Vespertine

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Vespertine
Björk's studio album

Publication
(s)

August 27, 2001

Label (s) One Little Indian Records

Format (s)

CD , LP , MC , SACD , HDCD , DVD-A

Genre (s)

Electronica , IDM

Title (number)

12

running time

55 min 33 s

production

Björk , Thomas Knak , Marius de Vries , Console

chronology
Homogenic
(1997) 		Vespertine Medúlla
(2004)
Single releases
August 6, 2001 Hidden place
November 5, 2001 Pagan poetry
March 11, 2002 Cocoon

Vespertine is the fourth studio album by the Icelandic singer Björk . It was released on August 27, 2001.

history

Vespertine (German evening) is considered Björk's most introverted and most experimental album to date . The singer herself referred to it as her "winter album".

The musical basis of the record is electronic , but acoustic instruments are also used in some tracks. A celesta is used on three pieces and is played by Guy Sigsworth . The six-track harp is played by Caryl Thomas and Zeena Parkins .

The title Heirloom is based on the instrumental piece Crabcraft by Weilheim-based electronic artist Console . Part of the text on Sun in my Mouth comes from the poem "Impressions" by EE Cummings .

The album was recorded in numerous studios in New York as well as in London , Spain and Iceland.

The Nationaltheater Mannheim produced an opera of the same name based on Vespertine in the 2017/18 season together with the Danish performance collective "Hotel Pro Forma".

Track list

With the exception of the marked exceptions, all songs were written by Björk .

  1. Hidden Place - 5:29
  2. Cocoon (Björk, Thomas Knak ) - 4:28
  3. It's not up to you - 5:09
  4. Undo (Björk, Knak) - 5:39
  5. Pagan Poetry - 5:15
  6. Frosti - 1:42
  7. Aurora - 4:39
  8. To Echo, A Stain (Björk, Guy Sigsworth ) - 4:04
  9. Sun in my Mouth (Björk, EE Cummings , Sigsworth) - 2:40
  10. Heirloom (Björk, Martin Gretschmann ) - 5:12
  11. Harm of Will (Bjork, Sigsworth, Harmony Korine ) - 4:37
  12. Unison - 6:48

reception

source rating
Allmusic
Rolling Stone
Slant Magazine
Laut.de
Pitchfork Media
Music Express

Heather Phares from Allmusic awards four and a half stars out of five. In her opinion, the innovations compared to the previous works sound “familiar and tricky” (“intimate and intricate”), while the album is “a homage to peace and quiet” (“singing the praises of peace and quiet”).

Ryan Schreiber from Pitchfork Media also misses the innovations that distinguished the previous albums and awards 7.2 points: “While undeniably beautiful, Vespertine fails to give electronic music the forward push it received on Björk's preceding albums.” (“Although undeniably beautiful, creates Vespertine does not want to give electronic music the boost it received from Björk's previous albums. ")

Wire magazine ranks Vespertine among the 50 best music albums of 2001.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ EE Cummings, Complete Poems: 1904-1962. Edited by George James Firmage, Liverlight Publishing Corporation, 1994, ISBN 0871401525
  2. ↑ https://www.nationaltheater-mannheim.de/de/oper/stueck_details.php?SID=2901
  3. ↑ a b Heather Phares: Vespertine - Björk. In: allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation, accessed January 15, 2012 .
  4. ↑ Review by David Fricke on allmusic.com (accessed November 26, 2017)
  5. ↑ Review by Sal Cinquemani on allmusic.com (accessed November 26, 2017)
  6. ↑ Review by Alexander Cordas on laut.de (accessed November 26, 2017)
  7. ↑ Review by Ryan Schreiber on pitchfork.com (accessed November 26, 2017)
  8. ↑ Review by Oliver Götz (archive article ) on musikexpress.de (accessed on November 26, 2017)
  9. ↑ Ryan Schreiber: Björk: Verspertine - Album Review. In: pitchford.com. Pitchfork Media, accessed January 15, 2012 .
  10. ^ The Wire - 2001 Rewind. Retrieved January 15, 2012 (English, print edition 215 from January 2002).