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Björk - Debut

Label:
Catalog#:
521 323-2
Format:
CD, Album
Country:
UK & Europe
Released:
15 Nov 1993
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
House, Synth-pop, Experimental

Tracklist

1   Human Behaviour 4:10 X
2   Crying 4:52 X
3   Venus As A Boy 4:42 X
4   There's More To Life Than This (Recorded Live At The Milk Bar Toilets) 3:21
5   Like Someone In Love 4:33 X
    Co-producer - Björk , Nellee Hooper
6   Big Time Sensuality 3:56 X
7   One Day 5:22 X
8   Aeroplane 3:56 X
9   Come To Me 4:55 X
10   Violently Happy 4:59 X
11   The Anchor Song 3:31 X
12   Play Dead 3:55
    Engineer [Programme] - Kerry Hopwood
  Mixed By - Q (4)
  Producer [Additional], Remix - Tim Simenon

Credits

Arranged By [Brass] - Björk , Oliver Lake
Arranged By [Strings] - Sureh Sathe
Backing Vocals - Jhelisa Anderson*
Bass - Luis Jardim
Brass - Gary Barnacle , Mike Mower , Oliver Lake
Drums, Percussion - Bruce Smith , Luis Jardim , Nellee Hooper
Engineer - Al Stone , Brian Pugsley , Dave Burnham , H. Shalleh , Howie Bernstein , Hugo Nicolson , Jim Abbiss , Nellee Hooper , Paul Corkett , Paul Wertheimer
Engineer [Assistant] - Andy Bradford , Goetz Botzenhardt* , Jim Bob , Jon Mallison , Mark Warner , Oggy , Pete Lewis , Tim Dickenson
Guitar - Jon Mallison
Harp - Corky Hale
Keyboards - Björk
Keyboards, Programmed By - Garry Hughes , Marius De Vries , Martin Virgo , Paul Waller
Mastered By - Mike Marsh
Organ [Hammond] - Garry Hughes
Photography - Jean Baptiste Mondino
Producer - Björk (tracks: 11) , Danny Cannon (tracks: 12) , David Arnold (tracks: 12) , Nellee Hooper (tracks: 1 to 10)
Tabla, Strings [Musical Director] - Talvin Singh
Written-By - B. Gudmundsdottir* (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 12) , D. Arnold* (tracks: 12) , J. Wobble* (tracks: 12) , J. Van Heusen* (tracks: 5) , J. Burke* (tracks: 5) , N. Hooper* (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 10)

Notes

This is the second edition release with the extra track "Play Dead".

Matrix: 521 323-2 02 > / Made in the UK by Universal M&L / IFPI 04B1
Barcode: 7 31452 13232 1

"I must have listened to each of these tracks more than 500 times since we started. Everything's long since finished but I'm still listening to these songs everyday. I'm wondering...will this ever stop???!! We are so lucky to have Björk's voice!!" Nellee.

Recorded at Wild Bunch, Olympic, Townhouse, Livingston, Matrix, Swanyard, Workhouse (London), at Beats Studio (Bombay) & at Summa Studio (Los Angeles). Mastered at The Exchange.
Thanks to Judy Blame.

Track 1 features samples from "Go Down Dying" by Antonio Carlos Jobim, courtesy of Symbolic Records by arrangement with Quincy Jones Production, Inc.
Track 12 taken from soundtrack album for the film "The Young Americans".

Tracks 1, 2, 4, 6 & 10 published by Polygram Music/Warner Chappell
Tracks 3, 7, 8, 9 & 11 published by Polygram Music Publishing Ltd.
Track 5 published by Chappell Morris Ltd.
Track 12 published by Copyright Control/Polygram Music Publishing Ltd./Warner Chappell Music Ltd.

(P) Bapsi Ltd./One Little Indian Ltd. except track 12 (P) Island Records Ltd.
(C) Bapsi Ltd./One Little Indian Ltd.

Made in England.
LC 0309
BA|900
BIEM/MCPS

Total running time: 52:18

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