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A fancy little thing...
This is a cool and innovative idea, releasing a music single on DVD so that it can also include the video. The video for Hidden Place is interesting. At first glance it just seems like strange images in a repeating pattern, which it is. But it definitely grows on you through repeated viewings. It shows why Bjork continues to be an artist who creates groundbreaking videos with directors who wish to push the medium in order to attain its fullest potential.
The two bonus songs are very good too, although the negative is that these songs can only be listened to on your DVD player and not in a traditional CD player, not quite the ideal place for most people. However, this is only a minor gripe and shouldn't deter those who wish to buy this item.

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Amazing.
Well, this DVD single present us with Bjork latest video offering and I must confess this is probably one of her strongest. Directed by a team composed of excellent fashion photographers Inez Van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin together with French superstars art directors M/M (Paris) -the same team that already shot the magnificent 'Volumen' cover-, it shows us Bjork as close as one could get, her face becoming a landscape where you can see liquids, fluids and drawings travelling all over it. The whole thing is like a loop around her face, detailing it again and again, in pace with the bleeps & beeps of the song. The more you see it, the more you love it, catching then the zillions beautiful details you missed the time before' Exclusive to this DVD is a 5.1 surround mix of the song plus two bonus audio tracks not available on 'Vespertine' the forthcoming album. Buy it now.

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for the suckers
This DVD single has a total of four songs on it. Two of them are the same song, just recorded differently (one in stereo and one in a 5.1 surround mix). They are set to the same video, which features a close-up of Bjork's face discharging a computer-generated mucus. The camera circles around her face as the mucus comes out of her eyes, down her face, under her chin (where she merrily attempts to taste it), up into her nose, and back out her eyes. Little drawings pop up on her cheek every once in a while, just to offer a break from the mucus. The whole process repeats itself for about five minutes.

Amazed at the artistic genius? Think that Bjork is just being her usual nutty, crazy, lovable self? Well, wait for the real goodies: "Generous Palmstroke" features a white duck on a black background (one of the trademarks of Bjork), which sits there for the whole song, unmoving. "Verandi" features the same duck, but this time it's colored black against a white background. How's that for creativity?

Is the music good? YES. But, this is a DVD, and I assume you're looking for more than just music. You're looking for images, the artist's visual perception of her songs. "Hidden Place" was interesting to watch once, and disgusting every time after that. Buy this only if you must own everything that is Bjork. But personally, I can't believe I wasted my money on this DVD. Learn from me and don't make the same mistake.