BjörkMedúlla

Label:

Polydor – 9867589

Format:

CD , Album , Universal M & L

Country:

Europe

Released:

Genre:

Pop

Style:

Vocal

Tracklist

1 Pleasure Is All Mine
GongPeter Van Hooke
Human Beatbox [Beats]Rahzel
PerformerThe Icelandic Choir
Performer [Bass Line]Björk
Programmed ByValgeir Sigurdsson*
3:26
2 Show Me Forgiveness
PerformerBjörk
1:23
3 Where Is The Line
Human Beatbox [Beats]Rahzel
PerformerThe Icelandic Choir
Programmed ByValgeir Sigurdsson*
4:41
4 Vökuró
Music ByJ'orunn Vidar*
PerformerThe Icelandic Choir
Written-ByJakobína Sigurdardottir
3:14
5 Öll Birtan
Performer, Programmed ByBjörk
1:52
6 Who Is It (Carry My Joy On The Left, Carry My Pain On The Right)
Human Beatbox [Beats]Rahzel
PerformerTagaq*
Programmed ByValgeir Sigurdsson*
Synthesizer [Bass Synth]Björk
3:57
7 Submarine
PerformerRobert Wyatt
Programmed ByValgeir Sigurdsson*
3:13
8 Desired Constellation
PerformerThe Icelandic Choir
Programmed ByOlivier Alary
Written-ByOlivier Alary
4:55
9 Oceania
Human Beatbox [Beats]Shlomo
PerformerThe London Choir
PianoNico Muhly
Programmed ByValgeir Sigurdsson*
Vocals [Vocal Samples]Robert Wyatt
Written-BySjón
3:24
10 Sonnets / Unrealities XI
Lyrics ByE.E. Cummings*
Music ByBjörk
PerformerThe Icelandic Choir
1:59
11 Ancestors
PerformerTagaq*
Piano, Programmed ByBjörk
Written-ByTagaq*
4:08
12 Mouth's Cradle
Human Beatbox [Beats]Rahzel
PerformerThe Icelandic Choir
Programmed ByValgeir Sigurdsson*
Synthesizer [Bass Synth]Mark Bell
3:59
13 Miðvikudags
PerformerBjörk
Programmed ByJake Davies
1:24
14 Triumph Of A Heart
Human Beatbox [Beats]Rahzel
PerformerBjörk
Programmed ByValgeir Sigurdsson*
Voice [Human Trombone]Gregory Purnhagen
4:04

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Wellhart Ltd
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗One Little Indian Ltd.
  • Copyright ©Wellhart Ltd
  • Copyright ©One Little Indian Ltd.
  • Licensed ToPolydor Ltd. (UK)
  • Published ByUniversal Music Publishing
  • 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
  • Made ByUniversal M & L, – 51520432

Credits

  • Alto Vocals [The Icelandic Choir]Jónína Guðrún Kristinsdóttirþ*
  • Arranged By [Choir]Björk
  • Art Direction, DesignM/M ‹Paris›*
  • Bass Vocals [The Icelandic Choir]Þorvaldur Þorvaldsson
  • Choir [London Choir]Yona Dunsford
  • Co-producerMark Bell (tracks: 3, 7, 9)
  • Conductor [Olympic Studios Choir Session]Nick Ingham*
  • Contractor [Icelandic Choir Assembled By]Magga Stina*
  • Contractor [Olympic Studios Choir Session Fixed By]Jenny O'Grady
  • Copyist [Iceland Sessions]Karl Olgeirsson*
  • Copyist [London Session]Nick*
  • Engineer [@ Ilha Dos Sapos Studios]Flavio De Souza
  • Engineer [@ Looking Glass]Ichiho Nishiki
  • Engineer [Assistant @ Greenhouse Studios]Sturla Thorisson*
  • Engineer [Assistant @ Looking Glass]Christian Rutledge
  • Engineer [Assistant @ The Magic Shop]Juan Garcia
  • Engineer [Assistants @ Olympic Studios]Rob Haggett
  • Engineer [Recording]Valgeir Sigurdsson*
  • Hair [Hair Sculpting Assistant]Brent Borreson
  • Hair [Hair Sculpture By]Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir*
  • Hair [Icelandic Hair Flowers By]Ásta
  • Make-Up [Skin Colours By]Andrea Helgadottir*
  • Mixed ByMark <Spike> Stent*
  • Photography ByInez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin
  • Producer, Arranged ByBjörk
  • Recorded By [Additional]Neil Dorfsman
  • Soprano Vocals [The Icelandic Choir]Kirstín Erna Blöndal
  • Tenor Vocals [The Icelandic Choir]Þorbjörn Sigurðsson
  • Written-ByBjörk (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 7, 12 to 14)

Notes

℗ © 2001 Wellhart Ltd./One Little Indian Ltd.
The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Wellhart 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.
Made in the EU.

All tracks published by Universal Music; except: "Desired Constellation," "Oceania," "Sonnets/Unrealities XI," "Ancestors," published by Universal Music/copyright control; and "Vökuró" under copyright control.

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.

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.

Thank yous: Arto Lindsay, Alessandra Wallin at Ilha Dos Sapos Studios, Kara Bilof at Looking Glass Studios, Siobhan Payne at Olympic Studios, Peter Van Hooke at Lost Island Studios, Steve Rosenthal at the Magic Shop. Shlomo appears courtesy of Dented Records.

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

This is German "Universal M & L" press as indicated in the matrix area.
Two other presses of this European 9867589 CD are known:
• The French Cinram press.
• The German EDC re-press.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Label Code: LC00309
  • Barcode: 6 02498 67589 2
  • Rights Society: BIEM SABAM
  • Matrix / Runout (All variants): 06024 986 758-9 01 ✳ 51520432 [Universal logo x 4]
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): MADE IN BY UNIVERSAL M & L C
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 2 & 3): MADE IN BY UNIVERSAL M & L A
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 4 & 6): MADE IN BY UNIVERSAL M & L D
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 5 & 7): MADE IN BY UNIVERSAL M & L B
  • Mastering SID Code (All variants): IFPI LV26
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 0112
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 0130
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI 0123
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 4): IFPI 0146
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 5): IFPI 0144
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 6): IFPI 0133
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 7): IFPI 0125

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, Stereo) Elektra 62984-2 US 2004
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Medúlla (CD, Album, Limited Edition, Gatefold Sleeve) Elektra 62985-2 US 2004
Medúlla (2×12", 45 RPM, Album, Limited Edition) One Little Indian TPLP358 UK 2004

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