The song was written and produced by Björk and Graham Massey, who also [106] It is among her worst-performing singles in the UK, but it rose to number one on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play. [72] A house music number, its "horn-infused Afro-Cuban strains [...] reflect the romantic whimsy of [its] lyrics". So I'm influenced by real life. [219], Also in 2015, Andrew Shaw of Nerdist felt that Post "chose to ignore expectation, market restrictions, and contemporary trends", and that Björk "pushed her vocal performances into new places, where no other vocalists could dare to sing". [175] In 1996, she received her second Best International Female Solo Artist award at the 16th Brit Awards. – 1995.07.23. [106] Stéphane Sednaoui directed the music video for the track, which concerns his failed relationship with Björk. Björks officiële site; Post special "[50] In 1996, when asked about the album's musical influences, Björk stated: I'm influenced by everything. [170] At the 1995 Icelandic Music Awards, Post received the award for Album of the Year; Björk was also awarded Artist of the Year, Female Singer of the Year, Composer of the Year, and was nominated for Songwriter of the Year. Firstly, it refers to the fact that all the songs on the album were written after her move to England,[41] while the songs on Debut were songs she had written during the previous ten years of her life in Iceland. This book, named after her second album is a pictorial and verbal record of the making of that album. Bass presence is there, at least. [196] Post also reached the second spot of the now defunct European Top 100 Albums chart. "Army of Me" is so much about me actually learning that I have to defend myself. And of all the historical legatees of gloriana-period Bowie and Roxy, only Björk is worthy to play out of the same dressing-up box. [85] "I Miss You" was released as Post's sixth and final single on 24 February 1997. [86][87] Björk was also due back in court as a witness in Simon Fisher's lawsuit against Nellee Hooper and herself (regarding Debut's writing credits), charges that were eventually cleared by judge Robin Jacob. Intrigued by his work as part of Massive Attack and later by his debut Maxinquaye, Björk also asked trip hop pioneer Tricky to assist in producing the album. [167] He found that the album's "eccentric instrumentation" and "electronic timbres" failed to compensate for its lack of "groove" and was unmoved by Björk's lyrics, which he said "might hit home harder if she'd grown up speaking the English she'll die singing, but probably wouldn't". Björk wrote most of the songs after moving to London, and intended Post to convey the city's pace, urban culture, and underground club culture. [87] Author Mark Pytlik writes: "The strange combination of events had conspired to form the strangest promotional tour anyone could have ever envisioned: in the week since Post had been released, Björk had seen her album deleted, her video banned, and two separate lawsuits brought against her". [29] Back in London, Björk contacted "old standby" Talvin Singh to record additional percussion parts for it. [89] It contained interviews with Björk and also focused on the European leg of the tour. [68][69], "Possibly Maybe" is a fusion of trip hop and chill-out music,[42] which the San Francisco Chronicle review called "a fragmented, poetic rumination on love's ups and downs". To record in privacy away from the unwanted interest of the press, Björk's tour drummer Trevor Morais offered his studio in Málaga, Spain for Björk to record what would be Homogenic. Stream songs including "Army of Me", "Hyper-Ballad (Family Tree Version)" and more. Most people would recommend "Debut Live" as the starting point for new listeners, but I think this album offers a more interesting listen on the character that is Bjork. [33] "Isobel" is a string-laden, orchestral trip hop song,[57][66] with a "visually rich narrative". [107] It debuted at No. [134][135] The video then depicts Björk attending the dentist (a gorilla), since she has a toothache. 1 Movies 1.1 Phase One 1.2 Phase Two 1.3 Phase Three 2 Behind the Scenes 3 References Kevin Feige … [24][32] In 1999, Vibe stated: "Fusing techno, industrial, ambient, punk, and the rarefied yet tuneful spheres of art rock, Björk explores a jungle of tones, supported by her eternally buoyant voice from Mars. [47] Slant Magazine considered it the second best album of the decade in a 2011 list, only behind Björk's next release, Homogenic, writing it: "is [her] most scatterbrained work to date, but it's tied together flawlessly by [Björk's] singular whimsicality". [113] The Rolling Stone Album Guide gave the album three and a half stars, and stated it, "shed new light on the songs". [17] According to i-D, Post "couldn't have existed without Aphex Twin, Black Dog, A Guy Called Gerald, LFO and all the other producers who reshaped the language of music since 1988". [80] At the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards, "Army of Me" was nominated for Best Special Effects in a Video and the International Viewer's Choice Award. [218] He compared the album's impact on audiences to that of Jimi Hendrix's 1967 album, Are You Experienced, writing it "set the benchmark for what was possible when you take tradition and set it on fire". [133] Like in the lyrics, where Björk takes the role of narrator and protagonist, she plays two different parts in the music video:[141] Björk is seen as the Isobel who "weaves and composes this world and this story on her organ", and as the Isobel who inhabits this primal world. Modern music still, regularly, finds itself, like a dinosaur stuck in a tar pit, going nowhere and heading for extinction. [113] Regarding the release, Björk said: "It's like the core of Post. [140] Water is the primary feature of her world, Gondry using it as a dreamy transition tool between scenes. [33] It is considered by some to be the "quintessential Björk" release, due to its protean form—more than any of her other albums—and its "wide emotional palette". "I felt the album was the other half of Debut, so it made sense to call it Post -- before and after kinda thing. Très bon pressage, bonne qualité pour un album indispensable de Björk. [169], Credits adapted from Post's liner notes.[31]. 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Numerous copies of these were returned to the record shop I worked in for these reasons so if it is an open copy you are buying don't be shy about asking for specifics. Post stands today as a body of work that still informs the more marginal artistic fringes of modern music and reminds us how narrow and staid our world would be without outliers like Björk. [115], During this period of commercial success, the extensive media attention and "the stress of the grand tour" began to affect Björk,[22] as she repeatedly complained about the intrusiveness of tabloids and reporters. [56] It has been described as "a palate-cleanser during the course of the record". [160], Upon its release, Post received universal acclaim from music critics. Yeah, sounds great to me too. In her formative years, Björk … Telegram, a remix album, was released in 1996. [96] The music video for "It's Oh So Quiet" became one of the most played clips on MTV,[97] and the song became Björk's most successful single,[98] charting highly in the UK,[99] Scotland,[100] Finland,[101] and Australia;[101] it reached the 9th spot of the US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles. [109] At the release of the compilation, Björk was already relocating to Spain to produce her next studio album solely by herself. Schuper Schbiliant. [65] Over military drums and "squalls of noise", Björk sings about "her hedonistic tendencies". [84] Less commercially successful than "Army of Me", it debuted at number 23 on the UK Singles Chart, remaining in the Top 75 for three weeks. And trying to lure him into it. Hyper-Ballad Vind Ik 1 Van De Mooiste Nummers Op Het Album. 61740-2; CD). [20] Although the album was supposed to be delivered the day after she returned from the Bahamas, Björk felt it was not yet complete and decided to continue its production back in London. [224], The information regarding lists including Post is adapted from Acclaimed Music, except where otherwise noted. The bass is there, mine just needed a little boost. Resonances, frequencies, silences and such... a music-worship thing". [156] They are also featured on video compilations of its directors, including The Work of Director Chris Cunningham, The Work of Director Michel Gondry and The Work of Director Spike Jonze, all of them from 2003. Released 13 June 1995 on Elektra (catalog no. Post received widespread critical acclaim and was a commercial success, charting at number 2 in … Apr 19, 2015 - Discover releases, reviews, credits, songs, and more about Björk - Post at Discogs. Released in 2003 on ДОРА (catalog no. Björk heeft na dit album geen tijd-gerelateerde namen aan haar albums gegeven. Also got it during the sale on Bjork's site. [146], Spike Jonze directed the music video for "It's Oh So Quiet", a homage to Hollywood's Technicolor musicals that drew inspiration from Busby Berkeley and Jacques Demy's The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. [5], The album cover was photographed by Björk's former boyfriend, the French director Stéphane Sednaoui. Give a gift • Renew Björk wrote most of the songs after moving to London, and intended Post … [46] The balance between synthetic and organic elements in the album—generated through the combination of electronic and "real" instruments—is a recurring characteristic of Björk's output. [218] Shaw also argued that the album was a classic and "simply genius"; considering "the masterstroke of the collection is in the thread that ties each disparate view into one singular perspective". [130] Music videos also began to be used as an art form, and Björk's visual output during this period—and her career in general—have become a clear example of the medium's artistic legitimation. Post. Enjoy 6. Lead single "Army of Me" was released on 21 April 1995, shortly after the album's production concluded. [211] In 2015, Post placed on number 69 on Spin's list of the 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years, claiming that "[Björk's] fearless plunge into styles is matched by the aplomb with which she bares her anxieties and aspirations. [141] The style of "Possibly Maybe"'s scenery and Björk's wardrobe reference East Asian imagery, and a Japanese traditional doll is featured as Björk's only accompaniment; as a silent witness, it is the object on which the protagonist casts reflections on her own identity. [32] Björk has said: "The people I collaborated with were all people I was hanging out with in clubs in London. [38] Mark Pytlik considered that, in a time when electronic music was still considered "cold, austere, or inhuman", it was unorthodox for Björk to "be playing with electronic elements—the stuff of science-fiction soundtracks, Kraftwerkian teutonics, and Orbital-style blippiness—and using them to express a closeness to nature."[20]. Army Of Me 2. [33], The following track, "Enjoy", a song concerning the links between sex and fear, has been considered as "decidedly trippy",[30] and "Post's most abrasive track". [67] In the original cover picture, Björk was surrounded by silver balls, but she scrapped the cover in favour of something "more poppy". Biographer Mark Pytlik writes: "The tales surrounding these recording sessions are appropriately evocative". [62] In his 2000 book Jung and the Postmodern: The Interpretation of Realities, Christopher Hauke described this effect at the end as "when a record player has reached the end of an analogue, vinyl record and the needle is stuck as the disc continues going round"; and considered this "trick" to be a case of postmodernism, serving as an example of "the relationship between the present and past that pushes conceptualising even further by the inclusion of modern technology and its ambivalent relationship with previous forms. Post-credits scenes are a recurring staple in the feature films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, during which one or more shorts clips are shown during and/or after the closing credits. [144] Henry Keazor and Thorsten Wübbena considered that the clip "[has] taught us that electronic bodies are rather intangible, dematerialized, purer in a certain way. [25] The song's lyrics were written in collaboration with Icelandic poet Sjón, which was his first songwriting experience. [169] Vibe included the album in its 1999 list of the 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century. [109] Björk also declared that the release of Telegram meant the end of an era consisting of Debut and Post. Listen to Post by Björk on Apple Music. [22] "Possibly Maybe" was released as Post's fifth single on 28 October 1996, to coincide with Björk's tour dates in South America and South Africa. [26] Inspired by South American literature—particularly Gabriel García Márquez—the track's lyrics discuss "the duality between reason and emotions, between intuition and intellect"; in Björk's words, "asking how 20th century civilisation clashes with nature and, in places like Iceland and Thailand, people really believe they can have a TV remote control in one hand and a ghost sitting beside them". This album became influenced of that and became more adventurous and club-friendly as a contrast to the shy first album, Debut. It should be beyond style, beyond influence, it should be about pure emotion, and real life. [...] She's figuring out there are more people out there who feel like her. [...] I was ashamed writing a song that was not giving hope". Open post: klik op de verrekijker en selecteer factuurnummer 0002. [17], The production of Debut was "long and laborious", as it required Björk to realise her compositional ideas from the past ten years in a creatively autonomous fashion. [67] It shows Björk standing in a London street, her pale skin and dark hair contrasting with the vivid colours of the Japanese-inspired signs behind her. [168] He believed that the album was a rewarding experience for both the casual consumer, as well as the serious listener, also pointing out that, "it not only sounds good while you're listening to it, but it leaves you feeling good when it's over, too". Shop Vinyl and CDs and complete your Björk collection. It reached number one in Iceland, number two in the United Kingdom and number 32 in the US. Post, a Bootleg of songs by Björk. [43] Jim Farber, reviewing the album in 1995 for Entertainment Weekly, considered Post to be a "connecting point between industrial-disco, ambient-trance, and catchy synth pop". [45] She recognises Post as darker and more aggressive than Debut, and has identified independence, strength, and instinct as its lyrical themes. lekker winkelen zonder zorgen. By books, by the weather, by the water, by my shoes, if they're comfortable or not. [...], Thorgerson, Storm & Powell, Aubrey. That's why it's funny to call it a remix album, it's like the opposite. [135] On 13 May 1995, Billboard wrote it was, "visually striking". [21] Additionally, the first version of "Cover Me" was recorded entirely from a nearby cave,[20] and rumours have persisted that Björk recorded "Possibly Maybe" nude. 3, August 21, 1995, "Music Archive – 1995 Top 40 Official Scottish Albums Archive 24th June 1995", "Archívum – Slágerlisták – Keresés lista és dátum szerint – 1995.29. hét 1995.07.17. She later apologised to Kaufman, who declined to involve the police. [45] In a 1997 interview, Björk said: "Post...[is] a bit like the Tin Tin books. What's truly arresting, though, is just how vibrant, how astoundingly fresh, her work sounds today. [180][181], Mostly successful in Europe, Post charted at the Top 10 of several countries, including Australia,[182] Belgium,[183] Canada,[184] Denmark,[185] the Netherlands,[186] Finland,[187] France,[188] Germany,[189] Ireland,[190] New Zealand,[191] Norway,[192] Portugal,[193] Sweden,[194] Switzerland,[195] and the United Kingdom. It was issued on One Little Indian Records in the United Kingdom and Elektra Records in the United States and Canada; Polydor Recordsissued Post in Australia and Japan, also releasing the European edition of the album. The "dentist" finds a diamond inside her mouth. [34] Influences of jazz fusion were also noted by a contemporary review by The New York Times. [224] It features: Dirty Projectors, Liars, Xiu Xiu, High Places and Atlas Sound, among other artists. The clips usually foreshadow future films, resolve a plotline from the film, or provide comic relief. [204][218][219] According to Upma Kapoor, Post "[dropped] and [shifted] the status quo on how to produce and promote experimental music". Although it dropped out of the Top 20 the next week, "Army of Me" remained in the Top 75 for five weeks. One of Björk's most acclaimed compositions, Arguably Björk's most popular music video, ", "A dedicated forerunner of fashion, Björk's recorded output has always been ahead of the curve, both in its embracing of technology (and the subsequent compositional rewards) and its audacious ambition and inherent eccentricity. Nature gave us that kinda complexity. [86] An unsourced sample by Robin Rimbaud, prominently heard throughout "Possibly Maybe", resulted in a lawsuit demanding a co-songwriter credit. [157][158][159] The music videos—and the iconic pink boots Björk wears in "Hyperballad" (the work of Belgian designer Walter Van Beirendonck)—were displayed in the Museum of Modern Art, New York City, as part of a 2015 exhibition focused on Björk. [122] Post Live, a live album consisting of songs recorded during the Post Tour, was included in the 2003 box set Live Box. Tin Tin goes to Tibet. "[148] In his book An Eye for Music: Popular Music and the Audiovisual Surreal, John Richardson stated that "Björk's music videos and her work as an actress in Dancer become interreferential to a considerable extent because of ["It's Oh So Quiet"].

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