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Feb 9, 2021 · From Ru Paul to Jeremih: Björk's greatest inspirations. A look at artists, television personalities, musicians and other creatives she has praised in interviews.
She's also number 81 in Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time. And her "Big Time Sensuality" is number 29 in Rolling Stone's (July 2022) 200 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time.
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Absolutely GOATed top 5, although I’d personally rank Pagan Poetry at #1. HYPER-BALLAD SWEEP 🙏🙏🙏. Its obvious which way the list would go but nothing at all from Utopia or Fossora in the Top 30 is such a shame. Hyper Ballad number one I know that’s right. 45K subscribers in the bjork community. The Björk subreddit.
- “Who Is It (Carry My Joy on The Left, Carry My Pain on The Right)”, 2004
- “Gling Glo”, 1990
- “Black Lake”, 2015
- “All Is Full of Love”, 1997
- “I’ve Seen It All”, 2000
- “Where Is The Line”, 2004
- “Isobel”, 1995
- “Cosmogony”, 2011
- “Stonemilker”, 2015
- “5 Years”, 1997
Let’s begin with “Who Is It,” from Björk’s 2004 album, Medúlla. It’s certainly not one of Björk’s biggest hits as a single, but looking back at this period of her career, it definitely shines through. Equal parts moody, atmospheric and catchy, this song is emblematic of what makes Björk’s music so special — including the incorporation of Rahzel’s b...
I recently decided to listen to all of Björk’s work from the ‘90s in chronological order, and I realized I had never listened to Gling-Gló, her 1990 album with Icelandic jazz group tríó Guðmundar Ingólfssonar. So I did. And what I realized is that all of Björk’s playfulness and performative vocal genius are present. On this album — sung almost excl...
“Black Lake,” from Björk’s 2015 album Vulnicura, is one of the most recent songs I’ve included in these rankings — although I’m sure songs from the new album will challenge these entries for a spot on the list. The album’s first two tracks, “Stonemilker” and “Lionsong,” are amazing as well, but “Black Lake” feels cinematic and operatic in ways that...
“All Is Full of Love” is the closing song off Björk’s 1997 album, Homogenic. And like many of the songs on this list, it begins as a quiet whisper that magically increases in intensity until you start to feel totally immersed in the experience of it. It reminds me that one of the things that’s so cool about Björk’s music is the way it can be so sim...
Time is pretty bizarre. In the year 2000, Dancer in the Dark felt like it was at the center of the culture in many ways. The film won major awards at Cannes Film Festival — Björk herself for Best Actress — and it felt really significant that Björk had shifted to the screen as an artist. “I’ve Seen It All” was a huge part of the experience as well, ...
Musically, this song has a ton going on; it’s incredibly hard to describe. There’s beatboxing — again by Rahzel — but there’s also whistling, what sounds like a chorus of angels, ambient noise and a bunch of other sonic intricacy I can’t quite describe. On the other hand, “Where Is the Line,” narratively speaking, couldn’t be simpler. The title — r...
I’m going to age myself here, but in the days of AIM screen names, “Isobel” was an extremely popular moniker among my peer group, and roughly 100% of the credit for that has to go to Björk and this song. Another collaboration with the poet Sjón, it was one of the singles off Björk’s 1995 album, Post. The gorgeous orchestral arrangements accompany a...
It’s kind of surprising that it took until the 2010s for Björk to write a song called “Cosmogony,” a term that refers to the science of the origins of the universe. It appears on her 2011 album Biophilia, which — you may not be surprised to learn — refers to the human desire to be connected to nature. What I love most about this song is the way obs...
I mentioned this song earlier in talking about “Black Lake,” another track off Vulnicura, Björk’s 2015 album. Characteristically, the song revolves around a person who’s trying to figure things out in ways both big and small. The speaker begins by saying she’s trying to find “our mutual coordinates,” and there’s something so moving about that — abo...
Recently, I found myself thinking about this song a bit when I was writing about the classic David Bowie songof the same title. If that song sets the stage for an apocalyptic, worldwide event, this one sets the stage for a much more local — but maybe no less apocalyptic — one. Specifically, this song, which is choppy and angry and screaming, is a k...
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Nov 5, 2022 · The 10 greatest Björk songs. Aimee Ferrier. Sat 5 November 2022 12:00, UK. Since Björk burst on the scene in the 1980s as a member of the alternative rock band The Sugarcubes, the Icelandic musician has inspired countless others, whether that be through her distinctive voice or the unique combination of genres and experimentation within her work.
Nov 20, 2022 · From the bold Debut to the breathtaking Fossora, here are Björk’s ten studio albums ranked in order of greatness: Every Björk album ranked from worst to best: 10. Medúlla (2004) At number ten is Medúlla, Björk’s fifth studio album, released in 2004.
Apr 21, 2021 · Björk Guomundsdóttir was born in Reykjavík, Iceland, in 1965. Technically she recorded her first album as an 11-year-old; she sings the Beatles’ “The Fool on the Hill” in Icelandic. A decade or...
