Vespertine
Album by Björk
Released	August, 2001
Recorded	???
Genre	Electronica
Length	55 min 33 sec
Record label	One Little Indian
Producer	Björk, Thomas Knak and Marius de Vries
Professional reviews
Rolling Stone review	4 stars out of 5	September, 2003
Q review	4 stars out of 5	September, 2001 p. 109
NME review	8 out of 10	August, 2001 p. 51
Björk Chronology
Selmasongs (2000)	Vespertine (2001)	Greatest Hits (2002)

Vespertine is an album by Icelandic singer/songwriter/musician Björk, released in August of 2001 (see 2001 in music). This album saw Björk creating an introverted and quiet world of swirling microbeats and dreamy, personal lyrical themes.

Contents

1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Chart positions 4 External links

Track listing

1. "Hidden Place" (Björk) - 5:28
2. "Cocoon" (Björk/Knak) - 4:28
3. "It's Not Up to You" (Björk) - 5:08
4. "Undo" (Björk/Knak) - 5:38
5. "Pagan Poetry" (Björk) - 5:14
6. "Frosti" (Björk) - 1:41
7. "Aurora" (Björk) - 4:39
8. "An Echo, a Stain" (Björk/Sigsworth) - 4:04
9. "Sun in My Mouth" (Björk/Sigsworth) - 2:40
10. "Heirloom" (Björk/Console) - 5:12
11. "Harm of Will" (Björk/Sigsworth) - 4:36
12. "Unison" (Björk) - 6:45

Personnel

• Vince Mendoza - Orchestration, Choir Arrangement
• Björk - Programming, Producer, String Arrangements, Music Box, Harp Arrangement, Vocal Editing
• Rory - Assistant Engineer
• Zeena Parkins - Harp/Electric Harp
• Marius DeVries - Production Assistant, Beat Programming
• Stuart Green - Coordination, Choir Coordinator
• Isobel Griffiths - Orchestral Agent
• Guy Sigsworth - Celeste, Clavichord, Programming, Choir Arrangement, Beat Programming
• Jennie O'Grady - Choir Coordinator
• Matthew Herbert - Programming
• Matmos - Programming, Beat Programming
• Thomas Knak - Programming, Producer
• Damian Taylor - Programming, Beat Programming
• Aaron Franz - Assistant Engineer
• Matt Fields - Assistant

Chart positions

 2001      Hidden Place    Canadian Singles Chart                 No. 16 
 2001   Pagan Poetry    Canadian Singles Chart                 No. 15

External links

• Vespertine mini-site