There were three components to the work of Björk. Firstly she was the most amazing and unique vocalist, secondly she could write a great song and finally her music was well produced. Whilst her vocal ability remains, it seems Björk has come to the conclusion that she doesn’t need to write tunes and that a dirge will now suffice. To add insult to injury, she has decided that she will, in the main, produce these dirges herself. Predictably the result is something of a disaster.
There really is not one song to redeem this album. Recent albums such as “Volta” and “Medulla” had one or maybe two tracks that proved to be entertaining and thus the CD’s were not a complete waste of money. However, “Biophilia” is a stinker and even illegally downloading it for free will cost more in electricity than it is worth. A truly awful album.
In my imagination I give Björk a nudge and a wink and say: “Hey. Go back and make something a bit more like “Post”. I don’t expect another “Homogenic” but Jesus stop it with the arty, tuneless garbage and give us something with a beat now and again.”
