Critical Reception
"Big Time Sensuality" was deemed as a highlight of Debut and was praised by critics. Sean McCarthy of the Daily Vault defined the track as "insanely addictive" while Vox journalist Lucy O'Brien called it "saucy". Simon Reynolds of the New York Times stated that "the sultry “Big Time Sensuality” has her vaulting from chesty growls to hyperventilating harmonies so piercing she sounds as if she’s inhaled helium".
Reviewing Debut, Heather Phares of Allmusic, noted that "Björk's playful energy ignites the dance-pop-like "Big Time Sensuality" and turns the genre on its head with "There's More to Life Than This." Recorded live at the Milk Bar Toilets, it captures the dancefloor's sweaty, claustrophobic groove, but her impish voice gives it an almost alien feel". The website cites the track as a All Media Guide-pick, and in a track review, Stacia Proefrock defined the track as an "aggressive, screechy dance number" that "While not scraping the top of the charts was part of an album unusual enough to stand out among its fellow pop releases as a quirky and complex experiment that worked most of the time".
"Big Time Sensuality" was nominated in the Best Song category at the 1994 MTV Europe Music Awards, losing to 7 Seconds by Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry.
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