Stick Around for Joy by The Sugarcubes

Stick Around for Joy, the Sugarcubes' third and last album, arrived in February 1992, on One Little Indian and, in the US, on Elektra, and it's the Reykjavík band at their brightest and bounciest. Paul Fox produced, buffing the sound without sanding off the oddness.

Björk is the high-wire act as ever, yelping, purring and soaring over Þór Eldon's spiky guitar, Bragi Ólafsson's bass, Margrét Örnólfsdóttir's keyboards and Sigtryggur Baldursson's drums, while Einar Örn Benediktsson barks and blows trumpet from the sidelines. "Hit" is a giddy, galloping rush that went to number one on the US modern rock chart, and "Leash Called Love" topped the US dance chart; "Walkabout" and "Vitamin" were the other singles. It went down better than its predecessor, but it was the end of the line: the band broke up that same year, and Björk went on to a solo career.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.