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Gling-Glo
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Track Listing
- Gling GL
- Luktar-Gvendur
- Kata Rokkar
- Pabbi Minn
- Brestir Og Brak
- Astartfrar
- Bella Simamaer
- Litli T�nlistarmadurinn
- Pad S�st Ekki Saetar Mey
- B�lavisur
- Tondeleyo
- �g Veit el Hvad Skal Segja
- � Dansi Med P�
- B�rnin Vid Tj�rnina
- Ruby Baby
- I Can't Help Loving That Man
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #20680 in Music
- Released on: 1998-02-16
- Number of discs: 1
- Dimensions: .20 pounds
Customer Reviews
Jazz. Smooth. Nice. BJORK!?!
Love it to pieces. This is 50+ mins / 16 tracks of live studio recordings with a Jazz trio - Bjork obviously providing the typically perfect vocals. This is all top notch Jazz from the very first second, and considering these were live recordings, the production and musicianship seems all the more outstanding.
This helped me get over the dissapointment that was Selmasongs (too short, missing a song or two from Dancer In The Dark), and instantly became my fave Bjork album, if anything because so many of the songs are so very memorable. Standout tracks include: Gling-Glo, Tondeleyo, Luktar-Gvendur and Bella Simamaer - this is a must get for Bjork fans (there's trad, slow and a few other styles of Jazz here, so I believe "diverse" describes this album quite well).
Last note: most of the songs are Icelandic I believe, and the final two are English (and there could be other languages here too, I've no idea to be honest :). Believe me when I say - this DEFINITELY won't bother you in the slightest, even if you can't speak the languages. Doesn't bother me at all - can I say exotic (yes, she is :)?
A Queen Of Cool
Bjork sings Icelandic jazz.
Well, it's a first for me and the shameful thing is that,
until I found it here, I had no knowledge of it's existence.
Messrs Ingolfsson (piano), Steingrimsson (drums) and Hognason (bass)
accompany our heroine in a quirky collection of 16 well chosen songs.
Recorded in 1990 the album is a truly surreal experience.
Everything we have come to know and love about Bjork's
extraordinary vocal and interpretive abilities is captured
here in barmy idiosyncratic splendour.
Golly where to start ?!
How about the benignly bonkers 'You Can't Get A Man With A Gun'
from Rogers and Hammerstein's musical 'Annie Get Your Gun' (!!).
Or the totally bizarre Italianate cadences of 'Bella Simamaer'.
The latin rhythms of 'Kata Rokkar' provide the background
to a stunningly raw and raucous vocal performance.
Title track 'Gling Glo' is a magical music box brimful of wonders.
The general mood is playful. It really does sound like everyone
involved in the project is having good time.
On the glimmering edge of a phenomenally successful
solo career Bjork's star shines just as brightly here
as almost everything else which was to follow.
Enchanting.
the early Icelandic Diva
Björk at her best. To me, the most interesting album she's released and also one of my favourite albums ever, despite being a very early piece on her repertoire. The album is very moving, due to her strong and unique voice, making the fact that it's almost entirely sung in Icelandic a detail. It transcends language. The quality of the lyrics is exquisite - I recommend its download in English. A truly magic CD, hence my 5 star rating.
