best-->worst bjork albums!!!

apodesta1 · Postby **apodesta1** » Sun Feb 01, 2015 5:31 pm

Even though all the Björk albums have some special place in our heart, which ones do you like the most? Don't include soundtracks (

), remix albums (

), or

. Use

for Vulnicura.

Lionsong · Postby **Lionsong** » Sun Feb 01, 2015 6:24 pm

Fiveways · Postby **Fiveways** » Sun Feb 01, 2015 6:40 pm

At the moment. Vulnicura is still growing on me thought so I imagine it could overtake

. Then again

could overtake

.

MrLabeless · Postby **MrLabeless** » Sun Feb 01, 2015 7:26 pm

I can't add vulnicura until it is released as unlike what seems like everyone else, I have to wait until its physically released because I don't have itunes, I don't own an ipod and don't want to and I don't download music because I'm a real music collector and not a passive listener, and I like vinyls and artwork that I can hold in my hand. Owning a file is not the same thing in my opinion.

driskey · Postby **driskey** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 1:14 am

7.

6.

5.

4.

3.

2.

1.

Can't add Vulnicura until I listen to it more when it comes out but right now I'da placed it above Biophilia and under Post.

charlesolivierwm · Postby **charlesolivierwm** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 1:25 am

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

It's easy to choose the favorites, but after it is hard to choose the order of the least favorites, since I really like them too.

ultramarine · Postby **ultramarine** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 5:49 am

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Postby **Moderator** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 7:53 am

the vulnicura icon is ready (

) but hasn't been uploaded yet.
go ahead and use it if you like, but for the time being you'll have to insert it manually as an image.

sorry about that.
i hope it will get added soon.

martin · Postby **martin** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 8:02 am

the vulnicura icon is ready ( ) but hasn't been uploaded yet.
go ahead and use it if you like, but for the time being you'll have to insert it manually as an image.

sorry about that.
i hope it will get added soon.

that's lovely... thanks... could you eventually put a little black frame around it?...

mrain · Postby **mrain** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 8:04 am

the vulnicura icon is ready ( ) but hasn't been uploaded yet.
go ahead and use it if you like, but for the time being you'll have to insert it manually as an image.

sorry about that.
i hope it will get added soon.

that's lovely... thanks... could you eventually put a little black frame around it?...

yes. thats a must

Postby **Moderator** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 8:09 am

i was just thinking the same thing...

Leukin · Postby **Leukin** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 8:31 am

I am still not sure where Vulnicura sits.

m.thr.n · Postby **m.thr.n** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 12:01 pm

mansilen · Postby **mansilen** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 12:34 pm

perUmbram · Postby **perUmbram** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 12:52 pm

The first 4 are basically a tie.

Burnface · Postby **Burnface** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 12:57 pm

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Voltagenic · Postby **Voltagenic** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 1:02 pm

Fiveways · Postby **Fiveways** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 2:02 pm

that's lovely... thanks... could you eventually put a little black frame around it?...

Indeed, I had to tilt my screen to see that it was square shaped.

Postby **Moderator** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 2:12 pm

black frame coming tonight!

Constellation · Postby **Constellation** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 3:11 pm

That was far more difficult than I expected. I must have been ready to post this and then decided to make another change to my list at least ten times!

I think Vulnicura is too new to rank fairly right now.
I could see it swapping places with Post but the subject matter is ultimately why I have ranked it lower, even though I've been listening to it constantly since its release.
I'm just not sure that it will have the same longevity as the other albums for me.

I really like Debut, but I'm a bit worn out with it at the moment. I think it feels quite dated now - but that's not a bad thing - sometimes that's exactly what I want to listen to.

While I'm more likely to play Biophilia or Volta than Debut right now, those are my least-loved of the studio albums; but there are still many tracks that I really like from both of them.

I'm not really a fan of the soundtracks (perhaps I just need to spend more time with them) and I don't think compilations/remix albums should count for this.

So as far as the main studio albums are concerned:

Ask again another day, and I could give a completely different answer though.

I think whether I prefer Vespertine over Homogenic, or Medúlla over Post depends entirely on my current mood.

Lost-In-Translation · Postby **Lost-In-Translation** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 3:49 pm

Postby **Moderator** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 6:58 pm

here it is,
the amended and slightly redone (more detailed)
and official vulnicura 4um icon:

michaeldj84 · Postby **michaeldj84** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 7:05 pm

^ AWESOME!!! Thank u Mod

rlef · Postby **rlef** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 8:21 pm

^ I wouldn't talk about worst

album, and my following ranking is not really definitive, it usually depends on my mood and music (genre) taste of the moment. Also, the vulnicura position might change with time and with her next works. But let's try it anyway

p.s.: it's so cool to finally have an icon for vulnicura

thanks, mod!

pigeonboy · Postby **pigeonboy** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 8:26 pm

I may still be caught up in my

affair but it is definitely top 4 (if I'd have posted it last week I'd have placed it number 1)

There's really nothing between the top 6 anyway.

MrLabeless · Postby **MrLabeless** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 10:46 pm

Well now that's cheating, I already done my list and now you have added vulnicura icon mod! Well, I'm just gonna have to make ANOTHER list. I shall do that after I have listened to, and absorbed Vulnicura in March. And then I can put that album in relation to the rest and see where it fits in/ranks against the others.

MrLabeless · Postby **MrLabeless** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 11:00 pm

That was far more difficult than I expected. I must have been ready to post this and then decided to make another change to my list at least ten times!

I think Vulnicura is too new to rank fairly right now.
I could see it swapping places with Post but the subject matter is ultimately why I have ranked it lower, even though I've been listening to it constantly since its release.
I'm just not sure that it will have the same longevity as the other albums for me.

I really like Debut, but I'm a bit worn out with it at the moment. I think it feels quite dated now - but that's not a bad thing - sometimes that's exactly what I want to listen to.

While I'm more likely to play Biophilia or Volta than Debut right now, those are my least-loved of the studio albums; but there are still many tracks that I really like from both of them.

I'm not really a fan of the soundtracks (perhaps I just need to spend more time with them) and I don't think compilations/remix albums should count for this.

So as far as the main studio albums are concerned:

Ask again another day, and I could give a completely different answer though.

I think whether I prefer Vespertine over Homogenic, or Medúlla over Post depends entirely on my current mood.

-i don't know about you constellation, but I have found I need bjork-music-breaks every year or so, maybe a few years. This is in my opinion is the best way to fully absorb albums on repeated listens; to have breaks away from them to really appreciate them. Even though for instance debut is the most played album if you listened to that first when it came out, if you moved on and didn't listen to it for a while having listened to the next album and so on and so on, when you do finally rediscover it, (as like I do before a new album comes out I have a review of all the past ones by listening to them again in a retrospective like moma is effectively) you will find you appreciate it more, because you have forgotten how it sounds, since time has passed between listens. And maybe you hear it more, or pick up on stuff you didn't at first. This is why I buy albums physically, so I dont constantly listen to them, as I feel it wears them out and I don't want to do that with my favourite albums. Anyway to cut a long story short, that is what I do, and it seems to work for me. Thought it might help.

exogenote · Postby **exogenote** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 8:20 pm

Simontreal · Postby **Simontreal** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 2:59 pm

loowee · Postby **loowee** » Sat Feb 07, 2015 3:52 am

ozarkmtnfan · Postby **ozarkmtnfan** » Sat Feb 07, 2015 5:49 pm

*bastards*

MartinSlovakia · Postby **MartinSlovakia** » Sat Feb 07, 2015 6:04 pm

But emotionally, Vulncicura is the first album that she matched with my personality.

Voltagenic · Postby **Voltagenic** » Sat Feb 07, 2015 6:05 pm

Love that. Love that it's on its own for you at the top after all these years.

MartinSlovakia · Postby **MartinSlovakia** » Sat Feb 07, 2015 6:10 pm

Love that. Love that it's on its own for you at the top after all these years.

Homogenic is a classic. It is a breakthrough in music. After 300 years, it will be in the schoolbooks of music history.

Lionsong · Postby **Lionsong** » Sat Feb 07, 2015 9:33 pm

Actually I've changed my mind

Albums where every track is sheer perfection
1. Vespertine
2. Homogenic
3. Post

Very good albums that aren't quite perfect
4. Vulnicura
5. Debut
6. Medulla

Albums with some good tracks and some not so good
7. Volta
8. Biophilia

MrLabeless · Postby **MrLabeless** » Sat Feb 07, 2015 9:35 pm

Actually I've changed my mind

Albums where every track is sheer perfection
1. Vespertine
2. Homogenic
3. Post

Very good albums that aren't quite perfect
4. Vulnicura
5. Debut
6. Medulla

Albums with some good tracks and some not so good
7. Volta
8. Biophilia

I agree with your list. I would say the same actually.

MrLabeless · Postby **MrLabeless** » Sat Feb 07, 2015 9:39 pm

Love that. Love that it's on its own for you at the top after all these years.
Homogenic is a classic. It is a breakthrough in music. After 300 years, it will be in the schoolbooks of music history.

Yes! I think the same! Love it, sooo ahead of it's time! After this album, I feel she wasn't as ahead of the game being forward thinking and breaking boundries in music like she had up until that point. The world started to catch up. Not that her music wasn't exemplary anyway, as its always going to be better than the rest, but still, I think by then the cutting edge had started to erode...I dunno, maybe I'm wrong. I just remember thinking that by the time dancer in the dark had come along...

loksins · Postby **loksins** » Sun Feb 08, 2015 1:42 pm

From least favorite to favorite
Its the actual order of release for me.

Vulnicura

unravelled · Postby **unravelled** » Sun May 17, 2015 3:59 pm

As of right now, I rank them the following (from favourite to least favourite):

I think I'm in the minority as a fan who really, really liked

. And I don't even have the app! Also note the huge gap in rank between first album

and second album

So far

has been great for me, but certainly not one of my favourites.

and

are pretty darn close; Homogenic would most likely be sitting at the top of the list had it used the single version of All Is Full Of Love (favourite bjork song

) instead of the remix.

glen300 · Postby **glen300** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 11:22 am

I wanted to wait awhile to see where

would land and I think this is my conclusive list...

Glutar · Postby **Glutar** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 12:18 pm

florflor · Postby **florflor** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 1:55 pm

This is not easy to do

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1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

m.thr.n · Postby **m.thr.n** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 2:47 pm

Pretty much still the same but it's more like:

The Pure Awesomeness Tier:
1.

2.

3.

4.

(also here:

for a quick fix of the hits)

The Good But Not Perfect Tier:
5.

6.

7.

(also here:

, Live Box, most collaborations like Mount Wittenberg Orca or "Flétta"... stuff I enjoy only when I'm in the mood)

The I Don't Really Listen to These Tier:
8.

9.

10.

(also here: box sets like Family Tree, Surrounded, remix compilations like Voltaic or Army of Me-xes or Bastards etc.)

Postby **Moderator** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 5:31 pm

The Most Listenable Tier:

The Masterpieces That Demand Attention Tier:

The Least Listenable Tier:

motheroceania · Postby **motheroceania** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 7:36 am

Dot · Postby **Dot** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 11:17 am

The I Don't Really Listen to These Tier:
9.

The Least Listenable Tier:

goodbye

m.thr.n · Postby **m.thr.n** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 12:49 pm

The I Don't Really Listen to These Tier:
9.
The Least Listenable Tier:

goodbye

Sorry, I have no time for half of that record!

There are some gems, though ("Mutual Core"! "Crystalline"! "Cosmogony"!) but I hardly ever listen to it from the beginning to the end.

Peterican · Postby **Peterican** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 2:33 pm

pigeonboy · Postby **pigeonboy** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 11:19 pm

My

love has slipped considerably recently

Dot · Postby **Dot** » Fri Jul 03, 2015 12:00 am

As of now, I'd rank them as:

Sorry, I have no time for half of that record! There are some gems, though ("Mutual Core"! "Crystalline"! "Cosmogony"!) but I hardly ever listen to it from the beginning to the end.

Interesting, "Mutual Core" is the one I skip the most. It's a great track, a standout one even. But I feel like I'm not in the mood for it most of the time.

It's funny to see everyone's different opinions in threads like this.

has never been a favorite to me (even though it has Pagan Poetry which is my favorite Björk song), and I don't understand how so many people praise the hell out of it. It's an extraordinary album, yes, but I just prefer other ones. To me, it is one of those albums which I usually forget how good it is until I revisit it. I fall in love once I listen to it again, but it falls back into oblivion quickly after...