Album · 2001
Vespertine
by Björk
Vespertine is a 2001 electronic album by Björk. It runs 12 tracks across 56 minutes on One Little Independent Records. Riffiter listeners rate it 4.5/5 from 14 ratings.
Electronic · Art Pop · Ambient
#1 in Best albums of 2001 · #8 in Best electronic albums
Your rating
- 4.5 /5
- 14 ratings
- 85 /100
- 9 critics
- 12
- Tracks
- 56 min
- Runtime
- 130 bpm
- Tempo
- F minor
- Key
Ratings
14 ratings · avg 4.5
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Reviews
1 review
- 4.5
I don’t think I’ve been blown away by a song like I was with Hidden Place for a fairly long time. The rest of the album was gorgeous and fitting. Favorite song? Hidden Place
18 people have played it start to finish
Critics
9 publications
- Los Angeles Times4/4
- AllMusic4.5/5
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4.5/5
- The Village VoiceA−
- Entertainment WeeklyB+
- Rolling Stone4/5
- The Guardian4/5
- NME8/10
- Pitchfork7.2/10
- Metacriticaggregate88/100
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Vespertine album cover
The Vespertine cover was designed by Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin, M/M (Paris) and Marjan Pejoski.
- Design
- Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin, M/M (Paris), Marjan Pejoski
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Tracklist
12 tracks · 56 min
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About
Vespertine is the fifth studio album by the Icelandic recording artist Björk, released on 27 August 2001. On this album, Björk creates a quiet, introverted world of microbeats and personal lyrics. On the cover she can be seen wearing the swan dress (designed by Marjan Pejoski) that caused a stir at the 2001 Academy Awards. The album yielded the singles "Hidden Place", "Pagan Poetry" and "Cocoon". The album's lead single, "Hidden Place", is the only single from the album to have charted in the United States.
In brief
- Is Vespertine good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Vespertine 4.5/5 from 14 ratings.
- When was Vespertine released?
- Vespertine was released in 2001 on One Little Independent Records.
- How many tracks are on Vespertine?
- Vespertine has 12 tracks, with a runtime of 56 minutes.
- What genre is Vespertine?
- Vespertine is catalogued under Electronic, Art Pop, Ambient.
- What BPM is Vespertine?
- Vespertine runs at a median tempo of 130 BPM across its tracks, most often in F minor, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Vespertine?
- Listeners of Vespertine also rate In Rainbows by Radiohead, Mezzanine by Massive Attack, Dummy by Portishead.
- Who produced Vespertine?
- Vespertine was produced by Björk, Console, Marius de Vries and Matthew Herbert, among 5 credited in total. Björk produced all of them.
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