Debut (album)
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| Studio album by Björk | |||||
| Released | July 13, 1993 October 26, 1993 (UK)[1] |
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| Recorded | early 1993 | ||||
| Genre | Electronica, House, New Age, Pop. | ||||
| Length | 48:26 | ||||
| Label | One Little Indian (UK) Elektra (U.S.) |
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| Producer | Nellee Hooper, Björk | ||||
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Debut, released in July 1993, is an album by Icelandic singer-songwriter/musician Björk. It was her first solo project after leaving The Sugarcubes, but was not her actual debut, as she released the self-titled album Björk in 1977. The record was produced by Nellee Hooper and established Björk's audience outside of Iceland and cult followings in the UK, U.S. 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. by the RIAA and is also featured in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. "Play Dead", Bjork's collaboration with David Arnold, was soon added as a closing bonus track on a re-released version of the album in the UK, after the single almost cracked the top ten of the UK Singles Chart in late 1993.
Debut topped Billboard's Top Heatseekers albums chart and peaked at number 61 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart. It peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart.
In 1998, Q magazine readers voted Debut the 74th greatest album of all time. The album has sold over 3 million copies worldwide. It has also sold 921,000 copies in U.S. according to SoundScan. [2]
The album was re-released in 2006 as a DualDisc including new DTS 96/24 5.1-channel surround sound mixes. The DualDisc also formed part of the (____surrounded): box set.
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- "Human Behaviour"
- "Crying"
- "Venus as a Boy"
- "There's More to Life Than This" (Recorded live at the Milk Bar toilets)
- "Like Someone in Love"
- "Big Time Sensuality"
- "One Day"
- "Aeroplane"
- "Come to Me"
- "Violently Happy"
- "The Anchor Song"
- "Atlantic" (Japan)
- "Play Dead"
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"There's More to Life Than This" "There's More to Life Than This" by Björk - Problems playing the files? See media help.
[edit] Personnel
- Garry Hughes – keyboards, Hammond organ, 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 – backing vocals
- Andy Bradford – assistant engineer
- Oggy – assistant engineer
- H. Shalleh – engineer
[edit] Charts and certifications
| Country | Peak position | Certification | Sales |
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| Australia | 10 | ||
| Austria | 27 | ||
| Canada | Gold | 50,000+ | |
| France | 25 | ||
| Germany | 24 | ||
| Ireland | 10 | ||
| Japan | 64 | ||
| Norway | 9 | ||
| Sweden | 2 | Platinum | 60,000+ |
| Switzerland | 18 | ||
| UK | 3 | 2x Platinum | 600,000+ |
| U.S. | 61 | Platinum | 921,000+ |
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