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Vespertine by Björk
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Tracklist
| Track | Duration | Listeners | ||||
| 1 | Hidden Place | 5:29 | 254,505 | |||
| 2 | Cocoon | 4:31 | 156,697 | |||
| 3 | It's Not Up To You | 5:24 | 146,028 | |||
| 4 | Undo | 5:39 | 144,159 | |||
| 5 | Pagan Poetry | 5:15 | 284,830 | |||
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Frosti | 1:41 | 149,878 | ||
| 7 | Aurora | 4:40 | 146,175 | |||
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An Echo A Stain | 4:03 | 31,037 | ||
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Sun In My Mouth | 2:39 | 123,529 | ||
| 10 | Heirloom | 1:30 | 98,695 | |||
| 11 | Harm Of Will | 4:31 | 124,264 | |||
| 12 | Unison | 6:48 | 127,973 |
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About this album
Vespertine, released in August 2001, is an album by the Icelandic singer/songwriter/musician Björk. It sees Björk creating an introverted, quiet world of swirling microbeats and personal lyrics. On the cover she can be seen wearing the swan dress (designed by Marjan Pejoski) that caused a stir at the 2001 Academy Awards.
Björk uses an array of sampled objects to create beats and soundscapes in a number of songs on Vespertine, including shuffling cards on “Cocoon” and “Hidden Place”; snow being walked upon on “Frosti”, and ice being cracked and smashed on “Aurora”.
Vespertine is Björk’s longest album, at 55:33 (apart from compilations).
“Hidden Place”, “Pagan Poetry” and “Cocoon” were released as singles from the album. A rumoured fourth single, “It’s Not Up to You”, never made it to release, presumably because of the birth of Björk’s daughter Isadora.
The lyrics to “An Echo, A Stain” are taken from Sarah Kane’s play Crave.
The lyrics of “Harm of Will” were written by Harmony Korine and are about Will Oldham.
The last track on the album, “Unison,” uses a sample of St Paul’s Cathedral Choir singing a segment of Patrick Gowers’s Viri Galilaei recorded in 1994.
Björk uses an array of sampled objects to create beats and soundscapes in a number of songs on Vespertine, including shuffling cards on “Cocoon” and “Hidden Place”; snow being walked upon on “Frosti”, and ice being cracked and smashed on “Aurora”.
Vespertine is Björk’s longest album, at 55:33 (apart from compilations).
“Hidden Place”, “Pagan Poetry” and “Cocoon” were released as singles from the album. A rumoured fourth single, “It’s Not Up to You”, never made it to release, presumably because of the birth of Björk’s daughter Isadora.
The lyrics to “An Echo, A Stain” are taken from Sarah Kane’s play Crave.
The lyrics of “Harm of Will” were written by Harmony Korine and are about Will Oldham.
The last track on the album, “Unison,” uses a sample of St Paul’s Cathedral Choir singing a segment of Patrick Gowers’s Viri Galilaei recorded in 1994.
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Shouts
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gugzmoonmonster wrote:
listen to this album while reading. it's magical.
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Jhowkun wrote:
I think that I'll need a time to get addicted to this one. It's an great album, awesome productions, but I didn't find this so addictive as Homogenic... not yet ^_^
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mercercy wrote:
My favorite album of hers, hands down.
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tod123321 wrote:
Love this album, I think its her last great album everything shes done since blows imo.
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peehsuxx wrote:
I have an eargasm when she says "i love him, i love him, i love him, i love him" in Pagan Poetry
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Petrushkah wrote:
Unison is life .
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ojigbe wrote:
I love Unison! It is so beautiful
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YukinoKary wrote:
♥ great album! *-* ♥
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reynan_mtv wrote:
The best album of hers ♥
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lewi91 wrote:
Undo is the best
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yan__s wrote:
The strongest of hers, I guess
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emomonsterrocks wrote:
Moon! <3 :D Very beautiful
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niqart wrote:
Very beautiful unique album but with the worst opener of Bjork. I dislike Hidden Place with it`s motonous & boring refrain. All the rest songs much better!
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Asutoro wrote:
I can call it high art .
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innerspeaker wrote:
Great album.
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JoaoLuck wrote:
I'm love it ♥
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Diving-Up wrote:
Changed my life... literally. :)
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namos7 wrote:
This album as a whole musical experience is majestic, ethereal and SO complete. Each song probably doesnt have that much impact on its own but hearing it as a whole album it is an experience that is undescribable... I understood Bjorks magic only when i listened to this...
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tyuig64 wrote:
This might be one of the most perfect albums ever.
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shayan-x wrote:
this is so beautiful and comforting in a strange, cold way.
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Recent Activity
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Vampira666_ added Vespertine to Vampira666_’s library. yesterday evening
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Marurin, bloemevanbon, gescard_sc and 2 other people loved Björk – Cocoon. yesterday evening
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jkmilk, Llovani, sttav and 1 other person loved Björk – Pagan Poetry. yesterday evening
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alexdw_mgzi and sourgiirl loved Björk – Frosti. yesterday afternoon
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CloneTK42O, EmeraldSohma, Gutaa_chan and 13 other people loved Björk – Hidden Place. yesterday morning
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Motorcrash_ tagged Vespertine with ‘masterpiece’. yesterday morning
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XxNuHxX, sam2411, lydra and 10 other people loved Björk – Pagan Poetry. yesterday morning
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Aletzitou, penland2121, bumpersticker and 1 other person loved Björk – Harm Of Will. yesterday morning
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grossdance, EricKautumN, Mikkls and 1 other person loved Björk – Undo. yesterday morning
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