Debut (album)
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| Missing image BjorkDebut.jpg Album cover | ||
| Album by Björk | ||
| Released | July, 1993 | |
| Recorded | ??? | |
| Genre | Dance music | |
| Length | 52 min 12 s | |
| Record label | One Little Indian | |
| Producer | Nellee Hooper | |
| Professional reviews | ||
| AMG review | 5 stars out of 5 | link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE4781EDF4BAA7620D7973341C7B57DE704DC46E8DF18214475D4BA25458C047AAF5FFA8481E3A331E721FEBC6DE85E10D6D5EC56FCD92A3C3D87EFA36A3D375B6675&sql=10:sgdjvwmta9ik) |
| Rolling Stone review | 2 stars out of 5 | link (http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/cd/review.asp?aid=12851&cf=102) |
| Q review | 4 stars out of 5 | July, 1993 p. 85 (http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=60077360&loc=109&PageFormat=7) |
| NME review | 9 out of 10 (Excellent Plus) | July 1993 p. 35 (http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=60077360&loc=109&PageFormat=7) |
| Björk Chronology | ||
| Gling-Gló (1990) | Debut (1993) | Post (1995) |
Debut is a dance music album by Icelandic singer/songwriter/musician Björk, released in July of 1993 (see 1993 in music). This album, her first after leaving The Sugarcubes, was produced by Nellee Hooper and established Bjork's audience outside of Iceland and cult followings in the UK, US and elsewhere.
Debut topped Billboard's Heatseekers chart and peaked at #61 on the Billboard 200 chart.
In 1998 Q magazine readers voted Debut the 74th greatest album of all time.
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Sound
Sonically, the album was a mix of dance beat-driven pop ("Violently Happy", "Big Time Sensuality", "There's More to Life Than This"), earthy, new age ("One Day", "The Anchor Song", "Aeroplane"), and seductive rhythm based songs ("Venus as a Boy", "Come to Me").
Track listing
- "Human Behaviour" (Bjork/Hooper) - 4:12
- "Crying" (Bjork/Hooper) - 4:49
- "Venus as a Boy" (Bjork) - 4:41
- "There's More to Life Than This" - 3:21
- "Like Someone in Love" (Burke/VanHeusen) - 4:33
- "Big Time Sensuality" (Bjork/Hooper) - 3:56
- "One Day" (Bjork) - 5:24
- "Aeroplane" (Bjork) - 3:54
- "Come to Me" (Bjork) - 4:55
- "Violently Happy" (Bjork/Hooper) - 4:58
- "The Anchor Song" (Bjork) - 3:32
- "Atlantic" (Bjork) - 2:04 (Japanese Import)
- "Play Dead" (Arnold/Bjork/Wobble) - 3:58 (UK + Japanese Import)
Personnel
- Garry Hughes - Keyboards, Organ (Hammond), Programming
- Oliver Lake - Arranger, Brass
- Corky Hale - Harp
- Björk - Arranger, Keyboards, Producer
- Gary Barnacle - Brass
- Paul Corkett - Engineer
- Marius DeVries - Keyboards, Programming
- Nellee Hooper - Percussion, Drums, Producer, Engineer
- Howie B - Engineer
- Luis Jardim - Bass, Percussion, Drums
- Hugoth Nicolson - Engineer
- Brian Pugsley - Engineer
- Talvin Singh - Director, Tabla
- Bruce Willie Smith - Percussion, Drums
- Al Stone - Engineer
- Martin Virgo - Keyboards, Programming
- Mark Warner - Assistant Engineer
- Paul Wertheimer - Engineer
- Goetz Botzenhardt - Assistant Engineer
- Jim Abbiss - Engineer
- Dave Burnham - Engineer
- Jean Baptiste Mondino - Photography
- Pete Lewis - Assistant Engineer
- Paul Waller - Keyboards, Programming
- Jon Mallison - Guitar, Assistant Engineer
- Mike Marsh - Mastering
- Mike Mower - Brass
- Tim Dickenson - Assistant Engineer
- Jhelisa Anderson - Vocals (bckgr)
- Andy Bradford - Assistant Engineer
- Oggy - Assistant Engineer
- H. Shalleh - Engineer
Chart positions
1993 Human Behaviour Modern Rock Tracks No. 2 1993 Human Behaviour Hot Dance Music/Club Play No. 2 1993 Violently Happy Hot Dance Music/Club Play No. 4 1994 Big Time Sensuality The Billboard Hot 100 No. 88 1994 Big Time Sensuality Modern Rock Tracks No. 5 1994 Big Time Sensuality Hot Dance Music/Club Play No. 1 1994 Violently Happy Hot Dance Music/Club Play No. 4 1994 Big Time Sensuality Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales No. 19
External links
- Debut mini-site (http://unit.bjork.com/specials/albums/debut/)es:Debut