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Universal acclaim- based on 510 Ratings
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Positive: 463 out of 510
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Mixed: 13 out of 510
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Negative: 34 out of 510
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Jul 28, 2023this should be “the white album”
homogenic and vulnicura are better but whatever, still a 10 -
Jun 21, 2023
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Apr 10, 2023Her best work, I will forever be amazed by the beautiful sounds and songwriting on this album.
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Feb 2, 2023Such a classic, Bjork's production is so cold and cloudy but her voice and lyrics are so warm and inviting. Beautifully formed album with not a single thing to change.
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Oct 5, 2022
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Sep 9, 2022
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Sep 7, 2022Millennium Album, innovation, creative,love,passion, lyrics,cold,work of art
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Aug 25, 2022
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Aug 25, 2022Best album of all time, nothing else to say, it’s brilliant, amazing, show stopping, spectacular
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Aug 21, 2022This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Aug 21, 2022Björk became one of the most talented artists just by her sophomore album, with Homogenic she proved the same and with Vespertine she reached her peak in talent. An album that teleports you into a cold, sensual, magical world. The visuals for the album alone are a pleasure for the human eye. The production, the lyrics just shows how good Björk is as an artist.
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Aug 21, 2022Quite literally the best album of all time. There isn’t much to elaborate on, just listen for yourself.
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Jun 23, 2022one or probably her best work to the moment.The instrumentals an lyrics are so beautiful, there so ethereal and magnetic, they envolve you
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Apr 23, 2022Bjork has such a beautiful creepy voice. Every syllable clings on to her melodic voice. The music is purposefully choppy and kind of static sound. Beautiful.
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Mar 16, 2022O Album mais lindo que já ouvi, único, profundo e romântico. Bjork provavelmente fez o álbum insuperável da historia.
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Dec 13, 2021
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May 5, 2021The best album from one of the best artists of the last few decades as well as possibly the best electronic art pop album ever released. This is a very consistent release with every track being of exceptional quality with the highs of the album being some of the best pop music ever written.
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Apr 15, 2021A flawless, life-affirming, transcendent, deeply moving, perfectly executed masterpiece!
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Oct 20, 2020dam it go harddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd
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Aug 29, 2020tiene muy buenas canciones, solo que algunas desde mi punto de vista se parecen mucho porque tienen los mismos sonidos, pero fuera de eso es muy buen álbum
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May 29, 2020This is probably my favourite album of all time. Don't be fooled by the crtitics coming off a high horse of Homogenic with their expectations and preconceptions - this is Bjork at her most personal. It's like Hyperballd transformed into an entire album, intimate, nurturing, blissful experience.
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Jan 23, 2020This is not an album. This is a mood, honey. Transcendental and a half. I love winter.
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Sep 1, 2019Best album Ever
Bjork is definitely the most powerful artist in the hole world such an amazing album like deservers everything -
Jul 30, 2019This is her best album where she shows every part of her relationship with transparent visuals, lyrics and sounds. It is her most personal album that portrays her struggles with her husband and feelings towards him.
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Jul 25, 2019
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Feb 8, 2019This is one of my favorite album of Bjork. The production is perfect and the lyrics are very deep. A masterpiece!
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Jul 28, 2018
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Jan 2, 2018atemporal, única, álbum incrível, rompendo barreira da arte sonora, Bjork sempre vai me surpreender, ela é tão corajosa e verdadeira no que faz que muitos não compreende sua arte, Bjork quando morrer será estudada, ela faz um som único, que chega a ser de outro mundo. eu sou completamente apaixonado por ela, ela sempre ira toca meu coração.
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Nov 24, 2017Eu amo esse CD e sua capa também. Esse álbum é bem mais intimista, erótico e pessoal de Björk. Resultou sendo considerado um dos melhores álbuns da cantora.
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Nov 24, 2017Amazing album, my favorite by Björk, it´s just so freaking amazing it hurts, you know?
Björk produces that feeling. She really does.
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Aug 2, 2017her second best album (Homogenic being the best), Vespertine is stunning in its diversity, with poppier tracks such as "It's Not Up to You" and "Undo," and outstanding more experimental cuts such as "An Echo, A Stain" and the unbelievably eerie "Generous Palmstroke" (which is without a single doubt in my top 5 Björk songs)
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Jul 24, 2017One of the most precious record of all time, songs like "Hidden Place", "Harm of Will" or "Pagan Poetry" are part of the biggest indie/pop legacy in today's world.
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Dec 18, 2016O álbum mais fraco e sem graça da Björk já feito, consegue ser pior que até o Biophilia. Uma verdadeira superestimação em um álbum tão ruim cujo ponto alto é apenas Pagan Poetry. Tantos álbuns melhores feitos pela Björk para terem essa altíssima nota e o Vespertine é quem recebe, uma verdadeira vergonha.
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Oct 24, 2016An amazing and surrealistic album that is an alternative music icon. After her brilliant almbun "Homogenic" and "SelmaSongs" Bjork express what an alternative/electronic album would be!
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Oct 5, 2016Vespertine was one of the first albums in mainstream music to use stripped down beats, static and 8-bit sounds. This album was definitely different for the time, but following the strides of Radiohead’s “Kid A” artists became more open to experimentation. Download: Pagan Poetry, Unison, Harm of Will.
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Jun 23, 2016Vespertine foi o primeiro álbum da Björk que eu consegui gostar de fato, depois de várias tentativas de ouvir a artista em questão. Há faixas que eu não gostei, como An Echo, A Stain, mas há outras que são maravilhosas. como Hidden Place, Heirloom e Unison. É um álbum de extremos, e você precisa estar meio que preparado pra ouvi-lo.
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Feb 12, 2016
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Dec 13, 2015
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Nov 3, 2015Stunningly beautiful, intricate and complex. An incredible achievement for the music industry as a whole. A classic and a MUST listen. Bjork can do no wrong, especially on Vespertine.
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Sep 24, 2015Vespertine is a personal and erotic adventure through Bjork's life, and it really works. Confidently her best album next to her previous effort, Homogenic.
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Jun 5, 2015Vespertine proves that subtlety and introversion can strike as heavy as locomotive and neurotic beats, in almost an hour of precise and beautifully cohesive lullabies and sweet manifestos.
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Jan 22, 2015I love everything on this album is all so pure and magical, the concept and the production are perfect, hidden place seems to have been carved by angels, I love it.
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Jan 21, 2015An intimate album.
Vespertine, no doubt, is a minimalist album.
All tracks lead us to unknown places and deep.
Speaks of the love of a very simple and unique way.
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Jan 16, 2015The intimate, erotic and romantic sound of Vespertine is just breath-taking. This album just shows why Björk should be a symbol of creative freedom, and why she'll always be one of the greatest artists ever.
Songs like "It's Not Up To You" and "Unison" sound like a little musical piece from Heaven on Earth, while the lyrics are extremely well written, as in Pagan Poetry.
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Aug 1, 2014
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Jul 18, 2014This is a powerful album!!! I cannot explain who I felt when I listened this one for the first time. All the harmony is lovely and how it sound is amazing, so awesome and greatest beauty. This is one of the best albums of all time! ♥
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May 29, 2014
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Mar 7, 2014This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Jan 25, 2014Best album ever made. So different than anything I heard before this. It completely shifted the way how I perceived the music. Only thing that surpassed it was live performance of this album in Royal Opera House.
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Dec 3, 2013Definitely her best album so far.
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Dec 3, 2013This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Dec 3, 2013Listening to this album is like listening to the sound of angels, it is really a beautiful trip to the high above. I love all the elements in the songs, while listening to it I feel from calm to passionate and a lot more, that's why I love this album so much, it gives me a lot of feelings.
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Nov 12, 2013
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Nov 5, 2013Without a doubt, the most beautiful album I have ever heard, and the first of hers I ever heard. No words can describe how I feel when I listen to this.
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Oct 29, 2013Pretty much the equivalent of entering a self-contained dimension filled with big-time sexuality and utter beauty. But also with incredible understanding of the darker sides of sexuality and the roleplay always involved in sexual relations.
Who would have known that shimmering harps, glitchy electronics, subdued strings and tingling music boxes would be the perfect soundtrack to that? -
Dec 22, 2012Vespertine is an unique album, probably her best until date. Songs like "Hidden Place" and "Pagan Poetry" are simply divine, and "Unison" is her best song.
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Nov 28, 2012Bjork's most intimate album ever. The shy twin of the outspoken" Homogenic" must be acclaimed about its sublime poetry.Other highlights are Bjork's unique voice and sound combinations which give a taste of heaven...
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Nov 14, 2012Vespertine is her best work to date, as being the most carefully prepared in refined in sound matters, also her voice couldn't be better with highlights as "Undo" "Hidden Place" "Unison" and "Pagan Poetry".
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Aug 29, 2012This Bjork's best album. It leads into a magic-winter atmosphere and, while listening to it, you won't return to reality until it ends! Best tracks: "Aurora", "Sun In My Mouth", "Pagan Poetry", "An Echo, A Stain", "Harm of Will" and "Unison".
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Jul 26, 2012
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Feb 20, 2012Arguably her best album, Vespertine show cases such intimacy through sexual verses and enchanting instrument arrangements that create imagery and concept that artists will find difficult to match. 'Undo' and 'Unison' are easily among the best of her music.
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Dec 3, 2011
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Nov 21, 2011sumba sumba sumba sumba sumba sumba sumba sumba sumba sumba sumba sumba sumba sumba sumba sumba sumba sumba sumba sumba sumba sumba sumba sumba sumba sumba sumba sumba sumba sumba sumba sumba sumba sumba sumba sumba sumba sumba
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Oct 13, 2011This is easily my favorite album of all time, it has a trascendental beauty that is hard to describe with words and just has to be felt. A masterpiece.
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Oct 8, 2011One of the most beautiful albums I've ever heard. Björk's voice sounds heavenly. It's an emotional battle, her overwhelming voice vs the beautifully arranged insturmental and minimal beats. Indeed, one of the best albums ever.
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May 12, 2011i liked it but i thought homogenic was way better than this one. but i still liked this album. .............................................................................................................................................................................
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May 10, 2011
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Oct 8, 2010
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Sep 22, 2010LOVE IT LOVE IT!!!!! Best Bjork album! "Unison" was the best song on the album...All other tracks equally great. If you havn't already check it out!!!
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Sep 8, 2010This is just one of the best albums of the first decade. It's delightful, beautiful, harmonious... just a classic. Sometimes I wonder why there's so much people listening to Justin Bieber, having such great non-commercial music right here. :/
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EnzoPOct 31, 2008The best album I've ever heard so far. Amazing, perfect, emotional... words cannot describe it. Good job, B!
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ClifJun 12, 2008
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MikeHMay 2, 2008
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RobbieCOct 20, 2007A phenomenon.
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EstebanVJul 18, 2007This album is beautiful. The best track is Unison, with her voice at its peak and the interlude Frosti sounds magical. Although a few tracks sound similar if you understand music you can find each tracks uniqueness beyond the lyrical context.
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NeezaamRMay 9, 2007My personal favourite Bjork album,transports you to a very beautiful sensual place.
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DavidOApr 4, 2007Like Kid A with a soul.
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BrunoJan 29, 2007One of the best ones ever done!
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JuliaASep 19, 2006Bjork sung with both love and secrets to its core in this record.very feminine,gentle,but also dark and hidden.an album that tells about being a woman in lots of perspective.
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RGSep 13, 2006
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izataJun 3, 2006Pagan Poetry! Pagan Poetry! This is ultimately her best album, yet!!! It's 1000000x times better than the next one, Medulla....
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PedroTJan 28, 2006AMAZING...this is probably her most beautiful work to date. This is the album that made her a legend.
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TonySNov 17, 2005that i live in such a time when music like this is made will always be a source of real and lasting personal satisfaction
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JoseJNov 16, 2005About as beautiful album of music i know, like the shards of sublime noise rotating, suspended in the air, knocking into each other and reverberating with warmth and humanity. Quite simply the album of our time.
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BryanSMay 7, 2005
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LockneOMar 13, 2005"Vespertine" shows the more mellow side of Bjork. This album is pure genius! I believe "Heirloom" and "Aurora" are her most deepest tracks. Her albums get better as we go along. "Debut", "Post", "Homogenic", and "Medulla" are also reccommendations of mine. Even "Selmasongs" is worth listening.
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BorghiAMar 1, 2005So delicate so beautiful
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frenghyvJan 27, 2005Absolutely Gorgeous!!!! Pagan poetry is my favourite track of ever!!!
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MichaelRJan 9, 2004A lot of depth and introversian on this album. Good stuff.
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ivanlDec 17, 2003i love "Post", i just dont get this one
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CharlyJul 24, 2002Absolutely wonderfull, it's really a masterpiece that everybody that appreciate good music should have. Bjork again shows that she is very creative.
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HenryH.May 25, 2002Full of magic of laptop music and harp and choir and the strangest symphony and Bjork's sensational vocal. The most heavenly perfectly of the decade.
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DarylD.Feb 19, 2002Bjork is simply divine, there are no words to describe her music... just enjoy!!!
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OlegV.Nov 8, 2001i like this album sooooooo much, this is her surrealism at its best
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BrunoD.Oct 25, 2001It's... perfect. It's magic. It's wonderful. One of the best records *ever* released.
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SethB.Sep 17, 2001Fantastic!! Easily her best stuff. She's the most incredible and strangely beautiful singer that there is. I gave her a 9 only so she'll have room to grow.
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MelodyM.Aug 27, 2001I am the HUGEST Bjork fan...I love everything she does. She's unique! Perfectly. And it always shows in her works.
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HarryH.Aug 23, 2001The small pixie girl just sounds devine and you would wouln't you.
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Awards & Rankings
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With Vespertine, Bjork has constructed a whispering wall of wonders, and instead of forcing everyone out, has invited the world to look through the cracks.
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1997's Homogenic, also a mixture of heavy beats and strings, was not as varied or complete as this album, and while Selmasongs, last year's soundtrack to "Dancer in the Dark" (in which Björk starred), was lovely in its own sweeping, cinematic way, Björk has surpassed herself with this new work.
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Björk continues to mine the fine line of minimalist lushness that her last album gave birth to; with tiny, crackling, skittery beats weaving open-toned ambient beds in which her breathy, pushed-forward vocals lithely lay, the closeness and drama of her every syllable commanding attention.