Debut

Her first album following the break-up of the Sugarcubes, Debut is Icelandic trickster Björk's statement of purpose: bringing curious experimentalism to the dance floor and putting her startling, expressive voice front and centre. Her perspective is a little alien--it's no accident that the first song talks about "getting close to a human"--but her levelling of genre distinctions has some wonderful results, especially the eroticised easy-listening reggae sway of "Venus As a Boy". Paired with producer Nellee Hooper (of Soul II Soul), she comes up with a series of invitingly artificial settings for her pipes, built from late-night beats and peculiar timbres, and sings like she's overwhelmed with joy from all her senses. Douglas Wolk

1. Human Behaviour - 4:12

2. Crying - 4:49

3. Venus As A Boy - 4:41

4. There's More To Life Than This (Recorded Live At The Milk Bar Toilets) - 3:21

5. Like Someone In Love - 4:33

6. Big Time Sensuality - 3:56

7. One Day - 5:24

8. Aeroplane - 3:54

9. Come To Me - 4:55

10. Violently Happy - 4:58

11. The Anchor Song - 3:32

12. Play Dead - 3:57