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With DEBUT, the Icelandic thrush Bjork Godmundsdottir (late of the Sugarcubes) brings her knowing innocence and quirky voice to bear on an engaging program of renegade pop tunes. The unusual instrumental textures on songs such as "Human Behavior," fleshed out with timpani, small percussion instruments, vibraphones and harps, suggests a post-modern version of Phil Spector.

As a singer, Bjork's swooping octave leaps and guttural cries betray the elemental contradictions in her music. She projects the girlish innocence and barely constrained sensuality of a wise child, old beyond her years (the techno-reggae romanticism of "Venus As A Boy," the bouncy house changes of "Big Time Sensuality" and "Violently Happy"), and sometimes she sounds like she's trying to rediscover how such doe-eyed love might actually feel, as if for the first time (the mysterious groove of "One Day" and the jazzy standard "Like Someone In Love," with its spare harp accompaniment).

There's a pronounced techno feel to DEBUT, with its airy synthesizers and spacious, uncluttered mixes, but without the cool, mechanized detachment of that genre. On "Aeroplane" Bjork combines a saxophone quartet with Middle Eastern-flavored percussion to steer her tale of obsessive love just outside of the pop mainstream, while the unusual saxophone harmonies of "The Anchor Song" lend a folkish color to her extended metaphors on home and erotic immersion. It's precisely Bjork's sense of adventure that gives DEBUT such a cool exotic flavor.

Personnel: Björk (keyboards); Björk (vocals); Jon Mallison (guitar); Corky Hale (harp); Gary Barnacle, Mike Mower, Oliver Lake (brass); Nellee Hooper, Luis Jardim, Bruce Smith (drums, percussion); Talvin Singh (tabla); Jhelisa Anderson (background vocals); Garry Hughes, Marius de Vries, Martin Virgo, Paul Waller (keyboards, programming).

Recording information: Beats Studio, Bombay, India; Livingston; Matrix; Milk Bar Toilets; Olympic; Summa Studio, Los Angeles, CA; Swanyard; TownHouse; Wild Bunch; Workhouse.

Director: Talvin Singh.

Photographer: Jean Baptiste Mondino.

Arrangers: Björk; Sureh Sathe; Oliver Lake.

Personnel: Bjork (vocals, keyboards); Jon Mallison (guitar); Corki Hale (harp); Oliver Lake (alto saxophone); Gary Barnacle, Mike Mower (horns); Marius De Vries, Paul Waller, Martin Virgo (keyboards, programming); Garry Hughes (keyboards, Hammond organ, programming); Luis Jardim (bass, drums, percussion); Bruce Smith, Nellee Hooper (drums, percussion); Talvin Singh (tabla); Jhelisa Anderson (background vocals).

Engineers include: Jim Abbiss, Nellee Hooper, Howie Bernstein.

Q (12/99, p.76) - Included in Q Magazine's "90 Best Albums Of The 1990s."
Q (1/94, p.85) - Included in Q's list of `The 50 Best Albums Of 1993' - "...an album of tantalising contrasts....manages to be bubbly, exhilarating, brazenly dance-oriented and satisfying all at once..."
Q (7/93, p.85) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...Bjork Godmundsdottir's voice was undoubtedly the jewel in The Sugarcubes' crown and in the relatively sparse setting of this solo debut she reclaims all her old wit and joissance....a surprising, playful collection..."
Melody Maker (1/1/94, p.76) - Ranked #6 in Melody Maker's list of the `Albums Of The Year' for 1993 - "...a fantastic DEBUT..."
Musician (7/93, p.90) - "...what makes her singing memorable isn't the odd assortment of growls, moans and chirps she relies upon, but the emotions those sounds convey..."
NME (Magazine) (12/25/93, p.66) - Ranked #1 in New Musical Express' list of the `Top 50 LPs Of 1993' - "...DEBUT is a musical treasure chest of organic techno beats, twinkly jazz serenades and otherworldly nursery rhymes, disregarding categories and [displaying] a bewitching faith in pop's ability to challenge..."
NME (Magazine) (7/3/93, p.35) - 9 - Excellent Plus - "...an album that believes music can be magical and special...."
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List Price $18.98 (You save $8.09)
Category Rock Albums, Pop CDs, Electronica, Alternative, Rock/Pop
Label Elektra
Orig Year 1993
All Time Sales Rank   5858  
CD Universe Part number 1095715
Catalog number 61468
Discs 1
Release Date Jul 13, 1993
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Producer Bjork; Nellee Hooper
Recording Time 48 minutes
Personnel Marius De Vries
Luis Jardim - bass, drums, percussion
Gary Barnacle
Paul Waller - keyboards, programming
Bjork - vocals, keyboards
Nellee Hooper - drums, percussion
Bruce Smith - drums, percussion
Garry Hughes - keyboards, Hammond organ, programming
Jon Mallison - guitar
Martin Virgo - keyboards, programming
Mike Mower - horns
Corki Hale - harp
Jhelisa Anderson - background vocals

Also: Oliver Lake, Talvin Singh, Jim Abbiss
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Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample1.Human Behaviour  $0.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample2.Crying  $0.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample3.Venus as a Boy$0.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample4.There's More to Life Than This - (live)  $0.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample5.Like Someone in Love  $0.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample6.Big Time Sensuality  $0.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample7.One Day  $0.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample8.Aeroplane  $0.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample9.Come to Me  $0.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample10.Violently Happy  $0.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample11.Anchor Song, The$0.99

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Average Rating: (4.3 out of 5 stars) 4.5 stars

3 stars Good Debut
Bjork's first disc is a fine blend of techno, pop, quirky lyrics, and innovative singing. Most of the songs are pretty good except for a few slow clunkers. The overall sound is a little thin at times. It's too bad because these songs are begging for remixes. However, the many CD single remixes following the release don't do the songs justice either. Bjork would make better albums in the future, but none with this much commercial potential.
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5 stars Iceland invades the Music Scene... again...
I was not a typical Bjork fan. I first heard a few tracks... but it wasn't until I heard "Big Time Sensuality" in 1998... yes... five years after the actual release that I became intrigued with the entire album. Post... which is the sophomore album to follow up Debut is also a sure winner... However.. Homogenic... it is a far cry from her past work. I find it blends too many of the same sounds in one album. Her first two albums offer such a ecclectic mix.
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5 stars Is a great musical experience, indispensable in your collections
I can find a great and complite work. All the songs are perfectly made. i recommend to listen all the c.d, from track 1 to track 12. You will feel the rhythms of the inspirating dreams.

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