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Homogenic is the third studio album by Icelandic musician Björk, released in September 1997. Produced by Björk, Mark Bell, Guy Sigsworth, Howie B and Markus Dravs, it was released on One Little Indian Records. The music of Homogenic was a new style for Björk, focusing on similar sounding music combining electronic beats and string instruments with songs in tribute to her native country Iceland. Homogenic was originally to be produced in her home in London, United Kingdom, but was later recorded in Spain to avoid interruption from the press after the suicide of Björk's stalker Ricardo Lopez. Homogenic marked the first of several production collaborations between Mark Bell and Björk, who Björk would cite as a major influence on her musical career. The album peaked at number twenty-eight on the Billboard 200, and at number four on the UK Albums Chart. Five singles were released from Homogenic: "Jóga", "Bachelorette", "Hunter", "Alarm Call" and "All Is Full of Love". Homogenic was highly acclaimed on its initial release and continues to be praised by critics, with Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine stating that "if not the greatest electronic album of all time, it's certainly the greatest of its decade".

头脑警察，日本地下摇滚的元祖之一，传说中的反体制乐队。 头脑警察的出现，可以说是日本在20世纪60年代末极左思潮发展的一个缩影。 当时日本学生中的一些极端分子建立了所谓的无产阶级暴力组织——"赤军"。"赤军"最后演化成了反动的恐怖组织。 头脑警察就是在这样的时代背景下诞生。乐队成立于1970年，两位成员中村治雄和石塚俊明分别化名为Panta和Toshi。乐队的名称来自于frank zappa的一曲"who are the brain police?"。 1972年1月19，乐队在京都举行演唱会。3月，这次演出的录音发行，即传说中的1st album<头脑警察1>。令人瞠目结舌的是，乐队堂而皇之的使用了臭名昭著的"三亿元事件"照片作封面。"三亿元事件"是1968年日本发生一起惊天劫案，劫匪在光天化日之下扮成警察，骗取银行押款人员的信任，将满载三亿日元的汽车开走。直至今天刑事民事案件的时效统统到期，仍无影无踪。用"三亿元事件"照片作封面，等于公然挑衅政府，讽刺当权者的无能，挑战道德的底线。于是<头脑警察 1>立马被禁止发售。 紧接着5月<头脑警察2>问世，一个月后，再因反动歌词而遭禁。 10月，顽固到底的乐队发表<头脑警察3>。 之后的岁月，乐队仍不断前进，多张大碟发表。但赤军运动已经穷途末路。 1975年，乐队自主制作了600张<头脑警察1>进行地下传播。这一年最后一天，在涩谷举行了最后的演唱会后，宣布解散。 初期的头脑警察，以激进的、政治评判性的歌词受到高度关注和争议。音乐方面，既有如"世界革命戦争宣言／赤军兵士の诗／銃をとれ"这样被赤军称为"革命三部曲"的生猛摇滚，也有温柔如"さようなら世界夫人よ"这样不朽的folk名曲。即使被批的狗血淋头，即使屡屡遭禁，头脑警察始终我行我素，唯我独尊地走在风口浪尖毫无惧色。最后，时代接受了他们。1990年，头脑警察短暂重组，一时风云再起。 2001年，<头脑警察1>正式解禁，公开发行。功过是非由人去说。赤军也好反动也罢，影响了日本的一代人的头脑警察，已经载入了史册。