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26. Bjrk - Vertebrae By Vertebrae
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqxYw5jIneA
@Toxtricity (ELIMINATED)
8.5 / 7 / 9 / 9 / 8
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Bjrk is a singular artist. There isnt quite anyone like her. Every time I listen to a Bjrk song, its like Im transported to a new soundscape. Vertebrae by Vertebrae isnt my favorite song by her, but it still offers a lot. Bjrks breathy range of a voice is always a highlight. Those ominous, monotone horns in the background are a huge selling point; they fill the song with this undercurrent of menace, like at any moment Bjrk herself will leap out of the song to save me? Or kill me?

I prefer the second half of the song, which adds industrial percussion (always a hit with me) and some long, tortured vocals. As Ive said before, Im not much of a lyrics guy, but theres something unnerving about the repeated line My arms come out of my shoulders.

25. Art of Noise - A Time for the Fear (Who's Afraid)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oKYY0j0wBI
@Collen (ELIMINATED)
9 / 8 / 8.5 / 7 / 9
83

The big selling point for me with this song is its heavy percussion. Its so distinctive. There are also vocal samples about war (which is how the song memorably opens) and a big drop where all the heavy elements of the song disappear and a voice asks So what happens now? I dont always love things like that, but here, it works so well. I found myself returning to this one a bunch too, particularly the So what happens now? sections. The song overall feels like a meditation on the cruelty of war and uncertainty that comes from conflict.