''Telegram'' is the first full-length and second overall

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by Icelandic musician

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, released on 25 November 1996. The album is a collection of remixes of several tracks from her album '' Post'', which had all previously appeared as B-sides of the UK versions of the singles off ''Post'', except the "Enjoy" remix which was previously unreleased. The cover was shot by Japanese photographer

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. All of the songs on ''Post'' 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 on ''Post'' 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 US according to

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Content

The track listing was originally going to contain

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's "Calcutta Cyber Cafe" mix of "Possibly Maybe" and

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's remix of "Big Time Sensuality". 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 of ''Telegram'' meant the end of an era consisting of ''Debut'' and ''Post''.

Reception

The compilation was well received by music critics.

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wrote, "''Telegram'' works as an excellent introduction to techno for

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fans unsure of where to begin exploring." According to ''

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'', musically the album contains "a real and surprising taste for recent trends in dance music". Douglas Wolk of ''CMJ New Music Monthly'' felt the music of ''Telegram'' was "actually better than ''Post''", describing the tracks as "well-considered reworkings". The '' Rolling Stone Album Guide'' gave the album three and a half stars, and stated it "shed new light on the songs".

Track listing

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

Charts

Release history

References

External links

77ísland Discography entry for ''Telegram''
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