BjörkVolta

Label:

Polydor – 1733524

Format:

CD , Album , Digipak

Country:

Europe

Released:

Genre:

Pop

Style:

Leftfield

Tracklist

1 Earth Intruders
Co-producerDanja
DrumsChris Corsano
Edited ByDamian Taylor
Effects [Vocal Processing], Beats [Additional Beats]Damian Taylor
Engineer [Assistant, Konono Sessions]Christophe Tonglet
Engineer [Chris Corsano Sessions]Paul 'P-Dub' Walton
Engineer [Konono Sessions]Vincent Kenis
Engineer [Timbaland Sessions]Jimmy Douglas*
Kalimba [Electrified Likembés]Konono Nº1
Keyboards, BeatsTimbaland
Mixed ByJimmy Douglas*
ProducerTimbaland
Programmed ByPete Davis
Written-ByT. Mosley*
6:13
2 Wanderlust
BeatsMark Bell
Edited ByMichael Pärt
EngineerMichael Pärt
Engineer [Assistant]Aron Arnarsson
Noises [Morse Code]Damian Taylor
Programmed ByDamian Taylor
Synthesizer [Bass], Arranged By [Brass]Björk
Transcription By [MIDI Transcription], Copyist [Part Preparation For Brass]Matt Robertson
Written-BySjón
5:51
3 The Dull Flame Of Desire
Arranged By [Brass]Björk
DrumsBrian Chippendale
Edited ByMichael Pärt
EngineerMichael Pärt
Engineer [Assistant]Ishiho Nishiki*
Lyrics By [Taken From A Translation Of A Poem By]Fyodor Tyutchev
Programmed ByDamian Taylor
Transcription By [MIDI Transcription], Copyist [Part Preparation For Brass]Matt Robertson
VocalsAntony (3)
Written-ByBjörk
7:30
4 Innocence
Co-producerDanja
Edited ByMichael Pärt
EngineerMichael Pärt
Engineer [Timbaland Sessions]Jimmy Douglas*
Keyboards, BeatsTimbaland
Mixed ByJimmy Douglas*
ProducerTimbaland
Programmed ByPete Davis
Tracking By [Drops]Damian Taylor
Written-ByT. Mosley*
4:27
5 I See Who You Are
Arranged By [Brass]Björk
Beats, KeyboardsMark Bell
Edited ByMichael Pärt
EngineerMichael Pärt
Engineer [Assistant]Ishiho Nishiki*
PercussionChris Corsano
Pipa [Pipá]Min Xiao-Fen
Programmed ByDamian Taylor
Transcription By [MIDI Transcription], Copyist [Part Preparation For Brass]Matt Robertson
Written-ByMark Bell
4:22
6 Vertebræ By Vertebræ
Beats [Electronic Beats]Mark Bell
Edited ByMichael Pärt
Producer, Beats [Orchestral Beats], EngineerDamian Taylor
Programmed ByDamian Taylor
Written-ByBjörk
5:08
7 Pneumonia
Adapted By [Brass Arrangement Adapted By], ConductorNico Muhly
Arranged By [Brass]Björk
ContractorChristian Rutledge
Edited By [Additional], Effects [Vocal Treatments]Damian Taylor
Engineer [Assistant]Jason Agel
Engineer [Staff Engineer]Andy Manganello
Engineer, Mixed ByNeil Dorfsman
HornsTheo Primis
Transcription By [MIDI Transcription], Copyist [Part Preparation For Brass]Matt Robertson
Written-ByBjörk
5:14
8 Hope
Bass Drum [Bass Drums]Nate Dangerhands*
Clavichord, Bass [Sine Bass]Björk
Edited ByDamian Taylor
EngineerDamian Taylor
Engineer [Timbaland Sessions]Jimmy Douglas*
Engineer [Toumani Diabate Sessions]Yves Werner*
KoraToumani Diabate*
Loops [Triggering Pre-Recorded Percussion Loop]Timbaland
Programmed ByDamian Taylor
Written-ByT. Mosley*
4:02
9 Declare Independence
Edited ByDamian Taylor
EngineerDamian Taylor
Producer, Beats, SynthesizerMark Bell
Programmed ByMark Bell
Written-ByMark Bell
4:13
10 My Juvenile
ClavichordJonas Sen*
Edited ByMichael Pärt
Effects [Clavichord Treatments]Damian Taylor
EngineerMichael Pärt
Engineer [Assistant]Aron Arnarsson
Programmed ByDamian Taylor
Vocals [Starring As "The Conscience"]Antony (3)
Written-ByBjörk
4:13

Companies, etc.

  • Record CompanyUniversal Music
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Wellhart Ltd
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗One Little Indian Ltd.
  • Copyright ©Wellhart Ltd
  • Copyright ©One Little Indian Ltd.
  • Licensed ToPolydor Ltd.
  • Produced ForTimbaland Productions
  • Produced ForDanjahandz Productions
  • Made ByEDC, – 51879192

Credits

  • Advisor [Paternal Musical Advice]Nellee Hooper
  • Art Direction, DesignM/M <Paris>*
  • Artwork [Sculpture]Bernhard Willhelm
  • Costume Designer [Crochet Costume]The Icelandic Love Corporation
  • Engineer [Assistant]Jonathan Tams
  • Mastered ByTed Jensen
  • Mixed ByMark <Spike> Stent* (tracks: 2, 3, 5 to 10)
  • Photography By [Inside Images]Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin
  • Photography By [Sculpture]Nick Knight
  • Set Designer [Set, Inside Images]James Chinlund
  • Sound Designer [Sound FX Design]Dave Paterson
  • Vocals, ProducerBjörk

Notes

Issued in a special 7mm thick Digipak; two folding front half-s sealed with a sticker, opening to reveal a top folding flap which houses a credits 12- fold-out photobooklet. Comparing to the UK release, the front half-s are longer and overlap.

The catalogue number could be misread as 1733521 due to a confusing font used.

Tracks 1 & 4: Produced for Timbaland Productions. Co-produced for Danjahandz Production.
Tracks 6 & 9: Brass section sampled from <Drawing Restraint 9> by Björk.
Track 6 is listed as "Vertebrae By Vertebrae" in the booklet.

℗ 2007 Wellhart Ltd/One Little Indian Ltd © 2007 Wellhart Ltd/One Little Indian Ltd.
The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Welhart Ltd/One Little Indian Ltd and is exclusively licensed to Polydor Ltd (UK) a Universal Music company, for the world excluding the UK, North America and Iceland.
Manufactured in the EU.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Text): 6 02517 33524 0
  • Barcode (Scanned): 602517335240
  • Label Code: LC00309
  • Rights Society: biem / sabam
  • Matrix / Runout (Variants 1 to 5, 7 to 13): 06025 173 352-4 01 ✴ 51879192
  • Matrix / Runout (Mould Text - Variants 1, 10): Made in by EDC B
  • Matrix / Runout (Mould Text - Variant 2, 11, 12): Made in by EDC F
  • Matrix / Runout (Mould Text - Variants 3, 7, 8, 13): Made in by EDC A
  • Matrix / Runout (Mould Text - Variant 4): Made in by EDC D
  • Matrix / Runout (Mould Text - Variants 5 & 6): Made in by EDC G
  • Matrix / Runout (Mould Text - Variant 9): Made in by EDC C
  • Mastering SID Code (Variants 1 to 13): IFPI LV26
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 1, 10): IFPI 0141
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 0112
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI 0117
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 4): IFPI 0121
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 5): IFPI 0135
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 6): IFPI 0123
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 7): IFPI 0138
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 8): IFPI 0129
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 9): IFPI 0147
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 11): IFPI 0114
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 12): IFPI 0136
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 13): IFPI 0134
  • Matrix / Runout (Outer Ring - Variants 2 to 13): [4 Universal logos]

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Volta (CD, Album, Digipak) One Little Indian tplp460cd UK 2007
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Volta (CD, Album, DVD, Multichannel, Album, Box Set, Album, Limited Edition) One Little Indian tplp460cdl UK 2007
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Volta (CD, Album, Digipak) Atlantic 135868-2 US 2007
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Volta (CD, Album, DVD, Multichannel, NTSC, Album, All Media, Album, Limited Edition) Polydor 1733527 Europe 2007
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Volta (CD, Album, DVD, Multichannel, NTSC, Album, Box Set, Album, Limited Edition) Elektra 176124-2 US 2007

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Reviews

  • versacemees's avatar
    versacemees
    I love this album but that STICKER is stressing me the helllll out!!
    • fabz's avatar
      fabz
      Edited 17 years ago
      Oh no, it's the Bjork many of us don't like, again! Volta is just a bunch of noises, distorted sounds, out of tune, melody. I understand artists should evolve, Bjork certainly has the talent to move forward but with this new release I bet she is going the other way. If you haven't been into Bjork, this is deffinitely not the album to get into her. I miss the pre-Medulla Bjork. I miss her so much.
      • -summer-'s avatar
        -summer-
        Edited 17 years ago
        To my mind Bjork is one of the artists which is constantly growing up mentally, so you can hear it in her music, voice, samples, loops , in her musicians, videos.
        Don't you forget that her music - is an experiment in all means?
        Bjork is kinda unique in that way - her every album is not like previous one, it's another page in a great part of music history.

        Volta represents all Earth nations, it's cultures, traditions. And I think the previous comment was a comment of a person, who wasn't interested in getting equainted with all that variety of beatiful things.

        Volta is absolutely great album, and don't forget to be patient - you possibly wouldn't understand its message at first, just listen to it for few more times. It's Bjork - ?
        • eliks_postindustry's avatar
          Edited 17 years ago
          I've lost with Bjork around the Homogenic/DITD season. With the following Vespertine and Medulla I have realized I was no longer interested in her music craft, which has reached unbearable levels of eclectism and stylishness. Volta is the same story - the voice of Bjork is outstanding and masterful as always, but it's being thrown into multiple, strange, complicated, and too 'brainy' musical environments that makes this pop just too ambitious and intense - which is awful. And the overexposure of Antony is getting really annoying.

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