all my life and then suddenly I was very extroverted, very extroverted friends, being over the top. I was going to a lot of clubs, I was meeting a lot of new friends that ended up being friends for life, actually. Kinda big city, big lights, Trafalgar Square kind of energy. It was very much also reflecting my life at the time. I just wanted to try to work with several people. "I always use the word 'promiscuous' for this album. It was named one of the greatest albums of 1995 by numerous publications, and has since been named one of the greatest albums of all time by publications including Entertainment Weekly and Rolling Stone. Considered an important exponent of art pop, Post has been praised by critics for its ambition and timelessness. Björk would relocate to Spain away from the press and produce her next album, Homogenic (1997). She survived a murder attempt, and caused controversy by assaulting a reporter. A remix album titled Telegram was released in 1996.ĭuring the album's commercial peak, Björk was affected by media attention and Post's promotional tour. Their accompanying music videos were noted for their surrealism, themes of nature and technology, and artistic development of the medium.
Six singles were released: " Army of Me", " Isobel", " It's Oh So Quiet", " Hyperballad", " Possibly Maybe", and " I Miss You", with three reaching the UK top 10. It was certified gold in New Zealand and Sweden, and platinum in Australia, Canada, the US, and the UK. The album reached number one in Iceland, number two in the United Kingdom and number 32 in the United States. She wrote most of the songs after moving to London, and intended the album to reflect her new life in the city. Björk produced Post herself with co-producers including Nellee Hooper, 808 State's Graham Massey, and former Massive Attack member Tricky. Continuing the style developed on her first album Debut (1993), Björk conceived of Post as a bolder and more extroverted set of songs than its predecessor, featuring an eclectic mixture of electronic and dance styles such as techno, trip hop, IDM, and house, but also ambient, jazz, industrial, and experimental music. It was released on 7 June 1995 by One Little Indian Records.
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Hildur Hauksdóttir (Björk's mother) designed the cover and the photo was taken at a local Reykjavík studio.Ĭritical reception Professional ratings Review scoresĪllMusic critic Joslyn Layne gave the album an overwhelmingly negative review, stating: "Novelty value can only carry an album so far, and even covers of Stevie Wonder's 'Your Kiss Is Sweet', sung in Icelandic, and the Beatles' 'The Fool on the Hill' will probably not be enough to keep you laughing, or interested for the duration.Post is the second studio album by Icelandic singer Björk. It was recorded at Hljóðriti Studios in Reykjavík. The album was released in two formats, vinyl and cassette, in fairly limited edition (at least 7000 copies) and is rare outside of Iceland. With the money she earned she bought herself a piano and started composing new songs of her own.
The songs were a mixture of covers translated into Icelandic, like The Beatles' " The Fool on the Hill" ('Álfur Út Úr Hól'), Edgar Winter's "Alta Mira", Melanie Safka's "Christopher Robin" ('Bænin') and Stevie Wonder's song " Your Kiss Is Sweet" ('Búkolla'), but it also contained some songs written specifically for the album, like the song "Arabadrengurinn" ('The Arab Boy') written by stepfather Sævar, and one instrumental recorder-tribute to Icelandic painter Jóhannes Kjarval, written and performed by 11-year-old Björk.ījörk was offered the chance to do a second album, but she turned it down. The album is reputed to be juvenilia work and it is not included in the singer's official solo discography, hence the 1993 release Debut is widely considered to be Björk's first studio album. In 1976, Björk appeared on Icelandic radio singing " I Love to Love" through the music school she attended, which led her to a record deal and the release, with the help of stepfather Sævar, of her first solo album in 1977. Björk is the only studio album by Icelandic singer Björk as a child singer, released in December 1977 by Fálkinn.
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