Björk – Utopia
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One Little Indian – tplp1381 |
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UK & US |
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Genre: |
Pop |
Style: |
Ambient |
Tracklist
| A1 | Arisen My Senses | 5:01 | |
| A2 | Blissing Me | 5:04 | |
| A3 | The Gate | 6:34 | |
| B1 | Body Memory | 10:12 | |
| B2 | Losss | 7:13 | |
| C1 | Utopia | 4:45 | |
| C2 | Saint | 4:43 | |
| C3 | Courtship | 4:52 | |
| C4 | Sue Me | 4:57 | |
| D1 | Tabula Rasa | 4:42 | |
| D2 | Claimstaker | 3:19 | |
| D3 | Paradisia | 1:42 | |
| D4 | Features Creatures | 4:41 | |
| D5 | Future Forever | 4:46 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – One Little Indian Ltd.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Wellhart Ltd
- Copyright © – One Little Indian Ltd.
- Copyright © – Wellhart Ltd
- Published By – Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
- Published By – EMI April Music Inc.
- Published By – Copyright Control
- Lacquer Cut At – Black Saloon Studios
- Pressed By – Optimal Media GmbH – BH98387
Credits
- Artwork [Cover Art], Photography By [Cover Photography] – Jesse Kanda
- Artwork [Cover Artwork Production By] – Juliette Larthe
- Artwork [Facepiece By] – James Merry
- Cello – Júlía Mogensen
- Choir – Hamrahliðarkórinn*
- Concept By [Conceived By] – Björk
- Conductor [Conducted By] – Þorgerður Ingólfsdóttir
- Contrabass – Hávarður Tryggvason
- Cover [Cover Character] – Björk
- Creative Director [Assistant And Visual Co-creative Director] – James Merry
- Creative Director [Cover Artwork Creative Direction] – Jesse Kanda
- Creative Director [Inside/Back Artwork Creative Direction] – M/M (Paris)
- Electronics, Synth [Synth Melodies], Beats – Arca (4)
- Engineer – Chris Elms
- Engineer [Choir Recording Engineer], Engineer [Flute Recording Engineer], Engineer [Harp Recording Engineer] – Bergur Þórisson
- Engineer [Harp Recording Engineer] – Chris Elms
- Field Recording – Chris Watson
- Flute – Þuríður Jónsdóttir
- Hair – Raphael Salley
- Harp – Katie Buckley
- Lacquer Cut By – Mandy*
- Make-Up – Hungry (5)
- Management [Björk Management] – Emma Birkett
- Mastered By [Mastering] – Mandy Parnell
- Mixed By – Marta Salogni (tracks: A1, A3, C1, C2, C4, D1, D3, D5)
- Mixed By [Vocal Mix, Chorus Of] – Marta Salogni (tracks: B2)
- Mixed By [Vocal Mixes] – Marta Salogni (tracks: A2)
- Other [The Fifth Ear] – Robin Carolan
- Photography By [Avian Fetus Photographed By] – Ken Kohl (2)
- Recorded By [Bird Song Samples] – Jean C. Roché
- Soloist [Flute Solo] – Áshildur Haraldsdóttir
- Typography, Illustration [Digital Illuminations] – M/M (Paris)
- Vocals, Flute [Digital Flute], Flute, Arranged By [Cello], Arranged By [Choir], Arranged By [Vocal] – Björk
Notes
Standard black vinyl edition.
Optimal Media GmbH Pressing.
Some copies come with a digital card.
All runouts hand-etched.
From the sleeve and inner sleeves:
Published by Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., except A1, A3, C4, D2, D5: published by Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd./EMI April Music Inc (ASCAP); D4: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd./Copyright Control (APRA)
Original recording on D4: 'Kindred Spirits: Music for harmonic whirlies' composed, performed and recorded by Sarah Hopkins © 1996 Sarah Hopkins APRA
Original recording on C3: 'Mo-mo' track recorded in the village of Damaindeh-Bau, Finisterre Range, Papua New Guinea, taken from the album Jessica Mayer © 2016 soma024, courtesy of Ideologic Organ/Editions Mego
Various bird song samples used by kind permission of 'Oiseau du (Birds of) Venezuela'
Various Icelandic field recordings by Chris Watson
Thanks to Stephen O'Malley for their help with sourcing and clearing samples
Thanks to Smekkleysa
p/c 2017 One Little Indian Ltd / Wellhart Ltd
The copyright in this sound recordings is owned by One Little Indian Records
All rights reserved
Hype sticker:
björk
utopia
Björk
the new album
conceived by björk & arca
includes card
tplp1381
Optimal Media GmbH Pressing.
Some copies come with a digital card.
All runouts hand-etched.
From the sleeve and inner sleeves:
Published by Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., except A1, A3, C4, D2, D5: published by Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd./EMI April Music Inc (ASCAP); D4: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd./Copyright Control (APRA)
Original recording on D4: 'Kindred Spirits: Music for harmonic whirlies' composed, performed and recorded by Sarah Hopkins © 1996 Sarah Hopkins APRA
Original recording on C3: 'Mo-mo' track recorded in the village of Damaindeh-Bau, Finisterre Range, Papua New Guinea, taken from the album Jessica Mayer © 2016 soma024, courtesy of Ideologic Organ/Editions Mego
Various bird song samples used by kind permission of 'Oiseau du (Birds of) Venezuela'
Various Icelandic field recordings by Chris Watson
Thanks to Stephen O'Malley for their help with sourcing and clearing samples
Thanks to Smekkleysa
p/c 2017 One Little Indian Ltd / Wellhart Ltd
The copyright in this sound recordings is owned by One Little Indian Records
All rights reserved
Hype sticker:
björk
utopia
Björk
the new album
conceived by björk & arca
includes card
tplp1381
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Printed): 5 016958 087814
- Barcode (Scanned): 5016958087814
- Label Code: LC 03275
- Rights Society: ASCAP
- Rights Society: APRA
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): BH98387-01 A1 MANDY BSS
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): BH98387-01 B2 S↾
- Matrix / Runout (Side C runout, variant 1): BH98387-02 C1 +↾ MANDY BSS
- Matrix / Runout (Side D runout, variant 1): BH98387-02 D1 +↾
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 2): BH98387-01 A1 MANDY BSS △↾
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 2): BH98387-01 B2 △S
- Matrix / Runout (Side C runout, variant 2): BH98387-02 C1 MANDY BSS ⊥↾
- Matrix / Runout (Side D runout, variant 2): BH98387-02 D1
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 3): BH98387-01 A1 MANDY BSS vv
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 3): BH98387-01 B2 S+
- Matrix / Runout (Side C runout, variant 3): BH98387-02 C1 T↾ MANDY BSS
- Matrix / Runout (Side D runout, variant 3): BH98387-02 D1 I I ↾
Other Versions (5 of 29)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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New Submission
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Utopia (CD, Album) | One Little Indian | tplp1381cdx | UK | 2017 | ||
| Utopia (CD, Album, Special Edition, Digisleeve) | One Little Indian | tplp1381cd | Europe | 2017 | |||
| Utopia (2×LP, Album, Limited Edition, Peach) | One Little Indian | tplp1381ltd | UK | 2017 | |||
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New Submission
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Utopia = ユートピア (CD, Album) | One Little Indian | HSE-6486, tplp1381cdj | Japan | 2017 | ||
| Utopia (CD, Album) | One Little Indian | podcd0839 | Australia | 2017 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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I’d say it’s a 4/5 press. Some surface noise at the beginning of the B-side, as well as in some ages of the C and D sides. But it’s nothing too distracting. This is a wonderful album and one I’m super stoked to have snagged for just 20 bucks at Reckless in Wicker Park. -
No issue with my copy. Ultrasonically cleaned before first play. No clicks, crackles or pops, great quality and dead quiet. I have both peach and this one. Peach one is still sealed so not sure if I can compare as I don't see any issue with this one. -
Some loud clicks and pops even after Zerostat+Brushing it, the track-listing is different from the Digital/CD, output volume is a bit lower than your average, sounds much more bass centric than digital, with vocals often reaching saturation. I conclude that this album is better portrayed as a 24 bit HiRes experience than a vinyl one. Not exactly positive heh ? The different perspective is interesting though. -
AMAZING QUIALITY????? like this is beyond perfect it’s gorgeous did the album so so so much justice -
I have lot of pops n crackles throughout unfortunately. Ruins the listening experience very much. -
A beautiful Bjork album. Pressing sounds fine but I'm no audiophile. Rabit coproduction on B-side was a real treat.
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Björk album pressings are quite known for not having the best audiophile quality out there, actually most of them don't do justice to the music that they contain... but wow. I beg to differ with this pressing, phenomenal, breathy pressing. It's dead quiet, clear of clicks and pops, dynamic & grand. I would recommend this to anyone who enjoyed the album as much as I did. -
My first record it's domed, not completely flat. but sounds great. Isn't usual with Optimal pressings... -
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Does someone who owns both this and the peach colored one is able to compare the listening experience? I mean apart from the color feature ... are there any differences at the sound? Thanks
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