BjörkMedúlla

Label:

Elektra – 62985-2

Format:

CD , Album, Limited Edition , Gatefold Sleeve

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Pop

Style:

Modern Classical

Tracklist

1 Pleasure Is All Mine
Bass [Bass Line]Björk
GongPeter Van Hooke
Human Beatbox [Beats]Rahzel
Performer [Performed By]Tagaq*
Performer [Performed With]The Icelandic Choir
Programmed By [Programming]Valgeir Sigurdsson*
3:26
2 Show Me Forgiveness
Performer [Performed By]Björk
1:23
3 Where Is The Line
Human Beatbox [Beats]Rahzel
Performer [Performed By]Mike Patton
Performer [Performed With]The Icelandic Choir
Programmed ByLittle Miss Specta
Programmed By [Programming]Valgeir Sigurdsson*
4:41
4 Vökuró
Performer [Performed By]Björk
Performer [Performed With]The Icelandic Choir
3:14
5 Öll Birtan
Performer [Performed By], Programmed By [Programming]Björk
1:52
6 Who Is It (Carry My Joy On The Left Carry My Pain On The Right)
Human Beatbox [Beats]Rahzel
Performer [Performed By]Tagaq*
Programmed By [Programming]Valgeir Sigurdsson*
Synth [Bass Synth]Björk
Synthesizer [Bass Synth]Björk
3:57
7 Submarine
Performer [Performed By]Robert Wyatt
Programmed By [Programming]Valgeir Sigurdsson*
3:13
8 Desired Constellation
Performer [Performed By]Björk
Performer [Performed With]The Icelandic Choir
Programmed By [Programming]Olivier Alary
4:55
9 Oceania
Human Beatbox [Beats]Shlomo
Performer [Performed By]Björk
Performer [Performed With]The London Choir
PianoNico Muhly
Programmed By [Programming]Valgeir Sigurdsson*
Sampler [Vocal Samples]Robert Wyatt
3:24
10 Sonnets / Unrealities XI
Performer [Performed By]Björk
Performer [Performed With]The Icelandic Choir
1:59
11 Ancestors
Performer [Performed By]Tagaq*
Piano, Programmed By [Programming]Björk
4:08
12 Mouth's Cradle
Human Beatbox [Beats]Rahzel
Performer [Performed By]Tagaq*
Performer [Performed With]The Icelandic Choir
Programmed By [Programming]Valgeir Sigurdsson*
Synth [Bass Synth]Mark Bell
3:59
13 Miðvikudags
Performer [Performed By]Björk
Programmed By [Programming]Jake Davies
1:24
14 Triumph Of A Heart
Human Beatbox [Beats]Rahzel
Performer [Performed By]Björk
Programmed By [Programming]Valgeir Sigurdsson*
Voice [Human Trombone]Gregory Purnhagen
4:04

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Atlantic Recording Corporation
  • Copyright ©Atlantic Recording Corporation
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗WEA International Inc.
  • Copyright ©WEA International Inc.
  • Record CompanyWarner Music Group
  • Published ByUniversal Music
  • Published ByCopyright Control
  • Recorded AtGreenhouse Studios Iceland
  • Recorded AtLost Island Studios
  • Recorded AtThe Magic Shop
  • Recorded AtThe Looking Glass Studios
  • Recorded AtOlympic Studios
  • Recorded AtIlha Dos Sapos Studios
  • Recorded AtReal World Studios
  • Pressed ByCinram, Olyphant, PA – Z28743

Credits

  • Alto Vocals [Icelandic Choir]Jónína Guðrún Kristinsdóttirþ*
  • Arranged By [Choir Arranged By]Björk
  • Art Direction, DesignM/M <Paris>*
  • Bass Vocals [Icelandic Choir]Þorvaldur Þorvaldsson
  • Choir [London Choir]Yona Dunsford
  • Co-producer [Co-produced By]Mark Bell (tracks: 3, 7, 9)
  • Composed By [Music Composed By]J'orunn Vidar* (tracks: 4)
  • Conductor [Olympic Studios Choir Session Conducted By]Nick Ingham*
  • Contractor [Icelandic Choir Assembled By]Magga Stina*
  • Contractor [Olympic Studios Choir Session Fixed By]Jenny O'Grady
  • Copyist [At, London Session]Dakota Music*
  • Copyist [Iceland Sessions]Karl Olgeirsson*
  • Copyist [London Session]Nick*
  • Engineer [Assistant Engineer, Looking Glass]Christian Rutledge
  • Engineer [Assistant, Greenhouse Studios]Sturla Thorisson*
  • Engineer [Assistant, Olympic Studios]Rob Haggett
  • Engineer [Assistant, The Magic Shop]Juan Garcia
  • Engineer [Ilha Dos Sapos Studios]Flavio De Souza
  • Engineer [Looking Glass]Ichiho Nishiki
  • Hair [Hair Sculpting Assistant]Brent Borreson
  • Hair [Hair Sculpture By]Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir*
  • Hair [Icelandic Hair Flowers By]Ásta
  • Lyrics ByE.E. Cummings* (tracks: 10)
  • Make-Up [Skin Colours By]Andrea Helgadottir*
  • Mixed ByMark "Spike" Stent*
  • Photography ByInez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin
  • Producer [Produced By], Arranged ByBjörk
  • Recorded By [Additional Recording]Neil Dorfsman
  • Recorded By [Recording Engineer]Valgeir Sigurdsson*
  • Soprano Vocals [Icelandic Choir]Kirstín Erna Blöndal
  • Tenor Vocals [Icelandic Choir]Þorbjörn Sigurðsson
  • Written-ByTagaq* (tracks: 11)

Notes

US limited edition, in a four- gatefold cardsleeve with spine, containing 32- four color poster in one wallet and disc in the other. The lyrics are printed on the back of the poster. Limited edition sticker on original seal reads "includes exclusive poster".

Studios
Greenhouse Studios, Reykjavik; Lost Island Studios, La Gomera; The Magic Shop, NYC; Looking Glass, NYC; Olympic Studios, London; Ilha Dos Sapos Studios, Salvador; Real World, Box. Additional mobile recording at: Palisades, New York; The Loft on 22nd Street, NYC; Praya Dos Lagos, Bahia; Palazzo Contarini, Venice; Louth, Lincolnshire.

Sonnets/Unrealities XI:
The lines from: "It May Not Always Be So; And I Say" Copyright 1923, 1951, © 1991 by the Trustees for the E.E. Cummings Trust. Copyright © 1976 by George James Firmage, from "Complete Poems: 1904-1962" by E.E. Cummings, edited by George J. Firmage. Used by permission of Liveright Publishing Corporation.

Tracks 1 to 3, 5 to 7, 12 to 14: Published by Universal Music
Tracks 8 to 11: Published by Universal Music / copyright control
Track 4: Published under copyright control

The credit for Hrafnhildur "Shoplifter" Arnardóttir is printed as "Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir aka Shoplifter".
Icelandic hair flowers by Ásta at Hárverk.

℗ © 2004 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for Canada. A Warner Music Group Company.
Printed in U.S.A.
Made in U.S.A.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Text): 0 75596 29852 0
  • Barcode (Scanned): 075596298520
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): Z28743 M1S6 2 62984-2 02
  • Mastering SID Code (Double Assigned, Variant 1): ifpi L909
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 2U3Z
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): Z28743 2 62984-2 02 M1S1
  • Mastering SID Code (Double Assigned, Variant 2): ifpi L909
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 2U7J

Other Versions (5 of 117)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
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Medúlla = メダラ (CD, Album) Polydor UI-1056 Japan 2004
Medúlla (SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Stereo, Album, Limited Edition) Polydor 9867591 Europe 2004
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Medúlla (CD, Album, Universal M & L) Polydor 9867589 Europe 2004
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Medúlla (CD, Album, Stereo) Elektra 62984-2 US 2004
Medúlla (2×12", 45 RPM, Album, Limited Edition) One Little Indian TPLP358 UK 2004

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