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全英8位を獲得した5thアルバム!(2001年作品) グラミー賞「最優秀オルタナティヴ・ミュージック・アルバム」ノミネート! マシュー・ハーバート、マトモスがプロダクションで参加!エレクトロニカ～実験音楽を大胆に取り入れた作品! 大ヒットシングル「Hidden Place」、「Cocoon」、「Pagan Poetry」収録!

Mojo - Ranked #7 in Mojo's "Best [40] Albums of 2001". Rolling Stone - Ranked #16 in Rolling Stone's "50 Coolest Records". Alternative Press - 8 out of 10 - "...A smoldering heart of emotion and a true pop sensibility reveal themselves..." The Wire - Ranked #1 in Wire's "50 Records of the Year 2001". Alternative Press - Ranked #3 in AP's "25 Best Albums of 2001". Q - 4 stars out of 5 - "...an album which sounds like nothing else while also powerfully evoking the complex and emotional spirit of its creator....Not far from ideal." The Wire - "...A beautiful thing..." Spin - Ranked #5 in Spin's "Albums of the Year 2001". NME - 8 out of 10 - "...Enchanting splendor is the overriding rule....way, way off the beaten track..." Mojo - "...A gorgeous reverie that lives up to its devotional title..." Rolling Stone - Ranked #4 in Rolling Stone's "Top 10 2001". Uncut - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Extraordinarily intimate and tender....She uses her voice as well as she ever has, giving the moods light and shade..." Rolling Stone - 4 stars out of 5 - "...The best solo record of her career...a particle beam as weightless as light but concentrated with direction....awash with strings and choirs...When she opens her mouth...you go in, swept up to a box seat inside her head..." NME - Ranked #32 in NME's 50 "Albums Of the Year 2001". Rolling Stone (4/11/02, p.106) - Ranked #16 in Rolling Stone's "50 Coolest Records". Rolling Stone (1/03/02, p.118) - Ranked #4 in Rolling Stone's "Top 10 2001". Spin (1/02, p.76) - Ranked #5 in Spin's "Albums of the Year 2001". The Wire (1/02, p.40) - Ranked #1 in Wire's "50 Records of the Year 2001". Alternative Press (2/02, p.64) - Ranked #3 in AP's "25 Best Albums of 2001". Mojo (1/02, p.69) - Ranked #7 in Mojo's "Best [40] Albums of 2001". NME (12/29/01, p.59) - Ranked #32 in NME's 50 "Albums Of the Year 2001". Rolling Stone (9/13/01, pp.105-6) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...The best solo record of her career...a particle beam as weightless as light but concentrated with direction....awash with strings and choirs...When she opens her mouth...you go in, swept up to a box seat inside her head..." Q (9/01, p.109) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...an album which sounds like nothing else while also powerfully evoking the complex and emotional spirit of its creator....Not far from ideal." Alternative Press (10/01, p.77) - 8 out of 10 - "...A smoldering heart of emotion and a true pop sensibility reveal themselves..." Mojo (9/01, p.99) - "...A gorgeous reverie that lives up to its devotional title..." The Wire (8/01, p.52) - "...A beautiful thing..." NME (8/25/01, p.51) - 8 out of 10 - "...Enchanting splendor is the overriding rule....way, way off the beaten track..." Uncut (9/01, p.104) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Extraordinarily intimate and tender....She uses her voice as well as she ever has, giving the moods light and shade..."

Bjork's fourth album is more upbeat than 1997's 'Homogenic' and features a lush, mellow sound. Electronica duo Matmos provide production work and cult movie director Harmony Korine contributes the lyrics to one track. Includes the single 'Hidden Place'.|