Homogenic by Björk

Homogenic, Björk's third studio album, came out on 20 September 1997, and it's the sound of the Icelandic singer turning for home. She produced it with Mark Bell, Guy Sigsworth, Howie B and Markus Dravs, and the album marks a change of course, sticking to one consistent sound: electronic beats braided with strings, in songs that pay tribute to Iceland itself. It was also the start of her long partnership with Bell, whom she would come to call a major influence.

Sessions were first set for her London home, but after she survived a murder attempt by a stalker, the press attention made that impossible, and she moved the work to Spain. You'd never guess the upheaval from the results: "Joga" heaves like shifting bedrock, "Bachelorette" swoons and swaggers, and "Hunter" stalks along on a martial pulse. Critics hailed it on arrival, it topped the chart back in Iceland, and its reputation has only grown since.

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