An album or record album is a collection of related
audio or
music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live
concerts or on their
websites. The tracks on an album may be related by
subject,
mood or
sound, and may even be designed to express a unified message or tell a story (as in the case of a
concept album), or the tracks may simply represent a convenient grouping of recordings made at one time or place, or recordings whose commercial rights are controlled by a single record label. A group of audio tracks is considered to be an album if it has a generally consistent track list (often with minor differences or
bonus tracks in different territories, or if the album is "reissued" at different times). An album may be released in a single format, such as on
compact disc, or in multiple media formats, ranging from physical ones such as
CDs,
DVD audio,
cassettes and
vinyl records, to digital ones such as
MP3 and
AAC files or
streaming audio.
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Debut, released in July 1993, is an album by
Icelandic singer-songwriter/
musician Björk. It was her first solo project after leaving
The Sugarcubes, but was not her actual debut, as she released the self-titled album
Björk in 1977. The record was
produced by
Nellee Hooper and established Björk's audience outside of Iceland and cult followings in the
UK,
U.S. and elsewhere. Sonically, the album is a mix of dance beat-driven pop ("
Violently Happy", "
Big Time Sensuality", "There's More to Life Than This"), earthy, new age ("One Day", "The Anchor Song", "Aeroplane", "
Human Behaviour"), and seductive, rhythm-based songs ("
Venus as a Boy", "Come to Me"). Debut has been certified
Platinum in the U.S. by the
RIAA. "
Play Dead", Bjork's collaboration with
David Arnold, was soon added as a closing
bonus track on a re-released version of the album in the UK, after the single almost cracked the top ten of the
UK Singles Chart in late
1993.
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