or is still going) through and tries to show us her damaged heart. It’s just too far gone, too artsy, and too messy for me to understand or appreciate. Or maybe just too European. Either way, that’s a rough hour for me. Hopefully, I’m not permanently damaged. (0.44*s) I feel sad for her. The black lake is deep, very deep…
What a strange, somewhat beautiful but also too abstract breakup album. I'll admit that Bjork has a way of making her voice an instrument that works with the string arrangements on Vulnicura. The whole project with the art and digital displays would be kinda cool to see but the album on its own is hard to digest. I would not want to date this frosty sorceress. The song "Notget" sounds like a curse cast upon her ex-lover. I'd like to see a Thom Bjorke collab someday...I think they could come up with some really interesting stuff. This one was not a complete drag but also a tough listen. Even though I didn't really like it, I'm not opposed to another one from the Bjorca...an earlier one so I can get a better feel for her weirdness. 1.25 stars this time.
While I'm admittedly not well versed in Bjork's work I've always seen her referred to as a snobby avante-garde artistic mess that critics love to laud for her eccentric nature. None of that means anything to me since the majority of what I've been exposed to of her work is Yoko-esque cackling, random chanting, and over the top musical beats paired with truly ridiculous outfits (prior Sugarcubes album excepted). She comes off as the personification of an angsty off-broadway show that is trying to push the envelope of edginess to get some press coverage. It's posed as an extreme way to express yourself but is any of it any good or worth listening to? Fun to look at for a few minutes, fun to make fun of, fun to refer to but not the best in large doses. I tried to keep an open mind heading into Vulnicura but the truth is I didn't have high hopes for a Bjork album from 2015 and this was about as bad as I expected. Every song is in the same vein and if you take Bjork's reputation out of it I'm not sure there is anything of substance in here. I didn't really find anything personal, inspirational or groundbreaking. Perhaps the instrumentals are only 1 piece of this larger puzzle as I can imagine some cool museum art or a show set to this soundtrack would be a much better experience to take in. The second half did start to improve and mix it up a bit (Notget and Atom Dance probably the best songs) but it was too little too late. I maintain that there is absolutely some talent buried in there, but without someone to reel her in it just devolves/spirals into a mess. As it stands as an album, I sum Vulnicura up as some bad electronic minimalist production and Bjork spewing some inane lyrics for an hour. I can finally say that I've heard a full Bjork album so I guess that's something. Bjork ain't for everyone, that's for sure. 1.29 stars
I just do not like Bjork. I don't get it. I don't like it.
björk.
I don’t know why they broke up, but this album does nothing to entice someone back. Maybe this is what grief sounds like for some.
I haven't even started listening to this and I am filled with fear. There is more than a small part of me that doesn't even want to bother listening as her other albums on this list have been so fucking awful. That is not a good pre-listening state!!! I was listening to the first track and I can tell you what it is that I don;t like. It's just meandering and wandering with no structure. My daughter, who is now nearly 30, first learned to talk she would do the same thing vocally. I can remember dreading long car journeys as she would just waffle on, about nothing in particular, with no structure or substance, jumping from one subject to another. This album is the musical equivalent. The time it's take me to write this has taken us into track 2 and that just reinforces my feeling. It is utter wank! I can't stand it! If this type of music is your preference then I would probably not ever discuss music with you.
Nein, diese Heulboje höre ich auch nicht. Diese Dame jammert, jault und stöhnt sich nur so durchs Leben. Wie zugedröhnt muss man denn sein, diesen Mist zu konsumieren?👎
I really found this hard to listen to and digest. I always felt like I could be open minded to the music Bjork creates, but I just found this jarring to listen to to. Not much flow and the vocals do not compliment the music, that I think without her vocals I would really enjoy. It is an interesting album just not to my taste.
2026.03.26.
I don’t understand Bjork, literally and figuratively.
I think Björk may not be for me? Vocals annoying on this album.
Bjork is not for me. Just don’t get the fascination. This album sounds like one long long song, with someone hitting a violin or cello and her just talking / singing over it.
Almost every song would be better as an instrumental
dislike strogner
Normally when an album just kinda passes me by without making me feel anything, I give it a three. However, I constantly found myself instinctively reaching to put on some music, forgetting that there was technically already music playing.
05/03/2026 I was looking for a reason not to give this 1 star, but i couldn't. It's total guff. Spotify listeners: 7.5 million
Random thoughts: * I was hesitant about this one from the first time it popped up. * I finally worked up the courage to turn this on and I was righteously apprehensive. * There is some Sigur Ros, her fellow Icelanders, in the sound as it is very atmospheric. * However, this atmosphere was not for me. I almost made it through the entire album but this was not my jam. I have no intention of going back. I'm sure there is some redeeming qualities but I just couldn't through it. * How do you say "no thanks" in Icelandic?
This album doesn’t appeal to me in the slightest. It’s vocally infuriating and I just don’t understand the appeal at all. There is the most beautiful string quartet in the first song though which I’ve thrown an extra half star on for
I don’t get Bjork, and I’m not going to pretend I do. I just don’t like this
Completely unlistenable, couldn't finish
Sounds like she's making random sounds with her mouth
That was a quick listen because I skipped most of it. Sucks ass
Never fucked with her, never will.
Different voice, and music.
Breathy, techno euro-pop ain't for me.
Har ikke hørt mye på bjørk før, kanskje det er en grunn til det? Denne skiva er iallfall ikke den man starter med.
I really tried to like Björk's music, but it's just too weird and out there for me
Terrible my ears bled!
god this was so painful to sit through, sorry
A cacophony
- Selvom jeg synes Björk er talentfuld og gør sin egen ting, må jeg bare erklære og erkende at det ikke lige er mig, helt basalt synes jeg bare det er anstrengende at lytte til, ville ønske jeg kunne sætte pris på det, men det hele irriterer mig bare lidt
Horrible
Björkiä ei voi kuunnella kuin täys fani
Shocker! Not for me
It feels like every track is a concept that she tries out in different forms - so that's why every song is so bloody long! I zone out and then realise 5 minutes later I'm still listening to the same song - some of these lyrics come out of her mouth painstakingly slow, like can she spit it out?! Most of the keys used are minor, and lots of clashing notes that aren't that easy on the ears. Futuristic sounding.
Album 1016 of 1089 Vulnicura - Björk (2015) Rating : 1 / 5 There was absolutely nothing about this album that I enjoyed. I gave it a fair listen, kept an open mind, and still came away with nothing positive to say. I understand that this album is deeply personal and emotionally raw, and I respect that aspect of it. But as a listening experience - especially when listening for enjoyment - it did absolutely nothing for me. I found it grating, inaccessible, and unpleasant from start to finish. I know many people connect with this record, and that’s fine. For me, though, I don’t understand how this works as entertainment at all. Sometimes an album just isn’t for you, and this one couldn’t have missed me by a wider margin.
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“Bjork” is the same sound when my cat coughs up a hairball. This so called music had the same disgusting affect on me.
I’m usually all about weird and distinctive voices, but Björk’s vocals on this one straight-up annoyed me.
#26 With the understanding that this is Björk's divorce album, and that anything she makes is a work of art, this was not an enjoyable listen.
I guess I can appreciate what Bjork did here. But I didn’t like it at all. 1.5
1.4/10
One observation - the Spotify listens on each track go down as the album goes on. The person who lasted the whole album wins a lifetime supply of Hákarl.
I just can't
How is this music, how does she have listeners, just not my taste.
Sadly, its always been the case that the sounds that come out of Bjork's mouth are not the ones that me ears want to hear With Spotify, I also got to read some of the lyrics for the first time - that did not make her appreciate Bjork's songs any more Me and Bjork broke up a long time ago, with no real hope of a reconciliation
The was she drags the words in english, i wish she just sang in her native language. I am struggling to like this music.
I am begging you...no more Bjork
It turns out that while I like the concept of Björk, I don't like her music, which is aggressively unpleasant. (At least on this album. I sorta remember thinking "Army of Me" was an okay song.)
This is the type of crap that makes me want to abandon this project. I mean seriously, there are some great artists with only one, or no albums in this list, and this stupid tart has 2 (so far). A third album by this loser is strike three.
I don’t get Bjork. Not my thing
i tried. i really did
Amelodic and atonal.
Really depressing singing All sounds very similar to each other
I do not like Björk. Have never liked Björk. Did once ph a bunch of money to ruin the night of a bar by playing Björk excessively on the jukebox. Picked the two shortest songs for the playlist. Didn’t really like anything about this album. Not my style.
Late era Bjork is kind of a slog. Not my jam at all. 1.5/5
oh no no no. no thank you. just dreadful.
STOP GIVING ME BJORK ALBUMS please.
Stonemilker 2.6 Lionsong 2.2 History of Touches 2.3 Black Lake 2 Family 0.4 Notget 0.5 Atom Dance 1.4 Mouth Mantra 0.6 Quicksand 0.3 Score: 1.366666667
I just cannot enjoy Björk's music. I respect her as an artist but to me her music sounds like scratching a fork on a plate. Light 2
I just don’t get Bjork, and I never will. It’s just…aimless noises to me? I can’t even see the merit in it at all.
Björk can fo björk right off. Not enjoyable.
Thank god this is over. This one got boring really fast. The orchestra is beautiful and I don't really mind Björks voice, but there is absolutely nothing happening on this album. 9 long songs that all barely change throughout their lengthy runtime. I'm sure Björk can do and has done better than this snoozefest. Words can't describe how much I disliked listening to this, but numbers can, 1/5.
Oh dear. Björk, what happened, chica? This was absolutely excruciating. 10 minute song followed by an 8 minute song, another 2? 8 minute songs…. Of. Noise. What happened to the angelic voice that sang “Regina”? Even mushy banana Velvet Underground was more tolerable than this. Never thought I’d give Björk a 1 ever, but here I go. “Notget” was most tolerable.
1 - just not my kind of alt
Would have been better if every song wasn’t reminiscent of the ending track to a Monty Python movie, meandering with no end in sight.
Made me not want to listen to music again
oh no not again
Not my cup of tea
Björk is obviously very talented but fucking hell I hated this album
Before I review, I have to say this: This is the third time I've mentioned an artist the day before, and said artist popped up on this generator the next day. Second of all, this is the second Bjork album I've had in this generator in the past six days(lord, pray for me). Finally, after three consecutive days of getting an album OVER an hour long, I finally get an album UNDER an hour long(plot twist: It's 58 minutes long). Anyway, I've now listened to three Bjork albums, and I can't take it anymore. Somehow, this one is even worse than her 1990s albums. It's, oh, so boring, and has the 2010s bland Pop Music sound blended in. God help me. Favorite Track: "Stonemilker"(partially because of the unique music video).
Mid mid mid
Ох, увива като кучка на месечина :(
All her music sounds the same to me. I just really dont care for it.
stonemilker hani recht nervig gfunde und lionsong no meh. ha nöd gern wie sie singt. history of touches heavy. every single fuck we had.. aber d musig isch nüüüt ich cha null öpis demit afange. oke s album goht um ihri trennig und isch in drittel iteilt. so beziehig - trennig - verarbeitig? ok wie sie s "R" rollt isch schono cool. aber echt d musig etz uf black lake mit de strings und de aggressive drums chani eeeecht nöd bruche. die songs sind eeeewig mann. bin etz bi atom dance und es isch irgendwie sooo repetitiv. aber au grating. DIE SONGS SIND EWIG. okay bin bim letste und wird soooo froh sii wenn de scheiss fertig isch. fuck. glaub da isch es 1. so unglaublich unagnehm zum lose findi. es isch es verarbeitigsalbum und meeega mega persönlich und intim drum. aber bröööder so langi songs ohni au nur ei hook und afoch au streng zum lose.
Björk is oftenly described and depicted as one of music's biggest geniuses, especially when it comes to electronic music. Well, I don't know if I should feel dumb for not getting it or great for not falling into this pretentious cult that has been formed around her figure. I do have to say that I'm not really much of an electronic music myself, but I do appreciate my Aphex Twin, my Avalanches or even my Brian Eno every once in a while. But I just CAN'T stand this woman. I tried with her, I really did. I wanna listen to her music and feel the so oftenly mentioned genius of Björk. But I just can't. Her music feels pretentious at best, extremely annoying most of the time, and anxiety-provoking at its worst. I feel like she is one of the most overrated artists of all time, at least when it comes to this genre. I'm only almost 200 albums in and I've gotten 3 albums from her, which is so annoying given how many artists I'm missing from a list like this.
It’s like she’s reading a Werner Herzog script while doing a Dutch Yoko Ono impression. The backing music is decent, almost Sigur Ros like. But no, she’s awful.
i hate bjork and i hated this beyond belief..... all the songs being between 5 and 10 minutes felt like a crime. this was by far the WORST thing i've had to endure on this list considering i couldn't even get through an entire song 0 stars is the only acceptable rating
I don’t like it not for me
I just can’t bjork
not for me
Wow…this album is terrible.
There is very little redeeming here for me. Can’t even appreciate the vocals because of how whiney it all is. I’m sure divorce is tough but this sounds to me like a teenage fanfiction on divorce. Sorry.
The musical equivalent of answering the doorbell and stepping in the flaming bag of dogshit the neighbor kids left on your stoop. Bjork has a way of phrasing words in the most annoying fucking way possible. de-vvvvvvvOOOOO-SSSShhhhiooonnnnnn
These are terrible, inconsistent soundscapes with slam poetry vocals sprinkled in. I stopped listening and had to come back because it was such a frustrating and tedious experience. Hard pass.
2/10 I don't like Bjorn. I recognise the need for unique voices, and I salute her for having one. It's just I really dislike it. The staccato, broken delivery does my nut in. Maybe slightly harsh on this album, but it took a big effort to make it through
I've never been fucked sideways with a lunchbox and it's not difficult to imagine how very painful that must be, but I flat out can't imagine it being more painful than this HOUR-LONG fever dreaming bastard of an album.
I just couldn’t enjoy this album. The strings were decent but an hour of sad strings over murmurs of death, love and sadness doesn’t make a good listen. Even if there is some variation on that every song drags on so long that it just becomes tired and boring. Like I said on my review of debut I think that bjork works better with upbeat songs and not sad 10 minute snoozefests. 1 star
Well at least it was unique. This was the first album where I couldn't make it completely through
NO.... Favorite songs: Stonemilker.....I guess?!? Least favorite songs: Family, Black Lake, Lionsong, History of Touches, Mouth Mantra, Atom Dance, Quicksand 1/5
Sorry Bjork, but the last half was unbearable. 4.7/10
my god this was difficult to get through
This is my introduction to Bjork?? The fuck?? Not one of these tracks are in her top 10. Blind album and only know her by name. Her other albums on this list better be better than this... this album dragged so much and almost put me to sleep behind the wheel.
omg I can't handle it. I still have one song after this and I feel as if someone's been lowkey screaming at me for ten hours. Bsorry Bjork.
Annoying AF
Add to albums to avoid for eternity.
more like Bzero. boo
No
Hadn’t really ever listened to Björk. Now I know why. Thought about a two because the composition and instrumentation is at least interesting, but let’s be real, there’s no way I’ll check this album out again. I’m afraid that a 2015 release from Björk implies there will be more albums ahead of us. Also, this gives me the urge to go back to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs albums.
When the first album started, I was really interested. Her voice was pretty mesmerizing, and I was excited to see where it would go. The answer unfortunately is that it goes nowhere. What started out as an interesting intro quickly turned into an annoying droning. I wish she wasn't singing in English. It was more interesting to me when I thought it was another language. Instead, it just sounds like someone singing with a speech impediment. The first letter of each word is dragged out in a unique but difficult to listen to way. I respect Bjork's style, but I just cant listen to it.
Enough with the Bjork already.
0/9, 0%
I had guessed that I wouldn't enjoy Bjork without ever listening to her. Listening then confirmed it
Ouch.
Imagine watching a movie with a character who thinks she's the greatest singer, but she's actually really terrible. I imagine this music is exactly how Hollywood would depict that scene. It's very strange, and I don't see the musical value.
I’ve never heard anything like this (derogatory). Way too out there and avant- garde for me. First album I struggled through in this experiment.
Schwierig. Vielleicht bin ich zuwenig intellektuell um diese Art von Musik zu hören. Vielleicht war ich zu voreingenommen als ich sah, dass es Björk ist.
Is there no way to give zero stars?
Sorry, but I just couldn't listen to this entire album. Made it through 3 songs and then gave up. She's just not for me.
I couldn’t get through this. I’m sorry Bjork.
No thanks, Björk.
Ethereal. Seems like Bjork's music always puts me a little on edge
Is this music? Certainly. Is it supposed to be on this list? Certainly not.
Cheeks
Previously rated: Vespertine (2/5) ******************** Artsy, pretentious, boring. Do I need to go on any further? I hope I don't have to hear Bjork and her rolling Rs ever again.
This was probably the worst album I have heard yet and I am definitely not that big of a fan of Bjork, and I was very disinterested in this album, I gave a good listen and I just couldn't get into it, it was just not my type of music!
Aburridisimo
Not my thing. It all sounded the same. 1001 album worthy: No - 29/52
I tried to be open-minded but this was just not for me.
no offence but the rolling of r's
Rally?
Ain’t gonna lie, I was skeptical going into this album. Then the opening refrains took me by surprise and whacked me with those beautiful strings. My excitement didn’t last, as 3 mins later the song had descended into an infinite loop of melancholy. From then on, it was 58 mins of Björk performing unintelligible spoken word poetry above an experimental electronic, and at times cacaphoric soundscape. This was a truly tough listen and is only the second album in this challenge so far that I’ve failed to give ear to in its entirety without skipping to the end of tracks. Not for me. File under esoteric guff.
God awful.
too much new age
🎧 I do not care for the music of Björk.
Not a good listen for me. Maybe it was the day or something but I just didn't hear anything musical about this. I understand there is art in the world that I won't love and others will, and that's fine with me. This was so unmusical to me I found myself in utter disbelief that she is even able to remember these words and what to sing and everything - like the structure of these seems completely random like it's generated by a computer program that is deliberately trying to be obtuse. The lyrics were also ungainly and immaturely 'goth'/emo.
Not sure what I did to deserve listening to a Bjork album immediately after a Dylan album
I think I hate Solo Bjork. I wish I was a bit cooler.
More Bjork... Well. Have another single star.
Not for me
More like 1001 albums that make you die
1,5
Just can't get behind how people can listen to music like that. Although I would barely call it music, because music for me includes instruments.
Nope. I just can’t. I truly do not understand how someone can listen to this as enjoyable music. Björk, to me, is a performance artist and not a musician. Her voice does not match the bizarre arrangements. At times, the music sounds as if somebody dropped a synthesizer down a flight of stairs or a small child is banging aimlessly on a toy piano. Sprinkle some retro video game audio, and you have this album. Does anyone actually sit and listen to this album from beginning to end and then desire to do that again?
jeesy creesy, strings and icelandic pronunciation of absolute jibberish. or perhaps i'm just stupid.