Debut (album)

Debut is an dance music album by Icelandic singer/songwriter/musician Bj�rk, 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.

Table of contents

1 Sound
2 Track listing
3 Personnel
4 Chart positions

Sound

Sonically, the album was a mix of dance beat-driven pop (Violently Happy, Big Time Sensuality, There's More to Life Than This), earthy, new age (One Day, The Anchor Song, Aeroplane), and seductive rhyhtm based songs (Venus as a Boy, Come to Me).

Track listing

Human Behaviour (Bjork/Hooper) - 4:12
Crying (Bjork/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
Atlantic (Bjork) - 2:04 (Japanese Import)
Play Dead (Arnold/Bjork/Wobble) - 3:58 (UK + Japanese Import)

Personnel

Garry Hughes - Keyboards, Organ (Hammond), Programming
Oliver Lake - Arranger, Brass
Corky Hale - Harp
Bj�rk - 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