Editing Homogenic (section)

== Critical reception ==
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| subtitle = Contemporary reviews
| rev1 = ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''
| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref name="ChiTribune">{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1997/09/26/bjorkhomogenic-elektra-star-star-star-12homogenic-is/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208142201/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1997-09-26/entertainment/9709260343_1_bjork-homogenic-guiding|archive-date=8 December 2015|title=Bjork: Homogenic (Elektra) |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=26 September 1997 |access-date=3 December 2015 |last=Kot |first=Greg |url-status=live |author-link=Greg Kot}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev2score = A<ref name=ew-review>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/1997/09/26/homogenic/ |title=Homogenic |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=26 September 1997 |access-date=9 April 2009 |last=Browne |first=David |author-link=David Browne (journalist)}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news |title=Iceland cometh |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=19 September 1997 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/260839246/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|last=Sullivan |first=Caroline}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
| rev4score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref name="LATimes">{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-sep-21-ca-34514-story.html |title=Bjork's Quirks Give Way to {{sic|a Enchanting|hide=yes}} Vision |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=21 September 1997 |access-date=27 October 2015 |last=Cromelin |first=Richard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208054837/http://articles.latimes.com/1997/sep/21/entertainment/ca-34514 |archive-date=8 December 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Music Week]]''
| rev5score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="MusicWeek">{{cite magazine|first=|last=|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1997/Music-Week-1997-09-13.pdf|title=Reviews: Albums|magazine=[[Music Week]]|date=13 September 1997|page=14|accessdate=13 September 2022}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev6score = 9/10<ref name="NME97">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000356reviews.html |title=Björk: Homogenic |magazine=[[NME]] |date=20 September 1997 |access-date=27 October 2015 |page=54 |last=Kessler |first=Ted |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001016025015/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000356reviews.html |archive-date=16 October 2000 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]''
| rev7Score = {{rating|3.5|4}}<ref name="Inquirer">{{Cite news |last=DeLuca |first=Dan |date=28 September 1997 |title=New Recordings |page=80 |work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109222759/homogenic-review/|via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{open access|access-date=9 September 2022}}}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev8score = 9.9/10<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/b/bjork/homogenic.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060508111918/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/b/bjork/homogenic.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=2006-05-08 |title=Björk: Homogenic |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=September 1997 |access-date=4 December 2020 |last=Schreiber |first=Ryan }}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev9score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="rs">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/homogenic-19971003 |title=Homogenic |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=3 October 1997 |access-date=9 April 2009 |last=Chonin |first=Neva |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090317075015/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bjork/albums/album/160171/review/5941298/homogenic |archive-date=17 March 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
| rev10score = 9/10<ref name="Spin97">{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G-86CzNjg9cC&pg=PA135 |title=Björk: Homogenic |magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |volume=13 |issue=7 |date=September 1997 |access-date=15 April 2009 |page=135 |last=Hunter |first=James}}</ref>
| rev11 = ''[[The Times]]''
| rev11score = 7/10<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pattenden |first=Mike |date=20 September 1997 |title=The big album |page=107 |work=[[The Times]]}}</ref>
| rev12 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| rev12Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Roberts |first=Chris |date=November 1997 |title=The dear hunter |magazine=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |page=92 |issue=6}}</ref>
}}
''Homogenic'' received widespread acclaim from critics. [[David Browne (journalist)|David Browne]] of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' stated that "''Homogenic'' could have been stuffy and dull — [[Sting (musician)|Sting]] with a [[Gender-affirming surgery|sex-change operation]]. It's a testament to Bjork's continued weirdness that even overtures toward adulthood come out delightfully skewed".<ref name=ew-review /> Neva Chonin of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' cited it as "one of the boldest – and most exciting – albums of the year",<ref name="rs" /> while ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' critic Richard Cromelin wrote that it "affirms [Björk's] stature as one of pop music's most uncompromising adventurers".<ref name="LATimes"/> ''[[NME]]''{{'}}s Ted Kessler praised ''Homogenic'' as Björk's best album and "her most emotional, highly charged and groovy record, as well as a stinging triumph for the spirit of adventure,"<ref name="NME97" /> while ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'' remarked that it "boldly ventures into the techno future while never losing its intensely personal vision and human heart".<ref name="Inquirer" /> In another positive review, ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' opined that with the album, Björk didn't "demonize the artificial and assign innocence to the natural."<ref name="Spin97" /> The ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' stated that her voice on ''Homogenic'' was "like a beacon guiding the listener through a strange, wonderful forest of sound."<ref name="ChiTribune" />

Caroline Sullivan of ''[[The Guardian]]'' praised the "emotional kick" that she found ''Post'' lacked, in addition to lyricism she found to be "less opaque".<ref name="Guardian" /> Though ''[[Music Week]]'' praised the album for its "darker atmosphere" and "more consistent sound",<ref name="MusicWeek"/> a more negative review came from [[Stephen Thompson (journalist)|Stephen Thompson]] of ''[[The A.V. Club]]'', who said in contrast that  "''Homogenic'' is stylish enough, and it's as restlessly creative as you'd expect, but the album rarely gives Björk's songs a chance to assert themselves".<ref name="avclub">{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/bjork-homogenic-1798196839 |title=Björk: Homogenic |work=[[The A.V. Club]] |date=19 April 2002 |access-date=9 April 2009 |last=Thompson |first=Stephen |author-link=Stephen Thompson (journalist)}}</ref>