Will Björk's new iPad album 'save the music industry'?

The avant-garde Icelandic singer's latest effort, Biophilia, is being released with a corresponding series of iPad apps meant to enrich the listening experience

Always up to shock, Bjork is releasing the first ever iPad album, a move that music critics are calling an industry changer.
(Image credit: Facebook/Bjork)

To some Americans, the Icelandic singer/actor/artist Björk is just the woman who wore a swan dress to the 2001 Oscars. But now, thanks to her new album, Biophilia, will she be remembered as the woman who changed the music industry? Biophilia, released Tuesday, has iPad apps that accompany each track to immerse listeners in an interactive experience — letting them play along on digital instruments, for example, or chart out visual representations of a song. With CD sales plummeting, could this experimental iPad album change the way people listen to music and save the industry — or is it just a silly gimmick?

This is revolutionary: Even if Björk's music isn't your thing, says Eliot Van Buskirk at Wired, you'll be impressed by her iPad album. "We've never seen anything like it." With Biophilia, Björk has completely reimagined the concept of a music album, turning it into "something functional." Each song is "beautifully depicted" as an app, offering a different, immersive experience that "will blow your mind."

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