Björk
Volta
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Tracklist
| Track | Duration | Listeners | ||||
| 1 | Earth Intruders | 1:30 | 137,697 | |||
| 2 | Wanderlust | 5:52 | 121,326 | |||
| 3 | The Dull Flame Of Desire | 7:30 | 75,921 | |||
| 4 | Innocence | 4:06 | 100,030 | |||
| 5 | I See Who You Are | 1:30 | 85,710 | |||
| 6 | Vertebrae By Vertebrae | 5:08 | 62,862 | |||
| 7 | Pneumonia | 1:30 | 87,789 | |||
| 8 | Hope | 3:36 | 78,059 | |||
| 9 | Declare Independence | 4:14 | 98,934 | |||
| 10 | My Juvenile | 4:03 | 73,333 |
About this album
Volta is the Grammy-nominated sixth full-length studio album from Icelandic singer Björk, a follow-up to 2004’s Medúlla and comprises ten new tracks. In an interview done for daily Internet publication Pitchfork, Björk talked for the first time about the theme of the album.
“But with this one, it was different because I knew more emotionally what I wanted. And because I’d done two or three projects in a row that were quite serious, maybe I just needed to get that out of my system or something. So all I wanted to do for this album was just to have fun and do something that was full-bodied and really up.”
The full album was accidentally made available on the UK iTunes Store at midnight on April 23, 2007 for a total of six hours, two weeks before the album’s official release date. This led to the album being leaked online the following day.
For this album, Björk used brass instruments for almost all the songs. These were sometimes sampled.
The album attracted attention due to the inclusion of three tracks co-produced by R&B record producer Timbaland.
The track titles were confirmed in an article on MTV, March 14, 2007, and confirmed in a post on sprk.nl, 20 March 2007. One other track, “Trance”, is rumored to appear as a future b-side. The track entitled “Vertebrae by Vertebrae” was retitled from the previous, “Energy”. “Vertebrae by Vertebrae” uses a sample from Björk’s previous project, “The Music from Drawing Restraint 9”.
Volta was released in three editions in the UK: a digipak CD edition; a limited edition CD/DVD edition (featuring surround audio in DTS); and a double vinyl edition.
“But with this one, it was different because I knew more emotionally what I wanted. And because I’d done two or three projects in a row that were quite serious, maybe I just needed to get that out of my system or something. So all I wanted to do for this album was just to have fun and do something that was full-bodied and really up.”
The full album was accidentally made available on the UK iTunes Store at midnight on April 23, 2007 for a total of six hours, two weeks before the album’s official release date. This led to the album being leaked online the following day.
For this album, Björk used brass instruments for almost all the songs. These were sometimes sampled.
The album attracted attention due to the inclusion of three tracks co-produced by R&B record producer Timbaland.
The track titles were confirmed in an article on MTV, March 14, 2007, and confirmed in a post on sprk.nl, 20 March 2007. One other track, “Trance”, is rumored to appear as a future b-side. The track entitled “Vertebrae by Vertebrae” was retitled from the previous, “Energy”. “Vertebrae by Vertebrae” uses a sample from Björk’s previous project, “The Music from Drawing Restraint 9”.
Volta was released in three editions in the UK: a digipak CD edition; a limited edition CD/DVD edition (featuring surround audio in DTS); and a double vinyl edition.
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Shouts
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Axiemeister wrote:
@petrolatum: You mean, true, non-promo, 1CD physical singles? I haven't found information on those anywhere, and Wikipedia (yes, unreliable) says she didn't release those. The Innocence artwork was even uploaded in a pdf file on her website because it wasn't released physically...
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EjsOwSpejds wrote:
Declare Independence kinda reminds me Atari Teenage Riot songs. But probably I'm wrong.
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petrolatum wrote:
@axiemeister: Uh... I have physicals for all five singles.
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Constellation66 wrote:
Here's hoping. Well I guess you could sort of say Nattura was a b-side (because I thought she made it for Volta, it got dropped at the final cut, then she decided to release it in 2008 to raise money for a nature fund, although I may be wrong.) Volta is getting better after each listen. There's some really catchy songs in here.
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Axiemeister wrote:
I agree about the b-sides; after all, she couldn't be arsed to even give the singles a normal physical release. Maybe she'll go back to usual physical singles on the next album!
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FreeMHZ wrote:
boring.
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Constellation66 wrote:
True, I know what you're saying. I just meant out of place in terms of it not being a serious album, which clearly those songs are. I'm disappointed that she didn't release any Volta b-sides also that she apparently did but never released!
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Axiemeister wrote:
I don't think those songs are out of place; all she said is she wanted to have fun. If Pneumonia and My Juvenile are her idea of having fun, who are we to disagree? XD
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Constellation66 wrote:
Songs like Pneumonia, My Juvenile, I see who you are really feel out of place on this album and contradict her "not being serious on this album". It's still a good album though, not my personal favourite, but I love Wanderlust, Earth Intruders, and innocence is catchy! Hope is an odd song but it still sounds nice, whilst the rest are good efforts. I hope she goes back to her Homogenic/Vespertine type sounds but I love the fact she's trying different sounds!
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Axiemeister wrote:
Oh, if only Britney could do a song as engaging as Innocence...! And how Earth Intruders is slutty is beyond me.
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meister333 wrote:
My least favourite Björk album, but still a great one.
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SoapMagic wrote:
I recently realized how magical this album is.
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arzolad wrote:
El que menos me gusta
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jae__moon wrote:
hahahaha lol @ deadgrandma. and @ ProgressiveLand. oh now that I'm here, for those who've come here just to say the album sucks, fuck off.
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Cosmasia wrote:
I hate how lastfm headquaters uploads covers to Björk albums and singles in low quality and makes it impossible to vote them down. :S
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deadgrandma wrote:
Dull flame of desire should have been 50 mins and then the rest on disc 2
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Falcon_pile wrote:
I think this is very good album, she really tried some new things, production by Timbaland isn't the worst thing in the world. Whole album is very powerful and I enjoy listening to it. Volta is very interesting, you can feel it like a very happy album, but sometimes you think it's so melancholic. Just my opinion.
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chrisandell wrote:
let it growwwwww on uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
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chrisandell wrote:
luv Declare Independence
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ProgresiveLanD wrote:
thanks to timbaland volta have 3 failed songs , in Earth Intruders bjork sing like a slut, in Innocence the beats are like britney spears and hope sound boring. my favorite song is Declare Independence, i liked the noisy beats.
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