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Volta by Björk

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    Track     Duration Listeners
1 Earth Intruders 6:12 184,374
2 Wanderlust 5:52 161,918
3 The Dull Flame Of Desire 7:33 102,927
4 Innocence 4:05 136,748
5 I See Who You Are 4:06 115,853
6 Vertebrae By Vertebrae 5:04 85,224
7 Pneumonia 5:14 115,906
8 Hope 3:36 104,271
9 Declare Independence 4:12 120,923
10 My Juvenile 4:03 96,428
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About this album

Universal Music Portugal SA (2007) Released: 7 May 2007 10 tracks (49:57)
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.
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  • carlosantonioq

    I always liked this album. I never thought something is wrong or bad with this one [3]

    Sunday afternoon

  • Axiemeister

    this album is amazing and actually better than a lot of her previous work I still don't get what it has that makes people so mad even five years later

    last week

  • hotterthanjuly

    People don't like Volta only because Timbaland produces a few tracks. Therefore, it's just not cool enough. Too bad.

    last week

  • lewi91

    This is just atrocious. i used to think well at least she can't make an album worse than this, then i heard biophilia... and i stand corrected.

    last week

  • okbabylol

    I always liked this album. I never thought something is wrong or bad with this one [2] Recently I can't stop listening to it.

    last week

  • jose9876

    love it very political yet not preachy at all and above all very fun some of my favorite singles are in this album.

    last month

  • handcuter

    I always liked this album. I never thought something is wrong or bad with this one.

    last month

  • marieaugustine

    I used to hate this album. But I saw the DVD and the live performance. So, now, i really like it. And i like Biophilia too, i like biophilia more than volta. They aren't Post or Homogenic, but both of them -the newest -are björk, they are her experimental and unique sound. and that's what i love most than everything.

    March 2012

  • BrazilianPotter

    really good album.

    March 2012

  • hotterthanjuly

    Better than Biophilia, that's for sure.

    February 2012

  • Jhowkun

    yes, it's not the best one, but no way to call it bad

    February 2012

  • estebanyeah

    when i first heard the album i really liked it, still do, for a bjork album it feels a bit weak. but compared to biophilia, it is 10x better.

    February 2012

  • niqart

    & Much better than Biphillia

    February 2012

  • niqart

    This album is great for me except Declare Independence & Innocence :-))))

    February 2012

  • peehsuxx

    I don't know why the most of people don't like this album at all. It's too perfect and original, and its one of my favorit albuns ever.

    January 2012

  • Biscuit1978

    This album is just awful. A hidesous stain on an otherwise staggeringly brilliant body of work.

    January 2012

  • Mrclarkson92

    just realized after one year how good is it

    January 2012

  • zomgkris

    This album is great.

    January 2012

  • KiingNothing

    Noisy and proactive, We needed a bjork like this at least once in an album.

    December 2011

  • oXsidrin

    Wanderlust, Declare Independence, Vertabrae by Vertabrae ♥. Erarth Intruders, Pneumonia and DFOD are good too.

    November 2011
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