Bjork Video:

		List Price: $24.98		Label: Rhino Salesrank: 52431 Released: February 19, 2002
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		MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated) Media: DVD

Bjork - MTV Unplugged & MTV Live Reviews:
The Songs Stand Up By Themselves
2006-10-22 - My bias: I find Bjork to be an incredibly creative composer of music, and a talented and unique performer with an unmatchable sound.

This is a live performance of the songs from Bjork's "Debut" recording, however with only acoustic instruments. But is not your normal everyday MTV Unplugged with acoustic guitars, acoustic bass guitars, and hand drums --- the instrumentation is unusual for the American rock music fan. An open mind is required when listening. It is not typical MTV crap!

That being said, get ready for an unusually beautiful experience when listening and watching! Human Behavior with a harpsichord? Awesome! Other instruments used: water glasses, gamelan ensemble, tuba, saxophones, double bass, etc etc etc. The songs themselves - the lyrics, and Bjork's unique vocal sound and ability to change expressions on the turn of a dime - come through clearly!

For the best experience, try listening to the "Debut" version, followed
by watching this DVD so you can really appreciate the differences in the techno vs. acoustic performances. The accompaniment is almost made immaterial by Bjork's great performance, proving how great the songs are themselves. They stand up regardless of accompaniment!

This DVD is one of the best musical experiences I have ever had.

solo por el unplugged, un buen dvd
2006-02-26 - la primera parte de este dvd contiene la sesión unpolugged que realizo bjork para la mtv en 1994, a menos de un año del lanzamiento de "debut", por lo tanto sólo incluye versiones de este disco, adaptadas de forma interesante utilizando diversos instrumentos de vientos, percusion, cuerdas y algo como vasos...
debido a esta adaptacion, las canciones se alejan bastante de las radicales versiones electronicas del disco, sin embargo algunas mantienen el mismo aire fresco de las originales. el sonido solo esta disponible en stereo, y al igual que la imagen es bastante bueno. tal vez lo unico lamentable es la corta duracion, aproximadamente 40 minutos. de todos modos es un unplugged que vale la pena ver.
la segunda parte es bastante mas siniestra, correspondiente a una especia de concierto realizado en 1998, donde bjork esta acompañana del dj mark bell y el octeto de cuerdas de islandia. en total son solo 6 canciones de los discos post, debut y homogenic. lejos lo mas criticable de este gig es la pesima calidad del sonido, donde la voz de bjork se pierde entre los instrumentos, los cuales ademas tienen poca fidelidad de sonido. ademas, no hay publico, por lo que se percibe una sensación artificial, de frialdad, con una bjork poco ludica, mas bien apatica. en sisntesis, tal vez el la peor performance de bjork disponible en dvd. si bien tiene una estética cuidada, con efectos de cámara e imagenes sobrepuestas, no logra compensar lo mediocre de lo anteriormente expuesto.
si buscas a la bjork mas electronica, este dvd no es para ti. si te interesa el unplugged, esto no te lo puedes perder.

Bjork: MTV Unplugged/MTV Live
2005-01-25 - Bjork is one of the most amazing artists ever to grace my ears and her MTV Unplugged DVD is a ride of wonderful emotions.

Review I: MTV Unplugged

The MTV Unplugged performance is nine song concert of Bjork's 1993 album "Debut". If you are a fan of Bjork's other performances, this is not even close to her later shows. At this time, Bjork's solo era was in it's infancy so you won't see her running around the stage twitching and screaming.

1): HUMAN BEHAVIOUR: She comes out wearing a yellow dress and says "Thank you". The song begins to play, and it barely sound like it. Then she starts to sing and her angelic voice brings the song to life.

2): ONE DAY: One Day is another favorite from "Debut". This song sounds amazing unplugged with all of the percussion instruments. It sounds like a percussion ensemble performance interlude, with a vocalist.

3): COME TO ME: This song sounds amazing here, the record, and the "VESSEL" release. It sounds almost like the album, only a little less intense. She makes it subtle. Like a lullaby.

4): BIG TIME SENSUALITY: This song starts out very rough with the organ type sound. Then it greatly intensifies when she starts sings.

5): AEROPLANE: This song is nothing short of perfect. Her voice soars and the MUSIC IS INCREDIBLE!

6): LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE: Again, it's amazing and she not even thinking about singing because it just flowing out like water

7): CRYING: The song sounds a bit like a .midi file but it gets better because it becomes something so different than the Debut's Crying.

8): ANCHOR SONG: She sings the song and she sounds great but the music soars better than the record.

9): VIOLENTLY HAPPY: Violently Happy is nothing like the record. This song sounds the most unplugged, but Bjork still dances like its a club remix. It's a little long, and it ends a bit abrupt. This isn't the VESSEL version though. She ends it perfectly.

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Review II: MTV LIVE

MTV LIVE: BJORK is a collection of songs taken from her "Homogenic" Tour. The sound is DISGUSTING, especially from MTV. Homogenic was released in 1997, and was filmed in 1998. But why does 1994's Debut: Unplugged performance have better sound and image quality.

1): YOU'VE BEEN FLIRTING AGAIN: First off, this is the ICELANDIC version and sounds just as amazing. This song is beautiful and starts out the Homogenic experience. The sound gets a 7/10.

2): ISOBEL: Isobel sounds so perfect here. Bjork's voice is better, the music is better, the visual is better! Sound gets a 2/10.

3): HUMAN BEHAVIOUR: Human Behaviour sounds like it does on Vessel. It's a little traditional for Bjork. Sound gets 6/10

4): BACHELORETTE: This song sounds so beautiful but it's a shame WE CAN'T HEAR IT!!! Sound gets a 0.

5): JOGA: Joga is one of the best songs from Homogenic. The live version is just as good. Sound gets a 6/10

6): PLUTO: Now with Pluto, the bad sound quality actually helps because the song is so deep and dark and she's being held down. The sound gets a 6/10 but because it works awesomely: 8/10.

MTV Unplugged Recommendations: HUMAN BEHAVIOUR, AEROPLANE, COME TO ME

MTV Live Recommendations: ISOBEL, YOU'VE BEEN FLIRTING AGAIN, PLUTO

Unplugged gets a 95/100 and Live gets a 45/100

Other Recommendations: VESSEL DVD/VHS

Great perfomances!
2004-08-30 - A wonderful collection that features two great television performances from MTV; highlights include "Human Behaviour" & "One Day" from "MTV Unplugged," and "Jóga" & Bachelorette" from "MTV Live."

A Good dvd But Not Bjork at her Best
2003-06-09 - Okay, the only reason I bought this dvd was to complete my Bjork collection. The first half of the DVD is quite entertaining, watching Bjork skip around stage in that outrageously bright yellow short dress she wears. Now I had thought my main focus would be on the busy Miss B. but this DVD shares the light with other musicians backing up our favorite eccentrically-beautiful Icelandic singer. And yes the tabla player was amazing in this performance, Talvin Seing or whatever his name is, is remmarkably outstanding on this DVD and on the Debut album. As for Miss B. well okay she always brings a smile on our faces whenever she performs but her performance seemed kinda comprimising...or maybe she was still in development of an on stage act. Whatever, anyway well for the second half of the DVD which in my opinion was mediocre, in fact hell they could've left this portion out. to sum it up in all of my collection of her performances, I rate this as the worst set to buy. Don't buy this unless you're a big Bjork fan.