BjörkMedúlla

Label:

One Little Independent – TPLP358

Format:

2 x Vinyl , LP, 45 RPM, Reissue, Stereo

Country:

UK

Released:

Genre:

Pop

Style:

Vocal

Tracklist

A1 Pleasure Is All Mine
Bass [Bass Line]Björk
BeatsRahzel
GongPeter Van Hooke
PerformerThe Icelandic Choir
Programmed ByValgeir Sigurdsson*
A2 Show Me Forgiveness
PerformerBjörk
A3 Where Is The Line
BeatsRahzel
PerformerThe Icelandic Choir
Programmed ByValgeir Sigurdsson*
A4 Vökuró
PerformerThe Icelandic Choir
B1 Öll Birtan
Performer, Programmed ByBjörk
B2 Who Is It (Carry My Joy On The Left, Carry My Pain On The Right)
BeatsRahzel
PerformerTagaq*
Programmed ByValgeir Sigurdsson*
Synth [Bass Synth]Björk
B3 Submarine
PerformerRobert Wyatt
Programmed ByValgeir Sigurdsson*
B4 Desired Constellation
PerformerThe Icelandic Choir
Programmed ByOlivier Alary
C1 Oceania
BeatsShlomo
PerformerThe London Choir
PianoNico Muhly
Programmed ByValgeir Sigurdsson*
Vocals [Vocal Samples]Robert Wyatt
C2 Sonnets / Unrealities XI
PerformerThe Icelandic Choir
C3 Ancestors
PerformerTagaq*
Piano, Programmed ByBjörk
D1 Mouth's Cradle
BeatsRahzel
PerformerThe Icelandic Choir
Programmed ByValgeir Sigurdsson*
Synth [Bass Synth]Mark Bell
D2 Miðvikudags
PerformerBjörk
Programmed ByJake Davies
D3 Triumph Of A Heart
BeatsRahzel
PerformerBjörk
Programmed ByValgeir Sigurdsson*
Voice [Human Trombone]Gregory Purnhagen

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Wellhart Ltd
  • Copyright ©Wellhart Ltd
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗One Little Independent Ltd.
  • Copyright ©One Little Independent Ltd.
  • Licensed ToPolydor Ltd. (UK)
  • Copyright ©The Trustees For The E.E. Cummings Trust
  • Copyright ©George James Firmage
  • 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
  • Pressed ByOptimal Media GmbH – BF90202

Credits

  • Alto Vocals [The Icelandic Choir, Alt]Jónína Guðrún Kristinsdóttirþ*
  • Arranged By [Choir]Björk
  • Art Direction, DesignM/M ‹Paris›*
  • Bass Vocals [The Icelandic Choir, Bassi]Þorvaldur Þorvaldsson
  • 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 [Dakota Music, London Session]Nick*
  • Copyist [Iceland Sessions]Karl Olgeirsson*
  • Engineer [Assistant Greenhouse Studios]Sturla Thorisson*
  • Engineer [Assistant Looking Glass]Christian Rutledge
  • 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
  • Engineer [Recording Engineer], Recorded By [Recording Engineer]Valgeir Sigurdsson*
  • Hair [Hair Sculpting Assistant]Brent Borreson
  • Hair [Hair Sculpture By]Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir*
  • Lyrics ByE.E. Cummings* (tracks: 10)
  • Make-Up [Skin Colours By]Andrea Helgadottir*
  • Mixed ByMark ‹Spike› Stent*
  • Music By [Music Composed By], Composed ByJ'orunn Vidar* (tracks: 4)
  • Other [Icelandic Hair Flowers By]Ásta At Hárverk*
  • Photography By [Photographed By]Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin
  • Producer, Arranged ByBjörk
  • Recorded By [Additional Recording]Neil Dorfsman
  • Soprano Vocals [The Icelandic Choir]Kirstín Erna Blöndal
  • Tenor Vocals [The Icelandic Choir]Þorbjörn Sigurðsson
  • Vocals [The London Choir]Yona Dunsford
  • Written-ByTagaq* (tracks: 11)

Notes

Gatefold, Lyric Inner sleeves, Barcode: 5016958060916

Track 11 lyrics from <Sonnets - Unrealities> by E.E. Cummings. 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.

All tracks published by Universal Music, except tracks 8 to 11 published by Universal Music/Copyright Control and Track 4 under Copyright Control.

Additional mobile recording at: Palisades, New York; The Loft on 22nd Street, NYC; Praya Dos Lagos, Bahia; Palazzo Contarini, Venice; Louth, Lincolnshire.

Thank yous: Dented Records.

℗ © 2021 Wellhart Ltd/One Little Independent Ltd
The copyright of this recording is owned by Wellhart Ltd/One Little Independent Ltd and is exclusively licensed to Polydor Ltd (UK) for the world excluding the UK, North America and Iceland.

Made in the EU

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Text): 5 016958 060916
  • Barcode (Scanned): 5016958060916
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, runout): BF90202-01 A1 MCD TPLP358
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, runout): BF90202-01 B1 MCD TPLP358
  • Matrix / Runout (Side C, runout): BF90202-02 C1 MCD TPLP358
  • Matrix / Runout (Side D, runout): BF90202-02 D1 MCD TPLP358

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
Recently Edited
Medúlla (CD, Album, Limited Edition, Gatefold Sleeve) Elektra 62985-2 US 2004

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    French_Acidhead
    Unbelieveable to know this Album has turned 20 years... The studio production and the sounds (synths, FX...) used in these songs are still relevant nowadays. The concept of using mainly voices as instruments works well and is not boring or repetitive at all, each song is soulful.

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