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Generally favorable reviews- based on 317 Ratings
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Positive: 242 out of 317
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Mixed: 46 out of 317
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Negative: 29 out of 317
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Oct 5, 2022
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May 1, 2022An unforgiving sprawling mess that uncharacteristically provides no merit. It's difficult to digest in the same way sh*t is.
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Dec 2, 2020Mostly of the songs have a nice miss of sounds and instruments , lirycly it's embrace a more wide range of subjects and is poetically crafted to assure the reality and the fantastic of the Bjork universe that in each sound never goes pedantic.
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Aug 29, 2020es uno de mis álbumes favoritos y por el que descubrí a björk. la implementación de las trompetas es sublime. desde mi punto de vista lo considero conceptual. es perfecto tal y como es. mis canciones favoritas son todo el álbum.
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Apr 7, 2018Posiblemente el album mas infravalorado de la cantante, y no se porque, el album es demasiado bueno
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Nov 27, 2017An interesting piece of art from beginning to end, at some points falling lower than others but worth a listen. The instrumentation is one of the most intriguing qualities, a cultural exploration.
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Oct 31, 2017Em Volta é possível ver uma Björk nova: trabalhando com Timbaland e mesclando seu estilo com o dele. Isso resulta em uma batida R&B com a sonoridade e dramaticidade de Björk.
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Jul 24, 2017Volta is the pop-album of Björk's discography. Each song have a different volume. From the slowest intimate ballad ("Pneumonia"), to the biggest electronic dance rhythms ("Declare Independence"), the album is the reflect of the human feelings rainbow. "Vertebrae To Vertebrae" is a highlight in her discography.
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Dec 18, 2016O melhor álbum da Björk sem dúvida nenhuma, não possui nenhuma falha. Uma pena ser esquecido pelos fãs pela sonoridade mais puxada ao pop e produções de Timbaland e Danja.
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Oct 5, 2016Volta is my least favourite Bjork album. Though it does contain some excellent production from Timbaland and Danja, overall the album feels rushed and frankly is not terribly interesting. Some of the single remixes are better than the actual tracks. Download: Earth Intruders, Declare Independence.
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Aug 7, 20161. Earth Intruders 10/10
2. Wanderlust 9.8/10
3. The Dull Flame Of Desire 9/10
4. Innocence 10/10
5. I See Who You Are 9.5/10
6. Vertebrae By Vertebrae 9/10
7. Pneumonia 9.1/10
8. Hope 10/10
9. Declare Independence 10/10
10. My Juvenile 9.8/10 -
Jan 28, 2016
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Jan 28, 2016Declare independence
Don't let them do that to you
Declare independence
Don't let them do that to you
Justice
Start your own currency
Make your own stamp
Protect your language -
Nov 15, 2015
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Sep 24, 2015Bjork's voice is the only sure standout of Volta. Otherwise it feels too produced to believe it came after Medulla. Granted, it's the best album Timbaland has ever produced.
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Sep 10, 2015This album it's soooooo good. Not my favourite by Björk, but it stills being amazing.
Freaking amazing, just as she wants to.
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Jun 5, 2015I doubt Volta is Björk's best album to date, but is arguably her most organic, viscerally transparent, sonically challenging and fully-textured; and that's more than enough to call it just brilliant.
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Mar 2, 2015I honestly cannot believe that people call this her worst album when Biophilia exists. This is the one that got me introduced to her work and I find it funny that people say "stay away from this album if you want to start listening to her! Terrible introductory album." To each their own, I guess.
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Jan 22, 2015I love this album, it is not one of her best but also it is still bad because of it, declare independence is the best oh god music I want to go crazy when I hear this song, björk is the best.
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Oct 29, 2013
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Oct 28, 2013Volta is as crazy as the artwork the first part is energetic, thumping and all over the place, while the the second is more mature, pensieve and philosophical.
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May 12, 2013A very confusing album (when we talk about the lyrics), the sound is enough to please whatever person who enjoy Bjork's work. Each song is completely different from the other at the sound. The best is Wanderlust, it makes you dance in your room. I think she could do a better work with the last songs, at the last part the album turns a little boring, but this is a really good CD.
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Jul 30, 2012
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Feb 20, 2012The opening tracks re-establish Bjork as the strange pop icon we all grew to love, but something terrible happens in the second half, with mute arrangements, and a lack of vocal diversity, her experimentation's infiltrate this pop album leaving the fans feeling a little betrayed and bewildered by it all. 'Earth Intruders' is still great though.
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Oct 11, 2011Simply the worst album of Bjork's career, filled with incoherent songs and silly lyrics. Avoid this if you are not a die-hard fan of the Icelandic oddball and don't buy this as her first record.
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Jun 24, 2011Fantastic, massive, true, limitless, full of hope, full of energy... Volta has a beauty in not a normal way, it lives not in you ,but, through you, all around you... It`s eternal like energy itself.
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OlegV.Feb 2, 2009
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SimonBMay 14, 2008
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ChrisKOct 2, 2007Bjork is my favorite singer of all time. The only problem with her is that she is soo ahead of her time it is ridiculous and that is why alot of people(including myself when i first heard her) don't get her music.... but after seeing her live performing volta i was blown away..... if you want to hear volta at its best download the mp3 of her at coachella 2007.
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AaronRAug 12, 2007
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KhalidBAug 12, 2007
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CPJul 29, 2007
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JorgeSJul 19, 2007Good album... but a little disappointing because it does not contribute anything new and it is not as original as the previous one.
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QimmahNJul 17, 2007I am a big fan of Volta. But like all of her last 3 albums -it had to grow on me as I grew in my ability to appreciate such a unique musical mind. I truly see her music as an inspirational, heart melting brilliance. She is consistently genius and if you can see that, you just don
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lorenas.Jul 3, 2007Well as this one, bjork has a special feeling of doing different things and it has a reason, her reason, and it's very funny listening different instruments each time every single album and real satisfactory to listening something weird and hard to digestion, just for some of us
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arianiu.iJun 22, 2007i hate politics! so i loovvee this album (; and "earth intruders" is very suitable for this "global warning" moments.
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RyanJ.Jun 18, 2007This is most definently one of Björk's best albums. It's magnificently human and ultimately beautiful. As emotionally raw and glorious as 'Homogenic'.
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TristramCJun 16, 2007
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JeffWJun 11, 2007
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JamesMJun 8, 2007Agree with the Pitchfork review. Volta has some curious moments but a lot of it is without melody and tried to rely on sparse electronica to dig it out of the hole. Disappointing compared to Debut, Post, Homogenic and Vespertine which provide done with a lot more indeed.
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CMUTZJun 8, 2007a little deception !
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kellyw.Jun 7, 2007I wish she would have gone further out to sea with this one and not have felt compeled to make a comeback. The result is messy, divided and overly objective, heady. The direct nods to the Drawing Restraint #9 soundtrack makes Volta feels like she subconsciously wanted to further her more abstact and introverted side while feeling obligated to make the next Bjork album.
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HeatherWJun 4, 2007almost as terrible as her clothing selection. Gross
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BLJun 2, 2007Very human and magnificent.
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IreneBMay 29, 2007Bjork remains my favorite musician. Her music is made for a person like me and I have loved all her work with all my heart previously. Having said that I feel very badly saying this but I must be honest. I do not like Volta at all. Many of the songs drive me crazy. I cannot even listen to it. I had to delete it from my I-Tunes because it was making me angry.
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RobHMay 25, 2007I was really dissapointed with this album; the songs just wander without hitting many exciting moments or memorable melodies. I feel like Bjork needs to reenergize and come back with a more inspired album, because it has been a while since she's delivered a stellar album (Homogenic). I was hoping for a return to her more poppy, fun music of the early 90s.
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MikeSMay 24, 2007With Bjork sounding this triumphant, the majesty of her talent here in full force, there
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RoccoRMay 23, 2007One thing that I hate than anyhting are morons spewing their non-sensical opininons about "Volta". Bjork sings urgently and beautifully on all ten tracks. You have to know Bjork and have a speck of intelligence to understand the music. The more you listen to Volta the more you understand and enjoy it.
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JuliaAMay 20, 2007
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[Anonymous]May 19, 2007I agree completely with Yuka. Only tracks 1-3 are worth listening to; the rest of it is damn near horrible and I'm a huge Bjork fan. Lyrics, inspiration, all of it's out the window. Even "Medulla" had redeeming qualities, but I can't believe what happened here.. Maybe she'll never return to her 90's glory.
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CorneVMay 19, 2007The first time I heard Volta I thought it was just okay. But after several listenings I think it's brilliant. Every tune grows on me. Even the slower songs are amazing (although they were the ones I thought of as just okay in the beginning) Not her best album (I can't decide which one that is...) but certainly a classic!
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ixataMay 18, 2007
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RodiMay 17, 2007The album starts out brilliantly! But during the second half it's like she loses focus and the album becomes dull and, exept for "Declare Independance", uninteresting.
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TPJMay 17, 2007The more you listen, the more you'll love. Certainly better than the rather average Medulla but nowhere near as good as her earlier stuff, then again not much is.
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HenryVMay 15, 2007
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MarcDMay 13, 2007Bjork comes back swinging!
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erlingoMay 13, 2007Good Björk so good her 3d best.
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BjorkfanNo1May 13, 2007I love the brass arrangements but the stiff beats and missing tunes makes Volta hard to love. The epic ballad Dull flame of desire never really takes of. Another Bjork album to admire but unlikely to be played much...
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WesSMay 12, 2007Not her best by a long shot. In fact this may be her weakest album ever besides Drawing Restraint which is not even really a true Bjork vocal album, but more instrumental in nature. I love Bjork, but this album disappoints.
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vinzXMay 12, 2007an ok album, better than medulla, not as good as vespertine....
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YukaTMay 11, 2007
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DiegoRMay 11, 2007Masterpiece
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MungoBMay 11, 2007Keep listening and you will see. I'm really digging it but wasn't so sure at first.
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anderssMay 10, 2007No tunes - no real fun.
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musicistamMay 10, 2007
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k.May 10, 2007I think the only Ms. step Bjork made on this album was proclaiming it 'pop' and setting up false expectations. 'Volta' is one step away from 'Drawing Restrant #9' and three steps away from 'Vespertine'. Gorgeous, challenging and strange.
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tomdMay 9, 2007
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juanmMay 9, 2007give it a couple of tries... and then you'll have no scape to its charm
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ACMay 9, 2007Before she records her next album, she should write some songs first. You know, juicy hooks, melodies, choruses, those little things. This one's nothing but a meandering bummer, and I've loved all of her previous work. No one is beyond criticism. I don't care what funky country you're from. Or how good your voice is.
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JeromeFMay 9, 2007
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MattD.May 9, 2007I've never been a Bjork fan, but you could never say she's bland. This one is bland even at its surface. Some songs are excruciatingly long.
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BrSmMay 9, 2007It seems like a lot of critics and fans thought that the Timbaland collabarations meant this was going to sound like Nelly Furtado. Did you really think Bjork would stoop to that level? I can't imagine anyone who's been listening since Homogenic would be shocked or disapointed by this album.
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MaxMay 9, 2007Not her best creation but always super! Her sound is different from everything else and her voice is always magical ! Is this enough?
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ToddWMay 9, 2007
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ChrisGMay 9, 2007Profoundly experimental, sketchy, brilliant (at points), head-scratching and quasi-fun. Some tracks really shine like Pneumonia and Innocence, while others flounder and become restless beasts (The Dull Flame of Desire / Declare Independence). But a good B album is better than many. She's still a unique force in the music scene and shows no signs of musical fatigue.
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rheomMay 9, 2007theres nuthin really much to argue about bjorks album; watever bjork does in her carrer I will still support her;shes a legend and I luv her!
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mikes.May 8, 2007
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BMMay 8, 2007I seem to find the joy out of this records that the critics don't. The moments of beauty in this record "The Dull Flame Of Desire" & "Vertebrae by Vertebrae" matched with the ferocity and driven songs as "Innocence" & "Declare Independence" suggest a fond welcome back to the Bjork we all knew from Debut - Homogenic. Impressive record from one of the most important forces in Music today.
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triumphofaheartMay 8, 2007fantastic
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BBMay 8, 2007What the hell happened? There are 3 great songs - the rest have no pulse. She said this album was going to be more fun. What does she consider fun?
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LeoFMay 8, 2007Bjork's albums were never easy and this one is probably her most difficult yet. Definitely, not for everyone.
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TimW.May 7, 2007
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frankmMay 7, 2007why does metacritic use reviews from a terrible magazine like NOW?
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CameronSMay 7, 2007Bjork rocks! Earth Intruders is the best single of the year. Buy this instead of your run of the mill pre-teen pop garbage that keeps being released.
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andymMay 7, 2007half of the songs are reminiscent of The Sugarcubes, and the rest are similar to many songs from Dancer In the Dark/Selmasongs (especially the brass sections). All in all, though, it's a nice effort. Not nearly as intimate as Vespertine; not as grand as homogenic and not as edgy as medulla. It seems more of a post-modern blend of Post and Debut
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iieeeMay 7, 2007
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AlanSMay 4, 2007
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JustinTMay 4, 2007
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WillTMay 3, 2007Not as good as Medulla, but equally thrilling and wonderous.
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HarryKMay 3, 2007One of the best albums in many years. I was amazed with some of the songs, 'Declare Independence' being the greatest. This is a keeper!
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M.T.Apr 29, 2007its a mix of her last 3 studio albums. 'Declare Independence' is a political version of "Pluto". "I See Who You Are" is very intimate and touching. All of the Timbaland/Danja/Bjork collabs are on point! Bjork always surprises and scares.
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DericMApr 27, 2007In Medulla she lost her arrangements. In this album she lost her melodies. It's quite decent, cohesive, and interesting, but it just isn't catchy as her work from Debut up till Vespertine.
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Awards & Rankings
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Volta is arguably Bjork's loosest and most ruminative record, and though it touches on everything she's ever done, it's not as gripping or coherent as her best stuff.
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Listen intently, repeatedly, and you'll hear much to widen your consciousness... But listen for, you know, enjoyment and you'll be left wanting.
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Every song on Volta sounds like it was birthed in no fewer than 10 months, if not five years. "Fun" hardly has an opportunity to enter the picture when Björk's now seemingly permanent fastidiousness remains her métier.