I’m a little cover-song crazy (a topic that has surprisingly gone untouched until today). Last year, Stereogum compiled track-by-track covers of albums by R.E.M. and Radiohead, which unfortunately went unnoticed by me. After hearing about the music blog’s latest collection, I wanted to share the discovery. Stereogum has set its sights on Iceland’s idiosyncratic Björk, curating a tribute to her fantastic 1995 disc, Post.

Enjoyed gathers indie scenesters like Xiu Xiu, Bell, and Liars, each covering one of Post‘s eleven tracks (two takes on “It’s Oh So Quiet” round out the collection to an even twelve). Though the results aren’t always successful (or listenable), the effort is still commendable. But really, how does one cover Björk, exactly? She’s set the conceptual bar so high that it’s nearly invisible to the rest of us earthlings. Her compositions are so unique (to call them ‘songs’ seems to shortchange the artistry involved), so what could possibly compare to the original? Many of the remixes she’s commissioned elicit the same response from me, as do several of these covers. Still, Enjoyed is worth a listen.

To celebrate the release of Enjoyed, Stereogum completed a new interview with Björk about the album, which is a must-read. Reflecting on Post some 13 years later, she offers some interesting details about how its pastiche of sounds came together. Who knew that “Army of Me” and “The Modern Things” were written before she’d even recorded Debut?

Grab the free download of Enjoyed while you can. While I imagine Björk might be a cheerleader for this sort of thing (she did say “Cover me,” after all), her publishing company or record label might feel differently and shut the whole thing down.

Oh, and check out Björk’s amazing new “Wanderlust” video, shot in stereoscopic 3-D (though the effect doesn’t quite translate here):

Created by San Francisco’s Encyclopedia Pictura, “Wanderlust” is the subject of a video feature in today’s New York Times.