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83
It's a post-POST disc of inventive rethinking ... Ambient and gutsy, Bjork's old-new product defines creative elasticity.
80
In theory, Telegram is a remixed album of all the songs from Post, but the arrangements are so different, it might as well be another record entirely.
9y
80
These really are alternative versions that bear such slight resemblance to the originals that they may as well be new.
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3y
80
Subverting the dance-floor intent of the remix with typical ice-princess irreverence, Björk's Telegram project is not just another pointless exercise in loop-fitting and pitch-bending but a complete reinvention of her Post album tracks, complete with new vocal tracks.
2y
79
Nearly every track is an original and worthwhile interpretation of its Post predecessor, but the whole turns out to be a bit of a schizophrenic conglomeration.
8y
70
Ultimately, Telegram isn't so much an admission that Post wasn't commercially viable as an attempt to make the album more of what it already is, letting the songs breathe in a slightly different way for those of us back here in the 20th century.
9y
60
If such creative destruction is sometimes hard to understand, it may be exactly what makes Björk such an innovator.
9y
How the fuck did she get more cutting edge, some of the shit on here sounds like the kinda stuff going on in the underground right NOW. There’s a lot more noisy, industrial and ambient production peppered throughout this remix album, making already experimental and cutting edge songs sound like something that could still be considered boundary pushing today. This shows the true extent of how much bjork pushed the envelope in terms of what classifies as mainstream music and I’m so ... read more
Since I loved Post so much, I thought it would be worth it to check out the remix album of it. And I wasn't disappointed! This project is a mix of orchestral, more epic renditions, as well as ambient and more electronic/trip-hop type instrumentals. Some of these tracks can honestly come off really sinister and dark, especially the closing Headphones remix. The actual original Björk song My Spine is really interesting, having this sort of empty instrumental as her vocals are isolated and ... read more
crazy how this is just an album of remixes of preexisting songs sounds so different and has such a different vibe
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Track List
| 1 | Possibly Maybe (Lucy Mix) 3:03 feat. Mark Bell | 74 |
| 2 | Hyper-Ballad (Brodsky Quartet Version) 4:21 | 83 |
| 3 | Enjoy (Further Over The Edge Mix) 4:21 | 88 |
| 4 | My Spine 2:33 | 74 |
| 5 | I Miss You (Dobie Rub Part One -Sunshine Mix) 5:35 | 85 |
| 6 | Isobel (Deodato Mix) 6:11 | 85 |
| 7 | You've Been Flirting Again (Flirt Is A Promise Mix) 3:20 | 88 |
| 8 | Cover Me (Dillinja Mix) 6:22 | 87 |
| 9 | Army Of Me (Masseymix) 5:18 | 80 |
| 10 | Headphones (Ø Remix) 6:17 | 80 |
Total Length: 47 minutes
