Greatest Hits (Direct Metal Mastering (DMM) version)

~ Release by Björk (see all versions of this release, 14 available)

Annotation

Release on black vinyl in gatefold sleeve with printed liners. Also came with digital download code.

Tracks D1 (Isobel) is listed erroneously on back cover as track C4.

back cover

Sleeve by Gabriela Fridriksdottir and M/M (Paris)

TPLP359 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by One Little Indian Ltd./Wellhart Ltd. and exclusively licensed to Polydor Records for the world excluding the UK, North America and Iceland.
℗ 2002 Wellhart Ltd./One Little Indian Ltd. © 2002 Wellhart Ltd./One Little Indian Ltd.

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liner (A/B)

<All is Full of Love> Written by Björk. Produced by Björk. Mixed by Mark Spike Stent. Published by Universal Music. ℗ 2001 Wellhart Ltd./One Little Indian Ltd.
<Hyperballad> Written by Björk. Produced by Nellee Hooper & Björk. Mixed by Mark Spike Stent. Published by Universal Music. ℗ 1996 Wellhart Ltd./One Little Indian Ltd.
<Human Behaviour> Written by Björk & Nellee Hooper. Produced by Nellee Hooper. Features samples from <Go Down Dying> by Antonio Carlos Jobim, courtesy of Symbolic Records by arrangement with Quincy Jones Productions, Inc. Published by Universal Music/Warner Chappell Music. ℗ 1993 One Little Indian Ltd.
<Jórga> Written by Björk & Sigur Birgir Sigurdsson. Mixed by Mark Spike Stent. Produced by Björk & Mark Bell. Published by Universal Music. ℗ 1997 Wellhart Ltd./One Little Indian Ltd.

<Bachelorette> Written by Björk & Sigur Birgir Sigurdsson. Produced by Björk. Mixed by Mark Spike Stent. Published by Universal Music. ℗ 1997 Wellhart Ltd./One Little Indian Ltd.
<Army of Me> Written by Björk & Graham Massey. Produced by Nellee Hooper & Graham Massey and Björk. Mixed by Mark Spike Stent. Published by Universal Music/Perfect Songs Ltd. ℗ 1995 Wellhart Ltd./One Little Indian Ltd.
<Pagan Poetry> Written by Björk. Produced by Björk. Mixed by Mark Spike Stent. Published by Universal Music. ℗ 2001 Wellhart Ltd./One Little Indian Ltd.
<Human Behaviour> Written by Björk & Nellee Hooper. Produced by Nellee Hooper. Additional production and remix by Fluke for Pandephonium. Published by Universal Music/Warner Chappell Music. ℗ 1993 One Little Indian Ltd.

liner (C/D)

<Venus as a Boy> Written by Björk. Produced by Nellee Hooper. Published by Universal Music. ℗ 1993 Wellhart Ltd./One Little Indian Ltd.
<Hunter> Written by Björk. Produced by Björk & Mark Bell. Mixed by Mark Spike Stent. Published by Universal Music. ℗ 1997 Wellhart Ltd./One Little Indian Ltd.
<Hidden Place> Written by Björk, Guy Sigsworth & Mark Bell. Produced by Björk. Mixed by Mark Spike Stent. Published by Universal Music/EMI Music Ltd. ℗ 2001 Ltd./One Little Indian Ltd.
<Isobel> Written by Björk, Nellee Hooper, Mauris De Vries & Sigur Birgir Sigurdsson. Produced by Nellee Hooper & Björk. Published by Universal Music/Warner Chappell Music/19 Music/BMG Music Publushing Ltd. ℗ 1995 Ltd./One Little Indian Ltd.

<Possibly Maybe> Written by Björk, David Arnold & Mauris De Vries. Produced by Nellee Hooper & Björk. Mixed by Mark Spike Stent. Published by Universal Music/Warner Chappell Music/19 Music/BMG Music Publushing Ltd. ℗ 1999 Wellhart Ltd./One Little Indian Ltd.
<Play Dead> Written by Björk, David Arnold & Jay Wobble. Produced by David Arnold & Danny Cannon Additional production & remix by Tim Simenon. Published by Universal Music/Warner Chappell Music/Co-yright Control. Taken from the soundtrack album for <The Young Americans>. ℗ 1993 Island Records Ltd.
<It’s in Our Hands> Written by Björk. Produced by Bjork & Drew Daniel. Contains samples from <Die Dinge Des Lebens> as performed by To Rocco Rot & Gigi Masin, taken from the album <The Amateur View>, courtesy of City Slang & La Chunga; <Clouds> as performed by Gigi Masin, courtesy of Sub Rosa records and Pixel Bo Music publishers; and <6/3 Parallel> performed by Guy Sigsworth, under copyright control. Published by Universal Music. ℗ 2002 Wellhart Ltd./One Little Indian Ltd.

Mastered by Howie Weinberg at Masterdisk, NYC. Digital editing by Roger Lian at Masterdisk, NYC. Production manager Jennifer Quinn at Masterdisk, NYC.
All tracks under license to One Little Indian Records and exclusively licensed to Polydor Records for the the world excluding the UK, North America and Iceland. word ‘the’ repeated on liner

Annotation last modified on 2024-04-07 13:49 UTC.

Tracklist

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1▼12" Vinyl
#TitleRatingLength
A1All Is Full of Love
producer:
Björk
mixer:
Björk and Mark “Spike” Stent (producer, engineer)
vocals:
Björk
music videos:
All Is Full of Love (music video) by Björk
recording of:
All Is Full of Love
lyricist and composer:
Björk
publisher:
PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd.
4.34:46
A2Hyperballad
recording engineer:
Howard Bernstein and Steve Price (UK recording engineer/producer/orchestrator/arranger)
miscellaneous support:
Isobel Griffiths (task: Orchestral Contractor)
programming:
Marius de Vries
assistant engineer:
Kirsten Cowie, Oswald "Wiz" Bowe, Adrian Scarff and Mark Warner (UK DVD designer and recording engineer)
producer:
Björk and Nellee Hooper
mixer:
Mark “Spike” Stent (producer, engineer) and Al Stone (UK engineer)
cello:
Tony Pleeth (cellist)
keyboard:
Björk and Marius de Vries
viola:
Rob Smissen (violist)
conductor:
Eumir Deodato and Gavyn Wright (UK violinist, conductor)
strings arranger:
Eumir Deodato
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Björk Overseas Ltd. (in 1995), Elektra Entertainment Group (not for release label use! a division of Warner Communications, Inc. for the United States, and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States) (in 1995) and One Little Indian Ltd. (in 1995)
recording of:
Hyperballad
lyricist and composer:
Björk
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Group Japan (work publisher – do NOT use as a release label), Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) and シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.)
4.45:24
A3Human Behaviour
producer:
Nellee Hooper
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra Entertainment (company, DO NOT USE as release label, for releases use “Elektra”) (in 1993) and One Little Indian Ltd. (in 1993)
samples:
Go Down Dying by Ray Brown (jazz bassist)
music videos:
Human Behaviour (Music video) by Björk
part of:
Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 373)
recording of:
Human Behaviour
writer:
Björk and Nellee Hooper
additional composer:
Antônio Carlos Jobim
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd. and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
4.24:13
A4Jóga
recording engineer:
Markus Dravs
miscellaneous support:
Eumir Deodato (task: transcription) and Jon R. Ornolfsson (task: session fixed)
drum machine programming:
Mark Bell (LFO member) and Markus Dravs
programming:
Howie B, Mark Bell (LFO member), Richard Brown (UK techno producer), Marius de Vries and Markus Dravs
producer:
Mark Bell (LFO member) and Björk
assistant mixer:
Danny Brown (engineer), Kirsten Cowie, Jason Groucott, James Loughrey, Sie Medway‐Smith, Rob Murphy (Engineer), Russell Polden, Rebecca Storey, Paul ‘P Dub’ Walton and Jason Westbrook
mixer:
Howie B and Mark “Spike” Stent (producer, engineer)
accordion:
Yasuhiro “Coba” Kobayashi (famous accordion player)
cello:
Jon R. Ornolfsson and Sigurður Bjarki Gunnarsson
clavichord and pipe organ:
Guy Sigsworth
electronic drum set [electronic drumkit]:
Trevor Morais
glass harmonica:
Alasdair Malloy (percussionist)
keyboard:
Mark Bell (LFO member), Björk and Guy Sigsworth
strings:
The Icelandic String Octet
viola:
Guðrún Hrund Harðardóttir and Móeiður Anna Sigurðardóttir
violin:
Sigurbjorn Bernhardsson (Icelandic violinist), Sif Tulinius, Sigrun Edvaldsdottir (violinist) and Una Sveinbjarnardóttir (violinist)
remixer:
Howie B and Mark “Spike” Stent (producer, engineer)
arranger:
Björk
orchestrator:
Eumir Deodato
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Björk Overseas Ltd. (in 1997), Elektra Entertainment Group (not for release label use! a division of Warner Communications, Inc. for the United States, and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States) (in 1997) and One Little Indian Ltd. (in 1997)
recording of:
Jóga
lyricist and composer:
Björk and Sigurjón Birgir Sigurðsson (aka Sjón, Johnny Triumph)
publisher:
PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd. and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
4.65:05
B1Bachelorette
recording engineer:
Markus Dravs and Steve Price (UK recording engineer/producer/orchestrator/arranger)
miscellaneous support:
Eumir Deodato (task: transcription), Isobel Griffiths (task: orchestral contractor) and Tony Stanton (task: copyist)
drum machine programming:
Mark Bell (LFO member) and Markus Dravs
programming:
Howie B, Mark Bell (LFO member), Richard Brown (UK techno producer), Marius de Vries and Markus Dravs
producer:
Björk
assistant mixer:
Danny Brown (engineer), Kirsten Cowie, Jason Groucott, James Loughrey, Sie Medway‐Smith, Rob Murphy (Engineer), Russell Polden, Rebecca Storey, Paul ‘P Dub’ Walton and Jason Westbrook
mixer:
Mark “Spike” Stent (producer, engineer)
accordion:
Yasuhiro “Coba” Kobayashi (famous accordion player)
bass:
Mike Brittain and Chris Laurence (double bassist)
brass:
Paul Gardham and Paul Pritchard (British arranger, composer, producer and horn player)
cello:
John Tunnell (cellist), Paul Kegg (cellist), Helen Liebmann (cellist) and Martin Loveday (cellist)
clavichord and pipe organ:
Guy Sigsworth
electronic drum set [electronic drumkit]:
Trevor Morais
glass harmonica:
Alasdair Malloy (percussionist)
harp:
Helen Tunstall
horn:
Jeff Bryant (horn player) and Mike Thompson (British horn player and conductor)
keyboard:
Mark Bell (LFO member), Björk and Guy Sigsworth
snare drum [military snare]:
Frank Ricotti (percussionist)
timpani [timp]:
Steve Henderson (classical percussionist)
viola:
Roger Chase (violist), Bill Hawkes, Peter Lale (violist) and George Robertson (violist)
violin:
Mark Berrow (violinist), Ben Cruft (violinist), Roger Garland (violinist), Jim McLeod, Perry Montague‐Mason (violinist), Peter Oxer, Maciej Rakowski (violinist), Vaughan Armon, Wilf Gibson (UK violinist) and Gavyn Wright (UK violinist, conductor)
arranger:
Björk
orchestrator:
Eumir Deodato
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Björk Overseas Ltd. (in 1997), Elektra Entertainment Group (not for release label use! a division of Warner Communications, Inc. for the United States, and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States) (in 1997) and One Little Indian Ltd. (in 1997)
recording of:
Bachelorette
lyricist:
Sigurjón Birgir Sigurðsson (aka Sjón, Johnny Triumph)
composer:
Björk and Sigurjón Birgir Sigurðsson (aka Sjón, Johnny Triumph)
publisher:
PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd.
4.75:18
B2Army of Me
recording engineer:
Al Fisch
programming:
Marius de Vries and Graham Massey
producer:
Björk, Nellee Hooper and Graham Massey
mixer:
Mark “Spike” Stent (producer, engineer)
keyboard:
Björk, Marius de Vries and Graham Massey
lead vocals:
Björk
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Björk Overseas Ltd. (in 1995), Elektra Entertainment Group (not for release label use! a division of Warner Communications, Inc. for the United States, and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States) (in 1995) and One Little Indian Ltd. (in 1995)
recording of:
Army of Me
writer:
Björk and Graham Massey
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Perfect Songs (UK publisher, affiliated with BMI), PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., SPZ Music Inc (BMI affiliated) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
4.253:57
B3Pagan Poetry
assistant recording engineer:
Bobby Gosh (pianist, songwriter, and producer) (musical box)
recording engineer:
Erik Gosh (musical box)
miscellaneous support:
Jack Perron (task: adaptation to music box)
bass [bassline] programming:
Björk
programming:
Björk, Jake Davies and Marius de Vries
additional producer:
Marius de Vries
producer:
Björk
mixer:
Mark “Spike” Stent (producer, engineer)
harp arranger:
Björk and Zeena Parkins
musical box arranger:
Björk
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. (not for release label use! a division of Warner Music Group) (in 2001) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2001)
recorded at:
Bygosh Music Recording Studios in Vermont, United States (musical box)
recording of:
Pagan Poetry
lyricist and composer:
Björk
publisher:
Universal Music (Universal Music Publishing, use ONLY if no country‐specific information is available)
4.15:14
B4Big Time Sensuality (The Fluke Minimix)
additional producer:
Fluke (UK electronic music group)
producer:
Nellee Hooper
remixer:
Fluke (UK electronic music group)
recording of:
Big Time Sensuality
writer:
Björk and Nellee Hooper
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody) and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
44:56
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C1Venus as a Boy
producer:
Nellee Hooper
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra Entertainment (company, DO NOT USE as release label, for releases use “Elektra”) (in 1993) and One Little Indian Ltd. (in 1993)
music videos:
Venus as a Boy by Björk
recording of:
Venus as a Boy
lyricist and composer:
Björk
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
4.054:41
C2Hunter
recording engineer:
Markus Dravs
miscellaneous support:
Eumir Deodato (task: transcription) and Jon R. Ornolfsson (task: session fixed)
drum machine programming:
Mark Bell (LFO member) and Markus Dravs
programming:
Howie B, Mark Bell (LFO member), Richard Brown (UK techno producer), Marius de Vries and Markus Dravs
producer:
Mark Bell (LFO member) and Björk
assistant mixer:
Danny Brown (engineer), Kirsten Cowie, Jason Groucott, James Loughrey, Sie Medway‐Smith, Rob Murphy (Engineer), Russell Polden, Rebecca Storey, Paul ‘P Dub’ Walton and Jason Westbrook
mixer:
Mark “Spike” Stent (producer, engineer)
accordion:
Yasuhiro “Coba” Kobayashi (famous accordion player)
cello:
Jon R. Ornolfsson and Sigurður Bjarki Gunnarsson
clavichord and pipe organ:
Guy Sigsworth
electronic drum set [electronic drumkit]:
Trevor Morais
glass harmonica:
Alasdair Malloy (percussionist)
keyboard:
Mark Bell (LFO member), Björk and Guy Sigsworth
strings:
The Icelandic String Octet
viola:
Guðrún Hrund Harðardóttir and Móeiður Anna Sigurðardóttir
violin:
Sigurbjorn Bernhardsson (Icelandic violinist), Sif Tulinius, Sigrun Edvaldsdottir (violinist) and Una Sveinbjarnardóttir (violinist)
orchestra:
Eumir Deodato
arranger:
Eumir Deodato
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Björk Overseas Ltd. (in 1997), Elektra Entertainment Group (not for release label use! a division of Warner Communications, Inc. for the United States, and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States) (in 1997) and One Little Indian Ltd. (in 1997)
recording of:
Hunter
lyricist and composer:
Björk
publisher:
PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd.
4.154:15
C3Hidden Place
programming:
Björk, Jake Davies, Matthew Herbert (UK electronic musician Herbert), Matmos, Guy Sigsworth and Damian Taylor (Canadian electronic & rock producer)
audio engineer:
Jake Davies and Damian Taylor (Canadian electronic & rock producer)
producer:
Björk
mixer:
Mark “Spike” Stent (producer, engineer)
choir vocals arranger:
Björk, Vince Mendoza and Guy Sigsworth
orchestrator:
Vince Mendoza
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. (not for release label use! a division of Warner Music Group) (in 2001) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2001)
recording of:
Hidden Place
lyricist:
Björk
composer:
Mark Bell (LFO member), Björk and Guy Sigsworth
publisher:
Universal Music (Universal Music Publishing, use ONLY if no country‐specific information is available)
4.055:28
D1Isobel
recording engineer:
Lenny Franchi, Howard Bernstein and Steve Price (UK recording engineer/producer/orchestrator/arranger)
miscellaneous support:
Isobel Griffiths (task: Orchestral Contractor)
programming:
Marius de Vries
assistant engineer:
Andy Bradfield, Kirsten Cowie, Gorby, Oswald "Wiz" Bowe and Adrian Scarff
producer:
Björk and Nellee Hooper
mixer:
Al Stone (UK engineer)
cello:
Tony Pleeth (cellist)
keyboard:
Björk and Marius de Vries
trumpet:
Maurice Murphy (trumpet player)
viola:
Rob Smissen (violist)
conductor:
Eumir Deodato and Gavyn Wright (UK violinist, conductor)
strings arranger:
Björk and Eumir Deodato
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Björk Overseas Ltd. (in 1995), Elektra Entertainment Group (not for release label use! a division of Warner Communications, Inc. for the United States, and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States) (in 1995) and One Little Indian Ltd. (in 1995)
music videos:
Isobel (music video) by Björk
recording of:
Isobel
writer:
Björk, Marius de Vries, Nellee Hooper and Sigurjón Birgir Sigurðsson (aka Sjón, Johnny Triumph)
composer:
Sjón
publisher:
19 Music Ltd., 19 Music-BMG Music, Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Imagem, IMAGEM Entertainment Limited, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd. (UK), PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label), Universal Music Publishing (use ONLY if no country‐specific information is available), Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group), Warner Chappell Music France, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019), Wellhart Ltd (Björk’s copyright holding company), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
4.055:49
D2Possibly Maybe
programming:
Marius de Vries
assistant engineer:
Oswald Bowe
engineer and mixer:
Howard Bernstein
producer:
Björk and Nellee Hooper
keyboard:
Björk and Marius de Vries
contains samples by:
Scanner (Robin Rimbaud)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Björk Overseas Ltd. (in 1995) and One Little Indian Ltd. (in 1995)
samples:
Mass Observation by Scanner (Robin Rimbaud) (other instruments [telephone ring])
recording of:
Possibly Maybe
lyricist and composer:
Björk
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody) and PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd.
3.95:07
D3Play Dead
engineer:
Kerry Hopwood and Q (mix engineer)
additional producer:
Tim Simenon
producer:
David Arnold (English score composer) and Danny Cannon
mixer:
Q (mix engineer)
remixer:
Tim Simenon
performer:
David Arnold (English score composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Island Records Ltd. (not for release label use! company known by this name from 1962‐05‐08 to 1999‐03‐29, and since 2014‐06‐25) (in 1993)
music videos:
Play Dead (Music video) by Björk
recording of:
Play Dead
writer:
David Arnold (English score composer), Björk and Jah Wobble
4.33:57
D4It’s in Our Hands
additional programming:
Marius de Vries
programming:
Björk, Matmos, Guy Sigsworth and Damian Taylor (Canadian electronic & rock producer)
engineer:
Jake Davies and Valgeir Sigurðsson
producer:
Björk and Drew Daniel (American experimental musician)
mixer:
Mark “Spike” Stent (producer, engineer)
samples:
Die Dinge des Lebens by To Rococo Rot
recording of:
It’s in Our Hands
composer:
Björk
44:15

Credits

Release

editor:Roger Lian
mastering:Howie Weinberg (mastering engineer)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:One Little Indian Ltd. (in 2002)
Wellhart Ltd (Björk’s copyright holding company) (in 2002)
licensed to:Polydor Records (record company, please see the “A (x) release” / “A (x) recording” for the release label)
mastered at and edited at:Masterdisk in New York, New York, United States
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/7073514 [info]