Bjork

1993's Debut marks Björk's first solo endeavor following the break-up of the Sugarcubes. The shimmering 10-song set was produced by Nellee Hooper who also co-wrote five of the album's ten electronic dance-pop tracks and features the distinct singles "Human Behaviour," "Venus as a Boy," "Big Time Sensuality" and "Violently Happy." "Debut was very much for me like a virgin trying to express herself, I mean a virgin musically," Bjork explains. "And that's why I named it Debut. And people who knew I had been around for many years just thought I was taking a piss or something. But for me it was very much like the songs I had kept in darkness and locked in my little diary, only to be seen by myself. The first time they were out on there own and had to figure out how to survive their own way."

1. Human Behaviour
2. Venus As A Boy
3. There's More To Life Than This
4. Like Someone In Love
5. Big Time Sensuality
6. One Day
7. Aeroplane
8. Come To Me
9. Violently Happy
10. The Anchor Song

After Debut's success, the pressure was on Björk to surpass that album's creative, tantalizing electronic pop. She more than delivered with 1995's Post; from the menacing, industrial-tinged opener, Army of Me, it's clear that this album is not simply Debut redux. The songs' production and arrangements - especially those of the epic, modern fairy tale Isobel - all aim for, and accomplish, more. Post also features Debut producer Nellee Hooper, 808 State's Graham Massey, Howie B, and Tricky, who help Bjork incorporate a spectrum of electronic and orchestral styles into songs like Hyperballad, which sounds like a love song penned by Aphex Twin. Meanwhile, the bristling beats on the volatile, sensual Enjoy and the fragile, weightless ballad Possibly Maybe nod to trip-hop without being overwhelmed by it.

• 1 Army of Me
• 2 Hyper-Ballad
• 3 The Modern Things
• 4 It's Oh So Quiet
• 5 Enjoy
• 6 You've Been Flirting Again
• 7 Isobel
• 8 Possibly Maybe
• 9 I Miss You
• 10 Cover Me
• 11 Headphones