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The Sugarcubes ("sugar cubes") were the first Icelandic band to make a name for themselves abroad, securing a decent market share. Formed in 1988 as the culmination of various experiences in local new-wave groups, they garnered attention with several singles featuring the shrill and thin voice of Bjork Gudmundsdottir. Good reviews in England and the response from the indie audience paved the way for their first LP "Life's Too Good" in 1988, followed by a successful tour in Europe and the United States. They then signed with Elektra, without abandoning the small One Little Indian.
The following year saw the release of "Here Today, Tomorrow, Next Week", while in 1992 this "Stick Around For Joy" came out, still with intelligent and quirky pop, not always perfectly executed, but sometimes with very successful solutions.
Arrangements sometimes lean more towards rock, as in "Leash Called Love" and "Vitamin", perhaps one of the best moments of the entire album. Lighter guitar tracks like "Hit" and the more effective "Walkabout" are not lacking, nor are tracks with interesting structures like "Lucky Night". "Happy Nurse" takes on the tone of a nursery rhyme, while "Chihuahua" is colored with funk.
All in all, an album with good verve, skeletal rhythmic structures, and a predominance of female vocals. Curious cover with explosive spermatozoa.
With the start of Bjork's solo career, the history of the Sugarcubes comes to an end.
Tracklist Lyrics and Samples
01 Gold (03:39)
Björk
Gold, finger itches
Gold, in the hand
Gold, you have to have
Gold, all for yourself
Gold, full train of it
Gold, rob the train
Gold, murder in the train
Gold, get some gold
Gold is the sweat of the sun
Give me some gold!
Gold, it glitters
Gold, is soft and thin
Einar
I'm searching for gold
I need gold just to see
Never seen it before
Indication of gold
Do I see gold?
Bloody fingers!
Dig! Crawl! Dig!
Björk
Gold is the sweat of the sun
Give me some gold!
Einar
I continue to dig into the earth,
Torn fingers, bloody fingers..
Björk
There is a sun in the sky
Nothing has changed
And gold, begotten of the sun...
Give me gold!
I need it now, oh gold!
Einar
I'm still searching for gold
I need gold
Björk
And I have to have a chunk of... gold
Einar
No indication of gold
Björk
Just a little piece of gold for me!
Einar
In the core of the earth
Björk
Oh, gold!
Einar
I see the glow, this is the gold
Björk
Gold, gold! Oh gold!
Einar
I need gold!
Björk & Einar
Oh, gold!
02 Hit (03:56)
Björk
This wasn't supposed to happen
I was happy by myself
Accidentally you seduced me
I'm in love again
I lie in my bed, Totally still
My eyes wide open, I'm in rapture
I don't believe this, I'm in love again!
This wasn't supposed to happen
I've been hit with your charm
How could you do this to me?
I'm in love again
I lie in my bed - totally still,
My eyes wide open - I'm in rapture.
I don't believe this, I'm in love again
This wasn't supposed to happen!
This wasn't supposed to happen!
Eg og hann, ég og hann...
Einar
A small story which never happened
I said ouch! this really hurts!
That can't be this has been
Practised for millions of years
Therefore we are
Yes, but I, I'm a boy
A small story which always happens
I said ouch! this really hurts!
This could well be
But this has
Been practised for millions of years
Therefore we are
Yes, but, you're a girl!
Björk
I lie in my bed - totally still
My eyes wide open - I'm in rapture
I don't believe this - I'm in love again
This wasn't supposed to happen!
I lie in my bed - totally still
My eyes wide open - I'm in rapture
I'm in rapture
You've put a seed inside me
Oh, and while you're away
Seed
It's growing silently
To be a life
Starts in my stomach
Embraces my insides
Inside
And about to reach my heart
This wasn't supposed to happen!
This wasn't supposed to happen!
Eg og hann, ég og hann...
Einar
This really hurts!
04 Lucky Night (04:03)
Björk
I've tried a lot and most things excite me.
But what tops it all is doing two things at a time.
Einar
Life and death, glass and water
Rock and roll, wash and dirty
Christ and Jesus, time and hours
Björk
To drive a car and listen to music.
To read a book and ride a train.
Einar
Watch and maker, God and dog
Hammer and saw, babies and nappies
Stop and hold, moon and stars
Björk
To be a charming combination,
Tense me up.
I'm into trying a lot and most things excite me.
But what tops it all is doing two things at a time.
Einar
Knife and fork, pad and felt
Window and pane, country and western
Rhythm and blues, yawn and sigh
Björk
This is a lucky night for me
A night when one plus one is three
To read a letter and fall in love
To not sleep and be not unhappy
To watch TV and cuddle
Crême de la crême
Is doing two things at a time
Einar
To do two things twice at once
It's so nice, is there a point?
Björk
Two things... two!
Einar
To be or not to
Time and logic finally
You must enter my two nostrils
Can that be, or am I just thinking?
Life and death
Glass and water...
Björk
Two things at a time
05 Happy Nurse (03:37)
Björk
After watching this patient lady
I noticed that she was a poor nurse
She knows exactly what people need
Without them having to tell her
She's a poor nurse
She knows what you hunger for
And feeds it to you
Einar
The nurse was also my friend
She gave me friendship in abundance
Smothered me with hugs and kisses
I've got used to her injection
And they often send me stupid
It could become a habit
She gave me friendship in abundance
Smothered me with hugs and kisses
Björk
She invites me to a soft room
And hands me a piece of confidence
She injects me with a dose of warmth
It dawns upon me that humans are the only drug
She's a poor nurse, she knows what you
Hunger for, and feeds it to you
Einar
But then I bought myself a
Small rubber dingy when she told me
He who was up a mountain
Because she wanted everyone
To give her, love and affection
Her breast was, great and soft
Incredibly great, great and soft
And could squirt, a long way!
A great distance...
Björk
She's a poor nurse, this careless woman
Don't hate her, she's a poor nurse
She knows what you, hunger for
And feeds it to you, she's a poor nurse
This careless woman, don't hate her
She's a poor nurse.
06 I'm Hungry (04:33)
Björk
I wake up and know that
This is the day I'm leaving
I'm going alone with no map
I need room I need space
Have to try something that
Hasn't been done before
I want to go to places
Where I don't know what its like
Listen, I'm hungry
Thirsty for surprises
Ready for experience
Have to get what I need right now
I'm by the road hitchhiking
And a car has stopped.
As I climb in to it,
I'm struck with hot joy
Have to try something that
Hasn't been done before
I want to go to places
Where I don't know what its like...
Listen, I'm hungry
Thirsty for surprises
Ready for experience
Have to get what I need right now
Listen, I'm hungry
Ready for surprises
Thirsty for experience
Have to get what I need right now
Einar
Am I on my way out?
Lying in the grass, and allow myself to dream
Am I going further?
I want to go on, am I dreaming?
Have I gone crazy in my sleep?
Shake my head can someone find
Björk
Listen, I'm hungry
Listen, I'm hungry
Einar
Find me Einar's food, someone find Einar's food
I said I'm hungry!, I had good food in society
Why am I so hungry, on my way out?
Einar's food is not good...
07 Walkabout (03:48)
Björk
I admire the curves,
The golden landscape.
I wanna be there
Right with you.
That's where I'm staying,
Where no-one can find me
In the depths of the valleys
Magnificent landscape
Björk
Delicious boy,
With animal eyes,
Beautiful buttocks,
Haunting movements.
But the thing that makes me love you
Is the unforgettable smell of your skin.
Björk
There's a hole and there's a stick.
Einar
Between the hills!
Björk
There's a cove and there's a ship,
That goes in and out of the harbour.
Björk
The heavy pear,
Totally ripe.
Adorable fruits
So generous.
This is where I'm staying,
Where no-one can find me,
In the depths of the valleys.
Magnificent landscape.
Björk
Delicious boy,
With animal eyes,
Beautiful buttocks,
Haunting movements.
But the thing that makes me love you
Is the unforgettable smell of your skin.
Björk
There's a hole and there's a stick.
Einar
Between the hills!
Björk
There's a tunnel and there's a train.
Einar
Admire the view.
Björk
There's a cove and there's a ship,
That goes in and out of the harbour.
Björk
Mountains of Nutrition.
Two, side by side,
Above a navel
And under a chin,
That's where I'm staying,
Where no-one can find me.
In the depths of the valleys,
Magnificent landscape.
Einar
Is everything a landscape?
I'm in the landscape
Crawl into the canyon
Into the rain forest
Crawl up the crevasse
Jog along the tundra
Walk up the slope
Have a breather between the hills
Admire the view
Not yet on the peak
Walk further and rest
Between two tranquil pools
Then climb the peak
And admire
I'm captivated.
08 Hetero Scum (03:08)
Björk
My blood flows in me
My red juice in my veins
My blood travels fast
My blood rushes through me
When I need you
My blood flows faster
My veins turn into molten mud
I'm turning in, turning in to
Turning in to the ??????????
I was made long ago
My blood makes me remember
I was made out of mud
My red juice makes me remember
When I need you
My blood goes faster
My veins turn into molten mud
Einar
Half of me
I'm punctured
I'm leaking
The air is out
Blasted into space like
Burst balloons
I'm punctured
I'm leaking
Half of me
There's a hole on you too
Into you
Half of me
It's the beginning half of me
Björk
When I need you
My blood goes faster
My veins turn into molten mud
I'm turning in, turning in to
Turning in to the ??????????
Einar
Half of me, half of me
Half of me,
I'm a jellyfish!
Burst balloon!
Half of me, half of me
Into space, into space
Burst balloon!
Half of me,
No jellyfish, no jellyfish!
09 Vitamin (03:40)
Björk
You convince me
That I am able
You make me strong
You're my vitamin
Einar
My pain is my pain
Your cure is vitamins
Björk
You're my sinking capsule
You're my vitamin...
Einar
I look at this pain of mine
I don't know what it is
You say I could have it easily
Fixed with some vitamins
Björk
Before the hair,
Before the skin,
You form a cell
You're my vitamin
Einar
My pain is my pain
Your cure is vitamins
If I try some of your pills,
Won't I have another pain?
(Hurrah, hurrah!)
Einar
You show me off in all these parties
So very proud of me
Telling everybody there that
I am your little vitamin
You exit with me (??)
Like I was somebody
I am not your cure
To you I'm just another vitamin
Einar
I'm so confused
My pain is mine!
I don't know what it is
You say I can have it easily fixed
With some vitamins
My pain is my pain,
Your cure is vitamins
In all these fancy parties
I won't have another pain
As a payment?
You want all of me
'Cause I am your final cure
Use some - show me off
10 Chihuahua (03:30)
Björk
Bow-wow
Chi-hua-hua-hua-hua-hua!
Dog, bad dog, bad dog, best dog
Bow-wow-wow-wow-wow
Chi-hua-hua-hua-hua-hua!
Einar
It were aliens who started this green popularity
Sure were aliens
They are green
Want everything
Green and brown
No mistake
New demand
Will be made
All must be green
Everything
When they land
The aliens would be made the laughing stock of Planet Earth
They are green
They intend
To occupy
Planet Earth
They have green
Want everything
Green and brown
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