SURPRISE MOOPY ALBUM SYNC LISTEN - BJORK - DEBUT - 8PM SUNDAY 03/05 (1 Viewer)

[octophone]

Inspired by @BoysForSeles's poll and there being nowt else doing, let's have a Sunday Sync Listen to Bjork's classic first album "Debut".

This youtube link will start a 12-song playlist of the album, ending with Play Dead which was added after its success as a single about 6 months after the album's original release.




Here's a Spotify link - again, the 12 track edition.

 

[straightorbroken]

Oh nice.

Although I did have to look up when the 3rd was

 

[OutSynk]

I haven't listened to this in YEARS except for the toilet song the other night.

 

[AGinAg (38)]

Oh GOD. I'm committed to FILM NIGHT.

 

[octophone]

I felt I had to wait until we knew if VoR was doing his thing or not, otherwise I'd have called it earlier.

 

[BoysForSeles]

Oh I’m out cycling or I would’ve joined in for this one.

 

[COB]

I haven't had a full listen to this for ages - I think I'm in!

 

[octophone]

1 minute to start time!

 

[AGinAg (38)]

Human Behaviour is such an opening statement.

 

[octophone]

I love "Human Behaviour" - the overall sound is so unusual - it's like the bassline has a timpani sound built into it.

 

[COB]

Human Behaviour is such a strong opener! I was a bit young to fully appreciate the public's reaction to Björk at the time, I'm assuming it was fully WTF across the board?

 

[octophone]

It's worth remembering what a huge left turn this was for her after The Sugarcubes - no-one was expecting this.

 

[AGinAg (38)]

Human Behaviour is such a strong opener! I was a bit young to fully appreciate the public's reaction to Björk at the time, I'm assuming it was fully WTF across the board?

There was confusion, mockery and praise

 

[AGinAg (38)]

It's worth remembering what a huge left turn this was for her after The Sugarcubes - no-one was expecting this.

They were quite poppy right?

 

[octophone]

Human Behaviour is such a strong opener! I was a bit young to fully appreciate the public's reaction to Björk at the time, I'm assuming it was fully WTF across the board?

The album took a wee while to "take" - it got ecstatic reviews but didn't get to a wider audience until several months in.

 

[octophone]

They were quite poppy right?

Yes - they started out an unusual indie-ish but were much straighter by the time they broke up.

 

[COB]

This weird guitar bit

 

[straightorbroken]

I got into Bjork around 1999 as her music videos were just embarrassingly amazing. Human Behaviour immediately transports you somewhere unknown visually even without the video.

 

[COB]

There's no one here, and people EVERYWHERE

 

[octophone]

The Italio-piano riff dates "Crying" a wee bit but it has enough character to survive that. Heaven knows what kind of sounds were being used to build the drum tracks.

 

[dmlaw]

I definitely didn't get Bjork when she first started out. I think my first exposure was hearing either Violently Happy or Big Time Sensuality on the chart show and not knowing what to make of it.

 

[AGinAg (38)]

The album took a wee while to "take" - it got ecstatic reviews but didn't get to a wider audience until several months in.

I'm always surprised it entered the chart high and hovered for months before peaking.

 

[AGinAg (38)]

I'm here and not actually listening.

 

[octophone]

I got into Bjork around 1999 as her music videos were just embarrassingly amazing. Human Behaviour immediately transports you somewhere unknown visually even without the video.

Michel Gondry was absolutely perfect for her. No-one she kept coming back to him again and again.

 

[COB]

I always love that 'da, daaaadaaaaa' backing vocal she does on this.

 

[octophone]

I always love that 'da, daaaadaaaaa' backing vocal she does on this.

It's an odd element upon which to end. It's a very weirdly laid-out song. You could assemble something much more conventional from the pieces...but where's the fun in that?

 

[lolly]

I'm currently making a case in a local history group for Nellee Hooper being one of the 10 greatest people to have come from Barton Hill (the area where he - and I - grew up), so this listen really is immaculately timed.

 

[straightorbroken]

Crying is sparse and sprightly. And just the right amount of shouty.

 

[AGinAg (38)]

I'm currently making a case in a local history group for Nellee Hooper being one of the 10 greatest people to have come from Barton Hill, so this listen really is immaculately timed.

There are 10 above?

 

[octophone]

"Venus As A Boy" was a pretty perverse choice for a second single. I mean, a lovely, lovely song but quite the move to go with it as a single so early on.

 

[COB]

Get your eggs out, it's Venus As A Boy The instrumentation on this was always so fascinating to me, it sounded properly ALIEN.

 

[lolly]

There are 10 above?

I'd be amazed if there are more than one or two.

 

[straightorbroken]

Michel Gondry was absolutely perfect for her. No-one she kept coming back to him again and again.

I think Bachelorette was their peak together. Breathtaking.

 

[octophone]

The strings on this are just sublime...they just GLIDE perfectly.

 

[straightorbroken]

Venus as a Boy is just so pure. I've never fried an egg the same since.

 

[octophone]

I think Bachelorette was their peak together. Breathtaking.

Yes! That video is absolutely amazing.

 

[AGinAg (38)]

Wind chime-tastic.

 

[COB]

I always forget that the lyrics are relatively erotic - a bit of an early taste of later albums, in a way.

 

[AGinAg (38)]

I'm one step away from posting the Dawn French parody.

 

[octophone]

Ah, Talvin Singh arranged the strings - that explains it.