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Debut and Post
I always knew it would be two albums and that's why I
called them Debut and Post. Before and after. Björk packs her bags
and goes to England and works with all these exciting people. I'm
not saying there are no more people to work with - there are tons
of exciting people - but maybe we don't have anything in common.
(Blah Blah Blah, december 1996)
Debut vs Post
Whereas 'Debut' was like the greatesthits of ten years,
'Post' was like the last two years. For me, all the songs on the
album are like saying, 'Listen, this is how I'm doing,' and that's
why I calle dthe record 'Post', because I always address my songs
back in my head to Iceland in a letter. Because it was such a big
jump for me to move away from all my relatives, all my friends,
everything I know. (Raw, 17-30 january 1996)
Not
doing many sad songs
In the first years of my solo career - the period around
Debut - I wasn't able to record a dark or sad song. You have to
know, I was raised hardcore happy. That's something typically
Icelandic: to be happy, to feel good, to see everything from the
positive side. So it took me a lot of courage to try something
moody. On Debut it didn't work, on Post it did, eventually.
Possibly Maybe was my first dark song. (Oor,
September 1997)
Recording
in Bahamas
When we were preparing to record 'Post', my accountant
called me very upset, and said unfortunately we might have to go
to the Bahamas. It was to save a lot of money on taxes, so we got
our bikini's sorted and left. (QX Mag,
december 1996)
Duet album
A lot of people talked about Post as my record and I was very
flattered by that, but I definitely look at both of them as duet
albums. Debut was a duet with one person - Nellee, and Post was like
a duet with seven people. (Mojo, november
1997) |
Telegram
For me Telegram is really Post as well but all the elements
of the songs are just exaggerated. It's like the core of Post.
That's why it's funny to call it a remix album, it's like the
opposite. It's like the-cover-of-Post-me like this [she smiles
beatifically] in pink and orange and big ribbon and it's like a
pressie for you. But Telegram is more stark, naked. Not trying to
make it pretty or peaceable for the ear. Just a record I would buy
myself. (Like
a letter to yourself?) Yeah, more, sort of... fuck what
people think. It's a truth thing. Which is maybe a contradiction
because it's other people's remixes. (Blah
Blah Blah, december 1996)
Debut and Post
The reason I called my first albums Debut and Post was
because it was like, "Björk moves outside Iceland, travels the
world, and works with all these different people, blah, blah, blah."
I knew it would take two albums; Debut and Post are basically before
and after. I produced myself this time. I wanted to be me, not me
visiting other places. Debut and Post were like duet albums. Like me
being turned on by Nellee Hooper and vice versa, or like writing
songs with Tricky or Howie B or Graham Massey. This is more me.
(Raygun, September 1997)
Making Post
This album is on the contrary. I've moved from Iceland to
England and all the songs are written since then. So they're all
written with in mind that many people are going to hear them.
They're not shy and introvert, they're more sort of conscious and
more confident. Because it's the girl who leaves home and
tries out all these brand new things she hasn't done before. Seeing
new cities and meeting all these lunatics. All the lunatics are like
herself because there aren't that many back on Iceland. She's
figuring out there are more people out there who feel like her. It's
definitely a brave album but at the same time it's a bit scaring.
"Post" is more scaring than "Debut" cause I'm definitely jumping off
more cliffs this time. (ZTV, 1995) |
