Family Tree
Album by Björk
Released	November, 2002
Recorded	???
Genre	Electronica
Record label	One Little Indian
Producer	various
Professional reviews
AMG review	4 stars out of 5	link
Björk Chronology
Greatest Hits (2002)	Family Tree (2002)	Live Box (2003)

Family Tree is a boxed set of musical material by Icelandic singer Björk. The set consists of a book of lyrics entitled "Words", five 3-inch compact discs of rare and previously unreleased material, and a regular-sized compact disc of "Greatest Hits" selected by Björk herself.

Family Tree was released in November of 2002, concurrent with the release of Björk's Greatest Hits album, in which the tracks were selected by her fans.

The five 3-inch compact discs include: "Roots CD 1", which features songs recorded before Björk's "second solo debut" (ie. previous to her 1993 album Debut); "Roots CD 2", which features b-sides and alternate versions of album tracks; "Beats", which focuses on both new and old songs with a heavier electronica influence; and finally "Strings", CDs 1 and 2, which feature live and studio recordings of Björk with the Brodsky Quartet through 1999 and 2000.

The artwork on the CD was done in collaboration with Icelandic contemporary artist Gabriella Fridriksdottir .

Contents

1 Track listing 1.1 CD 1: Greatest Hits As Chosen By Björk 1.2 CD 2: Roots CD 1 1.3 CD 3: Roots CD 2 1.4 CD 4: Beats 1.5 CD 5: Strings CD 1 1.6 CD 6: Strings CD 2 1.7 Words 2 Track Notes 3 External links

Track listing

CD 1: Greatest Hits As Chosen By Björk

1. "Venus As A Boy" - 4:41
2. "Hyperballad" - 5:23
3. "You've Been Flirting Again" - 2:29
4. "Isobel" - 5:48
5. "Jóga" - 5:04
6. "Unravel" - 3:12
7. "Bachelorette" - 5:17
8. "All is Full of Love" - 4:46
9. "Scatterheart" - 6:39
10. "I've Seen It All" - 5:29
11. "Pagan Poetry" - 5:14
12. "It's Not Up to You" - 5:08

CD 2: Roots CD 1

1. "Sídasta Ég" - 3:00
2. "Glóra" - 1:45
3. "Fuglar" - 3:04
4. "Ammæli" - 3:59
5. "Mama" - 2:57

CD 3: Roots CD 2

1. "Immature" - 2:53
2. "Cover Me" - 3:07
3. "Generous Palmstroke" - 4:42
4. "Jóga (Strings & Vocals)" - 4:42
5. "Mother Heroic" - 2:44

CD 4: Beats

1. "The Modern Things" - 4:11
2. "Karvel" - 4:30
3. "I Go Humble" - 4:47
4. "Nature is Ancient" - 3:40

CD 5: Strings CD 1

1. "Unravel" - 3:38
2. "Cover Me" - 2:50
3. "Possibly Maybe" - 4:55
4. "The Anchor Song" - 3:44
5. "Hunter" - 4:31

CD 6: Strings CD 2

1. "All Neon Like" - 5:07
2. "I've Seen It All" - 5:59
3. "Bachelorette" - 5:09
4. "Play Dead" - 3:25

Words

1. "All Is Full of Love"
2. "Aurora"
3. "Cocoon"
4. "Cover Me"
5. "Headphones"
6. "Human Behaviour"
7. "Hyperballad"
8. "Jóga"
9. "Pagan Poetry"
10. "Pluto"
11. "Scatterheart"
12. "The Anchor Song"
13. "The Modern Things"
14. "Unravel"
15. "Venus As A Boy"
16. "All Neon Like"

Track Notes

• "Sídasta Ég" (Roots CD 1) was recorded in 1984 and written by Björk, G. K. Ottarsson , and ex-husband Thor Eldon . Ottarsson also performed the guitar.

• "Glóra" (Roots CD 1), recorded in 1980, was written and produced by Björk. She also performed the flutes.

• "Fuglar" (Roots CD 1) is a song by KUKL , recorded in 1983.

• "Ammæli" (Roots CD 1) was released as "Birthday" in English; this is the original Icelandic language version recorded by the Sugarcubes in 1986.

• "Mamma" (Roots CD 1) was recorded by the Sugarcubes in 1987 and can be found on the album Life's Too Good.

• "Immature" (Roots CD 2) is a more spare version of the album track, recorded in 1996 with piano by Björk.

• "Generous Palmstroke" (Roots CD 2) was recorded in 2000 live at the Santa Cicilia di Academia in Rome, Italy with Zeena Parkins performing harp.

• "Mother Heroic" (Roots CD 2) is based on the poem "Oh Thou That Bowest Thy Ecstatic Face" by E. E. Cummings and was recorded in 2001.

• "The Modern Things" (Beats) is a demo version of what would later become the album track, written and produced by Björk and Graham Massey in 1991.

• "Karvel" (Beats) is a 1994 track written by Björk and Graham Massey and sung in Icelandic.

• "I Go Humble" (Beats), recorded in 1995, was written by Björk and Mark Bell, with Bell also on the keyboards.

• "Nature is Ancient" (Beats) was recorded in 1997 and originally released as the b-side "My Snare". It was written and produced by Björk and Mark Bell.

External links

• Family Tree mini-site