Vespertine at 20: Our guide to Björk's romantic opus

“Of course, while it is a pure-as-snow love song, there is still some space for Björkianism, especially as she describes her former self; “I thrive best hermit style / A beard and a pipe / And a parrot on each side,” she jokes. But you can practically hear her laughing as she gazes into her lover’s eyes and admits in the following line: “But now I can’t do this without you.”

It is the 20th anniversary of Björk’s sensational fourth album Vespertine, and we at Beats Per Minute are such huge fans that we couldn’t let it pass without acknowledgement. We put together a track-by-track guide to the record, and I got to write about the instrumental “Frosti” and the concluding “Unison”. Read the full thing over on BPM.