I’m officially crossing a border between covers I don’t like and ones I really enjoy—with Björk, there’s no middle ground. And her second album greets us first on that new territory.

Aesthetically, it looks amazing—dynamic, vivid, striking. When I first saw it, I thought she’s standing in Times Square with a long-brimmed hat behind her head. That image still lingers in my mind even though I now see it’s not a hat but a whirling halo, not the actual Times Square but a collage of motion-blurred abstract images.

“Motion” is a key theme of the cover: it’s in the background, in Björk’s waving hair, and in her brilliantly captured face—it’s not a settled emotion, it’s a transition between fear and resilience, she looks both vulnerable and locked in.

The last funny detail about is Björk’s outfir which resembles a postcard, echoing the record’s name.

Okay, after that waterfall of compliments—isn’t this the perfect cover? It would be, if not for one thing: you could easily replace Björk with another alt-pop girl—say, Carly Rae Jepsen or Caroline Polachek—and it would still work. It’s the least björky album cover of them all. Decent, but not personal enough to rank higher in my rating.

So, 6/10 and the 8th place.