Björk: Super Fairy Animal
Simon Reynolds, Uncut, October 2001
SHE'S NOT A bit how you'd think she'd be. From the public persona of song and video, you might reasonably expect effervescence, an explosive extravagance of self; at a bare minimum, vivaciousness. But Björk 2001 is surprisingly subdued.
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