Reviews (page 6 of 7)
so, i've actually never listend to Bjork before and well... its an experience. I'm not saying its bad. but, you know when you watch like an Oscar nominated film and its like suuuuper artsy and you walk out of it and go "its not bad, I just didn't understand it". thats this album for me. her wikipedia page is super fascinating and I really would like to learn more about her, and sit down with the lyrics as I listen again. I am sure there is tons to this artist and album under the surface, but it requires a bit more work to listen to and understand. it gets two stars because I am a goober who doesn't understand art. hopefully I can bump up that ranking in the future.
I actually really like her for moments, but most of it isn’t super listenable. I’ll give her a hesitant 2 stars. She’s obviously talented, but the album expects way too much of the listener. Like some of Kanye’s shittier albums. Too arrogant and trying to be too artistic.
not really my thing but not awful i see what she is trying to do here but it just didn’t do much for me
Breakup with Barney Björk is not my favorite Björk and it's not all bad just dreary. But when choosing which Björk to listen to I'd go back in time to Vespertine.
I’ve tried so many times to get into Björk and she’s never stuck for me. Frankly, I find her music pretentious and unenjoyable. It’s almost as if she’s gone so far off the experimental end that she’s lost all listenable elements and ended up with a mumbo-jumbo of weird cadences, rhythms, and noises. Music for people with artistic PhDs basically (no offense to those folks, but to a common peasant like myself it’s garbage)
I’ve tried bjork before and she’s just not for me
Squawking
A bit too avant-garde for me I think. Or maybe it just needs more time to dive into than this format allows me Standouts Black Lake 2/5
There came a point after her first 3 or so albums that I just couldn't take the out-there-ness of Bjork going avant-garde that everything just became an unenjoyable listen, and, sadly, this is a continuing trend...
It's too avant-garde for me
First time listening to a full Bjork album. Very atmospheric. Very slow. Interesting sounds and layers.
I'm a big fan of Björk but this doesn't really do it for me. She's just basically doing that thing that great singers sometimes do where they are reading prose with a sort of singy voice. This whole album felt like one long boring song. She has much better and more compelling albums that I'd rather listen to.
When I first heard this, I didn't know what I was expecting. I've never heard anything like this, and it's definitely a unique sound. But I didn't really enjoy this one, so I'm giving it 2 stars.
Artiste connue par l'album 'Life's Too Good' des 'The Sugarcubes', découvert dans la liste et plutôt apprécié (il m'avais donné envie de découvrir d'autres albums avec Björk). Ce premier album solo de Björk proposé dans la liste est une grande déception. Même si j'apprécie toujours sa voix, l'instrumentation sur les premiers morceaux (arrangements de cordes, pas vraiment créatifs ni originaux, mais longs et ennuyeux) n'est vraiment pas à mon gout. Par la suite (Family et suivants), c'est un peu plus original (+1). En tous cas je préférais l'approche plus rock de Sugarcubes. =>2/5
Björk is Björking but I have nothing to add here!
I genuinely understand why Björk is an artist you should hear before you die. She is unique and worth checking out. I just don’t understand why I need to hear most of her discography. When you’ve heard one of her albums you basically get it and her stuff is about as inaccessible as it gets. A fascinating woman/creature but not for me.
Ok, Björk. Hmmm ... lost her in the 90s. Had followed her music since Sugarcubes and loved it. But "Human Behaviour" was more or less the last album I intensively listened to. Have of course heard "Post". That was ok. But the real heights were the Sugarcubes. When listening to Vulnicura it is clear to me that I didn't really miss much. Yes, the music is creative, it is special, it is innovative. But the problem is, I don't really like it. Thus, it doesn't mean anything to me. I love Deus, Regina and Chiuahua. But these are not today's Björk, these are the old Björk (or to be exact Sugarcubes). Sorry, therefore it won't be more than a 2 here!
Cool cover but boring music.
Not my thing but the soundscapes are incredible.
There is no denying that Björk has an immense amount of talent and differentiation. There’s no doubt she should be on this list: she is like no one I’ve heard before and continues to break music barriers and take risks. Given this impressive talent, I can hardly listen to it. This, I recognize, is completely personal and therefore continue to give her recognition she does deserve.
I can appreciate things that are alternative and people taking risks and I also love the name Björk, but this unfortunately is not my jam
Goddamn bjork is weird
Odd and pretty sounds Arranged in patterns unknown Emits eerie vibes
I like some Björk songs, and have been a bit disappointed by others. Unfortunately, this album doesn't really get "going". It's really slow and doesn't get me moving in any sort or form. 2/5
If there was a 1001 Album Covers You Must See list, well, Bjork would be the queen. This art is kind of if Georgia O'Keeffe focused her work on photographing peacocks from the future. Anyway, there's some nice musical elements to these songs, particularly the strings, but overall the music really doesn't reach me. I was surprised to go back through my ratings and see that I've given Bjork 4, 3, 3 and the Sugarcubes 3.5. This album didn't need to be on this list; I'm glad to have seen it but I didn't really need to hear it.
2.5/5 weird but nice.
Very interesting. And weird. Not my jam
Björk is such a pub quiz answer. I wasn’t a huge fan of this but I see the vision
Generally sounds like Kid A played backwards with a higher pitched Thom Yorke. One of the 'songs' was ok.
Irritating.
I cant deal with Bjork, she hits some part of my brain that gets me annoyed and angry. This fits squarely in the "not for me" category, as for who the intended audience is? I have no idea. It was a little more coherent than the last entries, then Family hit and that turned a free fall into a rocket straight into the ground.
not everything creative is bearable
Not my bag. It just doesn't connect with me
I am once again begging you to stop making me listen to Bjork
Björk is just a little too weird for me.
Weird techno euro-pop. Very laid back style of music. Just a bit too odd for me. I think one Bjork album is about my limit.
Of course I've heard of Bjork but I've never heard Bjork before! Is the first track in English or Icelandic? couldn't make out the words although I'm sure I heard a couple of English words; the overly predominant strings didn't help. Unfortunately this is the whole album. I'll give you that it is different with long tracks that have interesting (sometimes) arrangements but the voice is neither strong enough nor varied enough to carry these. Also the tracks in general have the same tempo and are, in a word, boring. Skipped to the next track often during my listening. I Believe there is an instrumental string version of this album and, if I could be bothered, this might make a more pleasurable experience. Not a fan; heard of Bjork, heard Bjork and now I can ignore Bjork!
That's gonna be a no from me, dawg.
a bit weird
Björk, innit. Lots of plodding along and never really getting anywhere.
I won't write a full review, but this might be the hardest I thought about what I was going to rate an album. To preface - this deserves a spot on the list. It's odd, out of the box, and has interesting ideas. But it's not what I would call good music to listen to. This is music you develop a deeply personal connection to because you're a fan of Björk and it's themes touch on your own life. I'm not a fan of Björk - I also did not recently get a divorce. For those reasons, I mostly find this album to be a very long winded vocal exercise with slow instrumentals, and there are better albums in that category in my opinion. One specific example I can think of is "Real Death" by Mount Eerie. If you like the concept of this album, I think the Mount Eerie version does all of it better - from conveying the subject matter to the vocal inflections showing the true emotion of the artist. 3/10
I tried, it’s just not for me. This felt very one note, almost literally. Not sure I needed to hear it before I die.
Really not for me. She may have a capable voice but the format for me is a real turn off.
Another one. 2.4.
I can see the artistry of this album, but I just can't get into it. Personal enjoyment: 2/5 Relevance to this list: 4/5
Exactly what I thought it was going to be, one listen is enough for my ears.
Musically I see potential in this. I just personally hated it.
O my. This is just awful.
Always found her music odd
Well I finally got through that one. The third attempt at listening was the charm. The key is that you have to be sufficiently distracted and not give it your full attention.
I’m 300 albums in and I’ve already gotten three Bjork albums. I hope it’s over.
The first two Björk albums are both hard 5/5s for me, and like... sure, glitch electronic drums and tons of strings and an Anhoni guest spot feels like it should be dope, but damn did this feel like a chore to listen to
Sound + warbling = art. I mean, write a tune Bjork.
Not the worst thing I’ve heard in this list
Pretty awful, but better than her last one we reviewed.
I think if you like this sort of thing, this is probably a good album??? I need a rhythm, I can't do this meandering experimental thing, especially when I can barely decipher the lyrics.
Really weird, but not awful
I just don’t care about Bjork. Sorry, I tried.
I did not care for this.
Let me at least say that I have always dug Björk's physical aesthetic, and the particular style she's exhibiting on the cover of Vulnicura is CHEF'S KISS. Now to talk about the actual music here, I didn't care for it. I even like Björk's music sometimes -- I think her other two inclusions that I've reviewed thus far (Debut and Vespertine) are worthy inclusions from her 90s heyday, but this is one of her heavier experimental albums put out in the 2010s where the music and vocals just seem to drone on ambiently, and it just doesn't do anything for me. Honestly, if this album was included and not "Post", I'll be raising an eyebrow. Anyway, not Björk's finest work, and a weird inclusion. I guess it shows that the weird can always get weirder.
Found this to be a bit too bjorky, we already had a quiet, sparse record by her and I thought this one was even further in that direction. The lots of harmonising with herself reminded me of bon iver a bit, could be quite influential, but by the time we reached the end I'd had enough really. First song or two was okay. 2.5 but closer to a 2.
I quite enjoy Bjork sometimes, but this wasn't one of them.....I can feel the realness and it felt pretty raw, but not sure I need it, or didn't when I listened 2
I just can never get behind Björk fully. I can tilt my head around and see the appeal, but I just don't like the somber, lilting, vibe of it all. 2.5
Lives up to her reputation as eccentric and avant-garde. Musically this is to me unusual but uninteresting. But it feels uncomprimised, art made for art's sake, there is nothing manufactured here. Definitely a good inclusion on this list, something that is worth exposing people to, myself included.
I didn’t think I would like this Bjork album. And I don’t. Some decent moments but it’s far too long.
Bjoring
I don’t enjoy the singing. The beats are fine.
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Mah…
Her name is an onomatopoeia for how I feel about her music.
Not good. Don’t know that I needed two Bjork albums in a week and three in this list.
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*
hard 0/10
Jag förstår mig inte riktigt på det här
not for me
Awful, awful singing.
Made it half way through track 2, which was enough to confirm my instincts. It’s all unbearably awful impenetrable noise. Apart from Play Dead, I’m not aware of anything Bjork has ever done that can be described otherwise.
In what world does this list need 4 Bjork albums? (And that's only counting her solo work). For a song or two, she's not bad, but for an hour? This ain't it.
I may want to listen to this more than Trout Mask but dang this was tough to get through. I’d be curious what the instrumental strings album sounds like; however, I was not at all feeling Bjorks vocals here.
Legitimately fucking terrible music. It ruined my day. no more Bjork. Please. Please for the love of God make it stop DNF Best song: N/A Rating: 0.5/10 Stars: 1 (zero if I could)
That sucked!
Why . What is the obsession of the critics with this ?
As a fairly big Bjork fan, I could not get through this album. What attracted me to Bjork were the sonic short stories in her older work, as they sound interesting and can be appreciated in bursts. This album expands the songs into 8 minutes prog slops. Quirky melodies could be great in 2 minutes, but when you have to spend 7 minutes to get to the point, it’s much less enjoyable. Mouth Mantra is a good exception. 1/5
Bjorks claim to fame was pushing the boundaries of music with eccentric, inventive tracks. Not always my cup of tea, but hard to argue that what she put out was interesting. This album's single note approach drags on for too long and becomes wholly separate from her past inventiveness to be a dreadfully boring slog of a listen.
Oh oh oh. Please don’t let this be as painful as I believe it is going to be… It is. It’s Bjork. I. Just. Can’t. Stand. Bjork. I feel like I am supposed to give this a high rating based on… idk. I don’t think I can even muster a 2 today. This was torture. Truly. I would rather listen to my dog find howling harmonies with a passing ambulance on continuous loop. And I would argue that he’s more musical. The best part of this album? It’s over! An hour never felt so long. 1 Boolean—— true? Because it’s Bjork? False? Because it’s utter poop.
Absolutely no thank you. Worse than reggae
First track ok, but downhill from there.
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.
æ skjønne faen ingenting hørt på nyttårsaften 25
“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.)