Debut (album)
Debut is an
dance music album by
Icelandic alternative rock musician
Björk, released in July of
1993 (see
1993 in music). This album, her first after leaving
The Sugarcubes, was
produced by Nellee Hooper and established Bjork's audience outside of Iceland and cult followings in the
UK,
US and elsewhere.
Debut topped Billboard's Heatseekers chart and peaked at #61 on the Billboard 200 chart.
Track listing
- Human Behaviour - 4:12
- Crying (Hooper) - 4:49
- Venus as a Boy (Bjork) - 4:41
- There's More to Life Than This - 3:21
- Like Someone in Love (Burke/VanHeusen) - 4:33
- Big Time Sensuality (Bjork/Hooper) - 3:56
- One Day (Bjork) - 5:24
- Aeroplane (Bjork) - 3:54
- Come to Me (Bjork) - 4:55
- Violently Happy (Bjork/Hooper) - 4:58
- The Anchor Song (Bjork) - 3:32
Personnel
- Garry Hughes - Keyboards, Organ (Hammond), Programming
- Oliver Lake - Arranger, Brass
- Corky Hale - Harp
- Björk - Arranger, Keyboards, Producer
- Gary Barnacle - Brass
- Paul Corkett - Engineer
- Marius DeVries - Keyboards, Programming
- Nellee Hooper - Percussion, Drums, Producer, Engineer
- Howie B - Engineer
- Luis Jardim - Bass, Percussion, Drums
- Hugoth Nicolson - Engineer
- Brian Pugsley - Engineer
- Talvin Singh - Director, Tabla
- Bruce Willie Smith - Percussion, Drums
- Al Stone - Engineer
- Martin Virgo - Keyboards, Programming
- Mark Warner - Assistant Engineer
- Paul Wertheimer - Engineer
- Goetz Botzenhardt - Assistant Engineer
- Jim Abbiss - Engineer
- Dave Burnham - Engineer
- Jean Baptiste Mondino - Photography
- Pete Lewis - Assistant Engineer
- Paul Waller - Keyboards, Programming
- Jon Mallison - Guitar, Assistant Engineer
- Mike Marsh - Mastering
- Mike Mower - Brass
- Tim Dickenson - Assistant Engineer
- Jhelisa Anderson - Vocals (bckgr)
- Andy Bradford - Assistant Engineer
- Oggy - Assistant Engineer
- H. Shalleh - Engineer
Chart positions
1993 Human Behaviour Modern Rock Tracks No. 2
1993 Human Behaviour Hot Dance Music/Club Play No. 2
1993 Violently Happy Hot Dance Music/Club Play No. 4
1994 Big Time Sensuality The Billboard Hot 100 No. 88
1994 Big Time Sensuality Modern Rock Tracks No. 5
1994 Big Time Sensuality Hot Dance Music/Club Play No. 1
1994 Violently Happy Hot Dance Music/Club Play No. 4
1994 Big Time Sensuality Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales No. 19