Live at Shepherds Bush Empire
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Live at Shepherds Bush Empire is an official DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....

/home-video released by Björk
Björk
Björk Guðmundsdóttir , known as Björk , is an Icelandic singer-songwriter. Her eclectic musical style has achieved popular acknowledgement and popularity within many musical genres, such as rock, jazz, electronic dance music, classical and folk...

 on November 19, 2001. The live show was recorded at the end of the Post tour  on February 27, 1997, at a special fan-club only free concert at the Shepherds Bush Empire in London
London
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, England
England
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. The majority of the songs are taken from the album Post, as well as some from her first album Debut. The track "I Go Humble" is a B-side
A-side and B-side
A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or...

, and appears on the "Isobel
Isobel
"Isobel" is a song by Icelandic singer Björk. It was released as the second single from her 1995 album Post. The lyrics describe a primitive girl who seems to be a personification of Mother Nature, and who tries to warn the technological world of its potential dangers. The music is underscored by...

" single. Many of the performances from this concert can be found on the Post Live album, released as part of the Live Box
Live Box
Live Box is a set of 4 live CDs, a live DVD and a 36-page booklet by Icelandic singer/songwriter/musician Björk, released in August 2003. Each live CD roughly corresponds to one album in her four album solo discography....

in 2003 and later made available separately. The song that appears over the end credits is "Glóra", a flute instrumental recorded when Björk was in The Elgar Sisters
The Elgar Sisters
The Elgar Sisters was an Icelandic duo formed by singer Björk Guðmundsdóttir and guitarist Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson in 1984. The Elgar Sisters coexisted with KUKL, another group they were part of....

. Two track that were performed on the night are omitted from this DVD - "It's Oh So Quiet
It's Oh So Quiet
"It's Oh, So Quiet" is a song by American singer Betty Hutton, released in 1951 as the B-side to the single "Murder, He Says". It is a cover of the German song "Und Jetzt ist es Still", performed by Horst Winter in 1948, written by Austrian composer Hans Lang and Erich Meder...

" and "Big Time Sensuality
Big Time Sensuality
"Big Time Sensuality" is a song by Björk, released as the fourth single from her 1993 album Debut. The song helped boost Björk's popularity worldwide, particularly the U.S., where she charted for the first time.-Background:...

" (these were performed after the last track included here).

Track listing

  • Available audio tracks:
    • English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
Tracks on the DVD:
  1. "Headphones"
  2. "Army of Me
    Army of Me
    "Army of Me" is a song by Björk, released in 1995 as the first, and leading, single from her second solo album Post. The song also appeared, later in the same year on the soundtrack of Tank Girl as well as in the soundtrack of Sucker Punch in 2011...

    "
  3. "One Day"
  4. "The Modern Things"
  5. "Venus as a Boy
    Venus as a Boy
    "Venus as a Boy" is a song by Björk, released as the second single from her 1993 album Debut.-Background:Björk explained in an interview with David Hemingway:...

    "
  6. "You've Been Flirting Again"
  7. "Isobel
    Isobel
    "Isobel" is a song by Icelandic singer Björk. It was released as the second single from her 1995 album Post. The lyrics describe a primitive girl who seems to be a personification of Mother Nature, and who tries to warn the technological world of its potential dangers. The music is underscored by...

    "
  8. "Possibly Maybe
    Possibly Maybe
    "Possibly Maybe" is a song by Björk, released as the fifth single from her 1995 album Post. It is a song with deep electronic tones and soft beats that reflects on potential love....

    "
  9. "I Go Humble"
  10. "Big Time Sensuality
    Big Time Sensuality
    "Big Time Sensuality" is a song by Björk, released as the fourth single from her 1993 album Debut. The song helped boost Björk's popularity worldwide, particularly the U.S., where she charted for the first time.-Background:...

    "
  11. "Hyperballad"
  12. "Enjoy"
  13. "Human Behaviour
    Human Behaviour
    "Human Behaviour" is Icelandic singer Björk's first solo single, taken from the album Debut. It contains a sample of "Go Down Dying" by Antonio Carlos Jobim. The lyrics reflect on human nature and emotion from a non-human animal's point of view. The song is the first part of a series of songs that...

    "
  14. "Anchor Song"
  15. "I Miss You
    I Miss You (Björk song)
    "I Miss You" is a song by Björk, the sixth and final single release from her 1995 album Post. It is amongst her least-well performing singles in the UK, but it hit #1 on the U.S...

    "
  16. "Crying"
  17. "Violently Happy
    Violently Happy
    "Violently Happy" is a song by Björk, released as the fifth and final single from her album Debut in 1993. The song peaked at #13 in the UK and reached #3 on the US dance charts.-Background:...

    "
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