Biophilia (album)
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| Studio album by Björk | ||||
| Released | 5 October 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 2008–11 | |||
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| Length | 49:34 | |||
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| Developer(s) | Second Wind Apps, RelativeWave |
| Publisher(s) |
One Little Indian Well Hart |
| Producer(s) | Scott Snibbe Studios |
| Designer(s) | M/M Paris |
| Artist(s) | Björk |
| Platform(s) | iOS |
| Release date(s) |
iOS July 19, 2011 Android July 17, 2013 |
| Genre(s) | Music |
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| Metacritic | 79/100 |
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| Entertainment Weekly | (A−) |
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| NME | 9/10 |
| Pitchfork | 6.2/10 |
| PopMatters | 8/10 |
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Biophilia is the eighth (officially considered to be the seventh) studio album by Icelandic recording artist Björk. It was released on 5 October 2011, by One Little Indian Records and distributed by Nonesuch Records in North America and by Universal Music Group in the rest of the world. Björk composed it as a concept album during the 2008–11 Icelandic financial crisis, exploring the links between nature, music and technology. Billed as the first "app album", Biophilia is a multimedia project released alongside a series of apps linking the album's themes to musicology concepts. It was followed by a series of educational workshops in four continents.
Four singles were issued before the album's release in 2011. "", co-produced with English dubstep duo 16bit, was released as the lead single on June 28, 2011, accompanied by a music video directed by longtime collaborator Michel Gondry. It was followed by the singles "", "" and "". Björk promoted the album with the Biophilia Tour, which began at the Manchester International Festival in June 2011 and ended in September 2013. A bonus track on the deluxe edition of Biophilia, "Náttúra", was released as a digital single in 2008 around the time the Biophilia project began. "Náttúra" was added as part of a series of bonus tracks after an early online leak of the album weeks before its release date.
Biophilia received critical acclaim and was named one of the best albums of 2011 by several publications; it was nominated for two awards at the 55th Grammy Awards in 2013, winning Best Recording Package. It debuted in the top 40 of every chart it entered worldwide, topping the Taiwan chart and peaking in the top 5 in Iceland, France and Denmark. In 2014, Biophilia became the first app included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
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