Biophilia
by Björk

Biophilia by Björk
Year: 2011
Release date: 2011-10-05
Overall rank: 2,407th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 309 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2011 (50th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (380th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,407th)

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Björk bestography

Biophilia is ranked 7th best out of 30 albums by Björk on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Björk is Homogenic which is ranked number 90 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 12,681.

Björk album bestography « Higher ranked (1,390th)
Medúlla
This album (2,407th)
Biophilia
Lower ranked (3,176th) »
Utopia

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Biophilia track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 2,407th | 2010s rank: 380th | 2011 rank: 50th

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Biophilia ratings

Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 309 votes)
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12/29/2025 17:28 mutant  Ratings distribution  1,67156/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 22% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.7/100, a mean average of 73.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.1.

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85/100
From 07/14/2020 23:44 | #255598
Bizarrely beautiful and at the same time beautifully bizarre, even for Björk.
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85/100
From 07/28/2019 19:43 | #240470
Confesso que me perco um pouco nessa viagem, mas a cada jornada uma descoberta nova. Álbum infinito!
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From 12/08/2018 04:16 | #226487
Good album.

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From 10/24/2018 00:27 | #223162
Pretty much the same thing I said for "Volta". Some of the tracks on here (I'm talking about "Crystalline", "Sacrifice" & "Mutual Core") are all really cool and a welcome change for Björk w.r.t genres, but quite a few tracks wander aimlessly into space. The "Dark Matter" and "Hollow" middle-section is suitably dark, but feels a bit like dead weight, and elsewhere there are pretty tracks (like "Virus" and "Solstice") that unfortunately don't hold a candle to her former glories. Nonetheless, it's a small improvement over "Volta" and a very good record.
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From 10/26/2016 16:03 | #177473
Not as good as a lot of her previous albums, but it marks a slight step-up from "Volta" and no-one can doubt the sheer ambition she brings to each album. If her lyricism may seem slightly stale, the production certainly isn't. Like many of Björk's albums, "Biophilia" does manage to transport you to another world yet it also surprisingly has a couple of pop-like bangers ("Crystalline", "Mutual Core"). It's an interesting album that's well worth anyone's time.
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Rating:  
100/100
From 07/06/2016 00:26 | #170628
the actual concept of nature/space/science/existence in this record is actually a cover of what's to come on vulnicura

biophilia is nearly as heartbreaking as vulnicura but in a domestic level i'd say. if you listen from different angles you could enjoy it as another precious björk album rather than take it as a school lesson from your weird teacher
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Rating:  
90/100
From 06/16/2016 12:59 | #168897
One of my favourite Bjork albums. Biophilla, sees Bjork exploring the beginnings of time, space and humanity. It's a beautifully ambitious record, and as always Bjork never fails to amaze. It's a stunning album, this is music of the future. Brilliant.
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Rating:  
80/100
From 10/03/2013 23:28 | #87554
Best tracks: Cosmogony, Mutual Core, Crystalline, Sacrifice, Thunderbolt.
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80/100
From 06/16/2013 21:49 | #79042
great album
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From 02/26/2013 02:55 | #66182
Am I the only one who thinks this is great? Bump this up
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