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Vespertine

by Bjork

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    711
  • 2000's
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    55
  • 2001
    of 35,059
    5
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews and awards.
Overall Rating: 3.3984 Vespertine is ranked overall as 3.3984 out of 4 stars
Avg. Critic Score: 3.2962 Vespertine has an avg. critic score of 3.2962 out of 4 stars

Vespertine Album Reviews

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Excellent
4
 
(15)
Very Good
3
 
(23)
Good
2
 
(1)
Fair
1
 
(0)
Poor
0
 
(4)

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PopMatters
The best album of Björk's career ...more
Yahoo! Music
It's about imagination and dreams. About surrendering all concept of song structure, of all that's gone before at the door and stepping into a limitless space where harps, Eskimo choirs and powerbooks provide the soundtrack. ...more
All Music Guide
Vespertine isn’t so much a departure from her previous work as a culmination of the musical distance she’s traveled... ...more
All Music Guide
After cathartic statements likeHomogenic, the role of Selma inDancer in the Dark, and the film's somber companion piece,Selmasongs, it's not surprising that Björk's first album in four years is less emotionally wrenching. ...more
Entertainment Weekly
When it all comes together, as on ''Hidden Place'' or ''It's Not Up to You,'' Björk and her electronica collaborators create moving interplanetary chorals. ''Vespertine'' is also her most erotic work.... ...more
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See all (15) "Excellent" Reviews
Nude As The News
A beautiful, magical, mystical soundtrack; similar to Homogenic, but in a sense, more light-hearted and full of love....read the complete review at Nude As The News
See all (23) "Very Good" Reviews
E! Online
Björk's latest is as delightfully eccentric as her choice in outfits, blending scratchy electronic programming with tinkling music boxes and squeezing her formidable voice into ancient-sounding harmonies or futuristic whispers....read the complete review at E! Online
See all (1) "Good" Reviews
Armchair DJ
The entire LP takes on a sort of plodding sameness even as the overall sonics soar....read the complete review at Armchair DJ
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See all (4) "Poor" Reviews
musicOMH.com
If anyone was in any doubt at all about Bjork's success as one of the planet's most popular and inventive stars then let me remind them of a few facts. Not content with a career inThe Sugarcubes, Bjork went solo in 1993 and released to an unsuspecting...read the complete review at musicOMH.com

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