Björk - Vulnicura ALBUM REVIEW
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
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Icelandic singer, songwriter, producer Björk is back with another record, and it's one filled with romantic heartbreak and whimsical instrumentation.
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FAV TRACKS: STONEMILKER, LIONSONG, HISTORY OF TOUCHES, BLACK LAKE, FAMILY, ATOM DANCE
LEAST FAV TRACK: QUICKSAND
BJORK - VULNICURA / 2015 / ONE LITTLE INDIAN / ART POP, CHAMBER POP, GLITCH POP
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Y'all know this is just my opinion, right? What did you think of this album? Love it? Hate it? Why? What should I review next, eh?
Why would anyone break up with Bjork
@@visiblethrowaway I think you should look up the definition of jealousy. Who would want to sound like a dying cat covered in hot piss?
Rocky Raccoon Why the fuck are you so fucking rude?
sounds more like if she had cheated on you or smth
StyloPen it’s not jealousy some people just don’t like bjork.
Joshua Jackson yes, some people dont like her, but it sounds like he has a rageful hate towards her.
Well someone may get jealous of you and mail bombs to her house
BIG aplologies for misgendering Antony in this review. I'll see it doesn't happen again. Future apologies for any instances of this with other artists, too.
Omri Attal Antony is transgender and has stated in the past that she prefers feminine pronouns (she/her). Thanks for correcting yourself, Anthony!
***** I was just explaining the situation to someone who asked. It was an easy mistake and it was easily fixed. You seem very passionate about this issue. Is there something going on in you life that you need to work out, friend?
***** Makes sense. But Antony has stated that she prefers female pronouns, Anthony didn't use them in the video, then he correct himself in this comment. I didn't want to start a whole argument about it. Sure, people will not want to call other people by their preferred gender pronouns, and that's just kinda moronic but I understand. Anything else you wanna talk about? :D
***** You are such a fucking idiot.
***** I know how you feel. How dare someone try to have an identity that makes them feel the most comfortable and is who they want to be as a person. Idiots.
It's so heartbreaking. If you listen to Vespertine, you experience her falling in love. Afterwards if you listen to Vulnicura... it's heartbreaking.
As far as the abrupt ending of Quicksand (and thus the ending of the album), I think it's perfect. It leaves the listener jarred and dissatisfied, BUT THAT IS THE POINT. It's a metaphor for the pain she felt during the break-up. The listener is smacked in the face by... silence. And they're like, "Wait, what? Where did you go Bjork? It can't end here, I need closure! DON'T LEAVE ME BJORK" Do you see the parallel? The point is, break-ups and emotional pain never end in perfect closure; it's a complex, evolving process. It's wonderful.
I met her at an bakery near my house once. It was a brief conversation but she seemed really down-to-earth.
***** We talked about scones. She has good tastes in scones. I always get raspberry or cream, and she says cream is her favourite.
tekkmineharmony Bjorkissodeep
Wow, I'll never see scones the same way. Nice!
i met her once too in a club in london, she was really down to earth and chilled and was clearly a great person to have a night out with with her friends haha! i think the key is not being too obsessed or star struck with her, she has a reputation for being kind of wary of fans but that's probably cos of her bad experiences in the 90s... she was super sweet. just need to treat her like a human being and not a celebrity and she is very funny and kind. i always expected meeting bjork to make me have a melt down cos i've loved her music for so many years but when i finally met her it felt so normal and on the level :) #mythoughts
tekkmineharmony Now she just has to make an album from the point of view of different pastries, titled Bakenicura or Bakeophilia
Bjork ALWAYS gets a 10/10 in my book.
then u are stupid
Say it to volta
Yep.I agree, even to Volta. Yes, there are people in the Internet that actually loves that album, and I'm one of those people.
@@mashthempotatoesplease5401 yup. I'm one of them
I’ve listened to 3 albums from here (Vulnicura, Utopia & Vespertine) and yea they are all 10’s
The hair is coming along quite nicely.
ARTV get tf outta here pasty boy
@@everyvillainislemons7583 damn you took a while
@@everyvillainislemons7583 Well said.
No
Bjork review ouuuuuuuuut! Thank you for watching, and have a nice day.
I do not dislike this review is cool! Danke sehr
Carpenter's Lost Themes next?
How about a review of Periphery's Alpha/Omega?
may you review slow motion by jarren benton next
I liked the album overall but there weren't also many outstanding songs D:
Vulnicura as a whole, blew me away. She didn't go into new sonic territories; she utilized what she learned on her previous albums. There are elements of her entire discography in here, but it doesn't feel like she's repeating herself. And the narrative makes it her most cohesive and emotionally powerful work as a whole. It may just be my favorite of hers, period. It's a solid 9/10 right now. Time will tell if it holds up, I think it will. Ten years from now, I may look back on this and give it a 10/10 or an 8/10. It's hard to tell.
It doesn't hold up.
thecannibal it does
6 years have gone by, what do you think? I just saw deep cuts' Oliver give this the second best album of the entire decade.
6 years later and it still holds up period.
It sounds even better :) 10/10 easily
Melon with hair is so cursed
What is melon with hair?
Bjork's best album was Vespertine(2001).
Homogenic (1997). Hated Medulla and stopped caring.
AlexCopyPaste homogenic is her most overrated album. it becomes unfocused in the final half until pluto. imo vespertine is her best due to the cohesiveness and the intricacy.
Lexx Andera Medúlla is hardly accessible
I love Medúlla. It’s my favorite Bjork record.
I like biophilia best, but y'all can have your opinions
Homogenic/Vespertine for next year's Classics Week?
*Her voice is so damn versatile. I dug this album a lot, can't wait to hear the rest of her features on Jenny Death.*
yikes
@@dannydark0 shit could get
IDK about versatile. I heard only one thing. Sounded like someone fucking a cat with turpentine.
Rocky Raccoon Now you are straight up acting like a fucking incel, fucking moron
Oh boy
I love how whenever you're describing something about the record I can pinpoint exactly which song(s) you're talking about, you're so good at articulating your thoughts into words when it comes to music, ur the best
I simply do Notget bored of Björk
🙏
I'm not a Björk fan and I'm not familiar with her work at all. To be honest, the only album of hers I had listened before (Homogenic) did not make a huge impression on me. But I gave Vulnicura a listen and I don't regret it at all. Very emotional collection of songs. Björk's voice sounds gorgeous and the production is top notch.
You really ought to give Vespertine a listen
Eddie
From what I understand it's one of her best, so I think I'll definitely give it a listen.
Vespertine is my favourite album of hers. I didn't like Homogenic either and was highly disappointed by Biophilia. I loooooove Vulnicura tho!
Same. Vulnicura made me a fan
Warmelon I didn't like her at all before vespertine but after hearing that album I really started to understand her music and i can't wait to hear her new album !
100k thank you!!!
Came here from Rob Scallon. Thoughtful review, and I'm with you on vespertine being my favorite album. Biophilia was a challenging listen at first, but I found it to be a grower. Less for car journeys, for example, but more for a coffee and a think. Vespertine was a combination of a great album and a particular time. It is that combination that means it will stick with me as a favourite. Subbed in anticipation of more thought provoking views!
Lol 100k views is now average for him
"Stonemilker" is probably the best prologue to set up an album's major theme that has even been conceived.
"Quicksand" encapsulates all the themes as well, but it does seem to end abruptly. I suppose since the final track is about what can be thought as destruction/loss is really part of a grander cycle of renewal "Locate her black lake / The steam from this pit / Will form a cloud / For her to live on." It's suitable that the final transformation is a direct segue into whatever project Björk creates next.
No comments on Notget?
As for you saying that the album isn't catchy, it certainly isn't but I'd argue that if it were so it would take away the severity in emotion in many of the songs (Black Lake and Family, especially). I think Vulnicura does bring a new direction in Bjork's music as it's so much darker; you could argue that it is seen in Medulla at parts (and even Vertebrae by Vertebrae from Volta), but lyrically and thematically a lot of Vulnicura has a heavy, brooding intensity from Bjork being open about such a deep hurt that we've never seen before. It's not obvious, but there's definitely that separation from the softer Vespertine, even if they do hold similar themes
Other than that, nice review, I agreed with a lot of your points otherwise.
Yea! I was waiting for a comment on "NotGet" too!
I think Notget it's my fav track in that album
+JJ Keyboards I think if pain and suffer has a sound that definitely sounds like the music "family" that instrumental is so much to handle.
The continuous string moving out of tone ...and the strong beat is like arrows in the heart. Her voice.... her voice almost make me cry.
Jhony August only almost? I can't bear to listen to Family unless I'm ready for a good cry - that song is just so beautifully haunting
JJ Keyboards Yes beautifull but so sad... i avoid listening it to often because make me depressed.
I love that you mentioned the closure thing in Quicksand. I don't know why most of the fans I know didn't like that final song. Though I agree with you on the abrupt ending, the lyrics are pure poetry, simple, sad and hopeful, especially the last bit: "We are the siblings of the sun, let's step into this beam, for everytime you give up you take away our future. And my continuity, and my daughter's. And her daughter's, and her daughter's". It is the most poetic yet realistic way to describe a new point of departure I've ever heard.
Better than 'Biophillia' and 'Volta'. Really enjoying this album.
Rap Goth same.
But no better than Medúlla in my opinion.
@@theneedledrop you still put it 7th of your favourite Björk album tho
Honestly, it’s a 9/10. A bit of a return to her Vespertine sound and well executed experimentation overall
My personal album of the year for 2015. I can't get to Family without there being tears in my eyes. The first half is lyrically heartbreaking (especially since a year prior to the release of this album my 15 year relationship ended like a car crash and was something I never saw coming) but it does not dwell in sadness as there is a distinct emotional change in the last three songs (Atom Dance, Mouth Mantra and Quicksand) that by the end you are left with a sense of hope. If you bookend it, Vulnicura (about the dissolution of a relationship and the crater that is often left behind to cross) is definitely the dark twin to 2001's Vespertine (that lush sexually acute album that is all about falling deeply, madly in love)
Stonemilker, Black Lake, Family, Atom Dance are now some of my favorite Bjork tracks.
Stefarooh Thank you. It seems as though no one on this comment list appreciated this album quite like us. I share the same sentiment, even now...1 year later...this album still hurts.
Angel Ito I love this album so much! So darkly intimate with the lyrics & vocals. And the string arrangements are so lush, gorgeous &even at times haunting on some particular tracks like Mouth Mantra. I think people will fully appreciate this record in the next few years to come.
u should review Vespertine
The production on this album is beautiful and the entire album is just lovely to listen to. It's definitely one of her highest quality releases when it comes to well written and well crafted songs. It's only let down by not having much that stands out, nothing is particularly catchy or really makes as much impact as stuff on her previous releases, other than maybe Stonemilker and Black Lake. Still i am not disappointed, it's a great album.
Björk is probably the greatest artist of the past 25 years. I've been so invested in her discography, there is so many different styles in each album and it's all experimental and near flawless. Absolutely astonishing. She has so many different musical sides; it really is an experience in itself to be a Björk fan.
Every night I wake up in a cold sweat, thinking... Maybe, maybe I saw it wrong, maybe he changed the score of Yeezus... I proceed to the interwebs where to my dismay our lord and savior Kayne is slandered with an un-420/10 score... I cry myself to sleep yet again
literally this
Nigga Fantano is after all still a human being. Believe my experiences! *You should never completely change your mind because others tell you so.* Fantano had his reasons to dislike it, but you have your damn reasons to like it!!! And there are a lot reasons, so shut the voice in your mind hollering the bad score just the fuck up and *ENJOY WHAT YOU WANT TO* There is nothing more subjective than music is. There is no right way to describe or rate an album
Ein Hässlon There' nothing subjective about how based Kanye is. He may not be a Based God, but he's a man of god so hurry up where his damn massage? His damn croissants?
Ein Hässlon I want to give you a hug
Ein Hässlon A big manly hug.
I've always loved for your hair to grow out. You're looking good.
Thxxxxxx
haha noo! ne yellow one again!
Stonemilker is on my top 5 favorite Björk songs
When I hear artist like Bjork It reminds me of a quote Miles Davis said... "it's not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.”
It's nice to be caught in warmth, but it's more exciting to be lured into it from the cold.
Do you ship Björk and MC Ride?
MMMMMMM, Naa na.
STOP COPYING CAL'S HAIRSTYLES!!
Pushon Bhattacharya I'MS ORRY!!!!
A beautiful album. I love Vespertine, so it made me really happy when I listened to Vulnicura and heard the connections. It almost feels like a companion piece.
Melon… without the melon…. Wtf is this
Woah he has hair?!
this album is absolutely heartbreaking.
Matthew Barney apparently broke her heart ... typical Aries
After 8 years I still can't disagree more this deserved a 11.
i always come back to this review to remeber melon's hair
'lionsong' is definitely one of my favourite songs on the album, but i also really loved 'mouth mantra', that bass is incredible!
for everyone reading this right now... it's SO IMPORTANT to listen to this album with high-quality audio files (either 320mp3 or FLAC), and on a good sound system. it really makes the electronics shine!
Aphex Twin's new instrumental EP after an unexpected Syro and now Bjork releases a brand new album out of the blue..? Somebody pinch me cause I think this must be heaven...
I can tell you were way more attentive to this álbum by Bjork than to many others
lostcauseforkl oh yah?
melon having hair hurts my brain and destroys everything I thought I knew in this world
I'm always a bit anxious before I hear someone's opinion about Bjork as so many misunderstand her or judge her based on one or two songs. I loved this review though, and really appreciate the thought and feeling you put into it and the eloquence with which you expressed it. I can't wait to listen to he album - I'm already in love with Black Lake and I've only heard he trailer. :) Oh and Vespertine is my favourite album too. I don't know where you live, but if you have the chance to see her in New York, you should.
Best album Björk released in a long, long time. Sounds like a love child of Homogenic and Vespertine. 9/10
My favorite Bjork album is Post, although I really like Homogenic
SuperDuck yea post is the shit
+SuperDuck All her albums are great! :)
***** just, stop...
Bjork's photo from Debut is literally the most beautiful thing i've seen in my life, tnx for reminding me that. Gave me lots of feels, now i'll cry myself to sleep.
8 years and a lot of hair gone...
How this is not a 10 is beyond me. I have never experienced anything alike when listening to this album
Had some pretty trippy dreams to Quicksand.
This must be the first Bjork album you have ever listened to.
one of the most raw albums ive heard in a while
For me was one of her best- The album was released when I went through a break up my self(after 12 yrs relationship) and it was quite impressive how she could describe some of these abstract, distorted and complex feelings. As much as the lyrics where accurate the music, the beat, the peace, the tension... was so accurate matching those times
Fantano with hair. What was this, a false flag operation?
I can’t believe the song Family. It’s stunning.
so underrated. i cry every time i listen
This ones a 9.
My favorite is Homogenic.
Ben Richardson mine is Medúlla 🙌💜
Ben Richardson Me Too :D
Kevin M Me too
Timothy Young i think that’s vespertine
The time Fantano had hair
Loved this album. I know you were partial to Biophilia but I really enjoyed that album too. Vespertine is definitely my personal favorite, so I'm glad that somebody agrees with me. Most people prefer Post or Homogenic, and they are fantastic albums, but something about Vespertine struck me.
You talk about loving Vespertine!!! Please review it, I want to know what you loved about it. Hell, I feel like you should review all of them haha.
He had hair
I like how she went back to doing very personal stuff like she did with Vespertine. She has an awesome ability to evoke emotion and I hope she continues with it.
Bjork is revolutionary. I am ecstatic to hear this record
hair
Listening to Vespertine now. Thanks, Fantano. Can't believe I've been missing out on these songs from Bjork.
Wow I must admit I wasn't expecting your review to be that positive. But it has inspired me to give it another few listens. Bjork's my favorite artist and I'll always support her but I think I was expecting beats too much. But I must say it is avant garde.
How do you define avant garde?
PJ good question, Harvey
I was also kinda disappointed by the beats (as I heards the leak..) I hoped for something like a level-up to Xen (which was, as I now know, recorded after Vulnicura) or at least that strangeness. After all that critical acclaim I am going to check it out again, too.
>avant-garde
really? i think this is one of her most straightforward albums. medulla and biophilia were probably the hardest for me to get into
She's a truly cunning person, she never made something easy or ''pop'' if you think about it, but she earned money like a popstar.
Why didn't you talk about Black Lake?
***** i thought i did.
I need to stop jacking off when I watch you videos, I'm bad at multitasking.
***** hahahahha. When they say "jerk off and watch the needledrop" it doesn't mean at the same time!!
You win the internet with that comment
When I said "When they say "jerk off and watch the needledrop"" I was referring to a rap lyric that I just had thought of in my head for a few years but had never told anyone
This album rips my heart out of my chest. With the exception of Quicksand, I can't say it's an enjoyable listen but it's emotionally rich. I respect Björk even more now for being so courageous, bold and daring enough to get so personal for a change. I just wish Antony wasn't on the album. I can't stand the way he sings. Atom Dance would have been a classic without him mucking it up.
Loved this record. I was disappointed about Björk's latest work like megalomaniac Biophillia and Volta, but Vulnicura will be probably one of my favorites. Beautiful deep songs.
I agree with you. I admit, I do love Volta, and Biophilia is good but not Bjork's best album. Vulnicura, however, is like a grand return to her original form of music. It reminds me of Vespertine and Homogenic. Each song in this album is like a story of Bjork's heartbreaking split with Matthew Barney, and her performance helps us feel her pain; it's just sad. All the songs are magnificent, but my favorite song from this album is Stonemilker.
I'm so glad that Bjork is back. It's amazing how everyone is talking about her album now. I thought I was living in a generation of bad music. But whenever Bjork has some new songs, it's like a breath of fresh air.
Sound-wise it's almost a sequel to "Homogenic" with it's icy synths, glitchy trip hop elements, lush strings and downtrodden lyrics.
Great review! I love how you cover everything, and the laid back way you conduct yourself while speaking to us. :) I'll definitely check out more of your stuff!
P.S. Anthony growing hair out
Cornrows confirmed
What to review next ...Mela9 Diaspora: Musings On African Sounds amazing beat tape
that's reminiscent of Madlib.....
threadpusher thanks for the reco.
But of course dude. Hope you dig it.
I love VULNICURA
*stonemilker
*lionsong
*history of touches
*family
*not get
*quicksand
They are my favorite songs
THANK YOU. I'm so very glad you understood Quicksand as a closer. Many people don't get it; I think it's a brilliant track, combining a myriad different emotions into a tight space. It's both hopeful and anxiety ridden. Lyrically, it is perfection, and shows the narrative: at the beginning, she is very focused inside herself and obsessed with her (soon-to-be) ex-partner. At the end, she has turned away from him completely, and is now focused on the family aspects. The mother-daughter relationship; and it's more vague and broader in scope than on "Family". She's not just talking about her daughter, she's talking about her mother, and her future granddaughters and so-on. The ex-husband isn't even mentioned.
9/10
An Amazingly interesting and creative piece of music.
My favourite tracks are Mouth Mantra and Notget
Why is he not bald?
He's getting there. It's a long slow process
I really liked this album! the only track I had some trouble was Mouth Mantra (least favorite) it just felt that those percussion beats shadowed the strings and other features in the track...
Bjork like Zappa produce an oeuvre. The whole oeuvre is astounding.
OHMYGOD HE HAS HAIR
It's "Byirk" not "Byork"
No.
No, it's not.
Haha sounds like cal.
Rhymes with jerk.
It's pronounced "pjœr̥k ˈkvʏðmʏntsˌtoʊhtɪr".
I thought I loved bjork but after your reviews and knowing how critical you are. You LOVE bjork
He looks like a real life Eric Cartman
Best album review, although I didn't agree with what you said of Mouth Mantra. It's her angry song, a chance to let go of some of that pent up energy. Vulnicura, in my personal opinion, is either the best album of 2015 or in the top 3. Again...my opinion.
Isn't this the chick that had a bomb mailed to her?
Lol yeah, something like that
Dude shot himself on camera shits fucked up.
Yoishify shit got me nightmares. That stalker is the creepiest person ever recorded
Ein Hässlon Dude when i watched his videos i went in thinking it'd be funny or gross but afterward i immediately regretted it. Made my stomach hurt that guy was so creepy.
Yoishify gonna need some links m8
Help not the quicksand slander 🙄
Björk has just won a Brit! Major surprise!
Just realised I don't know a single Bjork song.
Sean Freeman check em out dude
Sean Freeman I guarantee you know It's Oh So Quiet. It was used in the candy crush commercial and it was also pretty famous. Also HyperBallad, Army of me, Jóga, big time sensuality, human behavior, all is full of love, and Venus as a boy are pretty well know too.
What about Volta? You skipped that one when you went through her albums.
and Post too
I liked your review, I had the opportunity to work in the context of bjork Digital, the vr exhibition based on that one album, and you are quite spot on on the overall work. I do feel that it's an album that have to be listen to a certain order, and for some people Vulnicura Strings migth be a better option for the content of it.
Gosh seeing anthony with this much hair is uncomfortable to watch
omfg stop making us jump with jumpscares
I try not listen to reviews of music until after ive settled into it myself but I was so looking forward to hearing your review of this. You are the man to listen to wether we agree or not I always look forward to your thoughts
I just know this album means a lot more to him now
*LOL bjork is laughable, his songs dont even have good flows. As a HIGHLY successful youtuber that is my expert opinion. I know anthony chuchesta is new to the youtube game so i wont be too critical of this video. However i would recommend that if anthony likes rap music then he should check out the beastie boys, they had the rawest material in the music industry and im still fighting for my right, to party. THINK about it!*
wut
Oyy Jimmy take your memes to a different music reviewer i bet you dont even mountain dew u brony
I agree mate. I've been a kingpin in the Jewtube game for a while myself, and Mr. Fandango needs to step his game up and start reviewing danker material. I'm talking Bands like Attila, ICP, Avenged Sevenfold, and Death Grips, You know, the REAL shit.
Cmon Flametano, get it together.
*Her, Troll harder bruh
Please comment on every video please.
Shit this dude is really a music nerd.
When I was flying from France to America, they had this album on the plane. And it sounds good
You go deep. I love jow you review on albums. Im a huge fan of Bjork. I find her a genius.
I look for Björk reviews because I want to understand why people like her music.
Because I really don't.
No offense but it annoys me to death, and I can't get past it.
different tastes, my friend
It's called taste.
freddytheshadowninja I don't like Adele and I don't understand why people like her. I adore Björk, I fell in love with her music when I was 11.
Well, I really like to appreciate music past taste, but her style is just...uncanny to me.
And I *really* like Adele! What does it mean?!
freddytheshadowninja it means that everybody has diferent music tastes, and it's ok if you don't like certain artists
This album sounds like it was made on one of those apps where you sing anything and it turns it into a song.
+Julian Doyle ok nvm i love it now
+Julian Doyle You've been Björkified my friend
Gonçalo Martins lmaooo all my friends hate it when i listen to her but I'm obsessed now HAHAHAHA
+Julian Doyle IKR?
She's hypnotizing, I like every single song of her! Though my friends actually don't mind me listen to her some actually like her.
I doubt you sound that good! 😉
Antony, you have it wrong: Homogenic is not house and hip-hop tinged. *Debut* has some house tracks, and is more personal. *Homogenic* is the stripped down one (only containing vocals,beats, and strings) hence the name.
How about doing a review for Vulnicura Strings, the companion work? I'll be very interested in how you see the string versions of the songs.
welp, looks like im no longer gonna have the most watched vulnicura review :(