Hidden Place

by

Björk

Edit

Hidden Place is the first single to come off of, what I beleive is Björk's best album to date. The moment you hear this, you'll know why it is on any björk fan's top 10.

The lyrics are...frankly...strange, but from the "Through the warmthest cord of care" right to the last belting of "In that hidden Place" you are in for a spectacular aural (and visual, if you watch the video ;) ) experience.

Generous Palmstroke is perhaps the most popular B-Side off of Vespertine. It was co-written by Zeena Parkins (harpist) and Björk during the recording of Vespertine, however didn't fit in the feeling of the album and was scrapped.

If you ever hear or see live versions of this track, it truly blows you away. I would easily recomend a live version over the studio recording because it has so much more character to it, however, I do love the studio recording for what it is worth.

Verandi is a really random song that Björk had written before her work on Dancer in the Dark. It sounds nothing like any of Björk's other songs whatsoever. The really fabulous string arrangement by Jolly Mukherjee makes this a powerful and emotional song in every way. Truly the clmax of this whole single.

The song was made available for download on Björk's website (you can find it if you really want it) along with 'teaser' arrangements of some notable songs off of vespertine.

Overall, this is deffinitely a single worth buying. Yes, there are only 3 tracks on the entire CD, but they stand out so much that you would feel bad downloading them for $2 off of Napster.

So go on! Spend that $1.50 on an almost new copy in the Amazon Marketplace!

This is a 3-Track CD single from the U.K. that comes in a standard album-style jewel case with a front insert (but no back insert). The tracks are as follows:

1. Hidden Place (Edit): At my first listen I was thinking, "wow this is really edited nicely, I can't even tell where they cut parts out of it"...utnil the end, whcih is the WORST ending they could have produced for this song. Instead of fading out, the song ABRUPTLY ends. It's like a slap in the face if you've heard the album version. I thought there was an error on my disc when i first heard the song end.

2. Generous Palmstroke: Good B-Side. Kind of has an Asian vibe going.

3. Verandi: Another B-Side. The previous one was softer than this one. This one has more beats.