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[10] [8] "Jóga" is a love song; its lyrics were written by poet Sjón, Björk's friend and collaborator. [5] Björk explained her inability to write the song's lyrics in an interview with MuchMusic : "I tried to write that tune but, I mean, I just wanted mainly to write lyrics.
[10] According to AllMusic's Heather Phares, "All Neon Like" is an example of Homogenic ' s "soothing fare" tracks, which are alternated with "dark, uncompromising songs" like "Hunter." [ 11 ] It features "a descending five-note synth figure [which] repeats against a subtly moving, starry-toned orchestral backdrop—gaining, losing, and ...
A live recording of her rendition of Tina Charles' 1976 song "I Love to Love", sung when she was 10 years old, led to the signing of a record deal with Fálkinn. Her first eponymous solo release (1977), nowadays considered juvenilia , consisted of cover songs.
Björk Guðmundsdóttir was born on 21 November 1965 in Reykjavík. [12] She was raised by her mother, Hildur Rúna Hauksdóttir (7 October 1946 – 25 October 2018 [13]), an activist who protested against the development of Iceland's Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant, [14] having divorced from Björk's father, Guðmundur Gunnarsson, an electrician and union leader, after Björk was born.
Björk in the jungle in the "Alarm Call" music video. The first music video for "Alarm Call" was directed by Paul White from Me Company, the design firm that produced the artwork of Homogenic, Debut and Post, and their respective singles, and it featured Björk in a similar dress to the one featured on the Homogenic album cover along with a dance scene in the Los Angeles subway system.
Homogenic is the third studio album by Icelandic recording artist Björk. [a] It was released on 22 September 1997 by One Little Indian Records.Produced by Björk, Mark Bell, Guy Sigsworth, Howie B, and Markus Dravs, the album marked a stylistic change, focusing on similar-sounding music combining electronic beats and string instruments with songs in tribute to her native country Iceland.
PopMatters ' s Kila Packett said that in the song "Björk's distinctly broken voice dances nakedly across the canvas like a newborn child—virginal and sensually full of life. Beautifully chimed ticks, scratches, clangs and lush melodic vibrations support her breathy voice.
Tim Jeffery from the Record Mirror Dance Update noted, "That soaring voice starts the track over swirling synths before a deep and rumbling bassline powers in and the rest is history repeated as Bjork heads for another smash." [16] German band Culture Beat reviewed it for Smash Hits, giving it four out of five.