Surrounded (Björk album)
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| Box set by Björk | ||||
| Released | 27 June 2006 | |||
| Label | One Little Indian | |||
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| Entertainment Weekly | (positive) |
| Global Rhythm | (mixed) |
| The Oklahoman | (positive) |
| Pitchfork Media | (5.9/10) |
| The San Diego Union-Tribune |  |
| San Francisco Chronicle | (Good) |
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Surrounded is the third box set by Icelandic musician Björk. It was released on 27 June 2006 through One Little Indian. It is a collection of seven of her studio albums, issued in the DualDisc format—one side contains the original longplayers, while the other one includes their remastered versions in surround sound, in tandem with music videos and additional features. While the box set did not impact any record charts, music critics gave mixed to positive reviews to Surrounded. Most of them were positive towards its packaging and affirmed it was an effective showcase of Björk's catalogue. Nonetheless, criticism was targeted towards its opportunistic nature and technicalities.
Surrounded compiles reissues of five of Björk's studio albums—Debut (1993), Post (1995), Homogenic (1997), Vespertine (2001) and Medúlla (2004)—in addition to Selmasongs (2000), and Drawing Restraint 9 (2005), her soundtrack albums. They are pressed in DualDiscs, which possess both a CD side and a DVD side. The former contains each album as originally released, whereas they appear remastered in both DTS and Dolby 5.1 on the latter. Paul 'P-Dub' Walton was the project's sound engineer, having been responsible for the remasters. Ken Richardson of Sound and Vision described Richardson's work on the box set as a "truly surrounding mix", adding it provides "authority" to Björk's "fragile" voice, while making "the icy electronics warm up in the newly expansive atmosphere." The DVD sides incorporate the music videos of each album's singles, the exceptions being the discs for Selmasongs and Drawing Restraint 9 do not include any visuals, but the latter features an extra track—"Petrolatum". The collection is bundled in M/M Paris-designed "hot metallic pink packaging", which Kurt Orzeck of MTV says "is a work of art in and of itself", and Mark Pytlik characterised as a continuation of Björk's "fetishization of the physical artifact". The albums are accompanied by their original artwork.Surrounded was released in the United Kingdom on 27 June 2006; its components were also made available individually.
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