“Björk” by Björk Guðmundsdóttir - album review
| features in: Album Chart of 1977 ● Album Chart of the Decade: 1970s |
Björk, like many great artists down through the centuries, has a work of juvenilia within her catalogue. Recorded when she was just 11, the girl was clearly restless in her desire to create and perform. There are 4 cover versions on the record, including the album’s clear highlight, Melanie’s “Christopher Robin”, with Björk not only demonstrating good taste with the choice, but delivering the track with a knowing sensibility which belies her age. Unfortunately however, she’s surrounded by 70s pop session-men throughout the album, and the resulting disaster is somewhat inevitable. The Fall would visit Iceland in 1981; if only she’d waited 4 more years…
The Jukebox Rebel
10–Feb–2008
| Tracklist |
| A1 | [05:00]  Björk - Arabadrengurinn (The Arab Boy) (Sævar Árnasson, Björgvin Hólm) Pop |
| A2 | [03:16]  Björk - Búkolla (Your Kiss Is Sweet) (Stevland Judkins, Björgvin Hólm) Pop |
| A3 | [02:30]  Björk - Alta Mira (Edgar Winter, Dan Hartman, Pálmi Gunnarsson) Contemporary Classical |
| A4 | [02:15]  Björk - Jóhannes Kjarval (Björk Guðmundsdóttir) Pop |
| A5 | [03:27]  Björk - Fúsi Hreindýr (Björgvin Gíslason, Björgvin Hólm) Pop |
| B1 | [02:32]  Björk - Himnaför (Björgvin Hólm) Pop |
| B2 | [02:47]  Björk - Óliver (Jóhann Helgason, Björgvin Hólm) Pop |
| B3 | [03:04]  Björk - Álfur Út Úr Hól (The Fool On The Hill) (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Björgvin Hólm) Pop |
| B4 | [02:44]  Björk - Músastiginn (Björgvin Gíslason) Pop |
| B5 | [02:00]  Björk - Bænin (Christopher Robin) (Melanie Safka, Alan Alexander Milne, Kolbrún Jónsdóttir) Folk |
