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 | Title : Vespertine
Author : Bjork
Release Date : 20010828
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $18.98
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Editorial Reviews :
Ever since Björk's vital, effusive 1993 debut, her music has been increasingly intimate, gently private, and concerned with seclusion. It's typical then that Vespertine's first single is called 'Hidden Place.' The studious solitude is rewarding, though. Vespertine is a lush, gorgeous swell of midpace electronica, symphonic strings, and Björk's uniquely alien, spectral vocals. There are fantastical wonders here. 'Cocoon' (another eulogy to withdrawal from the world) is delicate as a breath, Björk sounding too fragile to be flesh as she lauds 'a beauty this immense.' 'Pagan Poetry' and 'Aurora,' likewise, are adrift in an enchanted reverie. When she chooses, she crafts killer tunes; 'It's Not up to You' is as lovely as anything on Post. Yet, frequently, on such tracks as the yearning, glancing 'Undo,' Björk seems to be simply thinking aloud, reveling in this wildly rich and visceral music. She's reclaimed cutting-edge electronica, so often the province of geeks and technicians, for the poets and the passionate. Vespertine is a landmark, a revelation, and a truly fabulous achievement.
Buyer Reviews :
Granted, Bjork having established herself as an artist who is capable of constantly recreating herself, this album brings with it the slightest disappointment in the fact that it breaks no real new ground. In the 4 looooong years between Homogenic and this work, I had wondered millions of times what aural insanity and poetic genius Bjork was working on next and was a little surprised to find it sounding so... similar. However, this is an album that absolutely refuses to be written off. Bjork takes the sound honed in Homogenic to the next level, utilizing immense and soaring orchestrations, full choirs, the tickings of Matmos, and twinkling music boxes to create the coldest sounding but warmest feeling music of her career. The songs here are all so personal and inviting, so comfortable in their simple beauty. It makes you want to snuggle with someone and sip cocoa and enjoy the simple pleasures that life has to offer. Could it have been more innovative? Yes, in its musical stylings, but the sheer accessiblity and emotion portrayed here is truly rare, strikingly simple, and ultimately incredibly satisfying, with lush soaring instrumentals and butterfly beats. All in all, I think I have a new favorite Bjork record.
(by Jack Baur)
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