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Medlla (Album) | align="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Medlla | | lign="center" colspan="3"|Album cover | | lign="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Album by Bjrk | | lign="left" valign="top"|Released | colspan="2" valign="top"|August 31, 2004 | | lign="left" valign="top"|Recorded | colspan="2" valign="top"|2003 & 2004 | | lign="left" valign="top"|Genre | colspan="2" valign="top"|Electronica | | lign="left" valign="top"|Length | colspan="2" valign="top"|45 min 40 sec | | lign="left" valign="top"|Record label | colspan="2" valign="top"|US: Atlantic Records One Little Indian | | lign="left" valign="top"|Producer | colspan="2" valign="top"|Bjrk & Mark Bell | | gcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Professional reviews | | lign="left" valign="top"|AMG review | valign="top"|4 stars out of 5 | valign="top"| link | | lign="left" valign="top"|Amazon.com review | valign="top"|NR | valign="top"|link | | lign="left" valign="top"|RollingStone review | valign="top"|3 1/2 stars out of 5 | valign="top"|link | | lign="left" valign="top"|Spin review | valign="top"|B+ | valign="top"|link | | gcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Bjrk Chronology | align="top"|Live Box
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| Medlla is a music album by Icelandic singer/songwriter/musician Bjrk, which was released on August 31st of 2004 (see 2004 in music). The album is almost entirely a capella, with almost no instruments (except for a piano on Ancestors and a gong on Pleasure is All Mine) other than the human voice; even the atmospheric haze that constitutes "Desired Constellation" was created from a sample of Bjrk's voice ("I'm not sure what to do with it") from a single on her Vespertine album, "Hidden Place". It features beatboxing, choral arrangements and throat singing. The album features guest appearances by such artists as Mike Patton, Robert Wyatt, Tagaq, Rahzel and Dokaka. The album reached a position of #9 on the UK Top 75 Albums Chart and a peak of #14, Bjrk's highest position to date, on the US album chart, the Billboard 200. Track listing - "Pleasure Is All Mine" - 3:26
- "Show Me Forgiveness" - 1:23
- "Where Is The Line?" - 4:41
- "Vkur" - 3:14
- "ll Birtan" - 1:52
- "Who Is It (Carry My Joy on the Left, Carry My Pain on the Right)" - 3:57 (1st Single)
- "Submarine" - 3:13
- "Desired Constellation" - 4:55
- "Oceania" - 3:24 (recorded for 2004 Summer Olympics)
- "Sonnets/Unrealities XI" - 1:59
- "Ancestors" - 4:08
- "Mouth's Cradle" - 4:00
- "Mivikudags" - 1:24
- "Triumph Of A Heart" - 4:04 (2nd single)
- "Komi"*
(*) Only on the Japanese version and iTunes Music Store (US) version. Performances Oceania was commissioned by the International Olympic Committee and performed at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Olympic Games. External links
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