Gling-Gló

Infobox Album
Name = Gling-Gló
Type = Album
Artist = Björk Guðmundsdóttir & Tríó Guðmundar Ingólfssonar

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Released = October 1990
Recorded = September 1990
Genre = Vocal jazz
Length = 50:17
Label = Smekkleysa
Producer = Tómas Tómasson
Reviews =
*Allmusic (2.5/5) [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:4i0qoalaiijd link]
*"All About Jazz" (Favorable) [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=14839 link]
Last album =
This album = "Gling-Gló "
(1990)
Next album = |

"Gling-Gló", released in 1990, is the only album by Björk Guðmundsdóttir & Tríó Guðmundar Ingólfssonar, consisting of Björk Guðmundsdóttir on vocals, Guðmundur Ingólfsson on piano, Guðmundur Steingrímsson on drums, and Þórður Högnason on bass. "Gling-Gló" is an Icelandic onomatopoeia whose English equivalent is "Ding Dong," or the sound that a bell makes.

This album was recorded on September 1 and September 31990 at Stúdio Sýrland. It was produced by Tómas Magnús Tómasson, the bassist of Stuðmenn, who also did the mix for this album.

"Gling-Gló" contains Icelandic themes, and most of the songs are sung in Icelandic. There are also five versions of English language songs by other artists: “Ruby Baby,” by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, and the jazz standard “I Can’t Help Loving That Man”, by Oscar Hammerstein II and Jerome Kern; and in Icelandic “Það Sést Ekki Sætari Mey”, which means in English “There Is No Sweeter Girl”, and is misattributed in the album notes and on the CD as having been written by "Rogers/Hammerstein", but is in reality a completely reworded cover of "You Can't Get A Man With A Gun" by Irving Berlin from the famous musical "Annie Get Your Gun". There is also the Icelandic version of Sway, Í Dansi með Þér. Additionally, "Bílavísur" is a reworked rendition of "The Blacksmith Blues," first performed by Ella Mae Morse. "Ég veit ei hvað skal segja" is also a reworked rendition of "Ricochet Romance", performed by the likes of June Carter Cash.

Track listing

#"Gling gló" – 2:44
#"Luktar-Gvendur" – 4:05
#"Kata rokkar" – 2:56
#"Pabbi minn" – 2:44
#"Brestir og brak" – 3:23
#"Ástartröfrar" – 2:43
#"Bella símamær" – 4:00
#"Litli tónlistarmaðurinn" – 3:23
#"Það sést ekki sætari mey" – 4:00
#"Bílavísur" – 2:38
#"Tondeleyo" – 3:29
#"Ég veit ei hvað skal segja" – 3:03
#"Í dansi með þér" – 2:26
#"Börnin við tjörnina" – 2:46
#"Ruby Baby" – 04:00
#"I Can't Help Loving That Man" – 3:40

Credits

Vocals: Björk Guðmundsdóttir.
Piano and tambourine: Guðmundur Ingólfsson.
Drums, maracas, and Christmas bells: Guðmundur Steingrímsson.
Bass: Þórður Högnason.

01: Composition: Alfreð Clausen. Lyrics: Kristín Engilbertsdóttir.
02: Composition: Nat Simon. Lyrics: Eiríkur K. Eiríksson.
03: Composition and lyrics: Theodór Einarsson.
04: Composition: P. Burkhard. Lyrics: Þorsteinn Sveinsson.
05: Composition: Jón Múli Árnason. Lyrics: Jónas Árnason.
06: Composition and lyrics: Valdimar Auðunsson.
07: Composition: Mark Fontenoy. Lyrics: Loftur Guðmundsson.
08: Composition and lyrics: 12 September.
09: Composition: Richard Rodgers and Hammerstein "Mistaken attribution on the album itself. In reality:" Irving Berlin. Lyrics: Loftur Guðmundsson.
10: Composition: Holmes. Lyrics: Jón Sigurðsson.
11: Composition: Sigfús Halldórsson. Lyrics: Tómas Guðmundsson.
12: Composition: Coleman, Darion and Gimbel. Lyrics: Loftur Guðmundsson.
13: Composition: Pablo Beltran Ruiz. Lyrics: Þorsteinn Sveinsson.
14: Composition and lyrics: Jenni Jónsson.
15: Composition and lyrics: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.
16: Composition and lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II and Jerome Kern.

Note: “Ruby Baby” and “I Can't Help Loving that Man” were recorded on August 23, 1990 on Ríkisútvarpið (National Icelandic Broadcasting Service).
The recordings were made for "Djasskaffi", a radio programme hosted by Ólafur Þórðarsson.

PersonnelProducer: Tómas Magnús Tómasson.
Technician: Georg Magnússon.
Graphic design: Óskar Jónasson.

External links

* [http://www.bjork.com Björk official website] - including [http://www.bjork.com/facts/lyrics/ lyrics to Gling-Gló album songs]
* [http://specials.bjorkish.net/gling-glo/ Gling-Gló at Björkish.net]
* [http://www.itn.is/sniglabandid/members/tomas.html Page of Tómas Magnús Tómasson] - Producer.
* [http://www.jonsigurdsson.com/ Official site of Jón Sigurðsson] - Icelandic text of “Bílavísur”.
* [http://home4.inet.tele.dk/olrik/bjork/disco/ Björk's Purple Lodge Discography] - Complete discography listing, it includes DVDs, VHS, books and her collaborations with other artists.
* [http://bjork.pl/o/media.htm Mp3 and MIDI files] - A look through Björk’s artistic career and her collaborations with other artists.

Note: This article features Icelandic characters. For more information see Icelandic language.