Debut

Brilliant 👍😍

As is widely known, Bjork Gudmundsdóttir was a part of Sugarcubes, before she launched the unique solo career in 1993. Her "Debut" is, for many fans, still her best longplayer. Her post-modern, alternative pop was one of the most enriching influences for mass music market in the 1990's, with a number of her albums (mostly this and "Post") occupying top spots in commercial charts at the time of release. Inspiring and novelty use of bass, drums, weird but accessible melodies and, most of all, the unique singing style, sometimes childishly emotional, with her trademark English pronunciation, sometimes with daring lyrics, produced an inimitable original. Many of her best tracks are danceable, but most are beautifully atmospheric. The sucesses of "Human Behaviour", "Venus as a Boy", "Big Time Sensuality" or "Play Dead" lay also in the evocative videos that ruled TV in the pre-internet era. Other highlights of this excellent album include "Aeroplane" and "One Day".

i have always loved this artist but it is only until recently that i decided to purchase some of her albums...in order that is!Bjork is one iconic and inspirational woman who defined the sound of the 90's with Debut and the next 2 realeases Post and Homogenic! that Trip Hop,Electronica and Avant Garde style that was indeed so very artistic,original and innovative, in fact Bjork and Madonna literally had THE albums that literally defined my taste while growing up as two individual and strong women, Bjork is a definitive favourite of mine, so very unusual but remains one of the most creative artists out there! One of my ALL TIME favourite artists (alongside Madonna,Marvin Gaye,Sly Stone,Kate Bush,Janelle Monae and Britney Spears).Debut was released in 1993, a year that saw a growth in pop experimental styles and a very optimistic and futuristic atmospherics in styles, it was a brilliant time to be a 90's kid put it that way! and my tastes weren't ever to follow the trends of what's in exactly but the styles i personally loved, so Erotica by Madonna,Janet Jackson's Debut,Kate Bush's Red Shoes,Michael Jacksons Dangerous and Bjork's Debut it was!here we have one striking elemental classic after the next, each showing different sides and perspectives of Bjork as herself and is an albums literally one of it's kind! and most definitely one of the most striking and grasping debut albums ever to be brought to attention!it shows great clarity and vision, and the most pivotal thing...it still remains as sensational as it was released 17 years ago!a definitive classic, 10/10

Great album.this replaced the tape we had of this

Brand new cassette well packed and it’s just as advertised

Had forgotten how good this album is. Arguably of its time, but that’s fine, as the 90s were my twenties rather than ‘retro’. That voice is just outstanding - distinct, perhaps even haunting at times and just mesmerising at others. A far too often underestimated genius that has given so much of her extraordinary talent. Everyone should own a copy of this album.

Inspiring, fresh, original and an Earthly feeling, this debut solo album by Bjork has all these qualities and it does not age. This is my favourite album by Bjork and it also has my favourite song on it by Bjork "Venus as a boy". Sometimes things seem out of tune or out of beat, but somehow it all gels together greatly. I love driving to this album, at night on open roads. This album will be on my playlist forever.

No other pop performer over the last twenty years has had as much influence on jazz as Bjork and a number of musicians such as Dave Douglas and Alan Ferber have performed her compositions. Travis Sullivan even fronts a big band that interprets her songs. Earier, jazz arranger Vince Medoza collaborated with Bjork in the film "Dancer in the dark."It was hearing her music performed by jazz musicians that tempted me to try this record. just like Kate Bush, Bjork has her partisan followers who consider her to be a genius. On the evidence of this record, I think that this is certainly merited by a number of tracks. Numbers like "Human behaviour," Come to me" and "Play dead" are sensational and demonstrate a hefty dose of originality. Elsewhere, the appearance of avant garde saxophonist Oliver Lake provide evidence of a degree of savvy unknown in any other pop musician I am aware of. "The anchor song" will please all jazz and forward-thinking music fans.That said, there are other tracks which have dated poorly or offer very little real music. "Violently happy" is a good example and tracks 4-7 are pretty useless. Even the re-working of the old standard "Like someone in love" is pretty lame and doesn't favourably with someone like Ella Fitzgerald.It is a shame that this record is largely composed of the kind of pop that was redolent of the era and marked the point at which pop truly went down the drain. I wish she had featured more of the challenging material or atleast added a few more songs of the calibre of "Play dead" or te cracking arrangement of the opening track. The better tracks on this record are sensational and the re-working of Bjork's songs by a plethora of contemporary jazz musicians is indicative that she is a genuine talent. However, I am of the impression that her follow up recordings probably show a marked improvement in quality.All in all, worth a punt for the jazz fan but expect some clinkers amongst the gems.