BJÖRK - VOLTA ALBUM REACTION 

👁😮‍💨🌎TIMESTAMPS🌏🤯🦶🏾 Earth Intruders - 0:39🌟 Wanderlust - 2:35 The Dull Flame of Desire - 4:23🌟 Innocence - 7:45🌟 I See Who You Are - 9:53🌟 Vertebrae by Vertebrae - 12:08🌟 Pneumonia - 14:38 Hope - 16:45🌟 Declare Independence - 18:27 My Juvenile - 20:32 🌟= my fave!

Volta is definitely the most underrated. It was just all over the place, but I learned to love it when I gave it time. Pneumonia, by the way, oof... one of Björk's best tracks of all time imho

If you do Biophilia you gotta watch the live show, even if just on your own. The studio album is ok but the live show makes the album even better, that woman is a visionary

She actually spent a lot of time on an actual boat when recording this album. And she was inspired by the boat horns creating harmonies. So the whole album was based off Horns and Brass instruments. It was meant to feel kind of tribal and primitive. And Timbaland helped produce 3 songs, Earth Intruders, Wanderlust, and Innocence.

If you happen to do Biophilia, perhaps you could use some extra knowledge: She wrote each song with a science, biology, astronomy or physics concept in mind, and the album as a whole was launched along an app with interactive games. She also used some quite interesting instruments, and even created an educational programme that took place in a couple of countries for kids to learn about music and science at the same time.

ik this is one of her more under-apprecited projects but for me it’s one of my faves just because of how manic it is😌 it’s definitely crazy ahaha also, björk was banned from china because of the song declare independence back in 2008

This is my favourite Björk album! I'll defend it till the day I die.

Declare Independence is about encouraging Greenland (which is part of Denmark) to declare independence from Denmark and abandon Danish culture as the indigenous people (the Inuit) have been neglected and mistreated for centuries there by european colonizers

Volta is definitely a love or hate album but everyone agrees that the accompanying tour for the album, Voltaic tour, is one of her best live performances ever. Please watch the Voltaic Paris set on RU-vid and you just might fall in love with the songs in the album even MORE. The energy she has and all the trumpets is so addicting.

I love Volta, songs like " the dull flame of desire", "pneumonia", and "vertebræ by vertebræ" for me, are amaaaazing 😭

the things that confuse and confound ppl about this album (how the tracks are so very different and how it pulls you into different directions) - these things are what I love so very much about it. In some of her later works, the cohesiveness and theme can get me "lost" because my mind can wander. But with Volta, she doesn't let this happen. The music is constantly "waking you up" by changing things up. I love that! Definitely one of her more under-appreciated albums for sure. This has only just recently been surpassed for me by her next album Biophilia, which is now my fave album of all time (but took me years of listening to it to get it up there haha). You're a great reviewer Benn, keep them coming, your reactions are bomb cute fella ;) Can't wait for you to do Biophilia! :D

Anohni (the person featured on Dull Flame Of Desire) is actually not a guy but a trans woman (:

I’ll admit Volta is not an album I visit often, even though Wanderlust, The Dull Flame of Desire, Vertebræ by Vertebræ and Declare Independence slaps. And it’s a shame since it sees Björk speak about social issues (Earth Intruders being about people taking fossil fuels I think, & Declare Independence is about telling Greenland to become independent from Denmark). The singer featured on The Dull Flame of Desire and My Juvenile is Anohni. She’s an amazing and talented trans artist, who’s album Hopelessness I’d really recommend listening to. It’s a very intriguing, gorgeous yet gruesome album (the title track always gets me crying, so be warned). Also can wait to see your reaction for Crystalline and Mutual Core on Biophilia! ✨✨✨

Pneumonia, Innocence and Declare Independence are imo 3 of the best songs Björk has ever created. Special shout out to a song that didn’t make it to the final cut that’s called “Trance”. sounds quite like Pneumonia, and this two helped me getting through dark moments in my life. This may be the least liked Björk album, but she has never came out with an awful work ❤️

Don’t forget Selmasongs. Soundtrack to Dancer in the Dark but all original Bjork material and it’s worth a listen!

Her latest 2 albums are definitely my fav! Can't wait until you get to those.

Volta album is a journey. like you, at first few songs it falls short for me, but it always takes me back to the theme of the album and it makes me love it more (maybe because it is the water sounds and horns/brass sounds). If you see VOLTAIC (the album's live concert) i think you would love it. The rendition of her past songs tied in to the theme of this album and the sounds are so earthy and organic. Im glad that you enjoyed bits of this album. I really can't wait for you to hear the rest of her discographies.

Literally came across your channel tonight when I was looking up Bjork reactions, and now I'm greeted with this after a few hours of watching. Love your stuff! Keep it up

Not one of my favorites either BUT this is the tour that I saw her the first time in concert in New York at the Apollo, so it will always hold a special place in my black heart. Definitely a night to remember 🤩

I love I see Who You Are, especially the vulnicura live version where they swap the Chinese Pipa for strings, Han, and added Arca production

when i started to listen to Bjork when i was a teenager, this was her last released album. The couple of songs that start the marine journey, after departing in Earth Intruders; Wanderlust and The Dull Flame of Desire, made me love her. I remember this was a misunderstood album, along with the next Biophilia. Two albums that I love.

this album is a bit polarising to fans, im really glad you enjoyed it though, i love it even if it’s not my favourite, tracks like my juvenile, dull flame of desire and vertebrae by vertebrae are in my list of fave björk songs, also very very excited for biophilia reactionnnnn, i hope earth intruders and wanderlust can grow on you also lol

Innocence FTW!!! One of my favorite Bjork songs!!

I think this was the first album where you kind of need the visuals of the photoshoots and stuff from that era to get it fully. Remember 2007 was a time of bright colors and electro and tectonik and that kind of sensibility of like neon lights in a forrest. This album is kind of that eclectic vibe of being a shaman in the age of clubbing and kind of taking from many cultures and losing yourself in references. Also she lived in a boat in london when she was making this album. This to me is that like early tumblr neon-nature kind of vibe of bloggers and art galleries. Also it’s her first dips into how you can mix nature and technology, only way more optimistically (the apocalypse was no where as near as today). She was experimenting mostly on how to play this live as a kind of Bjork style rave. You really need to see Voltaïc (the live version of this album) to get it properly. It was an all girl brass band, a react table (some pre iPad visual synth) and bright basic colors and fire and flags and shaman outfits. Fucking amazing. The live concerts of Volta where totally like seeing a very powerful witch jumping all over and belting with the power of the whole earth like an energy demon assembling its army to go plant trees and flags all over.

RU-vid is really screwing me with notifications! All the albums I know and been looking forward to you reacting to, not one of them notified! I'm very busy and well, not doing great, but still! I'll have to check your channel on purpose more often.

my teacher once mentioned Björk and this album and I was confused cause my teacher is almost 70 😭

Love you’re reactions 🥰

"Earth Intruders" was inspired by a dream Björk had while on a plane back from Indonesia. She dreamt of a tsunami formed by poor people, angrily trying to take her plane down.

Volta is a grown for me, because it's so strange(Medúlla was to be too, but i love it at the first sight), but i love strange things, so now, i love Volta so much. The next album is Biophilia, an "natural" album, speaking about lyrics(and some instruments). She does a LOT of stuff for this album(inclusive, a limited physical version that i can't find anywhere). Biophilia is MAGICAL, but physical too. The show is INCREDIBLE. Probably you won't understand the stuff because it's biological, science... but you will love the poestry and the sounds.

Please do her videos....they are out of this world good!! Another great review🥰😘

I love this album and it's energy /voltage, thank you! ❤️ You may listen " Voltaic " too.

Excelente reacción 😃😃😃!!

Greetings from a Bjork´s super fan!! I love your reactions. You should go ahead with VULNICURA now, paying a lot of attention to the lyrics and learning about the concept of the wound. Keep going!!! You are the cutest, by the way :)

If you do her next album biophilia, please do some research on the album prior, as there is alot more too it then just the album it's self. She made an interactive app, museum exhibition, and a music program for schools

the “boy” in the dull flame of desire was Anohni, she came out as transgender a couple years later, and collaborated with bjork on atom dance

Well we've arrived at Volta, an album that is a Totally different experience from the rest. Def took me a few years to fully immerse myself in and allow it to Sink in. The Style and presentation are Like Reading a Book assigned by ur teacher. You peruse it, glance at a few pages throughout the story but somehow never fully delve into it ,Until ur actually ready to read it (Listen to it 💯) and Slowly open urself to see what the story holds. I do know that , The Dull Flame of Desire , Is actually an Old Russian Poem written by Fyodor Tyutchev in the 19th Century.

ALSO, when youre done with bjork id HIGHLY recommend Kate Bush next, they kind of go hand in hand and Bjork cites Kate as one of her inspirations in her music career… start with Hounds of Love (would also recommend doing some research on the album beforehand cause the second half is like its own album)

It's funny to do first listen reactions of Bjork as the albums change the more you listen to them. Have you considered to do a 20th listen reaction to one of her albums? It would be unique

I love when he reacts bjork

you need to see the live concerts of all of her albums, she is an amazing performeeerrrrr

ANOHNI is who sings in TDFOD, she's a trans woman and has really good music

You should listen to an Unlreleased song from this era called 'Trance'. It is amazing!

her voltaic show filmed in paris is an ass kicking experience from the first note to the last. incredibly good! her amount of energy she puts into her songs makes this perfomance a u forgettable experience!

the sounds throughout Innocence are actually samples from the Goldeneye video game when you shoot and kill a guy. like a pistol sound and then a grunt

Another favorite :) The live show for this album was so bonkers....sher shows take you too different galaxies for sure lol

I feel so bad for Volta. Having to follow up Debut, then Post, then Homogenic, then Vespertine, and then Medulla (her magnum opus imo) is not an easy feat. I don't think the album is like... disastrously bad, obviously, Vertebrae by Vertebrae and Pneumonia are stellar tracks and Declare Independence is SICK live (check out the live Paris performance). It just doesn't have the same... driving force? to me that keeps me engaged. Idk. Wanderlust, VBV, Pneumonia, and Declare Independence are my personal favs. Honorable mentions to the album art 💀

the music video for wanderlust is named under the very best music videos of all times.

this year she is going to release a new album. very exited since i really don't get access to her "utopia", which is not my cup of tea

Eu amo os barulhos de barco no final de Earth Intruders

I absolutely loved Declare Independence , so empowering

I live move how the water and ship horns connected each song… in the USA we don’t get that .

Earth Intruders is my favorite song of this album, and fyi Björk worked with Timbaland in Earth Intruders and Innocens haha

volta incredibly underrated, as is all of her recent work after this i think fans dismiss cus they “arent as good as her early stuff” but i disagree… biophillia is so good, vulnicura is so heartbreaking and utopia such an experience. excited for when you do biophillia cus some of the songs on there go crazyyy, mutal core & crystalline 🤯

Earth Intruders - Innocence - Declare Independence are God tier. Volta gets shit on by stans all the time but I personally love it.

So basically, she worked with Timbaland on this album as a producer but did she let him take her to his side, sounding like Justin Timberlake or Nelly Furtado? hell, no! Bjork does only what she wants to do! this album is a living proof she doesn't only sing or write but she produces and have a say in the sounds she create...

Vertebrae by Vertebrae parece muito uma música de quartel,amo

this album was highly praised, in its time they it was going to be a "pop" album 'cause Timbaland produced some of the songs

Wanderlust, Vertebrae by Vertebrae, Hope and Pneumonia are all amazing

i have this album on cassette

She actually bought a boat, was living on it and made parts of the album on it

Amazing album!!!!

Volta is def an album you have to listen a few times to get it haha. Btw Vertebrae by Vertebrae is about being horny 😂

Desse álbum as únicas que eu pulo é Pneumonia e My juvenile

that Asian instrument is a Chinese Pipa

imo her Volta and Biophilia eras were björk at her best, vocally. She could still hit those really high notes but also had impeccable vocal control. Her live performance of Solstice off of Biophilia still gives me chills.

Volta has a lot of transitions, it is meant to listen without breaks between the songs

Hello! The featured artist on "The Dull Flame Of Desire" and "My Juvenile" is actually a trans woman! Her name is Anohni. Also, "TDFOD" is a translation of a Russian poem!

Volta is weak but Voltaic is GORGEOUS! Check out Hyperballad live in Paris (Voltaic).

Its proper to have a 9 volt battery in your mouth for the ultimate listening experience. And if you don't end up on a watch list after hearing "Declare Independence", your didn't dance hard enough to it.

Funny how you don't know what Pneumonia is😅 I had it as a kid and almost died.

Hey could you react to Twice-Formula of Love

Please please check out Noga Erez!!

that was a disappointment at the time

Definitely my least favorite album from her but can’t wait for Biophilia and her best album, Vulnicura!

Volta is, for me and for a lot of people, Bjork's worst album. It doesn't mean that it's bad but i would say it isn't as great as the rest of her discography. I love The Dull Flame of Desire and Declare Independence tho

volta is her weakest album in my opinion