Volta is the Grammy-nominated seventh 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 has been certified Silver in the UK.
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Volta is the Grammy-nominated seventh 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 has been certified Silver in the UK.
In an interview for daily Internet publication Pitchfork, Björk talked for the first time about the theme of the album.
For this album, Björk used brass sounds for almost all the songs. These were sometimes sampled from Björk's previous project, "The Music From Drawing Restraint 9", as in the case of "Declare Independence" and "Vertebrae by Vertebrae".
A wide array of artists collaborated with Björk on material for the album. Björk first contacted Timbaland about a possible collaboration in December 2005. The first session took place in February 2006 in Studio 4...
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