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17. Possibly Maybe (Post, 1995) -- 780 points; 20 votes
― nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Friday, 11 May 2018 14:34 (six years ago) link
Another good organ line.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 11 May 2018 14:35 (six years ago) link
this was almost my no. 1 and it's way too low
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 11 May 2018 14:38 (six years ago) link
perfect use of the organ's lower register
― 808s & Deep States (voodoo chili), Friday, 11 May 2018 14:38 (six years ago) link
since we broke upi'm using lipstick again
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 11 May 2018 14:39 (six years ago) link
I gotta try that line
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 11 May 2018 14:39 (six years ago) link
as much as i definitely enjoy solitudei wouldn't mind spending a little time with yousometimes
― 808s & Deep States (voodoo chili), Friday, 11 May 2018 14:40 (six years ago) link
it's like bjork wrote a song about every relationship i've ever had from beginning to end
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 11 May 2018 14:41 (six years ago) link
no one uses adverbs like björk lol
― 808s & Deep States (voodoo chili), Friday, 11 May 2018 14:42 (six years ago) link
Brilliant song.
― Gavin, Leeds, Friday, 11 May 2018 14:47 (six years ago) link
I don't know if there's 16 songs in whole of recorded history that are better!
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 11 May 2018 14:48 (six years ago) link
otm
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 11 May 2018 14:48 (six years ago) link
no number ones tho
― 808s & Deep States (voodoo chili), Friday, 11 May 2018 14:48 (six years ago) link
OK just checked my ballot, I put this far too low down (have been listening to the Post Live disc today and the version on there is great).
― Gavin, Leeds, Friday, 11 May 2018 14:49 (six years ago) link
I like the space and freedom she gives herself in this one, there's still something a little jazzy and retro. One of these delightfully slow and tranquil songs, almost decadent but it's not this. Lyrics brilliant again, and what a great title for a love declaration. I haven't listened to it nearly enough.
― Nabozo, Friday, 11 May 2018 14:56 (six years ago) link
Does ILX know how wrong it is to put Possibly Maybe outside of the top ten? Probably not.
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Friday, 11 May 2018 15:04 (six years ago) link
i put it as my #11
― 808s & Deep States (voodoo chili), Friday, 11 May 2018 15:08 (six years ago) link
björk has a lot of really good songs
tooo looow
― the Painbody Backpack (sciatica), Friday, 11 May 2018 15:09 (six years ago) link
jeepers i don't think we're getting anything that isn't on the first 4 albums anymore!
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 11 May 2018 15:25 (six years ago) link
(ok maybe 1 or 2, maybe my estimate was wild)
(but seriously is Who Is It gonna get robbed a spot here you monsters)
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 11 May 2018 15:27 (six years ago) link
I'm willing to bet that everything else that will place is better than Possibly Maybe (and I liked PM a lot).
― Matt DC, Friday, 11 May 2018 15:30 (six years ago) link
― 808s & Deep States (voodoo chili), Friday, May 11, 2018
my life in 17 words
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 11 May 2018 15:31 (six years ago) link
had no idea possibly maybe was so rated. I heard mutual slump first and somehow that makes it a faintly unsatisfying listen. it's not up to you was my #1, never particularly stood out to me until it caught me on just the right day and now it just seems perfect to me
― ogmor, Friday, 11 May 2018 15:35 (six years ago) link
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16. Army of Me (Post, 1995) -- 816 points; 22 votes
― nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Friday, 11 May 2018 15:53 (six years ago) link
#16?!
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 11 May 2018 15:53 (six years ago) link
yeah this is way too low
my #3
― 808s & Deep States (voodoo chili), Friday, 11 May 2018 16:01 (six years ago) link
Bjork thinks so too. That's why she's punching away the 16, you see.
― nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Friday, 11 May 2018 16:02 (six years ago) link
weird i was expecting this to hit the top five
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 11 May 2018 16:03 (six years ago) link
proud of "isobel" and "unravel" for getting this far
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 11 May 2018 16:05 (six years ago) link
had no idea possibly maybe was so rated. I heard mutual slump first and somehow that makes it a faintly unsatisfying listen.
i think i also heard mutual slump first, but i had the opposite reaction when i heard where the sample came from. the only bit of shadow's song that i really liked was the sample, so it was amazing to hear how that sustained organ line hanging over silence was just one component of bjork's composition, and how different of a place that she took it to
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Friday, 11 May 2018 16:06 (six years ago) link
missed Unison placing above, too! Made my top 10
i probably should've ranked army of me higher for how much i used to love it but i really ruined myself on it at some point.
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 11 May 2018 16:07 (six years ago) link
When "Army of Me" dropped I thought, damn someone's figured out what to do w/the Zep drum sample again. It was the single that made me a full-on convert.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 11 May 2018 16:08 (six years ago) link
it's that damn synth bass
Three words: slide guitar drop
― nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Friday, 11 May 2018 16:09 (six years ago) link
otm about the bass
― 808s & Deep States (voodoo chili), Friday, 11 May 2018 16:10 (six years ago) link
And if you complain OOOOOOONCE more
"Army of Me is so much about me actually learning that I have to defend myself. I have to stand up and fight the fucking gorilla. Once I’ve got the diamond and I run away with it, it becomes massive ‘cos it’s mine. But if the gorilla had kept it, it would have gone really tiny. That’s surrealism for me.”
― Dan S, Friday, 11 May 2018 16:16 (six years ago) link
I love Army of Me but is it just me or does it sound like a demo? It’s mostly the chorus which bothers me how it sounds... the verses sound more overpowered and the chorus sounds somewhat unfinished. I wish I knew more about music production to verbalize what I’m hearing.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 11 May 2018 16:17 (six years ago) link
To me, that it sounds like a demo is the best thing about it. See also: "Enjoy"
― nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Friday, 11 May 2018 16:18 (six years ago) link
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15. Cocoon (Vespertine, 2001) -- 835.5 points; 21 votes; 4 first-place votes
whooooooooo
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 11 May 2018 16:22 (six years ago) link
that "cocoon" image is particularly impressive eric
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 11 May 2018 16:24 (six years ago) link
lmao I am stunned "Army of Me" isn't in the top 5, like it's not even in my top 10 but I thought it was very canonical????
― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 11 May 2018 16:27 (six years ago) link
i guess we all had other bjork songs we were more excited about
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 11 May 2018 16:28 (six years ago) link
four first place votes for "cocoon" is wild
I feel Army of Me placed perfectly. Not too low (or high) at all. Great single but far from her best.
― octobeard, Friday, 11 May 2018 16:30 (six years ago) link
yeah i was not expecting myself to fall so hard for the song during the nominations process, but cocoon is a masterpiece of sustained mood and the thesis statement for vespertine's portrait of domestic bliss
i couldn't pick anything else at numbero ne. who would have known?
― 808s & Deep States (voodoo chili), Friday, 11 May 2018 16:31 (six years ago) link
i've completely given up on "who is it." though if it doesn't appear at all then i'm v surprised "where is the line" beat it
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 11 May 2018 16:32 (six years ago) link