Selmasongs: Dancer In The Dark (2000 Film)
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Free Music Review: "magnifique"
Hit: 5 Stars
I was very surprised by this album and maybe a little disappointed at first. But now i've realized how extraordinary this album is. It's probably Björk's most accomplished work to date and I think her voice is becoming more and more beautiful. Just listen to the joy we can feel when she sings "clatter machines/what a magical sound/a room full of noises..."in "Cvalda". And personally i feel that "New World" is by far her most incredible song. It's so beautiful I sometimes just can't believe it. I always shiver when she sings: "a new world, a new day to see...". A incredible line full of emotion and passion which sums up this jewel and Björk's career in general as she has always tried to discover a new world with her music. And I just can't wait to see what she will have discoverd next. Thank you Björk for creating this world...Free Music Review: I can't stop listening! Someone please send help.
Hit: 5 Stars
Even though this title has been out for a while, I only just picked it up. And now I regret it. I don't know what took so long. I own, or have owned everything by Bjork from Lifes too good, to Homogenic. I guess I'm making up for it now. Anyways, Selmasongs is truly incredible. It's so vibrant, fidgety, lush, and deep. Layers apon layers, and on top like a cherry is Bjorks gorgeous voice. Each song is self contained, not relying once on the conventions that make the individual tracks work. Very well written songs, and curious lyrics, and guest singers. My favorite track is "I've seen it all" [with guest voice of Thom Yorke (of Radiohead? I don't know.)] "In the Musicals" is lively as hell, and builds, and ebbs and flows like a show tune. This music, while being standard fare for Bjork, is so quirky and original. She has no equal, here or in Iceland.Free Music Review: Hypnotizing
Hit: 5 Stars
I bought the CD because In the Musicals was getting German radio airplay. Once hearing the whole CD, I felt hynotized by Bjork's sound, and most of all by "New World." This tune was haunting and yet comforting at the same time, and I have not stopped listening to it since. Actually seeing the movie brought all the songs to a new level, so perfectly mixed, rhythm, movement, and sound among the story's characters. I fell in love with Selma and felt her "hearing with her heart", as she says in the movie. My daughter has not seen the movie, nor In the Musicals video, and yet she states the music made her envison the body movement, and she was right on the mark! Wildly accurate! Bjork achieved so much more when her music, enables a child who can't see the ability to put into words the movement the music conveys. Pure genius...Free Music Review: you're gonna have to find out for your seeeelf
Hit: 5 Stars
hello. selmasongs is the first thing we have seen from bjork since her 1997 lp homogenic was released. three long years, and wow.. was it worth the wait. selmasongs is not at all what i expected. i downloaded cvalda weeks before the cd was released. it had a sugarcubes feel to it, and i got very excited. while the whole cd does not have the same energy that cvalda has, it gives a pretty rush down my spine. the duet with thom yorke from radiohead is oustanding. the lyrics.. are a masterpiece as well. "You've never been to Niagara Falls? I have seen water, its water, that's all..." and scattheart. my dearest scatterheart. the movie makes the soundtrack that much more... emotional. buy the soundtrack, see the movie. it is worth it."There is comfort Right in the eye Of the hurricane Just to make it easier on you"
Free Music Review: It's amazing AFTER you've seen the movie
Hit: 5 Stars
I may not be a great Björk fan but I've always found her work to be fascinating. I got this EP two months ago and I must confess I didn't like it: weird lyrics and sounds (factory machines, trains, counting numbers). Then I saw Dancer in the dark... and everything changed. It all made sense, I fully understod the reasons, the emotions, the meaning of everything. That's why I think that this album depends on the movie, it's not just songs FEATURED on it, these songs ARE a part of the storyline and can't be completeley appreciated if you don't know what they talk about (it would be just Björkesque sounds that some love and others hate.
My favorite is NEW WORLD, but I'VE SEEN IT ALL and SCATTERHEART are also great. But really, see the movie before listening to Selmasongs, then you'll understand.