Björk – Post

Why Björk's Post Album Matters in the History of Music by Mikhail Tank (MikhailTank.com)

Björk's second solo label album, (third in total) is titled, POST. If you watch the hyper/sonic music video for 'It's All So Quiet', you will see a dancing mail-box, if you look at the album cover, you will see Sir Chalayan's Royal Mail Envelope Jacket that Björk whimsically wears. The album was mostly recorded at the same Bahamas recording studio as the elegant Sade Adu's 'Love Is Stronger Than Pride' - Com Point (see photos here: https://www.studioexpresso.com/Spotlight%20Archive/Spotlight%20compoint.htm).

POST is a whimsical tale, Part II of what Björk called her early "greatest hits". It is deeply alive and in the moment, even though she went back to London in order to fine-tune the record in its final stretch.
Björk loves to live and create near the ocean, it provides her with home, depth, and confidence. She heard the original version of "It's Oh So Quiet" on the DIVA collection at a truck stop (hear the original here: https://discogs.librosgratis.biz/master/672643-Various-DivaCollection).

My favorite tongue in cheek line of the record is, "Lottery or Car Crash or You a Cult" from 'Possibly, Maybe' ~ it makes me smile and/or laugh. The track I wish was a single and music video, which I actually plan on creating a Darksoul Theatre (my music-theatre, circa 1993) licensed cover version of, in the future -- is the Tricky co-produced, ENJOY. I Miss You is super-fun, The Modern Things is a lovely Freud's Id track, Cover Me (I love the REAL Bat-Cave version available on the Army of Me maxi-single), Army of Me is excellent and I would love NEW remixes, it deserves an updated remix maxi-release, You've Been Flirting Again -- I love the Icelandic variant, it lyrically crawls.

This is one of those albums that will live-on forever, because it inspires Vivaciousness and Life, and even though Björk called it her "Promiscuous Record" --- perhaps its ability to not overthink or over-produce has created an everlasting Living Musical Gem.

I would love a new re-release of the album, featuring DISC 1 Full Album in HD Audio. DISC 2 Variant Master with other versions / demos as noted above, including B-sides. DISC 3 Audio Creative Commentary about each track and the creative concept behind the entire project. Packaged with a (re-printed) hand-written and signed letter from Björk to the music appreciators. Would also love to perhaps - collaborate in the future.
Best, Mt #Bjork #POST bjork @olirecords #ArtistAlbumReview #MikhailTank

Does anyone know if the DualDisc release in 2006 has a remastered version of the stereo tracks on the CD side, or would it be the same mastering as on the original pressings?
I would like to get the DualDiscs as I do have a DVD-Audio / SACD player, but I don't have a 5.1 system, only 2 ch. stereo. Don't want to needlessly waste my money...

I just picked up a reissue (sealed) yesterday, and the runouts are etched TPLP 51 A-2 (on side one) and TPLP 51 B-2 (on side two) but do not see my version listed...any thoughts?

I'm trying to find out about why there are two versions of Possibly Maybe .. one with the intro (5'06) and one without (4'51), depending on the release.. thanks

Second album, and Björk already became a matter of love or hate: she's theatrical here, shouting, yelling, changing styles, being noisy and having fun. But Post is most definitive in crafting Björk's carreer: working with lots of gifted producers and musicians, putting pop in IDM, opera in trip-hop and making the electronica surround her voice. And apart from "Army of me" there isn't a weak song, though one has to love and embrace her voice and yells to enjoy them: "It's oh so quiet" is a song to make her feel like a star in a musical (dream that would come true a bit later), "You've been flirting again" is a string-based ballad (with tension raised in the not-very-defined chords), and "Headphones" is mostly an ambient piece for the glory of the producers. Oh, but the rest is very, very good: "Hyperballad" is purely epic, a perfect blend of melody and IDM tricks, "Isobel" is spectacular, like ABC's "The look of love" for the 90s, with a full orchestra, a powerful bassline and electronic noises blending together achieving pure firework magic in the bridge (something similar to what she did with David Arnold, but more inspired I think). I also love "Possibly Maybe", which is a very romantic trip-hop ballad perfectly acted by Björk and "I miss you", a very fun quirk on the latin house sound. Just for these songs this album deserves a high rating. Though, yes, Björk's voice can be a *bit* irritating at times.