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"Unravel" is the third song on the album Homogenic by Björk, which was released in 1997. The song features a prominent example of Björk's use of a half-singing, half-speaking technique which, according to folklorist Njáll Sigurðsson, is comparable to that of Old Icelandic choirmen.
In 2010, the Royal Swedish Academy of Music awarded her with the prestigious Polar Music Prize, considered the equivalent of the "Nobel Prize of Music" in Sweden, praising "her deeply personal music and lyrics, her precise arrangements and her unique voice".
Snippets of the lyrics from "All Neon Like" were first released in the form of a poem entitled Techno Prayer, which Björk published in the July, 1996 edition of Details magazine. [2] It featured thematic ideas that she would later explore in her 2001 studio album Vespertine , such as cocooning and thread-weaving.
"Bachelorette" is a song recorded by Icelandic singer, songwriter and actress Björk for her third studio album, Homogenic (1997). [a] Released as its second single on 1 December 1997, the song was originally written for Stealing Beauty, a film by Bernardo Bertolucci, but the project was withdrawn.
David Browne of Entertainment Weekly also commented on "Jóga", writing that it was more "somber" than another single from Homogenic, "Bachelorette", and Björk sings the lyrics with "the strings swelling luxuriantly". [16] Robert Christgau, in his review for the album, placed it as one of the recommended tracks alongside "Bachelorette". [17]
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Debut was the album that went the highest up there in terms of what is 'Bjork music'. But I think that the persona I created, which was entirely accidental, is better captured on the later albums." But I think that the persona I created, which was entirely accidental, is better captured on the later albums."