Advantages: original voice Disadvantages: may not suit the tastes of everyone
Bjork is now Iceland's most famous celebrity (sorry Magnus Magnusson, but when did you ever get column inches for hitting a reporter?). 'Debut' was her sensational first album that sold more copies worldwide than all of her previous band's albums put together. The Sugarcubes had had some minor success chart-wise in the UK, with 'Hit' reaching the Top 20, and other songs such as 'Birthday' being widely acclaimed in the indie music press. However, many though that Bjork would be more successful as a solo artist, as so it proved.
Debut, reached the UK Top 3 when it was released in 1993 on the 'One Little Indian' label, and spawned 4 UK Top 40 singles. The first of which was 'Human Behaviour', perhaps most memorable for Bjork being run over by a hedgehog in the video. It reached #35, although did expose her more widely into ...
stoffy 25.08.2001
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Debut - Bjork
Advantages: some good bits Disadvantages: nothing amazing, no real depth to the story
was just something missing in it.
The characters were good and I did feel sorry for Sarah when her life changed so dramatically but I just did not connect with her as I have done with characters in previous books. Don?t get me wrong she was a good character and came across in a great way but there was nothing amazing about her. The book features a lot of others characters but mainly we have Andrew, the husband and Martin, the close friend. I did ha6te Andrew right from the start and formed a nasty hatred for him for what he did to Sarah but this is what the author wanted us to feel so it was a good thing. I found Martin to be a nice a pleasant person and know not long after meeting him the way he was feeling and found him to be a bit predictable.
The storyline was good and for the first quarter of the book I thought I knew where ...
Advantages: Easy listening, humorous banter Disadvantages: Not for the young
A few years ago, the format of our local commercial radio station changed dramatically, following a change of ownership, and many of the established presenters either left or were given their marching orders by the new regime, who clearly wanted to revamp the station's style to make it more appealing to the under 25s. Among the casualties was the breakfast show, which had been an entertaining mix of music, jokes, and banter between the presenters, the traffic reporters and members of the public, who took part in regular `phone in features. In its place came a brash, egotistical young presenter with little more than a few brain cells and a vocabulary to match, accompanied by a hideous noise, masquerading as music, which was guaranteed to wake not only us in the morning, but the neighbours on either side too.
We searched around ...
