Medúlla
by Björk

From lightmyway TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/07/2012 06:35 | #41697 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

Experiments with her unique voice. This took a long time to grow on me but I'm glad it did. This is definitely one of the stranger albums I own.

If you were to ask a Björk fan what their favourite album of hers is, I doubt many would say Medúlla, but for me this is definitely my favourite and also the best album I've ever had the privilege of listening to.
The greatest records take you on a journey, and this is precisely what Medúlla does for me. Each time I listen to it, it takes me to another world simultaneously thousands of years in the past and the future. Mostly an acapella album, Björk's vocals feel completely alive and the production is filled with voices (some haunting, some ethereal) and this only adds to the primal and timeless feel of it all.
I'm not saying Medúlla is a perfect album (as with every album, there are stronger and weaker tracks) but there's something so raw and powerful about it, even more so than the rest of her albums (which are all powerful), that I just can't stop admiring it.
A complete masterpiece.

Basically an acapella album. Medulla, is predominately all made by the human voice. You cannot deny the artistic courage in making a record like this but unfortunately the finished product doesn't quite add up to it's promise. Most of it is forgettable, only on, who is it, does Bjork fashion a strong melody, still, repeated listens do eventually bring out the songs, but they're still not up their with her best. It's not a bad record, it's Bjork for god's sake, but this time I don't think she quite hit the mark. If the album had been recorded with musical instruments it might have been a fuller record, still you have to applaud her ambition.

when i was little my sister loved björk and she had her on repeat everyday so when i listen to post or medulla now i feel like i'm connecting with those memories from my childhood.

it's obvious that for every björk fan or just music fan this is a really complicated album to like, i mean, what is ancestors?!! but in the end this is a great piece with no weak point. it shows björk's arrengement, lyrical and production skills, and, if you take that one moment to the side, you can see an honest and beautiful album.

i feel like there's something watching over me when i listen to this, it's really haunting.

best songs are who is it (when it drops it feels like you're in a dark place full of goo), where is the line, desired constellation, öll birtan and pleasure is all mine

From teague TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/15/2020 21:18 | #255639 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

I hate a capella. Leave it to Björk to make me love something I otherwise hate. There's no sense of pretension anywhere to be found here, which is usually what I hate about music like this. Some of the beatboxing sounds a bit dated and cheesy, but the execution otherwise is flawless.