Björk: Utopia

After the breakup Vulnicura (2015) comes the legal-battle Utopia. In “Sue Me,” Björk confronts her baby’s father, “Sue me, sue me, sue me, all you want” and berates him, “The things of the father / They’ve just fucked it all up.” In “Tabula Rasa,” she takes another swipe at him, “Tabula rasa for my children / Not repeating the fuck-ups of the fathers.” I just love the way she phrases “fuck” over the angelic orchestration. Utopia is a beautiful, dark, majestic, and naturalistic—yes, birds chirping too—album that can be enjoyed in its entirety.