So glad you decided to react to this! You said you already reacted Post and Homogenic, so I thought I’d give you insight to (some) of her discography to choose from for a possible next Björk album reaction? 👀 ---Debut (1993) This album is heavily influenced by dance and pop music (sounds dated at times), but is still a good time. She is arguably at her funnest here, and there’s some great moments along the collection. ---Medúlla (underrated) (2004) This album is so cool! It is known as her “vocal album” in which no beats from technology or instruments are present; voices construct all beats whether it’s beatboxing or electronic manipulation. This album is where a lot of previous Björk fans fell off because it’s too “weird”. Granted, there are some disturbing moments here, like “Ancestors” or “Miðvikudags”. ---Volta (overhated) (2007) This album is credited as her worst album, but it’s in my personal top 3. She got the help of TIMBALAND and Danja, two popular producers for a few tracks, “Earth Intruders”, “Innocence”, and “Hope”. It is mainly upbeat with uses of industrial, electronic, and World music. It gets slightly political towards the back half of the album. Towards the middle, there’s some underrated, slower tracks using world instruments from China, Korea, and Japan. She even samples music from a soundtrack she made a few years earlier. ---Biophilia (2011) This is a complex album. Some things to know: it is very science and nature based, even with the titles alone: “Virus”, “Solstice”, “Moon”, “Thunderbolt”, “Dark Matter”, etc. And with a few tracks, she literally created and invented new instruments along with publishing an app (on the app store) that goes along with the album itself. Musically, on “Thunderbolt”, she used actual lightning bolts to create the bassline for the track. Very cool. It’s pretty experimental and I didn’t completely get the album on my first listen. One of my favourites of hers for now. ---Vulnicura (2015) She does have an album titled “Vulnicura” that is like a Part 2 to Vespertine. Not musically, but topically. Vespertine deals with the relationships of her and her then husband, Matthew Barney. In Vulnicura, she discusses their breakup / divorce with mainly strings and her voice with the help of chaotic Arca production sprinkled in. Also a good album. • If you’re curious about the ones I left out they are: Utopia (2017) and Fossora (2022) Neither of them are essential to her catalog and the first, Utopia isn’t that good in my opinion. Fossora’s good, but feels like filler.
Utopia: It continues with the narrative from Vulnicura, after the heavy and sad themes she wanted to go the opposite way, the album is light, idealistic, and purposefully cheesy at times. She talks about dating new people, the aftermath of the separation, ecology and feminism. The sonic palette of the album is best described as flutes that sound like birds, birds that sound like synths and synths that sound like flutes. This is the first album where she worked with a producer from the beginning and it's presented as a collab album with Arca. Fossora: This is almost the closing of the Vulnicura saga. After the airy idealistic Utopia, she came back down to the ground, literally, it's inspired by the earth and fungi and roots. She introduces a bass clarinet septet and gabber beats but she also goes back to some of her old sounds like the vocal experimentation of Medúlla, the chamber strings from Homogenic or the brass and afrobeat of Volta. It's heavy on the bass to represent the earthy inspirations. She sings about grief and motherhood.
Cocoon is a grower. The more I've heard it over the years, the more it worms it's way into my soul. It's beautiful. Watch the video, you'll love it even more :)
beautiful bro, the fact that you connect that much with this album at your first time listening to it, made me look at myself and think about the importance of this in my life. Thats gonna make me check your music.
@@occhio2377 that song comes from a song called crabtcraft from the band “Console”. Bjork takes influences for that entire álbum to make vespertine. If you really like that song maybe you should check that album “Rocket in the pocket”.
Experimental group Matmos did rhythmic samples of snow and little beats for this Album and tour. I saw Bjork with them at Coachella. She pushed the boundaries of music more than anyone in the 90s
This is probably my favorite Bjork album although I am still working the way up her discography as some of her later work takes time to grow on you. You definitely need to check out Vespertine B sides, Domestica, Baptid, and the remixes are incredible.
I loved the reaction, i would recomend vulnicura bcs the strings in that album play a mayor role in the production, its sad but it is a very in dept album about the various things that surrender the breakup with her husband, also curious fact, each song has a time signature,i guess, you can see when it was written in the context of the breakup, for example stonemilker was written 9 months before the breakup
Fun fact: every single one of the drums/beats/textures on the album are recordings of stuff from around the house. (At least the ones that are not sampled)
There is no one like BJÖRK. First time I was introduced to Björk was in Germany when i saw her music video "Human Behavior." The next day, I bought her first solo album "Debut." 🐧💙🍏🍎
Great reaction to one of my favorite Björk albums. Subbed, and am gonna check out your music. ✌🏻 Oh, and in regards to her whooping that reporters ass... She spoke about it in an interview, and said the reporter had been hassling her, and when she tried ignoring her and politely going about her business, the reporter said to her small child "Oh, so your mommy is too good to talk to us?" So it definitely took more than that chick saying "Welcome to Bangkok" for Björk to go buck on her. 😂 It was mama bear coming out. Epic moment.
This is probably top 3 albums of all time for me and yes she was wanting to fuck the whole album was about love and sex she was in a relationship with the guy she later married Also her next album medulla is dedicated to her daughter and motherhood basically (the guy and she had their first child together **the daughter**during this time) Also its all acapella and probably her most experimental album to date You may like it cause there are some hardcore moments on it Or maybe it will not be your thing because its also EXTREMELY weird Its my favorite after vespertine and homogenic
only subscribing cause you’re adorbs 😼 *this is my favorite album of all time *i mean, if you wanna keep going the vespertine route you could do her ‘live at royal opera house’ film and her ‘vespertine live’ album - all different experiences where you see how she evolves the compositions and improves upon them in some cases (there’s also a documentary film on the making of the album called ‘minuscule’) *album wise ‘selmasongs’ is a soundtrack album she made while she was making vespertine, and has a lot of the same vibe w the strings and found-sound sampling (thom yorke of radiohead duets w her on one track) *debut is sweet and simple the way some of the vibe is here, but more pop w some world music and 90’s house *if you’re more into the choirs and voices and ready for her to take what she did w that but in a more medieval setting, then ‘medulla’ would be a good next album - it’s kind of the next evolution in her career where she gets more avant garde, but still has some fucking *banger* moments 🤘🏻
Bjork is just a goddess honestly, one of my favorite musicians I’ve ever discovered. I have a band recommendation: The Smashing Pumpkins, if you can listen to their album Siamese Dream. With love bro ❤️
Bjork created, Microbeats, which are all those quirky sounds of everyday random objects (which is exactly what she used 🤭😂)that decorate the atmospheric soundscapes she produces in the album. As a few others have also stated, this album was about her hesitation and eventual love story with a friend, fellow musician, collaborator, eventual husband & down the road ex. Matthew Barney. If you decide to continue her discography i highly recommend staying in chronological order of release. The Only Album many people agree is the toughest or oddest to get into is , Volta. Btw That UNDO mistake Took Me Out 🤣🤦🤣🤦
"Bjork f*cking on ice" is going to be the way I pitch this album to friends from now on. Thanks for an entertaining reaction! I love how much you loved this album. Thanks for giving it a listen!
Post is what the early (dare I say.. ancient?😂) fans love. Homogenic and Vespertine are timeless album and because they have stood the test of time, new fans always end gravitating towards those two as well. I personally think her masterpiece is Fossora, and I’m sure that fans who have digested her entire discography will agree
Loved this. Once you've reacted to enough Bjork albums, you could move on to her live presentations. She reworks all the songs she sings in each tour. It's even more impressive of her.
freakin loved that a super lot. alpha tier and super unique. have I been living under a rock all these years? 😍😍😍I'll leave you with a request. You have to react to October Ends ' new song, it's mind-blowing!
As far as new music? Efterklang's album "Tripper" is easily the closest you're gonna get to this vibe. I *hated* their album Piramida when it first came out because it didn't sound like the live version they did at the Sydney Opera House before it even released, but it's honestly gone on to be my second favorite of theirs. Always got to throw a bone to Moses Sumney's album Grae. Check out his live cover of Björk's "Cover Me" for the best version of that track and to get a taste for his style. If you want to keep pursuing Björk, your appreciation for the second half of the album means you can probably appreciate Medulla. It's dark and challenging, but when it hits there's little else out there that can compare. I think my rankings are probably: Vespertine Vulnicura Homogenic/Utopia Post Medulla Debut Biophilia Volta Fossora ETA: Silent Shout is a must listen if you haven't listened to it. It's pretty well known so I wouldn't be surprised if you have, but if not? You're in for a treat
So glad you decided to react to this! You said you already reacted Post and Homogenic, so I thought I’d give you insight to (some) of her discography to choose from for a possible next Björk album reaction? 👀
---Debut (1993)
This album is heavily influenced by dance and pop music (sounds dated at times), but is still a good time. She is arguably at her funnest here, and there’s some great moments along the collection.
---Medúlla (underrated) (2004)
This album is so cool! It is known as her “vocal album” in which no beats from technology or instruments are present; voices construct all beats whether it’s beatboxing or electronic manipulation. This album is where a lot of previous Björk fans fell off because it’s too “weird”. Granted, there are some disturbing moments here, like “Ancestors” or “Miðvikudags”.
---Volta (overhated) (2007)
This album is credited as her worst album, but it’s in my personal top 3. She got the help of TIMBALAND and Danja, two popular producers for a few tracks, “Earth Intruders”, “Innocence”, and “Hope”. It is mainly upbeat with uses of industrial, electronic, and World music. It gets slightly political towards the back half of the album. Towards the middle, there’s some underrated, slower tracks using world instruments from China, Korea, and Japan. She even samples music from a soundtrack she made a few years earlier.
---Biophilia (2011)
This is a complex album. Some things to know: it is very science and nature based, even with the titles alone: “Virus”, “Solstice”, “Moon”, “Thunderbolt”, “Dark Matter”, etc. And with a few tracks, she literally created and invented new instruments along with publishing an app (on the app store) that goes along with the album itself. Musically, on “Thunderbolt”, she used actual lightning bolts to create the bassline for the track. Very cool. It’s pretty experimental and I didn’t completely get the album on my first listen. One of my favourites of hers for now.
---Vulnicura (2015)
She does have an album titled “Vulnicura” that is like a Part 2 to Vespertine. Not musically, but topically. Vespertine deals with the relationships of her and her then husband, Matthew Barney. In Vulnicura, she discusses their breakup / divorce with mainly strings and her voice with the help of chaotic Arca production sprinkled in. Also a good album.
•
If you’re curious about the ones I left out they are:
Utopia (2017)
and
Fossora (2022)
Neither of them are essential to her catalog and the first, Utopia isn’t that good in my opinion. Fossora’s good, but feels like filler.
Thank you for sharing
Utopia:
It continues with the narrative from Vulnicura, after the heavy and sad themes she wanted to go the opposite way, the album is light, idealistic, and purposefully cheesy at times. She talks about dating new people, the aftermath of the separation, ecology and feminism. The sonic palette of the album is best described as flutes that sound like birds, birds that sound like synths and synths that sound like flutes. This is the first album where she worked with a producer from the beginning and it's presented as a collab album with Arca.
Fossora:
This is almost the closing of the Vulnicura saga. After the airy idealistic Utopia, she came back down to the ground, literally, it's inspired by the earth and fungi and roots. She introduces a bass clarinet septet and gabber beats but she also goes back to some of her old sounds like the vocal experimentation of Medúlla, the chamber strings from Homogenic or the brass and afrobeat of Volta. It's heavy on the bass to represent the earthy inspirations. She sings about grief and motherhood.
Utopia is my favorite album.
@@josephmccauslin Oh!
saying utopia isn't essential is insane
One of the best albums of all time in my humble opinion.
100% agree
UNISON is majestic, one of the best songs ever made !
Cocoon is a grower. The more I've heard it over the years, the more it worms it's way into my soul. It's beautiful. Watch the video, you'll love it even more :)
Same here
the best album bjork has ever made in my opinion. i've always loved listening to vespertine, especially during christmas time.
It's definitely a video game winter level
The Vulnacura Strings album is another favourite.
beautiful bro, the fact that you connect that much with this album at your first time listening to it, made me look at myself and think about the importance of this in my life. Thats gonna make me check your music.
listening to heirloom rn, this has inspired me a lot, Bjorks infectious creativity
@@occhio2377 that song comes from a song called crabtcraft from the band “Console”. Bjork takes influences for that entire álbum to make vespertine. If you really like that song maybe you should check that album “Rocket in the pocket”.
Experimental group Matmos did rhythmic samples of snow and little beats for this Album and tour. I saw Bjork with them at Coachella. She pushed the boundaries of music more than anyone in the 90s
thats dope
@@occhio2377 she still does, being in music business since the age of eleven she was always ahead of time
This is probably my favorite Bjork album although I am still working the way up her discography as some of her later work takes time to grow on you. You definitely need to check out Vespertine B sides, Domestica, Baptid, and the remixes are incredible.
Vespertine has inspired me the most
I enjoyed your reaction and appreciation to Bjork's work. Dios te bendiga 🙏💫
I loved the reaction, i would recomend vulnicura bcs the strings in that album play a mayor role in the production, its sad but it is a very in dept album about the various things that surrender the breakup with her husband, also curious fact, each song has a time signature,i guess, you can see when it was written in the context of the breakup, for example stonemilker was written 9 months before the breakup
Fun fact: every single one of the drums/beats/textures on the album are recordings of stuff from around the house. (At least the ones that are not sampled)
There is no one like BJÖRK. First time I was introduced to Björk was in Germany when i saw her music video "Human Behavior." The next day, I bought her first solo album "Debut." 🐧💙🍏🍎
I still need to hear that, I think I'll record that soon. Haven't reacted in a while
an unbeaten masterpiece
bjork shifts brain chemistry 🔥🔥
Great reaction to one of my favorite Björk albums. Subbed, and am gonna check out your music. ✌🏻
Oh, and in regards to her whooping that reporters ass... She spoke about it in an interview, and said the reporter had been hassling her, and when she tried ignoring her and politely going about her business, the reporter said to her small child "Oh, so your mommy is too good to talk to us?"
So it definitely took more than that chick saying "Welcome to Bangkok" for Björk to go buck on her. 😂 It was mama bear coming out. Epic moment.
lollll
This is probably top 3 albums of all time for me and yes she was wanting to fuck the whole album was about love and sex she was in a relationship with the guy she later married
Also her next album medulla is dedicated to her daughter and motherhood basically (the guy and she had their first child together **the daughter**during this time)
Also its all acapella and probably her most experimental album to date
You may like it cause there are some hardcore moments on it
Or maybe it will not be your thing because its also EXTREMELY weird
Its my favorite after vespertine and homogenic
only subscribing cause you’re adorbs 😼
*this is my favorite album of all time
*i mean, if you wanna keep going the vespertine route you could do her ‘live at royal opera house’ film and her ‘vespertine live’ album - all different experiences where you see how she evolves the compositions and improves upon them in some cases (there’s also a documentary film on the making of the album called ‘minuscule’)
*album wise ‘selmasongs’ is a soundtrack album she made while she was making vespertine, and has a lot of the same vibe w the strings and found-sound sampling (thom yorke of radiohead duets w her on one track)
*debut is sweet and simple the way some of the vibe is here, but more pop w some world music and 90’s house
*if you’re more into the choirs and voices and ready for her to take what she did w that but in a more medieval setting, then ‘medulla’ would be a good next album - it’s kind of the next evolution in her career where she gets more avant garde, but still has some fucking *banger* moments 🤘🏻
Cocoon is bjorks best song and i will die on that hill
Vespertine change your existence ❤
I really liked your reaction! Thank you so much for it! :)
You have good taste
Bjork is just a goddess honestly, one of my favorite musicians I’ve ever discovered. I have a band recommendation: The Smashing Pumpkins, if you can listen to their album Siamese Dream. With love bro ❤️
I actually have heard that album, but that was 2 years ago and I have 0 memory of the album, I have all the songs liked tho.
@@occhio2377 Lol, I wonder, have you listened to Mellon collie and the Infinite Sadness by them?
loll, no, long ass album
@@occhio2377 ok ok 😂, last recommendation: When the Pawn… by Fiona Apple
Fiona Apple is on the list, good suggestion@@jonathanescalera5735
Bjork created, Microbeats, which are all those quirky sounds of everyday random objects (which is exactly what she used 🤭😂)that decorate the atmospheric soundscapes she produces in the album. As a few others have also stated, this album was about her hesitation and eventual love story with a friend, fellow musician, collaborator, eventual husband & down the road ex. Matthew Barney.
If you decide to continue her discography i highly recommend staying in chronological order of release.
The Only Album many people agree is the toughest or oddest to get into is , Volta.
Btw That UNDO mistake Took Me Out 🤣🤦🤣🤦
I could recognize what she was doing with the microbeats cause I do that sometimes too, I need to do that more
My favorite album of all time! Since it came out in 2001❤❤❤
Also try reacting to her music videos....like all is full of love
"Bjork f*cking on ice" is going to be the way I pitch this album to friends from now on. Thanks for an entertaining reaction! I love how much you loved this album. Thanks for giving it a listen!
loll. Very inspirational, a true artist
Post is what the early (dare I say.. ancient?😂) fans love. Homogenic and Vespertine are timeless album and because they have stood the test of time, new fans always end gravitating towards those two as well. I personally think her masterpiece is Fossora, and I’m sure that fans who have digested her entire discography will agree
I'll probably end up doing all the Bjork albums.
The best album in life 🎉❤✨
Try the B-Sides 🥲
Speaking of Flying Lotus, Thom Yorke was heavily inspired by Homogenic and this project to get into electronic music
I did know this, and you can hear the influence
second best vespertine reaction that I've seen! and I've seen a lot of them (it's my favorite album and I'm autistic lol)
lol, it's quite the honor
What is you being autiatic had got to do with anything😭😭
Loved this. Once you've reacted to enough Bjork albums, you could move on to her live presentations. She reworks all the songs she sings in each tour. It's even more impressive of her.
Amazing, will react to the opera house performance
Na, don't wait. The live band is impressive
Vulnicura (2015) is my favourite of hers
God I'd love a reaction to Soundtracks for the Blind by Swans, i feel like you could loove it
Swans, good idea, I know one song
Disney fucking on ice
Uh oh! It sounds like Mickey and Snow White have been on the meth again.
i can express with words that Undo means to me 😭😭😭
Mate, you hair looks fine compared to that fugg'n eye..😂jk. Love your work bro👍
freakin loved that a super lot. alpha tier and super unique. have I been living under a rock all these years? 😍😍😍I'll leave you with a request. You have to react to October Ends ' new song, it's mind-blowing!
Cocteau Twins are good, especially Bluebell Knoll, Heaven Or Las Vegas, & Four Calender Cafe
As far as new music?
Efterklang's album "Tripper" is easily the closest you're gonna get to this vibe. I *hated* their album Piramida when it first came out because it didn't sound like the live version they did at the Sydney Opera House before it even released, but it's honestly gone on to be my second favorite of theirs.
Always got to throw a bone to Moses Sumney's album Grae. Check out his live cover of Björk's "Cover Me" for the best version of that track and to get a taste for his style.
If you want to keep pursuing Björk, your appreciation for the second half of the album means you can probably appreciate Medulla. It's dark and challenging, but when it hits there's little else out there that can compare. I think my rankings are probably:
Vespertine
Vulnicura
Homogenic/Utopia
Post
Medulla
Debut
Biophilia
Volta
Fossora
ETA: Silent Shout is a must listen if you haven't listened to it. It's pretty well known so I wouldn't be surprised if you have, but if not? You're in for a treat
Thank you for sharing, I'm adding these to the list 😁
What headphone model is this?
Vulnacura Strings is another favourite Bjork album. How dare you mention Kanye and Beyonce in the same sentence as Bjork. Lol
your playlist is probably so huge that it doesn't make any sense, but thanks for liking bjork 🙂
it's only 660 songs, but the last one I had was 1400, I have 1 playlist for about a year then make a new one
So, I’m in love with you.