Medúlla

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

Medúlla is Björk's fifth studio album and was released in August 2004. After the electronic Vespertine she wanted to make a record consisting almost entirely of human voices. She had had that desire since her teenage years. The title comes from the Latin word for marrow. She began in 2002, still under the working title The Lake Album. She added her own drums to demos while eight months pregnant and then switched the instruments off, because she liked the result.

Guest singers included the Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq, Robert Wyatt and Mike Patton of Faith No More. Choirs from London and Iceland also took part. Beatboxers such as Rahzel and Dokaka provide the rhythms. Two singles were released from the record, Who Is It and Triumph of a Heart. She sang Oceania at the opening of the 2004 Olympic Games. Critical reception was full of praise, although some found the album confusing. It received two Grammy nominations.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Pleasure Is All Mine3:27Apple Music ↗
2. 2Show Me Forgiveness1:24Apple Music ↗
3. 3Where Is the Line4:41Apple Music ↗
4. 4Vokuro3:14Apple Music ↗
5. 5Oll Birtan1:52Apple Music ↗
6. 6Who Is It (Carry My Joy on the Left, Carry My Pain on the Right)3:57Apple Music ↗
7. 7Submarine3:14Apple Music ↗
8. 8Desired Constellation4:56Apple Music ↗
9. 9Oceania3:25Apple Music ↗
10. 10Sonnets / Unrealities XI1:00Apple Music ↗
11. 11Ancestors4:08Apple Music ↗
12. 12Mouths Cradle3:00Apple Music ↗
13. 13Midvikudags1:25Apple Music ↗
14. 14Triumph of a Heart4:04Apple Music ↗

30-second previews via Apple Music. Listen to the whole album on Apple Music ↗