# Greatest Hits (Björk album)
**Greatest Hits** is a compilation album by the Icelandic musician and singer Björk, released on 4 November 2002 through One Little Indian.
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Release | 4 November 2002, One Little Indian; US edition on Elektra, 5 November 2002[1](https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/bj%C3%B6rks-greatest-hits-mr0000835030) |
| Opening track | "All Is Full of Love", the biggest vote-getter in the survey[2](https://bjork.fr/Associeted-Press-2002) |
| Duration | 72 minutes 19 seconds (US CD)[1](https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/bj%C3%B6rks-greatest-hits-mr0000835030) |
| Companion release | The six-CD *Family Tree* box set, issued the same day, includes a disc of Björk's own greatest-hit choices[2](https://bjork.fr/Associeted-Press-2002) |
| Notable omissions | "Violently Happy", "It's Oh So Quiet", and the Oscar-nominated "I've Seen It All"[3](https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/bjork-greatest-hits/) |
## Track list and voting
The album contains 15 tracks drawn from Björk's first four solo albums, *[Debut](https://www.edgepedia.org/debut-bjork-album)*, *Post*, *Homogenic*, and *Vespertine*, plus "It's in Our Hands", a new song recorded for the release.[4](https://shop.bjork.com/products/bjork-greatest-hits) • [3](https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/bjork-greatest-hits/) The running order follows the fans' votes, opening with "All Is Full of Love" and ending with "It's in Our Hands" at number 15.[2](https://bjork.fr/Associeted-Press-2002) The full sequence, as listed by Björk's official store, is:
1. All Is Full of Love
2. Hyperballad
3. Human Behaviour
4. Jóga
5. Bachelorette
6. Army of Me
7. Pagan Poetry
8. Big Time Sensuality
9. Venus as a Boy
10. Hunter
11. Hidden Place
12. Isobel
13. Possibly Maybe
14. Play Dead
15. It's in Our Hands[4](https://shop.bjork.com/products/bjork-greatest-hits)
Two online surveys ran before the release. The one that fixed the track list asked fans to vote for their favorite singles; a simultaneous survey covered all her songs, album tracks and B-sides included.
Björk herself welcomed the outcome. "I was very pleased, when I saw the fans' voting, how similar it was to mine," she said in an Associated Press interview around the release, adding that having fans see her work in a similar light was lucky.[2](https://bjork.fr/Associeted-Press-2002)
## Reception and omissions
The AllMusic reviewer Heather Phares wrote that the fans "did a pretty good job", touching on most of the biggest songs from each album, with the notable exception of "[It's Oh So Quiet](https://www.edgepedia.org/its-oh-so-quiet)", probably her biggest single; the review also noted the absence of any songs from the *Dancer in the Dark* soundtrack.[5](https://www.allmusic.com/album/bj%C3%B6rks-greatest-hits-mw0000223624) Sal Cinquemani, co-founder and co-editor of Slant Magazine, counted "Violently Happy", "It's Oh So Quiet", and the Oscar-nominated "I've Seen It All" among the glaring omissions, but highlighted that "Play Dead", from the film *The Young Americans*, and "It's in Our Hands", from the *Vespertine* sessions, were available on a Björk album for the first time.[3](https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/bjork-greatest-hits/) Two songs, "All Is Full of Love" and "Big Time Sensuality", appear in their more famous video incarnations.[3](https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/bjork-greatest-hits/)
On the Chinese review site Douban the album holds a rating of 8.7 out of 10 from more than 5,000 users.[6](https://music.douban.com/subject/1402001/)
## Family Tree and related releases
*Greatest Hits* was issued alongside the *Family Tree* box set, a six-CD anthology covering Björk's whole career, not only her solo work, including Brodsky Quartet arrangements of her songs, her personal favorites, previously unreleased material, and Sugarcubes songs.[7](https://gaffa.dk/nyheder/2002/august/bjork-udsender-greatest-hits/) Within the box set, one CD presents Björk's own greatest-hit choices, including *Selmasongs* tracks such as "I've Seen It All" and "Scatterheart" and album songs like "Unravel"; the songs missing from the fan-voted disc appear there instead.[2](https://bjork.fr/Associeted-Press-2002) • [5](https://www.allmusic.com/album/bj%C3%B6rks-greatest-hits-mw0000223624) A five-track sampler of *Greatest Hits* was also given away with the British newspaper *The Observer* on 24 November 2002.[8](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2002/nov/14/bjork.culture)
The album has remained in print; Björk's official store currently sells it on CD and double vinyl.[4](https://shop.bjork.com/products/bjork-greatest-hits)
## References
1. [Björk's Greatest Hits – Release Info, AllMusic](https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/bj%C3%B6rks-greatest-hits-mr0000835030)
2. [Icelandic star Björk says she knows now what it's like to be a librarian, Associated Press (15 November 2002)](https://bjork.fr/Associeted-Press-2002)
3. [Review: Björk, Greatest Hits, Slant Magazine (Sal Cinquemani, 8 November 2002)](https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/bjork-greatest-hits/)
4. [Björk – Greatest Hits, Björk Official Store](https://shop.bjork.com/products/bjork-greatest-hits)
5. [Björk's Greatest Hits Review by Heather Phares, AllMusic](https://www.allmusic.com/album/bj%C3%B6rks-greatest-hits-mw0000223624)
6. [Greatest Hits, Douban Music](https://music.douban.com/subject/1402001/)
7. [Björk udsender Greatest Hits, GAFFA (9 August 2002)](https://gaffa.dk/nyheder/2002/august/bjork-udsender-greatest-hits/)
8. [Get a free Björk CD with the Observer on Sunday, The Guardian (14 November 2002)](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2002/nov/14/bjork.culture)
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