.::. Info .::..............................................
Artist : Bj÷rk
Album : Debut
Year : 1993
Genre : Electronic?
Official web : www.bjork.com
Other web : http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/
Music/Bands_and_Artists/B/Bj%C3%B6rk/
.::. Review .::............................................
"Debut" is the perfect album for falling in love
with big cities, techno music and club culture.
Abandoning the quirky jazz-pop of the Sugarcubes
in favor of Nellee Hooper's slick, groove-based
production, the singer everyone loves to call
"elfin" translates the thrill of modern life
and modern music into pop terms anyone can
understand. Songs about locomotives, nightclub
bathrooms, airplanes and anchors co-exist in
a skewed universe of disco beats, rag-tag
harps, plaintive horns and swooping vocals.
With sounds that run the gamut from jazz
standards to space-age ballads to tribal,
techno-influenced grooves, "Debut" is a bit of a
musical roller-coaster. But the glue holding all
of it together it Bj÷rk's cosmopolitan spirit and
fearless vocal style. A small-town girl from a
small-time country, she's moved to a London that
leaves her at once in love, in awe and in danger.
She may hail from Iceland, but her grasp of
English is at once refreshingly off-center
and right on target. "His wicked sense of
humor/Suggests exciting sex," she enthuses on the
lovely "Venus As a Boy," then declares "I don't
know my future/After this weekend/And I don't
want to" on the house jam "Big Time Sensuality."
"Violently Happy" is exactly that - a collision of
joyful menace and subterranean trance grooves. But
on "Crying" she's all vulnerability and longing:
"There's no one here/And people everywhere."
This frank collision of adventure and danger,
technology and tradition, makes for one of the
most exciting albums in a long time - and suggests
that a spectacular solo career lies ahead.
Brian J. Dillard
(on http://www.armchair-dj.com)
.::. Lyrics .::............................................
Human Behaviour
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If you ever get close to a human
And human behaviour
Be ready to get confused
There's definitely no logic
To human behaviour
But yet so irristible
There's no map
To human behaviour
They're terribly moody
Then all of a sudden turn happy
But, oh, to get involved in the exchange
Of human emotions is ever so satisfying
There's no map
And a compass
Wouldn't help at all
Human behaviour
Crying
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I travel
All around the city
Go in and out of
Locomotives
All alone
There's no one here
And people everywhere
CHORUS
Crying 'cause I need you
Crying I can feel you
Crying 'cause I need you
Crying 'cause I care
It's a hot day
And I'm dressed lightly
I move carefully
Through the crowd
Here everyone
Is so vulnerable
And I'm aswell
There's no one herer
And people everywhere
CHORUS
Only if a ship would sail in
Or just someone came
And knocked at my door
Or just (or just) something
Crying 'cause I need you
Crying 'cause I need you
Venus As a Boy
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His wicked sense of humour
Suggests exciting sex
His fingers focus on her
Touches, he's Venus as a boy
CHORUS
He believes in beauty
He's Venus as a boy
He's exploring
The taste of her
Arousal
So accurate
He sets off
The beauty in her
He's Venus as a boy
CHORUS
There's More to Life Than This
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Come on girl
Let's sneak out of this party
It's getting boring
There's more to life than this
It's still early morning
We could go down to the harbour
And jump between the boats
And see the sun come up
We could nick a boat
And sneak off to this island
I could bring my little ghettoblaster
There's more to life than this
But then we'd have to rush back
To the town's best baker
To get the first bread of the morning
There's more to life than this
Like Someone in Love
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Lately I find myself out gazing at stars
Hearing guitars like someone in love
Sometimes the things I do astound me
Mostly whenever you're around me
Lately I seem to walk as though I have wings
And to sing like someone in love
Each time I look at you I'm light as a cloud
And feeling like someone in love
Sometimes the things I do astound me
Mostly whenever you're around me
Lately I seem to walk as though I have wings
Run into things like someone in love
Each time I look at you I'm light as a cloud
And feeling like someone in love
Like someone in love
Like someone in love
Big Time Sensuality
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I can sense it
Something important
Is about to happen
It's coming up
CHORUS
It takes courage to enjoy it
The hardcore and the gentle
Big time sensuality
I don't know my future after this weekend
And I don't want to
CHORUS
One Day
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One day
It will happen
One day, one day
It will all come true
One day
When you're ready
One day, one day
When you're up to it
The atmosphere
Will get lighter
And two suns ready
To shine just for you
I can feel it
One day
It will happen
One day, one day
It will all make sense
One day, one day
You will blossom
One day, one day
When you're ready
An aeroplane
Will curve gracefully
Around the volcano
With the eruption that never lets you down
I can feel it
And the beautifullness
Fireworks will burn
In the sky just for you
I can feel it
One day
One day
Aeroplane
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I can not live
Peacefully without you
For even a moment
I miss you terribly
When you're away
CHORUS
He's away
This ain't right
I'm alone
I'm taking an aeroplane
Across the world
To follow my heart
How come
Out of all the people in the world
Only one
Can make me complete
One word on the phone
Makes me happy
But one touch directly
Makes me ecstatic
CHORUS
Come to Me
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Come to me
I'll take care of you
Protect you
Calm, calm down
You're exhausted
Come lie down
You don't have to explain
I understand
You know
That I adore you
You know
That I love you
So don't make me say it
It would burst the bubble
Break the charm
Jump off
Your building's on fire
I'll catch you
I'll catch you
Destroy all that is keeping you back
And then I'll nurse you
I'll nurse you
Come to me
I'll take care of you
You don't have to explain
I understand
Violently Happy
---------------
Since I met you
This small town hasn't got room
For my big feelings
Violently happy
'Cause I love you
Violently happy
But you're not here
Violently happy
Come calm me down
Before I get into trouble
I tip-toe down to the shore
Stand by the ocean
Make it roar at me
And I roar back
Violently happy
'Cause I love you
Violently happy
But you're not there
Violently happy
Overemotional
Violently happy
I'll get into trouble
Real soon
If you don't get here
Baby
Violently happy
'Cause I love you
Violently happy
I'm aiming too high
Violently happy
It will get me into trouble
Violently happy
I'm driving my car
Too fast
With ecstatic music on
Violently happy
I'm getting too drunk
Violently happy
I'm daring people
To jump off roofs with me
Only you
Call calm me down
I'm sitting too high
Soothe me
The Anchor Song
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I live by the ocean
And during the night
I dive into it
Down to the bottom
Underneath all currents
And drop my anchor
This is where I'm staying
This is my home
PLay Dead
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Darling stop confusing me
With your wishful thinking
Hopeful enbraces
Don't you understand?
I have to go through this
I belong to here where
No-one cares and no-one loves
No light no air to live in
A place called hate
The city of fear
I play dead
It stops the hurting
I play dead
And hurting stops
It's sometimes just like sleeping
Curling up inside my private tortures
I nestle into pain
Hug suffering
Caress every ache
I play dead
It stops the hurting