Vespertine

~ Release by Björk (see all versions of this release, 28 available)

Annotation

reissue of the 2001 One Little Indian pressing on regular weight vinyl

Annotation last modified on 2015-01-08 10:38 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼12" Vinyl
#	Title	Rating	Length
A1	Hidden Place programming: Björk, Jake Davies, Matthew Herbert (UK electronic musician Herbert), Matmos, Guy Sigsworth and Damian Taylor (Canadian electronic & rock producer) audio engineer: Jake Davies and Damian Taylor (Canadian electronic & rock producer) producer: Björk mixer: Mark “Spike” Stent (producer, engineer) choir vocals arranger: Björk, Vince Mendoza and Guy Sigsworth orchestrator: Vince Mendoza phonographic copyright (℗) by: Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. (not for release label use! a division of Warner Music Group) (in 2001) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2001) recording of: Hidden Place lyricist: Björk composer: Mark Bell (LFO member), Björk and Guy Sigsworth publisher: Universal Music (Universal Music Publishing, use ONLY if no country‐specific information is available)	4.05	5:28
A2	Cocoon programming and producer: Björk and Thomas Knak (Danish electronic musician) mixer: Mark “Spike” Stent (producer, engineer) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. (not for release label use! a division of Warner Music Group) (in 2001) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2001) music videos: Cocoon by Björk recording of: Cocoon writer: Björk and Thomas Knak (Danish electronic musician) publisher: Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and Universal Music (Universal Music Publishing, use ONLY if no country‐specific information is available)	3.95	4:27
A3	It’s Not Up to You assistant recording engineer: Rikky (strings) recording engineer: Geoff Foster (sound engineer) (strings) programming: Valgeir Sigurdsson audio engineer: Jake Davies, Leigh Jamieson and Valgeir Sigurdsson producer: Björk mixer: Mark “Spike” Stent (producer, engineer) clavichord: Guy Sigsworth harp: Zeena Parkins and Caryl Thomas (harpist) clavichord arranger: Guy Sigsworth harp arranger: Björk and Zeena Parkins strings arranger: Vince Mendoza choir vocals arranger: Björk and Vince Mendoza orchestrator: Vince Mendoza phonographic copyright (℗) by: Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. (not for release label use! a division of Warner Music Group) (in 2001) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2001) recorded at: Air Lyndhurst Studios (Lyndhurst Hall 1991–present) in Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (strings) recording of: It’s Not Up to You lyricist and composer: Björk publisher: Universal Music (Universal Music Publishing, use ONLY if no country‐specific information is available)	4	5:06
B1	Undo assistant recording engineer: Rikky (strings) recording engineer: Jake Davies, Geoff Foster (sound engineer) (strings) and Valgeir Sigurdsson programming: Thomas Knak (Danish electronic musician) audio engineer: Jake Davies, Jan “Stan” Kybert (producer / mixer / engineer) and Valgeir Sigurdsson producer: Björk mixer: Mark “Spike” Stent (producer, engineer) editor: Björk (lead vocals) harp: Zeena Parkins harp arranger: Zeena Parkins strings arranger: Vince Mendoza choir vocals arranger: Björk orchestrator: Vince Mendoza phonographic copyright (℗) by: Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. (not for release label use! a division of Warner Music Group) (in 2001) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2001) recorded at: Air Lyndhurst Studios (Lyndhurst Hall 1991–present) in Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (strings) recording of: Undo writer: Björk and Thomas Knak (Danish electronic musician) publisher: Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and Universal Music (Universal Music Publishing, use ONLY if no country‐specific information is available)	3.75	5:55
B2	Pagan Poetry assistant recording engineer: Bobby Gosh (pianist, songwriter, and producer) (musical box) recording engineer: Erik Gosh (musical box) miscellaneous support: Jack Perron (task: adaptation to music box) bass [bassline] programming: Björk programming: Björk, Jake Davies and Marius de Vries additional producer: Marius de Vries producer: Björk mixer: Mark “Spike” Stent (producer, engineer) harp arranger: Björk and Zeena Parkins musical box arranger: Björk phonographic copyright (℗) by: Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. (not for release label use! a division of Warner Music Group) (in 2001) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2001) recorded at: Bygosh Music Recording Studios in Vermont, United States (musical box) recording of: Pagan Poetry lyricist and composer: Björk publisher: Universal Music (Universal Music Publishing, use ONLY if no country‐specific information is available)	4.1	5:13
B3	Frosti assistant recording engineer: Bobby Gosh (pianist, songwriter, and producer) (musical box) recording engineer: Erik Gosh (musical box) miscellaneous support: Jack Perron (task: adaptation to music box) producer: Björk mixer: Mark “Spike” Stent (producer, engineer) musical box arranger: Björk phonographic copyright (℗) by: Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. (not for release label use! a division of Warner Music Group) (in 2001) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2001) recorded at: Bygosh Music Recording Studios in Vermont, United States (musical box) recording of: Frosti composer: Björk publisher: Universal Music (Universal Music Publishing, use ONLY if no country‐specific information is available)	3.7	1:59

2▶12" Vinyl

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Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/5687297 [info]

Release group

associated singles/EPs:	Cocoon Hidden Place Pagan Poetry
live performances:	Vespertine Live
included in:	(____surrounded):

part of:

Fact Magazine: The 100 Best Albums of the 2000s (number: 13) (order: 13)
Shortlist Music Prize Nominees (number: 2002) (order: 13)
Rolling Stone: The 250 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far (January 10, 2025) (number: 65) (order: 33)
Musikexpress – Die 100 besten Alben des 21. Jahrhunderts (2025) (number: 38) (order: 38)
Grammy Award: Best Alternative Music Album nominees (number: 2002) (order: 58)
Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2000s: pub_2011-07-18 (number: 67) (order: 67)
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005 edition) (number: 931) (order: 931)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/37082 [info]
lyrics page:	https://genius.com/albums/Bjork/Vespertine [info]
reviews:	https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/8rgb [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/bjork/vespertine/ [info] https://www.musik-sammler.de/album/51703/ [info] https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=31717 [info] https://www.spirit-of-rock.com/en/album/Vespertine/105758 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000586936 [info]
Wikidata:	Q375207 [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 5016958046019
Format:: 2×12" Vinyl
Length:: 55:58

Additional details

Type:: Album
Packaging:: Cardboard/Paper Sleeve
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

One Little Indian Records
TPLP101

Release events

United Kingdom
2013

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