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Björk – Family Tree

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Label:	Elektra – 62815-2
Format:	5 x CD, Mini CD, Compilation Box Set, Compilation
Country:	US
Released:	Nov 5, 2002
Genre:	Electronic, Pop, Classical
Style:	Experimental, Downtempo, Modern Classical

Tracklist

		Roots
MiniCD1-1	Björk–	Síðasta Ég Written-By – Thor Eldon* Written-By, Producer – Björk Written-By, Producer, Guitar – G.K. Ottarsson*	2:58
MiniCD1-2	Björk–	Glóra Written-By, Producer, Flute – Björk	1:43
MiniCD1-3	Kukl–	Fuglar Written-By, Producer – Kukl	3:01
MiniCD1-4	The Sugarcubes–	Ammæli Producer – Derek Birkett, Ray Shulman Written-By – The Sugarcubes	3:57
MiniCD1-5	The Sugarcubes–	Mamma Producer – Derek Birkett, Ray Shulman Written-By – The Sugarcubes	2:55
MiniCD2-1	Björk–	Immature Written-By, Producer, Piano – Björk	2:51
MiniCD2-2	Björk–	Cover Me Producer – Nellee Hooper Programmed By – Marius de Vries Written-By, Producer, Keyboards – Björk	3:05
MiniCD2-3	Björk–	Generous Palmstroke Recorded By [Live Recording] – Kevin Pruce Written-By, Harp – Zeena Parkins Written-By, Producer – Björk	4:40
MiniCD2-4	Björk–	Jóga (Strings & Vocals) Mixed By – Howie B. Producer – Mark Bell Written-By – Sjón Written-By, Producer – Björk	4:40
MiniCD2-5	Björk–	Mother Heroic Lyrics By [Taken From A Poem By] – E.E. Cummings* Written-By – Björk Written-By, Celesta – Guy Sigsworth	2:42
		Beats
MiniCD3-1	Björk–	The Modern Things Written-By, Producer, Keyboards – Björk Written-By, Producer, Programmed By, Keyboards – Graham Massey	4:09
MiniCD3-2	Björk–	Karvel Written-By – Björk Written-By, Producer, Mixed By – Graham Massey	4:28
MiniCD3-3	Björk–	I Go Humble Programmed By, Keyboards – Marius de Vries Written-By – Björk Written-By, Programmed By – Mark Bell	4:45
MiniCD3-4	Björk–	Nature Is Ancient Recorded By – Markus Dravs Written-By, Producer – Björk, Mark Bell	3:38
		Strings
MiniCD4-1	Björk & Brodsky Quartet–	Unravel Arranged By [String Arrangements] – Brodsky Quartet Mixed By – Jake Davies Written-By – Björk, Guy Sigsworth	3:36
MiniCD4-2	Björk & Brodsky Quartet–	Cover Me Arranged By [String Arrangements] – Brodsky Quartet Mixed By – Jake Davies Written-By – Björk	2:48
MiniCD4-3	Björk & Brodsky Quartet–	Possibly Maybe Arranged By [String Arrangements] – Brodsky Quartet Mixed By – Jake Davies Written-By – Björk, Marius de Vries, Nellee Hooper	4:53
MiniCD4-4	Björk & Brodsky Quartet–	The Anchor Song Arranged By [String Arrangements] – Brodsky Quartet Mixed By – Jake Davies Written-By – Björk	3:42
MiniCD4-5	Björk & Brodsky Quartet–	Hunter Arranged By [String Arrangements] – Brodsky Quartet Mixed By – Jake Davies Written-By – Björk	4:29
MiniCD5-1	Björk & Brodsky Quartet–	All Neon Like Arranged By [String Arrangements] – Brodsky Quartet Mixed By – Jake Davies Written-By – Björk	5:05
MiniCD5-2	Björk & Brodsky Quartet–	I've Seen It All Mixed By – Jake Davies, Valgeir Sigurdsson* Written-By – Lars Von Trier, Sigurjon Birgir Sigurdsson* Written-By, Mixed By – Björk	5:57
MiniCD5-3	Björk & Brodsky Quartet–	Bachelorette Adapted By [Strings Arrangements Adapted For String Quartet By] – Brodsky Quartet Mixed By – Jake Davies, Valgeir Sigurdsson* Written-By – Sigurjon Birgir Sigurdsson* Written-By, Mixed By – Björk	5:07
MiniCD5-4	Björk & Brodsky Quartet–	Play Dead Mixed By – Jake Davies Written-By – Björk, David Arnold, Jah Wobble	3:25
		Greatest Hits (As Chosen By Björk)
CD-1	Björk–	Venus As A Boy Producer – Nellee Hooper Written-By – Björk	4:41
CD-2	Björk–	Hyperballad Producer – Nellee Hooper Written-By, Producer – Björk	5:25
CD-3	Björk–	You've Been Flirting Again Written-By, Producer – Björk	2:32
CD-4	Björk–	Isobel Written-By – Marius de Vries, Sigurjon Birgir Sigurdsson* Written-By, Producer – Björk, Nellee Hooper	5:48
CD-5	Björk–	Jóga Producer – Mark Bell Written-By – Sigurjon Birgir Sigurdsson* Written-By, Producer – Björk	5:04
CD-6	Björk–	Unravel Written-By, Producer – Björk, Guy Sigsworth	3:18
CD-7	Björk–	Bachelorette Written-By – Sigurjon Birgir Sigurdsson* Written-By, Producer – Björk	5:15
CD-8	Björk–	All Is Full Of Love Written-By, Producer – Björk	4:47
CD-9	Björk–	Scatterheart Arranged By – Vince Mendoza Producer – Mark Bell Written-By – Lars Von Trier, Sigurjon Birgir Sigurdsson* Written-By, Producer, Arranged By – Björk	6:38
CD-10	Björk & Thom Yorke–	I've Seen It All Arranged By – Guy Sigsworth, Vincent Mendoza* Producer – Mark Bell Written-By – Lars Von Trier, Sigurjon Birgir Sigurdsson* Written-By, Producer, Arranged By – Björk	5:30
CD-11	Björk–	Pagan Poetry Written-By, Producer – Björk	5:15
CD-12	Björk–	It's Not Up To You Written-By, Producer – Björk	5:08

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Glass Mastered At – DADC – CDRM-2112010
Glass Mastered At – DADC – CDRM-2112020
Glass Mastered At – DADC – CDRM-2112030
Glass Mastered At – DADC – CDRM-2112040
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Glass Mastered At – WEA Mfg. Olyphant – Z12359

Credits

Artwork [Art] – Gabríela Fridriksdottir*
Design [Package] – M/M <Paris>*
Editor [Digital Editing] – Roger Lian
Mastered By – Howie Weinberg

Notes

<A taxonomy of songs>
Contains 5 mini 3'' CDs of new, rare and unreleased material, a lyric booklet, and a different version of the "Greatest Hits" CD.

Released in a custom pink plastic case with an outer white paper slipcase with embossed artwork. Inside there are 2 mini glossy gatefold sleeves, containing 2 miniCDs each ("Roots" miniCDs, and "Strings" miniCDs), a soft plastic sleeve containing "Beats" miniCD with an 8-page mini booklet, the "Greatest Hits" CD stuck in the bottom of the pink plastic case, the lyric booklet "Words", and a folded poster with a letter written by Björk on one side and the credits on the other side.
Sealed copies have a round pink hype sticker on the front and a pink squared sticker on the back with the tracklist.

This version of Greatest Hits contains songs chosen by Björk, while the stand-alone release includes the tracks chosen by fans.

On "Roots" miniCDs:
"Immature" is actually the "Björk's version" previously released in the "Jóga" single.
"Cover me" is the keyboard version found in the "Army of me" single.
"Generous Palmstroke" is the live version at the Santa Cecilia di Academia, Rome, 10 November 2001). Later released in "Vespertine Live".
On "Beats" miniCD:
"The modern things" is the previously unreleased "Original Demo" version.
"Nature is ancient" was previously released as "My snare" in the "Bachelorette" single.
On "Strings" miniCDs:
Previously unreleased live and studio recordings from 1999/2000 with the Brodsky Quartet.

Booklet "Words" contains lyrics of:
01: "All Is Full Of Love" (written by Björk, published by Universal Music)
02: "Aurora" (written by Björk, published by Universal Music)
03: "Cocoon" (written by Björk & Thomas Knak, published by Universal Music/Copyright Control)
04: "Cover Me" (written by Björk, published by Universal Music)
05: "Headphones" (written by Björk & Tricky, published by Universal Music/Island Music)
06: "Human Behaviour" (written by Björk, published by Universal Music)
07: "Hyperballad" (written by Björk, published by Universal Music)
08: "Jóga" (written by Björk & Sigurjon Birgir Sigurdsson, published by Universal Music)
09: "Pagan Poetry" (written by Björk, published by Universal Music)
10: "Pluto" (written by Björk & Mark Bell, published by Universal Music/Warp Music-EMI Music Publishing)
11: "Scatterheart" (written by Björk & Sigurjon Birgir Sigurdsson & Lars Von Trier, published by Universal Music/Copyright Control)
12: "The Anchor Song" (written by Björk, published by Universal Music)
13: "The Modern Things" (written by Björk, published by Universal Music)
14: "Unravel" (written by Björk, published by Universal Music)
15: "Venus As A Boy" (written by Björk, published by Universal Music)
16: "All Neon Like" (written by Björk, published by Universal Music)
All lyrics by Björk.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 075596281522
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 Roots CD1): CDRM-2112010 2 A02
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2 Roots CD1): CDRM-2112010 2 A08
Mould SID Code (Variant 1 Roots CD1): IFPI 50BA
Mould SID Code (Variant 2 Roots CD1): IFPI 503F
Mastering SID Code (Roots CD1): IFPI L327
Matrix / Runout (Roots CD2): CDRM-2112020 2 A03
Mastering SID Code (Roots CD2): IFPI L333
Mould SID Code (Roots CD2): IFPI 50BA
Matrix / Runout (Beats): CDRM-2112030 2 A02
Mastering SID Code (Beats): IFPI L327
Mould SID Code (Beats): IFPI 5042
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 Strings CD1): CDRM-2112040 2 A01
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2 Strings CD2): CDRM-2112040 2 A03
Mastering SID Code (Strings CD1): IFPI L324
Mould SID Code (Variant 1 Strings CD1): IFPI 503C
Mould SID Code (Variant 2 Strings CD2): IFPI 50BA
Matrix / Runout (Strings CD2): CDRM-2112050 2 A04
Mastering SID Code (Strings CD2): IFPI L325
Mould SID Code (Variant 1 Strings CD2): IFPI 505A
Mould SID Code (Variant 2 Strings CD2): IFPI 50BA
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 Greatest Hits): wea mfg. OLYPHANT Z12359 2 62815-2 01 M1S5
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2 Greatest Hits): wea mfg. OLYPHANT Z12359 2 62815-2 01 M1S2
Mastering SID Code (Greatest Hits): ifpi L909
Mould SID Code (Variant 1 Greatest Hits): IFPI 2U3W
Mould SID Code (Variant 2 Greatest Hits): IFPI 2U2I

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Family Tree (Box Set, Compilation, 3×CD, Mini, Compilation, 2×CD, Mini, CD, Compilation)	One Little Indian	TPLP365CD	UK	2002
	Family Tree (Box Set, Compilation, 5×CD, Mini, Compilation, CD, Compilation)	Polydor	570 954-2	Europe	2002
	Family Tree (6×CDr, Compilation, Promo)	Elektra	62815-2	US	2002
Recently Edited	Family Tree (2×CDr, Compilation, Promo)	Polydor	none	Europe	2002
Recently Edited	Family Tree (2×CDr, Compilation, Promo)	Universal Music Australia	none	Australia	2002