Bjork - Volta
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Free Music Notes for Volta
Free Music Review: 10 Years Since Homogenic & She's Still As Fresh & Unique With Volta: Well Done.
Hit: 5 Stars
Let me just get to the point: This album is not as bad as everyone says it is. They just want another Post or a Homogenic, etc... but it is almost imposible to get another one of "those." However, this album is just a creative, new and fresh as its proceders. No, it's not my favortive Bjork album, but this SHOULD be noticed. I honestly give this album a 4 out of 5 but I gave it 5 stars just to blance out all the 1 and 2 stars! (Ucky! It really upsets me to see that.) "Volta" has exceptional dance tracks and pulsating vibes throughout as well as beats that stick in my head forever, which is a good thing, because all I want to do is dance and sing along with Bjork. To make a LONG story short, this is an AMAZING album and the Stand-Out Tracks Are:
01. Delcare Independence - This song takes me to another place, I get chills, this is such a true and unique song and I love it. I have never heard a song like this from her since PLUTO! I think she should personally release this as a single, or just release an entire album filled with 'these' kind of gems. (5/5)
02. Earth Intruders - Prefect choice as a single, love the video too, if you have heard this song I think you will become an earth intruder, "muddy with twigs and branches" (5/5)
03. Wanderlust - This song is AMAZINGLY DONE! I fell in love with its beats, its so original and hunting, and these 3 songs make this album really what it is: a solid, strong effort.
ALL HAIL BJORK!! *P.S. I LOVE The Limited Edition Version of this album, its so original and unlike any other CD Case I have ever recieved. I am just speachless...
Free Music Review: Stellar, I say...
Hit: 5 Stars
I got this disc 2 weeks early, and I tried again and again to write a review here but it wouldn't let me. And now it's been out for a couple weeks and I feel terrible for letting my review slip this whole time. As a result, it will be much shorter and to the point.
"Innocence" is my favorite song, it makes me scream. "I See Who You Are" is my second favorite song, it sends shivers up and down my spine. "Vertebrae by Vertebrae" is my third favorite song, it's oh-so Bernard Hermann/Hitchcock. "Declare Independence" is my fourth favorite song, I turn up my speakers to 11 (whereas they're normally on 10) and dance around like I haven't danced around to Bjork since Pluto (G-d I love this song). "Earth Intruders" is my fifth favorite song, the album version with the marching footsteps, it's really a good track...
This is really a very intimate fun exciting album. It could have gone further in terms of pushing boundaries and borders. It's sort of light-fare compared to Medulla (Where is the Line, Oceania, Desired Constellations, and Ancestors -- four of my top ten favorite Bjork songs!!!) and Vespertine. It has catchy moments and goals similar to Homogenic, yet it really tried to bring back into the fold the very upbeat Bjork of Post and Debut...
I love this album, I'm very glad to own it.
By the way, if you have a chance to see Bjork in concert -- DO... her version of Army of Me (NEVER my favorite bjork song, by far) at radio city music hall was more mind-blowing BY ITSELF than every other non-classical performance I've ever seen in my entire life.
Free Music Review: Independence Declared
Hit: 5 Stars
After two relatively subtle albums, Bjork has returned to the hard beats of her earlier solo works, though some of the tracks here also continue the experimentation of the quiet years. Overall, the feel of this album is strongly reminiscent of the now decade-old Homogenic. This applies especially to tracks like the harsh and dissonant "Earth Intruders" and "Innocence," which feature bizarre tribal beats and weird sampled sounds. Meanwhile, the biggest surprise of the album is "Declare Independence," which musically wouldn't sound out of place on a Nine Inch Nails album. Though much more importantly, in this song Bjork is singing with a forceful authority that she hasn't displayed since the Sugarcubes, if ever. But on the other hand, this album effectively mixes those noisier tracks with the quieter subtlety that Bjork mastered on the last two albums. The minimalist "Pneumonia" wouldn't feel out of place on Vespertine, while "Hope" displays some of the innovative vocal acrobatics that were explored on Medulla. A few contributions from the oddly-voiced guest star Antony Hegarty further develop Bjork's recent work on the wonders of the human voice. While this album is partially a retrenchment of Bjork's past achievements, as usual she has delivered a fascinating and unconventional opus that looks to the future - an offbeat future that only Bjork could come up with. [~doomsdayer520~]Free Music Review: Bjork goes back to her roots
Hit: 5 Stars
I was close to giving up on BJork. I was a die-hard fan of her work until Vespertine but Medulla and her latest movie soundtrack just turned off my interest: they were both TOO experimental for what I was willing to put up with -they almost became a musical torture of sorts.
Enter "Volta" in 2007. Though Bjork is still considered a wacko by many (not that she's a typical artist by any stretch of the mind, but...) in this album, in spite of a handful of musical "departures", for the most part she goes back to her roots. There's a lot of material in here reminiscent of her sound back from Debut, Post and Homogenic times.
While my favorite song is "Wanderlust" without a doubt, with upbeat tracks ("Earth Intruders") and quiet tracks ("Pneumonia" and "My Juvenile") across the album, for the first time in a while, consciously or not, Bjork doesn't seem to want to leave anybody out. For the first time in a while, I feel like listening to her music... again.
Free Music Review: Bjork's Best Album Since Post
Hit: 5 Stars
This is the one artist that never ceases to amaze with her originality, creativity and constant experimentation.
Earth Intruders certainly has a killer beat but the real gem here is Declare Independence, an ode to speaking up for your own rights. What makes this song so amazing is the thunderous electro beat that keeps building along with Bjork vocals to finally reach a screeching point that could not be a better representation of the anger that one feels with political apathy in today's society (I guess that is my take on this).
Also not to be missed, the equally brilliant "Innocence". Both songs have been released with some amazing cutting edge remixes but the album mixes are just as brilliant. Bjork remains the one and true original artist of the past 20 years (yeah, the first Sugarcubes album came out 20 years ago)
Be warned though, if you expect an acoustic album similar to Medulla, then this is definetely not the one. The heavy experimental electronic sounds are closer to the remixes that Bjork released from her brilliant Homogeneous album. And yes, you will either love her or hater her, there is no middle ground here.