Telegram
Remix album by Björk
Released	25 November 1996
Genre	Techno[1] electronic dance[1] post-rock[2]
Length	47:13
Label	One Little Indian
Producer	Björk Nellee Hooper Tricky Howie B Eumir Deodato
Björk chronology
Post (1995) Telegram (1996) Homogenic (1997)

Telegram is the first full-length and second overallremix album by Icelandic musicianBjörk, released on 25 November 1996. The album is a collection of remixes of several tracks from her albumPost, which had all previously appeared as B-sides of theUK versions of the singles offPost, except the "Enjoy" remix which was previously unreleased. The cover was shot by Japanese photographerNobuyoshi Araki. All of the songs onPost were remixed, excluding "The Modern Things" and "It's Oh So Quiet". The collection also included one new song entitled "My Spine" which was originally slated to appear onPost but was pushed out by "Enjoy", becoming the B-side to the UK "It's Oh So Quiet" single instead. The album has sold 228,000 copies in theUS according toSoundScan.^[3]

For meTelegram is reallyPost as well but all the elements of the songs are just exaggerated. It's like the core ofPost. That's why it's funny to call it a remix album, it's like the opposite.Telegram is more stark, naked. Not trying to make it pretty or peaceable for the ear. Just a record I would buy myself. Like a letter to myself. Sort of... "fuck what people think". It's a truth thing.

The track listing was originally going to containTalvin Singh's "Calcutta Cyber Cafe" mix of "Possibly Maybe" andPlaid's remix of "Big Time Sensuality".^[5] The Japanese version does not include the original version of "I Miss You".

The original UK LP pressing contains an alternate third track, the "Further Over the Edge Mix" of "Hyperballad" as opposed to the more commonly heard "Further Over the Edge Mix" of "Enjoy". The remixes are nearly identical with the major difference being the chopped up vocals come from "Hyperballad" for the "Hyperballad" version and from "Enjoy" on the "Enjoy" version. To date the "Hyperballad (Further Over the Edge Mix)" is exclusive to the original UK vinyl pressing while the original CD pressing and all subsequent CD and vinyl pressings contain the more common "Enjoy" version.

Björk also declared that the release ofTelegram meant the end of an era consisting ofDebut andPost.^[6]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The A.V. Club	mixed[7]
The Guardian	[8]
Los Angeles Times	[9]
Pitchfork	7.9/10[10]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[11]
Rolling Stone	[2]
Select	[12]
Spin	[13]
USA Today	[14]

The compilation was well received by music critics.Stephen Thomas Erlewine ofAllMusic wrote, "Telegram works as an excellent introduction to techno foralternative pop fans unsure of where to begin exploring."^[15] According toCMJ New Music Monthly, musically the album contains "a real and surprising taste for recent trends in dance music".^[16] Douglas Wolk ofCMJ New Music Monthly felt the music ofTelegram was "actually better thanPost", describing the tracks as "well-considered reworkings".^[16] TheRolling Stone Album Guide gave the album three and a half stars, and stated it "shed new light on the songs".^[11]

Notes

• ^A Headphones" (Ø Remix) is also known as "Headphones" (Mika Vainio's 0Mix) or "Headphones" (The Mëtri Mix)
• ^B The record mislabels the song as "Enjoy" (Further Over the Edge Mix)

• 77ísland Discography entry forTelegram

• Björk remix albums
• Albums produced by Howie B
• Albums produced by Nellee Hooper
• 1996 remix albums
• One Little Independent Records remix albums
• Albums produced by Björk
• Techno remix albums
• Post-rock albums by Icelandic artists
• Electronic dance music albums by Icelandic artists

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