Bjork Songs Ranked

Björk Guðmundsdóttir OTF; (born 21 November 1965) is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, and DJ. Over her four-decade career, she has developed an eclectic musical style that draws on a range of influences and genres spanning electronic, pop, experimental, trip-hop, classical, and avant-garde music. In addition to her music career, Björk starred in the 2000 Lars von Trier film Dancer in the Dark, for which she won the Best Actress Award at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, and was nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Song for “I’ve Seen It All”. Biophilia was marketed as an interactive app album with its own education program. Björk has also been an advocate for environmental causes in her home country Iceland. A full-scale retrospective exhibition dedicated to Björk was held at the New York Museum of Modern Art in 2015. Here are all of Bjork’s songs ranked.

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20. Play Dead (Surrounded, 2006)

“What a tune to put at the end of your first solo album! I can still remember the goosebumps the first time I listened to that song. Timeless and priceless.”

19. Arisen My Senses (Utopia, 2017)

“I love pretty much everything about this one, especially the layered harps and the way it sounds like she’s having a duet with herself. There’s also excellent production from Arca on here. Its exhilarating, explosive, and hands down the best new thing she has come up with.”

18. Alarm Call (Homogenic, 1997)

“I love this song, it’s so underrated! I think it’s the second best song on Homogenic, after Joga. This song is quirky and has a very catchy outro! Love the production on this, so groovy yet serious and consistent. She sings with real vigour and passion on this.”

17. Crying (Debut, 1993)

“I love the wonky piano riff in this song, as well as the ascending vocals. The combination is really impressive, and is one of my personal favorite Bjork songs.”

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16. It’s Oh So Quiet (Post, 1995)

“I like this song, it reminds me of old folk music, very unique song. It is a very fun song too. It is a very quiet song, but then it gets louder and more upbeat, then it get silent again. Amazing song, what an awesome artist.”

15. Mutual Core (Biophilia, 2011)

“A crescendo of tectonic plates, for those who have experienced an earthquake, this is the real feel. Inside and out You must have a quality sound system to get the full experience of this song. I love the multi-directional bubbling lava sounds leading up to the epic bass dumping volcanic eruptions!”

14. It’s Not Up To You (Vespertine, 2001)

“This song is so simple and perfect. This song is telling me that you don’t really have much control over what happens in life, and you just have to accept it, and work with it. There is no perfect day or perfect life. It feels like she’s saying that when you let go and just let life happen, unthinkable surprises happen. I listened to this song today and felt so inspired. I actually followed this line of thinking and my day turned out pretty good.”

13. Big Time Sensuality (Debut, 1993)

“I think that this song, is about meeting someone and getting physically intimate early off in the relationship…I like this song a lot, because it isn’t bitching and moaning about the dangers and terrible things that can happen when you start off a relationship with sex. Its hard enough for women in every society to except and embrace their sensuality, so its good to hear a positive song for once.”

12. Stonemilker (Vulnicura, 2015)

“This track Stonemilker is one of the best on here. It is amazing to she her vocal delivery so strong. One of my favorites of hers is her jazz album-and that being really an accompaniment with her father, is not really a good judge of her solo works but a good foundation to compare her aging vocal delivery. Her vocals definitely stand the test of time.”

11. Earth Intruders (Volta, 2007)

“As always Bjork is distinguished by taking out very cute merchandise and on this occasion it speaks of a very good format of simple, I just love it”

10. Lionsong (Vulnicura, 2015)

“There seems to be a connection to family as well as romantic love throughout this album .This is a very poetic and seemingly personal record with very mature themes. This album and track in question Lionsong are some of her most beautiful landscapes out sound. There is an overdrive of super blissful synths throughout the theme based album.”

9. Unravel (Homogenic, 1997)

“This song is just a masterpiece. The beat/instruments are fascinating. It sounds like you’re in the pit of a gently thumping heart, listening to the the blood coursing through the veins. Morbid, yes…but BEAUTIFUL. The song gives me chills.”

8. Isobel (Post, 1995)

“I feel like this song is one of the greatest mellow songs she has ever written. There is just a lot of emotion in it and the music video is pretty sweet as well. This song is super sexy. Has a very slow vibe but brings out everything a bjork fan would love!”

7. Human Behaviour (Debut, 1993)

“Bjork has amazing vocals in this song and hits high notes. I tried singing this and it was really hard for me to sing this, those high notes though. Plus the beat is weird and simple, but so catchy and awesome, and the lyrics are amazing.”

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6. Pagan Poetry (Vespertine, 2001)

“I think this song is about falling in love with someone who is ultimately toxic/harming/killing you. The protagonist is someone who is self-destructive, almost reminiscent of someone with severe borderline personality or a masochist; she passionately falls in love with some she has such a strong attachment to yet this person is also her demise.Its a dark love story.”

5. Army of Me (Tank Girl, 1995)

“Great song, this sounds like a great song for an action movie. It sounds weird at first but then it gets stuck in your head, it grew on me. What I love about Bjork’s music is that it is weird but catchy and memorable. Plus, I like how she says “Army Of Me” very unique voice. Great artist.”

4. All is Full of Love (Live 8, 2019)

“Last song of the album, just WOW… and then, when the single was released, you get that new version, with THAT video… WOW WOW WOW… I can still watch that video today and tears come to my eyes it is so beautiful. All is definitely full of love”

3. Bachelorette (Homogenic, 1997)

“From an artist with so many songs that feel like they go on forever, who uses her vocals as less a conversation than an instrument, this song is as refreshing as Homogenic itself. One of the most beautiful songs, with lyrics and instruments in perfect balance. I knew it was the best song I had heard in years from the first verse.”

2. Hyperballad (Post, 1995)

“THis song is totally happy and optimistic as Bjork herself is. There is actually nothing negative about this song, excluding the imagining her body crashing part. She goes through these daily rituals before her sleeping lover wakes up to kind of frighten and entertain herself, so when he wakes she is much more appreciative of him, she feels safer, and happier to be with him. Someone like Bjork has a big imagination and I can see her doing this on a day to day basis, plus she lives in Iceland what else is there to do!”

1. Joga (Joga, 1997)

“I believe this song has to do with the exhilarating insights that you can reach when you discuss life with intimate friends. These incidents that happen seem unrelated, but when you relate them to a close friend, he can see that all these “accidents” are actually tied together by you, perhaps a pattern of behavior you unconsciously carry out because of an unrecognized characteristic or childhood event. When your friend speaks this golden nugget of truth, instantly all the pieces begin to fall together; everything begins to make sense.”