mellenthin Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 Just now, Vulnicura said: I hosted a björk rate back on old ATRL. Maybe we should do another. YES we should. We were talking about it in here a few weeks before release and said that we should wait until Fossora has settled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Slayne Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 9 minutes ago, mellenthin said: Why does Fossora not have a metacritic page??? the reviews were too good, it had 101 score and the website glitched Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylizzle Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 Isadora and Bjork singing together >>>> One of her best closers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChapelHooker Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 aoty I fear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellenthin Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 All of these lazy 80 (i.e. 4/5) scores, I- their rhetoric probably being like: "it's not perfect, but close to it", and then 4/5 being the closest to 5/5 on their stupid scale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flower moon Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 I mean let's not be delulus it's not perfect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovedaddy Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 (edited) yes bjork, yes acclaim little fagurts won Edited September 30, 2022 by lovedaddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellenthin Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 5 minutes ago, flower moon said: I mean let's not be delulus it's not perfect not saying it is, but at least broaden the scale so it's not either 100 or 80 pitchfork doing something right for once Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miracle Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 Okay after several listens the album went from interesting with some bops to maybe one of my top 3 Björk albums, maybe top 4, it's up there with Vulnicura definitely. The six-times punch of Allow-Fungal City-Trolla Gäbba-Freefall-Fossora-Her Mother's House is unmatched. The song I like the least in the album (besides Trolla Gäbba, which I don't hate but only makes sense in the context of being after Fungal City), I think it's Sorrowful Soil, which it's still a beautiful song. This album doesn't have a "Features Creatures" or a "My Juvenile" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsandlabneh Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 I'm still so mad at her for making fagurt so short Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellenthin Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 Mycelia transcribed lyrics when? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonourableVomit Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 Way better than Utopia, about as good as Vulnicura & Medulla are imo. Freefall is on Stonemilker's level, absolute stunning and simple. Ancestress and Mother's House are also trinity. Allow and Victimhood are also great, but they sound like a Utopia and Volta outtake respectively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasty Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 THE CHILLS IN THE MIDDLE PART OF FREEFALL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flower moon Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 37 minutes ago, mellenthin said: not saying it is, but at least broaden the scale so it's not either 100 or 80 pitchfork doing something right for once i just saw the MC thread and i get it now Also, do Bjork stans not like Features Creatures? because I recently suddenly started to be seduced by it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miracle Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 (edited) 1. Medúlla / Homogenic 2. Vulnicura / Vespertine 3. Fossora (could go higher but not #1, could tie vulnicura and vespertine tho) 4. Utopia 5. Debut 6. Biophilia 7. Post 8. Volta Edited September 30, 2022 by Miracle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miracle Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 (edited) 27 minutes ago, HonourableVomit said: Way better than Utopia, about as good as Vulnicura & Medulla are imo. Freefall is on Stonemilker's level, absolute stunning and simple. Ancestress and Mother's House are also trinity. Allow and Victimhood are also great, but they sound like a Utopia and Volta outtake respectively. Really? I think Victimhood gives more Biophilia vibes. Like just change the foghorns and clarinets for pipe organs and you have a better version of Hollow Edited September 30, 2022 by Miracle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlood Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 21 minutes ago, HonourableVomit said: Way better than Utopia, about as good as Vulnicura & Medulla are imo. Freefall is on Stonemilker's level, absolute stunning and simple. Ancestress and Mother's House are also trinity. Allow and Victimhood are also great, but they sound like a Utopia and Volta outtake respectively. It's meant to sound like that 'cause it's exactly what it is. Anyway, great album as expected. Is this AS good as I was expecting? Probably not. The singles fooled me a little into thinking this would have been her "easiest" record to digest in a VERY long time. It's actually quite intricate, way more than I thought. My skips are the Mycelia/Sorrowful Soil combo, I've never been into this kind of Bjork and it's not surprising for me considering I never fully got into Medulla at all, easily her worst record in my unpopular opinion. After this boring 1-2 bunch, Ancestress obliterates the entire album until Freefall. Victimhood required multiple plays for me, definitely the least accessible song on the record and I can perfectly see why it was a described as the Body Memory of the record. At the end of the day, it's a bit of drag to sit through it even though the general experience you get from it is at the same time rewarding. Very dark, very Hallow-like. Allow and Fungal City are in the bops territory for her. Unsurprisingly, the Utopia outtake sounds like the worst mixed track on here but it's very cute and quite catchy for her standards. I like that serpentwithfeet imput on Fungal City isn't as prominent as I was scared it would have been considering my dislike for his voice. Trolla-Gabba is a lovely and crazy interlude. The final punch is probably the strongest of the record: it has my absolute highlight, Freefall. Beautiful song, the "if we cling to what we used to be" part is vocally the best of the entire record and it has such a dramatic climax, mixed with the ending that has some of the most interesting production choices of the album. Her Mother's House is a beautiful closer, very delicate and dreamy. It reminded me a bit of The Anchor Song, the lyrics are very touching. Overall, I'm not sure this ranks higher than Utopia. It has strongest highs IMO but also lower lows. I also think it's probably the least cohesive project she has ever released. It feels like she didn't have a very clear direction musically-wise, and I would have loved for an overall crazier and "gabbier" record, which was she initially hinted. It has a bit of everything in it, which can also be considered as a positive thing when you think that it doesn't over-indulge in the same few ideas repeated throughout the record (like Utopia did). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invisibility Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 I'm very satisfied about her going for a diverse sonic palette because otherwise I don't think songs like Freefall would've made the cut or sounded like they do for the sake of being more cohesive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOAZ Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 1 minute ago, Invisibility said: I'm very satisfied about her going for a diverse sonic palette because otherwise I don't think songs like Freefall would've made the cut or sounded like they do for the sake of being more cohesive Yes, her current mindset of screwing her own rules and let every song breathe on its own is refreshing and it shows. Nonetheless, I think the album is actually quite cohesive Thinking of this, and considering she recently stated that looking back she would have had songs like Mutual Core follow another direction and instrumentation if only she wasn't so fixated on the concept of the album she was currently making, I wonder if now that she's more open in looking back at her discography there couldn't be a Director's Cut type of album in which she rearranges and reinterprets old songs. I think that could be very interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonfly Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 for millions of years we've been ejecting our spores Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsandlabneh Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 She keeps eating your honor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RT Air Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 4 minutes ago, catsandlabneh said: She keeps eating your honor MOTHER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miracle Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 8 minutes ago, catsandlabneh said: She keeps eating your honor This picture is unreal. I need it without tags NOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Slayne Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 kii at the meltdowns you were having when the cover was announced only for the album to be a 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulnicura Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 15 minutes ago, BOAZ said: Yes, her current mindset of screwing her own rules and let every song breathe on its own is refreshing and it shows. Nonetheless, I think the album is actually quite cohesive Thinking of this, and considering she recently stated that looking back she would have had songs like Mutual Core follow another direction and instrumentation if only she wasn't so fixated on the concept of the album she was currently making, I wonder if now that she's more open in looking back at her discography there couldn't be a Director's Cut type of album in which she rearranges and reinterprets old songs. I think that could be very interesting Biophillia (Bjork's Version) [From the Cosmos] incoming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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