Isobel (track)
by Björk
Isobel appears on the following album(s) by Björk:
- Greatest Hits (track #12) (compilation) (2002)
- Post (track #7) (this album) (1995)
- Family Tree (track #27) (compilation) (2002)
- Telegram (track #6) (1996)
- Post Live (track #5) (2004)
- Homogenic Live (track #4) (2004)
- Livebox (track #15) (compilation) (2003)
- Livebox (track #27) (compilation) (2003)
- Biophilia Live (track #11) (2014)
- Apple Music Live: Björk (Cornucopia) (track #3) (2025)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 11/22/2025 23:02 | Exist-en-ciel | 59,984 | 71/100 |
| ! | 10/12/2025 15:25 | gmessian | 1,400 | 55/100 |
| ! | 09/11/2025 13:22 |  ssteve | 24,939 | 78/100 |
| ! | 08/31/2025 14:32 |  ExTeaSea | 12,295 | 85/100 |
| ! | 08/14/2025 22:22 |  DJFresh-Rock | 1,459 | 83/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 88.1/100, a mean average of 87.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.5/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.7.
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AAL2014 02/26/2023 14:39 | #294475
Agreed on the strings. This is one Björk’s best uses of a string section and definitely one of Post’s precursor tracks for the more string-based and grandiose songs on Homogenic.
Lyrically too, Isobel feels like a more primordial version of triumphant, furious Homogenic material.
“In a tower of steel, Nature forges a deal, To raise wonderful hell, Like me, like me.” Amazing.
Just assessing this song a few minutes after its conclusion is hair-raising.
Beautiful song. I really enjoy the string section.
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