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| Bjork - Homogenic Band: Bjork All The Accidents That Happen Follow The Dot Bjork was angry, that was for sure. After a dismal break-up with Tricky and other unpleasant occurances in her life, Bjork's follow-up of the eclectic, trip-hop-like, post-techno "Post" was to be a minimal, dark album that few were perpared to drink down with a single listening. It's an album that's hard on the ears, on the soul, and will probably collect dust in your closet for about a year or so before you begin to realize its majesty in modern music. For starters, "Homogenic" is the complete opposite of the Euro-friendly, house-filled "Debut," which found Bjork bringing fire on the dancefloor at four in the morning. Instead, we find her as the hunter, looking for the next kill, or as the screaming numbed soul excusing herself for being about to explode. Complete with wavy beats and minimalist industrial crunch fading in and out throughout the whole album, this is a difficult heart-renching listen that's filled with everything that is Bjork: beauty, love, despair, loneliness, and finally defeat with hope. The minimalist beginning of "Hunter" sets the mode to the album, which is a stark, echoing jurney through emotion and time, while "Joga," being one of the album's stand-outs, is as vivid as the Cold Icelandic landscape where she comes from. Despite the hopeful yet ultimately longing "Bachelorette," the mood the album still doesn't change, with the tempo of the electronics and Bjork's singing still in sour modes. It changes briefly in the awakening "Alarm Call," which shows the mood Change briefly into a barrage of Zen ("I'm no fucking Buddhist, but this is enlightenment"). It doesn't last for long, on the other hand, with the full frontal assault of "Pluto," a numbing song where Bjork finally releases every bit of anger she's been holding onto throughout the album and releases it onto the listener. Yet the album ends peacefully on "All is Full of Love," where still, despite all that's happened, there is still hope for Love somewhere out there, even if it's not in her Heart for the moment. By all means, "Homogenic" is a difficult album to get into. It's assured that the first few listenings to it will leave you saying to yourself, "Why did I even get this?" But with time, let it grow on you. Bjork's like a tasty French wine: She gets better with age. Electrifying! This album makes up for the weak efforts put out by Bjork for her previous Post album which was a bit disappointing. This album contains the usual Bjork style of music, enigmatic techno music mixed with string and soft to loud disortions accompanied by echoing vocals. The songs are good and Bjorks lyrics are typical of her style. The music is good and eccentric as always. The first song worth mentioning is Joga. It is one of the best tracks on the album with haunting string arrangements, electric distortion and the echoing of Bjork's vocals in the background. Bachellorette offers the same quality of music and rhythm as Joga follwed by My Favorite track on the entire album All Neon Like. The music for this song is very Electronic and different. It is difficult to explain the music for All Neon Like, you just simply have to hear it. This is Bjork's most imaginative and brilliant musical creation in my opinion. The track Pluto has you envisioning as if you were in between going through a dark tunnel with no way out and a horrible nightmare. The song can give you a bit of a headache if you are not used to that type of music, Scary! The last song on the album All is Full of Love is the perfect track to have you mellowed into a soothing and deep sleep. The cover for this album is symbolic to what the music is like. Bjork's Finest Hour! Bjork's Third Album, "Homogenic," comes out as the darkest and most poetic of all her albums. It's a very emotional album very much influenced by her breakup with Tricky. Her vocals in this sound very operatic and the music has an orchestral sound with the often use of violins and repetitive synthetic beats. Many say this album is the most bitter and depressing but I think it's the complete opposite. I find it very soothing and peaceful most of the way through, until track #9, "Pluto". That song is just out of nowhere, but its brilliant though with Bjork screaming (probably in anger)out of her lungs. Its become one of My Favorite tracks, only Bjork can pull this off. The greatest track on here is definitely "Joga". That song is so beautifully sung its hard not to cry and just tear up to while listening. The violin solos just blow me away. I haven't heard a song this powerful and emotional since the track "Roads" by Portishead. The music is so perfectly orchestrated, i'd honestly say i've never heard a song quite this beautiful before. "Unravel", i feel the same way about with its perfect melody and its amazing poetry. Every song is a poem. "Bachelorette", "The Hunter", and "All is Full of Love" are also highlights that make this album well worth the listen. There is not a weak track on here. This is by far My Favorite Bjork album and in my opinion, one of the best albums of the 90's. Buy Bjork Homogenic at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.comJamster - the latest ringtones for your phone! |
