Gling-Glo [Import]

Björk | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 1, 1998)
• Swedish edition
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Wea International
• ASIN: B000005JUM
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #433,356 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Gling Gló

2. Luktar-Gwendur

3. Kata Rokkar

4. Pabbi Minn

5. Brestir Og Brak

6. Astartöfrar

7. Bella Símamær

8. Litli Tónlistarmaðurinn

9. ÞAd Sést Ekki Sætari Mey

10. Bílavísur

11. Tondeleyo

12. Eg Veit Ei Hvað Skal Segja

13. Í Dansi Með ÞÉr

14. Börnin Við Tjörnina

15. Ruby Baby

16. I Can't Help Loving That Man

Editorial Reviews

1990 release on UK Smekkleysa/ Mother/ One Little Indian, ajovial jazz album the Icelandic nymph cut with a jazz triowhile she was still the vocalist for the Sugarcubes. 16tracks, with all but two sung in Icelandic: covers of Leiber/ Stoller's 'Ruby Baby' & Oscar Hammerstein II/ JeromeKern's 'I Can't Help Loving That Man'. Highly acclaimed &highly recommended for anyone looking to augment their Bjorkor Sugarcubes collections!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Made it to gold - and they weren't even in it for the money, May 10, 2004

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Hrafnhildur Blondal (Reykjavik, Iceland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gling-Glo (Audio CD)

I have had this album since its initial release (x yrs ago) and it's definitely been one of my favourites and still is and always will be. I also know a little about it and how it came to be. It was a collaboration between Iceland's most loved jazz musicians, Gudmundur Ingolfsson (piano) and Gudmundur Steingrimsson (percussion), veterans in their field, and young Bjork, who enjoyed a mixed fame in the home country - famous for being creative in her own right and infamous for shocking people with sensitive tastes. (FYI, neither of them is her dad.) While Bjork was in the Sugarcubes, she and Ingolfsson started hitting it off together and playing live whenever she had the time. They then recorded a collection of songs that were all chosen by Bjork with the aid of some friends. What I remember most is that at the time the album was released it had become common knowledge that Ingolfsson had cancer (news spread fast in a small country). A year later he was dead. That Gling-glo should turn out to be such a hit was such a great thing because it turned out to be last recordings he ever made. It should be noted that Gling-glo is considered as much Ingolfsson's album as it is Björk's, and that he is sorely missed by all.

Having said all that, I must add that the whole album is such a delight, that I wish they could have made more. It's easy on the ear, it swings in a modest way and it always, always picks up my spirits if I'm feeling blue.

And I always sing along at the top of my voice... everytime :-)

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Icelandic...Schmicelandic...It's Bjork!, February 17, 2000

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Adrienne Oliver "Bjorkophile" (Bridgeport, Connecticut USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gling-Glo (Audio CD)

Who cares that this album is almost entirely in Bjork Gudmundsdottir's native tounge. Save for the last two songs, Gling Glo(means "tic toc) is completely in Icelandic. This album is a welcome change from Bjork's punk style with Kukl and her stint with the Sugarcubes. She is showcased on this cc and we can hear the full power and majesty of her voice.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Bjork Album, June 14, 2001

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Katie - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gling-Glo (Audio CD)

This album is the most beautiful thing I own.Regardless of mood,event or atmosphere,this album will make you grin!

It is THE most frequently borrowed album in my little collection.My favourite song is bella simmaer(the telephone operator)and pabbi man but i could easily love them all equally.I bought it from amazon ions ago with no knowledge of it whatsoever other than that it was by bjork,but id be truly lost without it.I wish she'd make another!