Post

全英2位を獲得した3rdアルバム!(1995年作品/2015年リイシュー盤)
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」と「最優秀ミュージック・ビデオ・ショートフォーム(「It's Oh So Quiet」のビデオ)」に2部門ノミネート! 代表曲「Hyperballad」は全米ダンスチャート1位/全英8位を獲得!
ハウィーBの他、英ブリストルのアーティスト、トリッキーがプロダクションで参加!
大ヒットシングル「Army Of Me」、「Hyperballad」、「It's Oh So Quiet」、「Isobel」、「Possibly Maybe」収録!
・180g重量盤!

After Debut's success, the pressure was on Bjork 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. As on Debut, Bjork finds new ways of expressing timeworn emotions like love, lust, and yearning in abstractly precise lyrics like "Since you went away/I'm wearing lipstick again/I suck my tongue in remembrance of you," from "Possibly Maybe." But Post's emotional peaks and valleys are more extreme than Debut's. "I Miss You"'s exuberance is so animated, it makes perfect sense that Ren & Stimpy's John Kricfalusi directed the song's video. Likewise, "It's Oh So Quiet" -- which eventually led to Bjork's award-winning turn as Selma in Dancer in the Dark -- is so cartoonishly vibrant, it could have been arranged by Warner Bros. musical director Carl Stalling. Yet Bjork sounds equally comfortable with an understated string section on "You've Been Flirting Again." "Headphones" ends the album on an experimental, hypnotic note, layering Bjork's vocals over and over till they circle each other atop a bubbling, minimal beat. The work of a constantly changing artist, Post proves that as Bjork moves toward more ambitious, complex music, she always surpasses herself. ~ Heather Phares

ファーストに続く、ダンス・ミュージックとトラッド調の二面性に加え､テクノあり、ビックバンド・ジャズ調ありとさらに多面的なサウンドを立体的に構成。90年代のポップ・ミュージックの概念を飛躍的に拡張させた重要作。 (C)rosy