Björk's masterpiece Homogenic was released on September 20, 1997

 

The album reached the Top 10 in fifteen countries, including the United Kingdom, France and Australia

Three of its singles were Top 40 hits in the UK, "Bachelorette" (#21), "Alarm Call" (#33) and "All Is Full Of Love" (#24)

It was nominated for Best Alternative Music Performance at the 1998 Grammys, losing to Radiohead's OK Computer

The music video for "Bachelorette" was nominated at the Grammys and won a VMA

The music video for "All Is Full Of Love" won multiple awards for its innovative design and use of technology

The album gave Björk her first Brit Award, where she delivered her iconic "grapefruit" speech

 

1. Hunter
2. Jóga
3. Unravel
4. Bachelorette
5. All Neon Like
6. 5 Years
7. Immature
8. Alarm Call
9. Pluto
10. All Is Full Of Love

 

Edited September 19, 20223 yr by Kevin Parker

• My favourite album of all time by my favourite artist of all time
• My go-to album whenever I feel down, listening to it makes me forget everything for 40 minutes
• It has the song that saved me from death (sorta) - hearing Jóga on the ambulance radio was a life changing moment
• Objectively the best 1-2 outro punch in the history of music - Pluto and AIFOL

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOMOGENIC  I LOVE YOU AND YOUR CREATOR SO MUCH!! Words cannot express how much I treasure this piece of art!

Edited September 19, 20223 yr by Pendulum

Happy birthday to her best album 

One of the best albums of all time and still sounds fresh today  I wish there was more music out there that made me feel the way this album does. Start to finish, it’s a complete experience.

“In a ball of yarn, he’ll never retuUUURNN it”

 

This 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 punch!

They don't make albums like this anymore

1 hour ago, KatyPrismSpirit said:

“In a ball of yarn, he’ll never retuUUURNN it”

 

MTE 

 

OT: This stunning piece of art, one of the most essential albums of all time, so ambitious and beautiful, I don't have words to describe it.

It's truly her best album 

i'm yet to truly dive into this album, it hasn't clicked entirely with me, but i think it's great

It's crazy to me how many brilliant and iconic LPs by female artists came out in 1997-98: this, Ray of Light, Butterfly, Impossible Princess, The Velvet Rope, Come on Over, Spice, Is This Desire? etc.

The fact that ive been listening to this album all week. I didnt even know.  Pluto is still one of my favorite Bjork songs.  

Classic album. Joga one of the best songs ever and All Is Full Of Love one of the best videos ever 

IMMATURE

happy birthday to her (close) 2nd album 

it would've been #1 if they put the single version a.k.a. the real version of All Is Full Of Love on the album 

2 hours ago, mellenthin said:

This 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 punch!

More like 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9-10 punch 

 

one of the best albums oat 

every time I enter a record store,

this is thé vinyl I look for first

 

I'll just have to order it online one day

When I was first getting into Ms. Guðmundsdóttir's discography a decade ago, this album was what sealed my fandom. I was in awe of the complexity of the string arrangements paired with these dense trip hop beats and the rawness of her vocal performances. The circumstances of the writing/recording of this album made for a bleak but beautiful sounding landscape. My only complaint is probably the common one, All Is Full of Love video version should've been somewhere on the album. Howie B version could've been treated as a reprise of some sorts. Still a perfect 10 though.

Edited September 20, 20223 yr by Soda Pop Queen

19 hours ago, ithinkheknowsoutsold said:

It's crazy to me how many brilliant and iconic LPs by female artists came out in 1997-98: this, Ray of Light, Butterfly, Impossible Princess, The Velvet Rope, Come on Over, Spice, Is This Desire? etc.

Something was definitely in the water in the late 90s. The girls, most of which were women with some life experience and creative freedom by that point, were eating and spilling their guts at the same time lol. I imagine there was a lot of existential dread because of the impending Y2K that was underscoring the tone of many of these albums too. It was the end of an entire century so best put your best foot forward if it was to be the end of all things.

Edited September 20, 20223 yr by Soda Pop Queen

Jóga is one of the best songs of all time  happy birthday Homophobic

One of THE greatest albums of all time and the one that made me stan her  

 

Like at least once a year i turn this album into my entire personality, it's so special to me omg 

An absolute MASTERPIECE! 

 

And seeing her perform Pluto live was a spine tingling experience!!

My favourite album tied with Kate Bush's Hounds of Love. That hasn't changed in 12+ years. Still sounds so incredibly fresh and innovative.