翻譯：thesweetescape

原文鏈接：https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-best-albums-of-the-1990s/

Bj?rk immersed herself in London’s club scene for her first two solo albums, but by the runup to 1997’s?Homogenic?a string of personal circumstances had given her no shortage of reasons to return to her native Iceland. With volatile electronic elements that Bj?rk has likened to the island nation’s active volcanoes, and desolate strings that could conceivably soundtrack an epic Viking film, the album certainly represented a homecoming of sorts. Its title also spoke to Bj?rk’s growing control over the creative process, which she used, with collaborators such as Markus Dravs and Mark Bell, to achieve her most unified sonic palette yet. That stately yet unstable setting—Arvo P?rt meets Aphex Twin—adorns some of the often-cryptic lyricist’s most arresting statements. She’s a fountain of blood in the shape of a girl; a state of emergency is where she wants to be; she knows you can’t handle love. When she unloads these epiphanies in her usual gravity-defying manner, as much trapeze artist as vocalist, the sense of adventure is palpable. In the end, much of the album was recorded in Spain—you really can never go home again—and Bj?rk’s return to a quieter life turned out to be an even greater journey of discovery. By the time the album wraps with the limpid ecstasy of “All Is Full of Love,” it’s clear that by going back to where she was from, Bj?rk had found a new way of moving forward. –Marc Hogan

在前兩張個人專輯中，Bj?rk陶醉于燈紅酒綠的倫敦酒吧。但在1997年的續(xù)作《Homogenic》中，一系列私人變故使她不得不重返祖國冰島。經Bj?rk之手的變幻莫測的電子器樂如同冰島常年活躍的火山，蕭瑟凄婉的弦樂令聽眾眼前浮現史詩級電影《維京》的畫面，專輯呈現出落葉歸根的主題。專輯名稱也彰顯著Bj?rk對自己的藝術創(chuàng)作越來越得心應手，與Markus Dravs和Mark Bell開展合作，力求做出概念高度統(tǒng)一的曠世杰作。嚴謹又大膽地混搭不同制作人——當Arvo P?rt遇上Aphex Twin——創(chuàng)作出一些這位詭秘作詞人最舉世矚目的歌詞。她是“?a fountain of blood in the shape of a girl”（指歌曲“Bachelorett”歌詞），一種她心馳神往的危機狀態(tài)。她知道愛情無法把控。當她以一貫獨特的姿態(tài)訴說自己的思想頓悟時——如同馬戲團高空秋千表演者的歌唱演繹，身臨其境的冒險感油然而生。最后，專輯大部分歌曲都是在西班牙錄制的——你真的不能再次回到故鄉(xiāng)了——Bj?rk本次返璞歸真的生活經歷更成就出她藝術生涯的又一登峰造極之作。專輯在悅耳迷幻的歌曲“All Is Full of Love”中走向尾聲。顯然在重返故地后，Bj?rk摸索出前行的道路。?–Marc Hogan

注：Aphex Twin，原名理查德·大衛(wèi)·詹姆斯（Richard David James）?[1]??，英國音樂人，是現時代最重要也具爭議的電子大師之一。在20世紀90年代，詹姆斯推出了一系列評價頗高的唱片。其早期作品被歸類于Intelligent Techno，中期作品以EP為主。而直到后期其作品風格才逐漸成型：超快的breakbeat，簡單悅耳的keyboard，混合瘋狂acid音效，以及扭曲的人聲。還有招牌的迷幻techno。節(jié)奏暗藏殺機，旋律天馬行空。

阿爾沃·帕爾特（Arvo P?rt，1935年9月11日─）出生于愛沙尼亞的派德，是20世紀的愛沙尼亞作曲家。他的作品包括Kanon Pokajanen、De Profondis、Te Deum、Passio、Tabula Rasa等，以合唱圣樂最為人所知。有些人稱他的風格做“神圣簡約主義”（sacred minimalism）。

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