björk : fúsi hreindýr (1977)

released : 18th december, 1977

length : 31:55

language : icelandic

label : fálkinn

studio : hljóðriti studios, reykjavík

recorded : august/september, 1977

[SpaceCattttt]

I don't care if Björk hates her first, true debut album. This song is on it, and if you ask me, it's one of her very best.
The melody is catchy, she sings is remarkably well for an 11 year-old, and the arrangement plays with time signatures in a really interesting way.
The musicians are also great. I mean, there are times when this recording almost ventures out into progressive territory. Which I love.

[calliespltn]

love this song its super cute :) hooray for fusi reindeer

[björkdiscography]

released : 18th december, 1977

length : 31:55

language : icelandic

label : fálkinn

studio : hljóðriti studios,  reykjavík, iceland

recorded : august/september, 1977 - björk : recorded at hlíðrijinn studios, reykjavík, iceland, december, 1977. studio album, released in 1977. songs / tracks listing 01. arabadrengurinn (little arab boy) (5:28) 02. búkolla (your kiss is sweet) (3:31) 03. alta mira (2:42) 04. jóhannes kjarval (2:35) 05. fúsi hreindýr (3:44) 06. himnaför (2:41) 07. óliver (2:53) 08. âlfur út úr hól (the fool on a hill) (3:16) 09. músastiginn (2:56) 10. bænin (chirstopher robin) (2:15) total running time: [32:01] line-up: / musicians: björk guðmundsdóttir, / vocals, flute, (4, 8) sopranino sax, (9) with: björgvin gíslason, / electric & acoustic (5, 8, 10) guitars, sitar, (3) synth, (4, 5, 9) piano, (5, 9) sævar árnason, / guitar, (1) pétur hjaltested, / organ, (1, 8) kristján guðmundsson, / piano, (1-4, 8) sigurður helgi pálmason, / synth, (4) Þorleifur gíslason, / sax, (5) guðmundur ingólfsson, / harmonica, (7) piano, (6, 7) pálmi gunnarsson, / bass, maracas, (3, 8) organ, (4) xylophone, (1, 3) voice (7) sigurður karlsson, / drums, canger, (3) bells, (3, 8) tambourine, (3, 7) ratchet, (8, 9) cheek drumming, & bongos, (9) reynir sigurðsson, / bells, (5) jóhann eiríksson, / voice, (2) releases information: artwork: hildur hauksdóttir, (björk's mother) MC fálkinn, - FA - 006 - 4 (1977, iceland) LP fálkinn - FA-006 (1977, iceland) the only other official version is on cassette (all coloured CD's are factory pressed bootlegs)

björk, bio info: björk, childhood nickname 'bapsi' her recording career began in 1977 at the age of 11 while studying piano and flute at music school. this childhood album wasn't her work, it sold 500 copies in iceland. when she recorded her first album. It went gold in iceland, and today a copy of it fetches up to 1500 pounds! björk herself doesn't even have one. "i'm bad a keeping things like that. i think my gran's got a copy of it though" she smiles swinging her legs like a toddler. as a child. she attended the barnamúsikskóli in reykjavík, iceland, from the age of five. before björk, was famous she worked odd jobs at an antiques shop, a bookstore, a vinyl record store, a coca-cola bottling plant, where her job was to check for cleanliness, and she worked on a farm around christmas time in 1984 plus a fish factory during the easter break in 1984. and in her early punk band 'spit & snot' she was a drummer, and she had no eyebrows and had orange hair.