Her performance was praised: the film was awarded the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and she received the Best Actress award. Björk wrote "he has to destroy during the filming" and declared that she would never make another movie. Von Trier believes the problem was two-fold: they were both used to being the "dictator" over their products, and Björk was unable to separate herself from her character while acting. In 2000, she starred in Lars von Trier's Dancer in the Dark, and composed its soundtrack, Selmasongs.
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She also described " All Is Full of Love" - Homogenic 's closing track – as the first song on Vespertine, as it opposed the rest of the album's "aggressive, macho" aesthetic. The album's style differed from her previous two releases, described by her as "very emotionally confrontational and very dramatic". The famous Marjan Pejoski design would take a leading role in Vespertine 's artwork and promotion later that year.ījörk had released her previous studio album, Homogenic, in 1997. Björk, a self-titled coffee table book containing photographs of the artist throughout her career, was released simultaneously with the album.ījörk wearing her swan dress at the 73rd Academy Awards on 25 March 2001. In 2001, she enlisted Zeena Parkins, Matmos, and a choir of Inuit women to embark on the Vespertine World Tour, which took place at theatres and small venues, in favor of acoustics over audience numbers. Three singles were released from Vespertine: " Hidden Place", " Pagan Poetry", and " Cocoon". It was certified gold in Canada, France, and the United Kingdom. The album appeared on several publications' lists of the best albums of 2001 and of the decade, and has often been considered Björk's best album to date. It was widely acclaimed by critics, with praise centred on its erotic, intimate mood and sonic experimentation. Vespertine peaked at number 19 on the US Billboard 200 and at number 8 on the UK Albums Chart. Cummings and British playwright Sarah Kane's Crave.
Lyrically, the album revolves around sex and love-sometimes explicitly-inspired by her at the time new relationship with Matthew Barney other lyrical sources include the poetry of E. Assisted by Matmos, Björk created "microbeats" from various commonplace sounds, such as that of shuffling cards and ice being cracked.
With the rising popularity of Napster and music downloads, she also composed arrangements with thin, "icy" sounding instruments whose quality would not be compromised when downloaded and played on a computer, including the harp, the celesta, clavichord, strings and custom music boxes. The musical style of the album reflected Björk's newly found interest in the minimal and intricate electronic music of producers such as Opiate, Console and the duo Matmos, who were all enlisted for the album. With Vespertine, Björk aspired to create an album with an intimate and domestic feeling, deviating from the brash sonority of her previous studio album Homogenic (1997). Production on the album began during the filming of Dancer in the Dark, which was characterized by conflict between her and director Lars von Trier. It was released on 27 August 2001 in the United Kingdom by One Little Indian Records and in the United States by Elektra Entertainment. Vespertine is the fourth studio album by Icelandic recording artist Björk.
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