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Björk: Homogenic

 A l b u m   D e t a i l s


Label: One Little Indian
Released: 1997.09.22
Time:
 43:35
Category: Alternative Dance
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating: ********.. (8/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.bjork.com
Appears with:
Purchase date: 2011.04.21
Price in €: 2,00





 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s


[1] Hunter (Björk) - 4:15
[2] Jóga (Björk/Sjón) - 5:05
[3] Unravel (Björk/Guy Sigsworth) - 3:21
[4] Bachelorette (Björk/Sjón) - 5:12
[5] All Neon Like (Björk) - 5:53
[6] 5 Years (Björk) - 4:29
[7] Immature Mark [Bell's Version] (Björk) - 3:06
[8] Alarm Call (Björk) - 4:19
[9] Pluto (Björk/Mark Bell) - 3:20
[10] All Is Full of Love [Howie's Version] (Björk) - 4:32

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


Björk - keyboards, vocals, arranger, producer

Alasdair Alloy - harmonica
Vaughan Armon - violin
Mark Bell - keyboards
Sigurbjorn Bernhardsson - violin
Mark Berrow - violin
Mike Brittain - bass
Jeffrey Bryant - horn
Roger Chase - viola
Ben Cruft - violin
Sigrun Edvaldsdottir - violin
Paul Gardhaim - bass
Roger Garland - violin
Wilfred Gibson - violin
Isobel Griffiths - orchestra contractor
Sigurdur Bjarki Gunnarsson - cello
Hrund Hardardottir - viola
Bill Hawkes - viola
Steve Henderson - timbales, tympani
Paul Kegg - cello
Yasuhiro Kobayashi - accordion
Peter Lale - viola
Chris Laurence - bass
Helen Liebmann - cello
Martin Loveday - cello
Alasdair Malloy - glass harmonica
Perry Mason - violin
Jim McLeod - violin
Perry Montague-Mason - violin
Trevor Morais - drums, electronic drums
Jon R. Ornolfsson - cello
Peter Oxer - violin
Paul Pritchard - bass
Maciej Rakowski - violin
Frank Ricotti - snare drums
George Robertson - viola
Guy Sigsworth - clavichord, keyboards, pipe organ
Moeidur Anna Sigurdardottir - viola
Una Sveinbjarnardottir - violin
Mike Thompson - horn
Sif Tulinius - violin
John Tunnell - cello
Helen Tunstall - harp
Gavyn Wright - violin

Howie B - programming, producer, mixing
Mark Bell - programming, producer, drum programming, crew
Danny Joe Brown Band - programming, mixing assistant
Richard Brown - programming
Kirsten Cowie - mixing assistant, assistant
Deodato - arranger, orchestration, transcription
Marius de Vries - programming
Markus Dravs - programming, producer, engineer, drum programming, crew
Katy England - stylist
Jason Groucott - mixing assistant, assistant
Nick Knight - photography
James Loughrey - mixing assistant, assistant
Alexander McQueen - art direction
Sie Medway-Smith - mixing assistant, assistant
Rob Murphy - mixing assistant, assistant
Russel Polden - mixing assistant, assistant
Steve Price - engineer
Guy Sigsworth - producer
Tony Stanton - copyist
Mark "Spike" Stent - mixing, crew
Rebecca Storey - mixing assistant, assistant
Paul Walton - mixing assistant
Jason Westbrook - mixing assistant, assistant

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


1997 CD Polydor 5391782
1997 CS Elektra 62061
1997 CD Elektra 62061
1997 CD Polydor 5391662
2004 CD Phantom Import Distribution POCP7245
2004 CD PO Records (Japan) POCP7245
2004 LP Polydor 5391661
2004 CD Universal Distribution 7062
2008 CD Universal Distribution 93444

Homogenic is the fourth studio album by Icelandic musician Björk, released in September 1997. Produced by Björk, Mark Bell, Guy Sigsworth, Howie B and Markus Dravs, it was released on One Little Indian Records. The music of Homogenic was a new style for Björk, focusing on similar sounding music combining electronic beats and string instruments with songs in tribute to her native country Iceland. Homogenic was originally to be produced in her home in London, but was later recorded in Spain. Homogenic marked the first of several production collaborations between Mark Bell and Björk, whom Björk would cite as a major influence on her musical career. The album peaked at number twenty-eight on the Billboard 200, and at number four on the UK Albums Chart. Five singles were released from Homogenic: "Jóga", "Bachelorette", "Hunter", "Alarm Call" and "All Is Full of Love". Homogenic was highly acclaimed on its initial release and continues to be praised by critics, with Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine stating that "if not the greatest electronic album of all time, it's certainly the greatest of its decade".



By the late '90s, Björk's playful, unique world view and singular voice became as confining as they were defining. With its surprising starkness and darkness, 1997's Homogenic shatters her "Icelandic pixie" image. Possibly inspired by her failed relationship with drum'n'bass kingpin Goldie, Björk sheds her more precious aspects, displaying more emotional depth than even her best previous work indicated. Her collaborators -- LFO's Mark Bell, Mark "Spike" Stent, and Post contributor Howie B -- help make this album not only her emotionally bravest work, but her most sonically adventurous as well. A seamless fusion of chilly strings (courtesy of the Icelandic String Octet), stuttering, abstract beats, and unique touches like accordion and glass harmonica, Homogenic alternates between dark, uncompromising songs such as the icy opener, "Hunter," and more soothing fare like the gently percolating "All Neon Like." The noisy, four-on-the-floor catharsis of "Pluto" and the raw vocals and abstract beats of "5 Years" and "Immature" reveal surprising amounts of anger, pain, and strength in the face of heartache. "I dare you to take me on," Björk challenges her lover in "5 Years," and wonders on "Immature," "How could I be so immature/To think he would replace/The missing elements in me?" "Bachelorette," a sweeping, brooding cousin to Post's "Isobel," is possibly Homogenic's saddest, most beautiful moment, giving filmic grandeur to a stormy relationship. Björk lets a little hope shine through on "Jòga," a moving song dedicated to her homeland and her best friend, and the reassuring finale, "All Is Full of Love." "Alarm Call"'s uplifting dance-pop seems out of place with the rest of the album, but as its title implies, Homogenic is her most holistic work. While it might not represent every side of Björk's music, Homogenic displays some of her most impressive heights.

Heather Phares - All Music Guiode



Headline-grabbing personal upheavals turn into introspective surges on Homogenic, the third album by Icelandic singer Björk. Driven inward after a bizarre year accented by a much publicized mail bomb, airport cat fight and brawl between ex-lovers Tricky and Goldie, Björk gets lost in a wash of strings and minimalist techno patterns on her latest outing. The eccentricity and stylistic schizophrenia of Debut and Post have been cast away in favor of darker, more sublime edginess. Filled with songs about paranoia, heartbreak, and lost faith, Homogenic not only showcases more mature themes, but a more uniform mood. Notch that up to Björk's decision to produce the album herself. Aside from a few nominal collaborations with Mark Bell of obscure techno outfit LFO and the Icelandic String Octet, this is the purest representation of the artist's vision. Little did we know that such a quirky personality would have such a bleak world view. Homogenic is almost too heavy to take in sitting, and songs, like the grating "Pluto," are downright unlistenable. But there are moments of inspiration that burn through the dark clouds, particularly on the contemplative "Joga" and the uplifting "Bachelorette."

Aidin Vaziri  - Amazon.com



Frau Gudmundsdottir hat eine schwere Zeit hinter sich: ein Briefbombenanschlag sowie Kamera-Attacken auf ihren Sohn führten zu dem, was sie rückblickend ihren "Crash" nennt. Doch ihrer Musik hat es eher genutzt als geschadet. Die streicherbetonten Tracks "Hunter" und "Joga" gehören zum Besten, was bisher in diesem Jahrzehnt in den Grauzonen des Pop entstanden ist. Zuweilen fühlt man sich an die opulenten Arrangements von Art of Noise oder Dead Can Dance erinnert, doch Björks Stimme und Melodieführung sind mehr denn je über alle Vergleiche erhaben. Produziert hat hauptsächlich Mark Bell (LFO), einige Tracks hatte Howie B. in der Mangel. Die String-Arrangements stammen von der brasilianischen Jazz-Legende Eumir Deodato. Das Cover zeigt Björk als verfremdete Cyber-Geisha, die allerdings nur bedingt an die technoiden "Hyperballaden" ihres letzten Albums anknüpft. Obwohl ihre isländische Heimat oft genug als Metapher strapaziert wurde, diese Töne scheinen wirklich zwischen Eisberg und Vulkan aus der Erde emporgestiegen zu sein.

Christian Arndt - Amazon.de
 

 L y r i c s


Hunter

Ooooohhh... Ooooohhh... Ooooohhh... Ooooohhh...

If travel is searching
And home what's been found

I'm not stopping

I'm going hunting
I'm the hunter
I'll bring back the goods
But I don't know when

I thought I could organize freedom
How Scandinavian of me
~en-cha-le-li~
~en-cha-le~
You sussed it out, didn't you ?
yeah!

You could smell it
So you left me on my own
To complete the mission
Now I'm leaving it all behind

I'm Going hunting
I'm the hunter, I'm the hunter
I'm going hunting
I'm the hunter Ooooohhh... I'm the hunter
I'm the hunter Ooooohhh... I'm the hunter
I'm ... the ... hunter...
Ooooohhh... Ooooohhh... Ooooohhh... Ooooohhh...


Joga

All these accidents,
That happen,
Follow the dot,
Coincidence,
Makes sense,
Only with you,
You don't have to speak,
I feel.

Emotional landscapes,
They puzzle me,
Then the riddle gets solved,
And you push me up to this

State of emergency,
How beautiful to be,
State of emergency,
Is where I want to be.

All that no-one sees,
You see,
What's inside of me,
Every nerve that hurts,
You heal,
Deep inside of me, oo-oohh,
You don't have to speak,
I feel.

Emotional landscapes,
They puzzle me - confuse,
Then the riddle gets solved,
And you push me up to this

State of emergency,
How beautiful to be,
State of emergency,
Is where I want to be.

State of emergency,
How beautiful to be,

Emotional landscapes,
They puzzle me,
Then the riddle gets solved,
And you push me up to this

State of emergency,
How beautiful to be,
State of emergency,
Is where I want to be.

State of emergency,
How beautiful to be,
State of emergency,
State of, state of,
How beautiful,
Emergency,
Is where I want to be.

State of emergency,
How beautiful to be,
State of emergency,
Is where I want to be.

State of emergency,
How beautiful to be.


Unravel

While you are away
My heart comes undone
Slowly unravels
In a ball of yarn
The devil collects it
With a grin
Our love
In a ball of yarn

He'll never return it

So when you come back
We'll have to make new love

He'll never return it

When you come back
We'll have to make new love

While you are away
My heart comes undone
Slowly unravels
In a ball of yarn
The devil collects it
With a grin
Our love, our love,
In a ball of yarn

He'll never return it

When you come back
We'll have to make new love

He'll never return it

When you come back
We'll have to make new love

He'll never return it

When you come back
We'll have to make new love


Bachelorette

I'm a fountain of blood
In the shape of a girl
You're the bird on the brim
Hypnotised by the Whirl

Drink me, make me feel real
Wet your beak in the stream
Game we're playing is life
Love is a two way dream

Leave me now, return tonight
Tide will show you sweet bliss
If you forget my name
You will go astray
Like a killer whale
Trapped in a bay

I'm a path of cinders
Burning under your feet
You're the one who walks me
I'm your one way street

I'm a whisper in water
Secret for you to hear
You are the one who grows distant
When I beckon you near

Leave me now, return tonight
The tide will show you the way
If you forget my name
You will go astray
Like a killer whale
Trapped in a bay

I'm a tree that grows hearts
One for each that you take
You're the intruders hand
I'm the branch that you break
Hum-yeah!


All Neon Like

Not 'til you halo all over me
I'll come over
Not 'til it shimmers 'round your skull
I'll be yours

I weave for you
The marvellous web
Glow in the dark threads
All neon like

The cocoon surrounds you
Embraces all
So you can sleep
Foetus-style

And they will assist us
'Cause we're asking for help
And the luminous beam
It feeds you,
Henh-yeah!, henh-yeah

The soft distortion
Fills you up
Nourish nourish
Your turtleheart

And they will assist us
'Cause we're asking for help
And the luminous beam
It feeds you
Henh-yeah!, yeah!

Don't get angry with yourself
Don't, don't get angry with yourself
I'll heal you

With a razorblade
I'll cut a slit open
And the luminous beam
Feeds you honey, heals you

Don't get angry with yourself X4

I'll heal you, I'll heal you, luminous, I'll heal you


5 Years

You think you're denying me of something
Well I've got plenty
You're the one who's missing out
But you won't notice
'Til after five years
If you'll live that long
You'll wake up
All loveless

I dare you
To take me on
I dare you
To show me your palms

I'm so bored with cowards
That say they want
Then they can't handle

You can't handle love
You can't handle love
You just can't handle

I dare you
To take me on
I dare you
To show me your palms

What's so scary ?
Not a threat in sight
You just can't handle
You can't handle love

You can't handle love, baby
You can't handle love
It's obvious
You can't handle

I dare you
To take me on
I dare you
To show me your palms

I'm so bored of cowards
That say they want
Then they can't handle

You can't handle love, baby
You can't handle love,
It's obvious
You can't handle

I dare you, I dare you
I dare you, I dare you


Immature

How could I be so immature ?
To think he could replace,
The missing elements in me,
How extremely lazy of me

** Icelandic part **

How could I be so immature ?
To think he could replace,
The missing elements in me,
How extremely lazy of me.

How could I be so immature ?
How could I be so immature ?

** Icelandic part **


Alarm Call

Wo-oo-ooh hoh!

I have walked this earth
And watched people

It doesnt scare me at all

I can be sinsere
And say I like them

It doesnt scare me at all

An-bithelafter-mer
An-yeah-hoh-oh
An-be-ja-a-a-ha-ha

You can't say no to hope
Can't say no to happiness

I want to go on a mountain-top
With a radio and good batteries
And play a joyous tune and
Free the human race
From suffering

It doesnt scare me at all

I'm no fucking buddhist
But this is enlightenment

The less room you give me
The more space I've got

It doesnt scare me at all

An-chamel-after
An-yeah-hoh-oh
An-be-ja-a-a-ha-ha

You can't say no to hope
Can't say no to happiness

It doesnt scare me at all

I want to be on a mountain-top
With a radio and good batteries
And play a joyous tune and
Free the
A-human race
From suffering

It doesnt scare me at all

This is an alarm-call
So wake-up, wake-up now
Woo-oo-ooh!
Today has never happened
And it doesnt frighten me

It doesnt scare me at all

An-bithel-after
An-yeah-hoh-oh
An-che-ja-a-a-ha-ha

You can't say no to hope
You can't say no to happiness
Wo-oo-ooh!

It doesnt scare me at all, wo-oo-ooh! ....


Pluto

Excuse me
But I just have to
Explode
Explode this body
Off me

Woo-ooh
Oooooh (x4)

I'll be brand new
Brand new tomorrow
A little bit tired
But brand new

OOoooh! X3
Aaaaah! X13
Aaaaaah!
Woaahh!!!


All Is Full Of Love

You'll be given love
You'll be taken care of
You'll be given love
You have to trust it

Maybe not from the sources
You have poured yours
Maybe not from the directions
You are staring at

Twist your head around
It's all around you
All is full of love
All around you

All is full of love
You just ain't receiving
All is full of love
Your phone is off the hook
All is full of love
Your doors are all shut
All is full of love!
be the little angel

All is full of love, all is full of love
All is full of love, all is full of love ...

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