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{{Infobox album
| name       = Live Box
| type       = box
| artist     = [[Björk]]
| cover      = Live Box.png
| alt        =
| released   = 18 August 2003
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Electronica]]
| length     = 241:08 <small>(total)</small><br /><small>(excluding DVD content)</small>
| label      = [[One Little Indian]]
| producer   = Various
| prev_title = [[Family Tree (Björk album)|Family Tree]]
| prev_year  = 2002
| next_title = [[Debut Live]]
| next_year  = 2004
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]''
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Orlov |first=Piotr |title=Bjork: ''Livebox'' |url=http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=1431 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041024132409/http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=1431 |archive-date=24 October 2004 |website=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Fricke |first=David |date=2 October 2003 |title=Compilations & Soundtracks |url=https://archive.org/details/rolling-stone-932-2003-10-02-britney-spears-c/page/n121 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |issue=932 |page=120}}</ref>
}}
'''''Live Box''''' is a set of 4 live CDs, a live DVD and a 36-page booklet by [[Iceland]]ic musician [[Björk]], released in August 2003. Each live CD roughly corresponds to one album in her (at the time of release) four album solo discography.  The 4 live CDs were later released separately in June 2004

==Background==
When Björk was pregnant with her daughter Ísadóra in 2002 she decided to start sorting through the hundreds of hours of live recordings she had collected from her tours.<ref>{{cite web| website=www.grapevine.is| year= 2010| title= A Conversation With Björk| url= http://www.grapevine.is/Music/ReadArticle/Music-Interview-A-Conversation-With-Bjork| access-date= 2010-08-21| url-status= dead| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110716083558/http://www.grapevine.is/Music/ReadArticle/Music-Interview-A-Conversation-With-Bjork| archive-date= 2011-07-16}}</ref> Assisted in the process by the head of [[Bad Taste (record label)|Smekkleysa]], Ásmundur Jónsson, they decided on the best performances from each of the tours to include on the live albums. This release of live material was initially confirmed by the inclusion of live tracks on the "[[It's in Our Hands]]" single in 2002, credited to the "Forthcoming album ''[[Vespertine Live]]''". This was followed by an announcement in 2003 of a distribution-deal with US record company [[Navarre Corporation|Navarre]] that would include "both CDs and DVDs".<ref>{{cite web|website= crave2ya.iespana.es |year=2010 |title=Live Box – History |url=http://crave2ya.iespana.es/specials/liveboxset/main.htm |access-date=2010-08-21 }}{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Björk's official website later confirmed the release of a box set containing live recordings, not only from ''[[Vespertine]]'' but from the past ten years of Björk's solo career.<ref>{{cite web|website= bjork.com| year= 2010| title= bjork.com / news| url= http://bjork.com/news/?id=380;year=2003#news| access-date= 2010-08-21| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100918125935/http://bjork.com/news/?id=380;year=2003#news| archive-date= 2010-09-18| url-status= dead}}</ref> Björk only started to have [[soundboard recordings]] of her live shows from the [[Homogenic tour]] onwards, so the first two discs (''[[Debut Live]]'' and ''[[Post Live]]'') are made up primarily of the audio from the corresponding live DVDs. Shortly before the official release, a free download of "[[Hyperballad]]" from the ''Post Live'' disc was made available on the [[Abercrombie & Fitch|Abercrombie Vintage]] website.<ref>{{cite web|website=tonews.com |year=2010 |title=BEP-L Digest – 30 Jul 2003 to 31 Jul 2003 (#2003-212) |url=http://www.tonews.com/thread/972097/fa/music/sugarcubes/bepl_digest_30_jul_2003_to_31_jul_2003_2003212.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110717072418/http://www.tonews.com/thread/972097/fa/music/sugarcubes/bepl_digest_30_jul_2003_to_31_jul_2003_2003212.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-17 |access-date=2010-08-21 }}</ref> The originally announced track listing for ''Post Live'' included 18 tracks (the final version has 13), and so would have included nearly the full audio from the ''[[Live at Shepherds Bush Empire (Björk DVD)|Live at Shepherds Bush Empire]]'' DVD, from which the album takes most of its material.<ref>{{cite web|website= bjork.com|year=2010 |title=DVDs coming up and Live Box |url=http://bjork.com/news/?id=394;year=2003 |access-date=2010-08-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918131752/http://bjork.com/news/?id=394%3Byear%3D2003 |archive-date=2010-09-18 }}</ref>

The box set also includes a 36-page booklet featuring numerous photos and an in-depth conversation with Björk and Ásmundur in Björk's home, discussing her career, her recordings and her live tours. The box set was originally announced as a limited release of 30,000 copies, although it is still available for purchase. The individual live discs were later released separately in May 2004.<ref>{{cite web|website= bjork.com|year=2010 |title=Live albums and mini things |url=http://bjork.com/news/?id=464;year=2004#news |access-date=2010-08-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100101021738/http://bjork.com/news/?id=464%3Byear%3D2004 |archive-date=2010-01-01 }}</ref>

==Artwork==
The artwork was designed by [[M/M Paris]], whom Björk has worked extensively with since 1999's ''[[Volumen (DVD)|Volumen]]'' release. At the time of release many online stores displayed an incorrect earlier version of the artwork for the box set, which features alternate artwork for the ''Post Live'' and ''[[Homogenic Live]]'' albums. For the album artwork of each live album, Björk herself found a selection of different photos available on the Internet. Due to the low resolution of the image chosen for ''Homogenic Live'', it appears pixelated on the album cover.<ref>{{cite web|website=tonews.com |year=2010 |title=BEP-L Digest – 11 Sep 2003 to 12 Sep 2003 (#2003-254) |url=http://www.tonews.com/thread/1138091/fa/music/sugarcubes/bepl_digest_11_sep_2003_to_12_sep_2003_2003254.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110717072501/http://www.tonews.com/thread/1138091/fa/music/sugarcubes/bepl_digest_11_sep_2003_to_12_sep_2003_2003254.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-17 |access-date=2010-08-21 }}</ref>

==''Live Book''==
To accompany the release of the ''Live Box'', a separate book was released titled ''Live Book''. This features the interview with Ásmundur Jónsson that is also included in the 36-page booklet that comes with the ''Live Box'', but also new interviews with Lynn Fox, [[Zeena Parkins]], [[Matmos]] and [[Leila Arab|Leila]], who were all involved in Björk's 2003 tour.<ref>{{cite web|website= bjork.com|year=2010 |title=Björk Live Book |url=http://bjork.com/news/?id=428;year=2003 |access-date=2010-08-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918123929/http://bjork.com/news/?id=428%3Byear%3D2003 |archive-date=2010-09-18 }}</ref> Although now largely out of print, the book is still available for purchase at the official Björk online store.<ref>{{cite web|website= bjork.grapewire.net |year=2010 |title=björk.com/unity online music store |url=http://bjork.grapewire.net/shop/bjork/live-book |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828142717/http://bjork.grapewire.net/shop/bjork/live-book |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-08-28 |access-date=2010-08-21 }}</ref>

== Track listing ==

{{Track listing
| headline       = Disc 1 — ''[[Debut Live]]'' <br /> {{nobold|All tracks taken from Björk's [[MTV Unplugged / Live|''MTV Unplugged'' concert]] on 7 November 1994 except where noted.}}
| total_length   = 43:03
| title1         = [[Human Behaviour]]
| length1        = 4:09
| writer1        =  {{flatlist|
* Björk
* [[Nellee Hooper]]
}}

| title2         = [[One Day (Björk song)|One Day]]
| length2        = 6:09
| writer2        = {{flatlist|
* Björk
}}

| title3         = [[Venus as a Boy]]
| length3        = 2:33
| writer3        = {{flatlist|
* Björk
}}
| note3 = ''[[Later... with Jools Holland|Later with Jools Holland]]'', 17 June 1995

| title4         = Come to Me
| length4        = 3:45
| writer4        = {{flatlist|
* Björk
}}

| title5         = [[Big Time Sensuality]]
| length5        = 5:08
| writer5        = {{flatlist|
* Björk
* Hooper
}}

| title6         = Aeroplane
| length6        = 4:03
| writer6        = {{flatlist|
* Björk
}}

| title7         = [[Like Someone in Love]]
| length7        = 4:01
| writer7        = {{flatlist|
* [[Johnny Burke (lyricist)|Johnny Burke]]
* [[Jimmy Van Heusen]]
}}

| title8        = Crying
| length8        = 4:12
| writer8        = {{flatlist|
* Björk
* Hooper
}}

| title9        = [[The Anchor Song]]
| length9        = 3:25
| writer9        = {{flatlist|
* Björk
}}

| title10        = [[Violently Happy]]
| length10        = 5:44
| writer10        ={{flatlist|
* Björk
* Hooper
}}
}}
{{Track listing
| headline       = Disc 2 — ''[[Post Live]]'' <br /> {{nobold|All tracks recorded at Shepherd's Bush Empire on 27 February 1997 except where noted.}}
| total_length   = 53:59
| title1         = Headphones
| length1        = 2:58
| writer1 = {{flatlist|
* Björk
* [[Tricky (musician)|Tricky]]
}}

| title2         = [[Army of Me (Björk song)|Army of Me]]
| length2        = 4:04
| writer2 =  {{flatlist|
* Björk
* [[Graham Massey]]
}}

| title3         = One Day
| length3        = 3:37
| writer3 =  {{flatlist|
* Björk 
}}

| title4         = The Modern Things
| length4        = 3:52
| writer4 = {{flatlist|
* Björk
* Massey
}}

| title5         = [[Isobel (song)|Isobel]]
| length5        = 5:27
| writer5 = {{flatlist|
* Björk
* [[Marius de Vries]]
* Hooper
* [[Sjón]]
}}

| title6         = [[Possibly Maybe]]
| length6        = 5:22
| writer6 = Björk
| note6 = ''[[Later... with Jools Holland|Later with Jools Holland]]'', 17 June 1995

| title7         = [[Hyperballad]]
| length7        = 5:05
| writer7 = Björk
| note7 = ''Later with Jools Holland'', 17 June 1995

| title8        = I Go Humble
| length8        = 4:03
| writer8 = {{flatlist|
* Björk
* [[Mark Bell (British musician)|Mark Bell]]
}}

| title9        = Big Time Sensuality
| length9        = 4:53
| writer9        = {{flatlist|
* Björk
* Hooper
}}

| title10        = Enjoy
| length10        = 3:39
| writer10 = {{flatlist|
* Björk
* Tricky
}}

| title11        = [[I Miss You (Björk song)|I Miss You]]
| length11        = 3:56
| writer11 = {{flatlist|
* Björk
* [[Howie B]]
}}
| note11 = ''[[TFI Friday]]'', 19 April 1996

| title12        = [[It's Oh So Quiet]]
| length12        = 3:52
| writer12 = {{flatlist|
* [[Bert Reisfeld]]
* [[Hans Lang (Austrian composer)|Hans Lang]]
}}
| note12 = ''[[Taratata]]'', 14 December 1996

| title13        = The Anchor Song
| length13        = 3:11
| writer13 = Björk
}}
{{Track listing
| headline       = Disc 3 — ''[[Homogenic Live]]''
| total_length   = 68:58
| extra_column = Recorded<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Bj%C3%B6rk-Homogenic-Live/release/570787?ev=rr|title=Björk - Homogenic Live|work=discogs.com|access-date=1 February 2017}}</ref>

| title1         = [[Vísur Vatnsenda-Rósu]]
| length1        = 1:52
| writer1        ={{flatlist|
*[[Rósa Guðmundsdóttir]]
*Jón Ásgeirsson
}}
| extra1 = [[Cambridge]], 2 December 1998

| title2         = [[Hunter (Björk song)|Hunter]]
| length2        = 4:17
| writer2        ={{flatlist|
*Björk
}}
| extra2 = [[Paris]], 6 June 1998

| title3         = You've Been Flirting Again
| length3        = 3:34
| writer3        ={{flatlist|
*Björk
}}
| extra3 = [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]], 15 May 1998

| title4         = Isobel
| length4        = 4:55
| writer4        ={{flatlist|
*Björk
*de Vries
*Hooper
*Sjón
}}
| extra4 = [[Prague]], 13 June 1998

| title5         = [[All Neon Like]]
| length5        = 4:56
| writer5        ={{flatlist|
*Björk
}}
| extra5 = [[Spain]], 9 August 1998

| title6         = Possibly Maybe
| length6        = 5:43
| writer6        ={{flatlist|
*Björk
}}
| extra6 = Spain, 9 August 1998

| title7         = 5 Years
| length7        = 4:09
| writer7        ={{flatlist|
*Björk
}}
| extra7 = [[London]], 17 September 1997

| title8        = Come to Me
| length8        = 4:20
| writer8        ={{flatlist|
*Björk
}}
| extra8 = Prague, 13 June 1998

| title9        = Immature
| length9        = 2:59
| writer9        ={{flatlist|
*Björk
}}
| extra9 = [[Tourhout]], 4 June 1998

| title10        = I Go Humble
| length10        = 4:24
| writer10       ={{flatlist|
*Björk
*Bell
}}
| extra10 = [[Vienna]], 14 June 1998

| title11        = [[Bachelorette (song)|Bachelorette]]
| length11        = 5:17
| writer11       ={{flatlist|
*Björk
*Sjón
}}
| extra11 = ''[[Later with Jools Holland]]'', 29 November 1997

| title12        = Human Behaviour
| length12        = 3:52
| writer12       ={{flatlist|
*Björk
*Hooper
}}
| extra12 = [[Montreux]], 10 June 1998

| title13        = [[Pluto (song)|Pluto]]
| length13        = 3:55
| writer13       ={{flatlist|
*Björk
*Bell
}}
| extra13 = Prague, 13 June 1998

| title14        = [[Jóga]]
| length14        = 4:25
| writer14       ={{flatlist|
*Björk
*Sjón
}}
| extra14 = ''Later with Jools Holland'', 29 November 1997

| title15        = So Broken
| length15        = 4:27
| writer15       ={{flatlist|
*Björk
}}
| extra15 = ''Later with Jools Holland'', 16 October 1998

| title16        = The Anchor Song
| length16        = 5:53
| writer16       ={{flatlist|
*Björk
}}
| extra16 = Cambridge, 2 December 1998
}}
{{Track listing
| headline       = Disc 4 — ''[[Vespertine Live]]''
| total_length   = 74:35
| title1         = Frosti
| length1        = 1:23
| writer1        ={{flatlist|
*Björk
}}

| title2         = Overture
| length2        = 3:36
| writer2        ={{flatlist|
*Björk
}}

| title3         = [[All Is Full of Love]]
| length3        = 4:04
| writer3        ={{flatlist|
*Björk
}}

| title4         = [[Cocoon (Björk song)|Cocoon]]
| length4        = 4:31
| writer4        ={{flatlist|
*Björk
*[[Thomas Knak]]
}}

| title5         = Aurora
| length5        = 3:44
| writer5        ={{flatlist|
*Björk
}}

| title6         = Undo
| length6        = 5:48
| writer6        ={{flatlist|
*Björk
*Knak
}}

| title7         = [[Unravel (Björk song)|Unravel]]
| length7        = 3:38
| writer7        ={{flatlist|
*Björk
*[[Guy Sigsworth]]
}}

| title8        = [[I've Seen It All]]
| length8        = 5:17
| writer8        ={{flatlist|
*Björk
* Sjón
* [[Lars von Trier]]
}}

| title9        = An Echo, A Stain
| length9        = 4:35
| writer9        ={{flatlist|
*Björk
*Sigsworth
}}

| title10        = Generous Palmstroke
| length10        = 4:08
| writer10        ={{flatlist|
*Björk
*[[Zeena Parkins]]
}}

| title11        = [[Hidden Place]]
| length11        = 5:37
| writer11        ={{flatlist|
*Björk
}}

| title12        = [[Pagan Poetry]]
| length12        = 5:30
| writer12        ={{flatlist|
*Björk
}}

| title13        = Harm of Will
| length13        = 4:31
| writer13        ={{flatlist|
*Björk
*Sigsworth
*[[Harmony Korine]]
}}

| title14        = It's Not Up To You
| length14        = 5:24
| writer14        ={{flatlist|
*Björk
}}

| title15        = Unison
| length15        = 6:22
| writer15        ={{flatlist|
*Björk
}}

| title16        = [[It's In Our Hands]]
| length16        = 6:27
| writer16        ={{flatlist|
*Björk
}}
}}
{{Track listing
| headline       = Disc 5 — Bonus DVD
| title1 = One Day
| note1 = from ''MTV Unplugged''
| writer1 = Björk

| title2 = It's Oh So Quiet
| note2 = from ''Taratata''
| writer2 = {{hlist|Reisfeld|Lang}}

| title3 = Jóga
| note3 = from ''Later with Jools Holland''
| writer3 = {{hlist|Björk|Sjón}}

| title4 = Aurora
| note4 = from ''[[Live at Royal Opera House|Vespertine Live at the Royal Opera House]]''
| writer4 = Björk

| title5 = It's Not Up to You
| note5 = from ''Vespertine Live at the Royal Opera House''
| writer5 = Björk
}}

== Charts ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Chart (2003)
! Peak<br />position
|-
| France<ref>{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?key=36250&cat=a |title=Björk – The Live Box Set |publisher=lescharts.com |access-date=2012-02-28}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 99
|-
| U.S. [[Top Electronic Albums]] (''Billboard'')<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/charts/2003-09-06/dance-electronic-albums ]{{dead link|date=February 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 12
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090125173618/http://unit.bjork.com/specials/livebox/ Live Box mini-site]

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