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In Dancer in the Dark, Björk plays Selma, a Czech mother who labors furiously in order to save her son from an inherited disease that will cause blindness. In the midst of all her hardship, the one thing that keeps her spirits up is musicals. Here lies the premise of the Selmasongs EP. The seven tracks sound like something straight out of a Gene Kelly movie but with one major addendum: Björk's wildly imaginative, postmodern songwriting. The movie's theme of fantasy coexisting with urban industrial bleakness is represented in two recurring elements: mechanical friction (expressed rhythmically in the sounds of train tracks
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Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea
Release date: 19 September 2000
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0075596253321 UPC: 075596253321
Release date: 19 September 2000
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0075596253321 UPC: 075596253321
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