Debut (album)
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| Studio album by Björk | ||
| Released | July 13, 1993 | |
| Genre | Dance, Electronica, Deep House | |
| Length | 48:15 | |
| Label | One Little Indian (UK) Elektra (US) |
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| Producer(s) | Nellee Hooper Björk |
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| Björk chronology | ||
| Björk (1977) |
Debut (1993) |
Post (1995) |
Debut, released in July of 1993, is an album by Icelandic singer/songwriter/musician Björk. It was her first solo project after leaving The Sugarcubes, but far from her actual debut, which was released in 1977. The record was produced by Nellee Hooper and established Björk's audience outside of Iceland and cult followings in the UK, US and elsewhere. Sonically, the album is 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", "Human Behaviour"), and seductive rhythm based songs ("Venus as a Boy", "Come to Me"). Debut has been certified platinum in the U.S.
Debut topped Billboard's Heatseekers chart and peaked at #61 on the Billboard 200 chart. It peaked at #3 in UK album charts
In 1998 Q magazine readers voted Debut the 74th greatest album of all time.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
- "Human Behaviour" (Björk/Hooper) – 4:12
- "Crying" (Björk/Hooper) – 4:49
- "Venus as a Boy" (Björk) – 4:41
- "There's More to Life Than This" (Björk/Hooper) – 3:21
- "Like Someone in Love" (Burke/VanHeusen) – 4:33
- "Big Time Sensuality" (Björk/Hooper) – 3:56
- "One Day" (Björk) – 5:24
- "Aeroplane" (Björk) – 3:54
- "Come to Me" (Björk) – 4:55
- "Violently Happy" (Björk/Hooper) – 4:58
- "The Anchor Song" (Björk) – 3:32
- "Play Dead" (Björk/Arnold/Wobble) – 3:58 (UK/Portugal/Japan only)
- "Atlantic" (Björk) – 2:04 (Japan only)
[edit] Samples
- "There's More To Life Than This" (file info) — play in browser (beta)
- "There's More To Life Than This" by Björk
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[edit] 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
[edit] Singles
[edit] Singles (U.S. Charts)
| Year | Single | Chart | Peak Position |
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| 1993 | "Human Behaviour" | US Modern Rock Tracks | #2 |
| 1993 | "Human Behaviour" | US Hot Dance Music/Club Play | #2 |
| 1993 | "Violently Happy" | Hot Dance Music/Club Play | #4 |
| 1994 | "Big Time Senusality" | Billboard Hot 100 | #88 |
| 1994 | "Big Time Sensuality" | US Modern Rock Tracks | #5 |
| 1994 | "Big Time Sensuality" | Hot Dance Music/Club Play | #1 |
| 1994 | "Big Time Sensuality" | Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | #19 |
[edit] Charts
Album – Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1993 | Billboard 200 | 61 |
| 1993 | Billboard Heatseekers | 1 |
[edit] External links
| Björk |
| Discography |
| Albums: Björk | Debut | Post | Homogenic | Vespertine | Medúlla |
| Compilation Albums and Boxsets: Telegram | Greatest Hits | Family Tree | Army of Me: Remixes and Covers | (____surrounded): |
| Soundtrack Albums and Live: Selmasongs | Live Box | Drawing Restraint 9 |
| Collaboration Albums: Gling-Gló |
| Singles: "Human Behaviour" | "Venus as a Boy" | "Play Dead" | "Big Time Sensuality" | "Violently Happy" | "Army of Me" | "Isobel" "It's Oh So Quiet" | "Hyper-Ballad" | "Possibly Maybe" | "I Miss You" | "Jóga" | "Bachelorette" | "Hunter" | "Alarm Call" | "All Is Full of Love" "Hidden Place" | "Pagan Poetry" | "Cocoon" | "It's in Our Hands" | "Oceania" | "Who Is It" | "Triumph of a Heart" | "Where Is the Line" |
| Films |
| The Juniper Tree | Dancer in the Dark | Drawing Restraint 9 |
