Björk – Family Tree
Label: |
One Little Indian – TPLP365CD |
|---|---|
Format: |
Box Set
, Compilation
CD
, Compilation
|
Country: |
UK |
Released: |
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Genre: |
Pop |
Style: |
Experimental |
Tracklist
| Roots | |||
| MiniCD1-1 | Björk– | Sídasta Ég | 2:59 |
| MiniCD1-2 | Björk– | Glóra | 1:43 |
| MiniCD1-3 | Kukl– | Fuglar | 3:02 |
| MiniCD1-4 | The Sugarcubes– | Ammæli | 3:58 |
| MiniCD1-5 | The Sugarcubes– | Mamma | 2:56 |
| MiniCD2-1 | Björk– | Immature | 2:52 |
| MiniCD2-2 | Björk– | Cover Me | 3:05 |
| MiniCD2-3 | Björk– | Generous Palmstroke | 4:41 |
| MiniCD2-4 | Björk– | Jóga (Strings And Vocals) | 4:40 |
| MiniCD2-5 | Björk– | Mother Heroic | 2:44 |
| Beats | |||
| MiniCD3-1 | Björk– | The Modern Things | 4:10 |
| MiniCD3-2 | Björk– | Karvel | 4:28 |
| MiniCD3-3 | Björk– | I Go Humble | 4:46 |
| MiniCD3-4 | Björk– | Nature Is Ancient | 3:39 |
| Strings | |||
| MiniCD4-1 | Brodsky Quartet– | Unravel | 3:37 |
| MiniCD4-2 | Brodsky Quartet– | Cover Me | 2:50 |
| MiniCD4-3 | Brodsky Quartet– | Possibly Maybe | 4:53 |
| MiniCD4-4 | Brodsky Quartet– | The Anchor Song | 3:43 |
| MiniCD4-5 | Brodsky Quartet– | Hunter | 4:32 |
| MiniCD5-1 | Brodsky Quartet– | All Neon Like | 5:06 |
| MiniCD5-2 | Brodsky Quartet– | I've Seen It All | 5:57 |
| MiniCD5-3 | Brodsky Quartet– | Bachelorette | 5:07 |
| MiniCD5-4 | Brodsky Quartet– | Play Dead | 3:27 |
| Greatest Hits As Chosen By Björk | |||
| CD-1 | Björk– | Venus As A Boy | 4:42 |
| CD-2 | Björk– | Hyperballad | 5:25 |
| CD-3 | Björk– | You've Been Flirting Again | 2:33 |
| CD-4 | Björk– | Isobel | 5:48 |
| CD-5 | Björk– | Jóga | 5:04 |
| CD-6 | Björk– | Unravel | 3:19 |
| CD-7 | Björk– | Bachelorette | 5:15 |
| CD-8 | Björk– | All Is Full Of Love | 4:47 |
| CD-9 | Björk– | Scatterheart | 6:39 |
| CD-10 | Thom Yorke– | I've Seen It All | 5:31 |
| CD-11 | Björk– | Pagan Poetry | 5:15 |
| CD-12 | Björk– | It's Not Up To You | 5:10 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Wellhart Ltd
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – One Little Indian Ltd.
- Copyright © – Wellhart Ltd
- Copyright © – One Little Indian Ltd.
Credits
- Artwork [Art] – Gabríela Fridriksdottir*
- Design [Package] – M/M ‹Paris›*
- Edited By [Digital Editing] – Roger Lian
- Liner Notes – Björk
- Liner Notes [Sleeve Notes Edited By] – Louise Neri
- Mastered By – Howie Weinberg
- Photography By [Plates 16, 24 And 25] – Jiri Hronik*
- Production Manager – Jennifer Quinn
Notes
<A taxonomy of songs>
Contains 5 mini 3'' CDs of new, rare and unreleased material, a lyric booklet, and a different version of the "Greatest Hits" CD.
Released in a custom pink plastic case with an outer white paper slipcase with embossed artwork. Inside there are 2 mini glossy gatefold sleeves, containing 2 miniCDs each ("Roots" miniCDs, and "Strings" miniCDs), a soft plastic sleeve containing "Beats" miniCD with an 8-page mini booklet, the "Greatest Hits" CD stuck in the bottom of the pink plastic case, the lyric booklet "Words", and a folded poster with a letter written by Björk on one side and the credits on the other side.
Sealed copies have a round pink hype sticker on the front and a pink squared sticker on the back with the tracklist.
This version of Greatest Hits contains songs chosen by Björk, while the stand-alone release includes the tracks chosen by fans.
On "Roots" miniCDs:
"Immature" is actually the "Björk's version" previously released in the "Jóga" single.
"Cover me" is the keyboard version found in the "Army of me" single.
"Generous Palmstroke" is the live version at the Santa Cecilia di Academia, Rome, 10 November 2001. Later released in "Vespertine Live".
On "Beats" miniCD:
"The modern things" is the previously unreleased "Original Demo" version.
"Nature is ancient" was previously released as "My snare" in the "Bachelorette" single.
On "Strings" miniCDs:
Previously unreleased live and studio recordings from 1999/2000 with the Brodsky Quartet.
Booklet "Words" contains lyrics of:
01: "All Is Full Of Love" (written by Björk, published by Universal Music)
02: "Aurora" (written by Björk, published by Universal Music)
03: "Cocoon" (written by Björk & Thomas Knak, published by Universal Music/Copyright Control)
04: "Cover Me" (written by Björk, published by Universal Music)
05: "Headphones" (written by Björk & Tricky, published by Universal Music/Island Music)
06: "Human Behaviour" (written by Björk, published by Universal Music)
07: "Hyperballad" (written by Björk, published by Universal Music)
08: "Jóga" (written by Björk & Sigurjon Birgir Sigurdsson, published by Universal Music)
09: "Pagan Poetry" (written by Björk, published by Universal Music)
10: "Pluto" (written by Björk & Mark Bell, published by Universal Music/Warp Music-EMI Music Publishing)
11: "Scatterheart" (written by Björk & Sigurjon Birgir Sigurdsson & Lars Von Trier, published by Universal Music/Copyright Control)
12: "The Anchor Song" (written by Björk, published by Universal Music)
13: "The Modern Things" (written by Björk, published by Universal Music)
14: "Unravel" (written by Björk, published by Universal Music)
15: "Venus As A Boy" (written by Björk, published by Universal Music)
16: "All Neon Like" (written by Björk, published by Universal Music)
All lyrics by Björk.
Contains 5 mini 3'' CDs of new, rare and unreleased material, a lyric booklet, and a different version of the "Greatest Hits" CD.
Released in a custom pink plastic case with an outer white paper slipcase with embossed artwork. Inside there are 2 mini glossy gatefold sleeves, containing 2 miniCDs each ("Roots" miniCDs, and "Strings" miniCDs), a soft plastic sleeve containing "Beats" miniCD with an 8-page mini booklet, the "Greatest Hits" CD stuck in the bottom of the pink plastic case, the lyric booklet "Words", and a folded poster with a letter written by Björk on one side and the credits on the other side.
Sealed copies have a round pink hype sticker on the front and a pink squared sticker on the back with the tracklist.
This version of Greatest Hits contains songs chosen by Björk, while the stand-alone release includes the tracks chosen by fans.
On "Roots" miniCDs:
"Immature" is actually the "Björk's version" previously released in the "Jóga" single.
"Cover me" is the keyboard version found in the "Army of me" single.
"Generous Palmstroke" is the live version at the Santa Cecilia di Academia, Rome, 10 November 2001. Later released in "Vespertine Live".
On "Beats" miniCD:
"The modern things" is the previously unreleased "Original Demo" version.
"Nature is ancient" was previously released as "My snare" in the "Bachelorette" single.
On "Strings" miniCDs:
Previously unreleased live and studio recordings from 1999/2000 with the Brodsky Quartet.
Booklet "Words" contains lyrics of:
01: "All Is Full Of Love" (written by Björk, published by Universal Music)
02: "Aurora" (written by Björk, published by Universal Music)
03: "Cocoon" (written by Björk & Thomas Knak, published by Universal Music/Copyright Control)
04: "Cover Me" (written by Björk, published by Universal Music)
05: "Headphones" (written by Björk & Tricky, published by Universal Music/Island Music)
06: "Human Behaviour" (written by Björk, published by Universal Music)
07: "Hyperballad" (written by Björk, published by Universal Music)
08: "Jóga" (written by Björk & Sigurjon Birgir Sigurdsson, published by Universal Music)
09: "Pagan Poetry" (written by Björk, published by Universal Music)
10: "Pluto" (written by Björk & Mark Bell, published by Universal Music/Warp Music-EMI Music Publishing)
11: "Scatterheart" (written by Björk & Sigurjon Birgir Sigurdsson & Lars Von Trier, published by Universal Music/Copyright Control)
12: "The Anchor Song" (written by Björk, published by Universal Music)
13: "The Modern Things" (written by Björk, published by Universal Music)
14: "Unravel" (written by Björk, published by Universal Music)
15: "Venus As A Boy" (written by Björk, published by Universal Music)
16: "All Neon Like" (written by Björk, published by Universal Music)
All lyrics by Björk.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: 5 016958 050009
- Matrix / Runout (CDmini1): GZ N91501 TPLP365CD/1
- Matrix / Runout (CDmini2): GZ N91502 TPLP365CD/2
- Matrix / Runout (CDmini3): GZ N91503 TPLP365CD/3
- Matrix / Runout (CDmini4): GZ N91504 TPLP365CD/4
- Matrix / Runout (CDmini5): GZ N91505 TPLP365CD/5
- Matrix / Runout (CD): GZ N91916 TPLP365CD/6
Other Versions (5 of 8)
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Family Tree (Box Set, Compilation, 5×CD, Mini, Compilation, CD, Compilation) | Polydor | 570 954-2 | Europe | 2002 | ||
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Recently Edited
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Family Tree (6×CDr, Compilation, Promo) | Elektra | 62815-2 | US | 2002 | ||
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Recently Edited
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Family Tree (5×CD, Mini, CD, Compilation, Box Set, Compilation) | Elektra | 62815-2 | US | 2002 | ||
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Recently Edited
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Family Tree (2×CDr, Compilation, Promo) | Polydor | none | Europe | 2002 | ||
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Recently Edited
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Family Tree (2×CDr, Compilation, Promo) | Universal Music Australia | none | Australia | 2002 |
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Surely one of the worst packaged C.D. box sets of all time! Has anybody been able to successfully negotiate putting everything back into the case once opened?! Of course, the music more than compensates and that is all that really matters.
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