Bjork - Medulla

Björk struggled to create a title for the album, originally calling "Ink" as she wanted the title to represent the "5,000 year-old blood that’s inside us all; an ancient spirit that’s passionate and dark, a spirit that survives."[1] Her friend then suggested "Medúlla", a medical term for marrow in Latin.

Medúlla is considered Björk's most political album, countering American racism and patriotism after the September 11, 2001 attacks. Björk also described being pregnant with her daughter Ísadóra influenced her album, particularly with the song "Mouth's Cradle".

The album consists almost entirely of human vocals and a cappella arrangements; only a few musical instruments are featured: a bass synthesizer on "Who Is It", piano on "Ancestors", a gong on "Pleasure Is All Mine" and a synthesizer on "Mouth's Cradle". However, the vocals are sometimes processed or sampled: for example, the atmospheric haze that dominates "Desired Constellation" was created from a sample of Björk singing the phrase "I'm not sure what to do with it" from "Hidden Place" on her previous album, Vespertine. The album features beatboxing, choral arrangements and throat singing, as well as guest appearances by such artists as Mike Patton, Robert Wyatt, Tagaq, Rahzel (formerly of The Roots), Shlomo and Dokaka.

All songs were written by Björk, except the lyrics for "Sonnets/Unrealities XI" which was based on a poem by e. e. cummings, and the song "Vökuró", originally by Jórunn Viðar.

The album was originally released both on CD and on DVD-Audio in 5.1-channel advanced resolution. The album was re-released in 2006 as a DualDisc including a lower-quality DTS 96/24 version of the original advanced resolution 5.1 mix. The DualDisc also formed part of the ( surrounded): box set.

Released	August 30, 2004 (UK)
Recorded	Greenhouse (Iceland), Estúdio Ilha Dos Sapos (Brazil), La Hoyita Studios (Spain)
Genre	A cappella, Beatboxing, Folk, Alternative, Avant-garde music
Length	45:40
Label	US: Atlantic Records, One Little Indian
Producer	Björk, Mark Bell, Valgeir Sigurðsson

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Bjork - Volta

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.

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. It certified Silver in UK.

Released	May 2, 2007 (Japan)
Recorded	2005 — 2007
Genre	Electronica, Alternative
Length	51:03
Label	One Little Indian Universal Music Atlantic Polydor
Producer	Björk Mark Bell Timbaland Danja

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Bjork - Selmasong

Selmasongs was released in September 2000 by Icelandic singer, musician and actress Björk as a soundtrack to the film Dancer in the Dark, in which she also starred as the main character, Selma.

The album features classical arrangements as well as melodies and beats composed of sounds from mundane objects, such as factory machines and trains.

Notably, some of the song lyrics on the album are substantially different from the songs in the film; the most obvious example being "Scatterheart". Some lyrics were rewritten, perhaps to prevent spoiling crucial plot details, since the soundtrack was released in stores before the movie opened in theaters, or to make the record flow better as a stand-alone album. In particular, the song "I've Seen It All" loses much of its meaning, as Thom Yorke and Björk swap characters during the song (in the film, Björk duets with Peter Stormare and they maintain their characters throughout the song). In addition, the tracks "My Favourite Things" and "(The) Next-to-Last Song" do not appear on the album at all, possibly for the same reason. The track "I've Seen It All" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song. For the track, Björk made a "webeo" with director Floria Sigismondi that premiered on September 1, 2000 on MTV.com. It used a shorter version of the song that the singer recorded specifically for the webeo.

Released	September 18, 2000 (UK) September 19, 2000 (US)
Genre	Electronica, Classical, Contemporary
Length	32:14
Label	One Little Indian
Producer	Björk Mark Bell

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Bjork - Post

Post is the second studio album by Icelandic singer-songwriter/musician Björk. It was released in June of 1995. The album was produced in conjunction with Nellee Hooper, Tricky, Graham Massey of 808 State, and electronic music producer Howie B.

Released	June 13, 1995
Recorded	Compass Point Studios, Bahamas, 1994-April 1995
Genre	Electronica, Experimental, Jazz, Tribal House, Trip hop, Pop, Alternative Dance
Length	46:10 (International Editions) , 50:55 (Japanese Editions)
Label	One Little Indian
Producer	Björk Nellee Hooper Graham Massey Tricky Howie B

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