Did everyone go out and buy there copy of Volta? I did and I have to say it's a solid album. Not the best from Bjork (Vespertine) but none the less still a solid album. I can't stand this new trend of having like 10-12 tracks on an album. It doesn't make any sense to me. If we're gonna pay full price, actaully if we're going to pay at all these days, give us a full album. Anyhow I found the credits quite interesting. Here they are:
Earth Intruders (by the way the album version if different than any other version to date)
Written by T. Mosley, N. Hills, Bjork
Produced by Timbaland and Bjork
Co-Produced by Danja
Bjork: vocals, programming and editing
Timbaland: keyboards and beats
Danja: keyboards and beats
Engineered by Jimmy D for Timbaland sessions(remember these tracks are over a year old)
Innocence
Written by T. Mosley, N. HIlls, Bjork
Produced by Timbaland and Bjork
Co-Produced by Danja
Bjork: vocals, programming and editing
Timbaland: keyboards and beats
Danja: keyboards and beats
Engineered by Jimmy D for Timbaland sessions
Hope
Written by Bjork and T. Mosley
Produced by Bjork (interesting...)
Bjork: vocals, clavichord, sine bass, programming, and editing
Timbaland: triggering pre-recorded percussion loop
Danja: bass drums
Engineered by Jimmy D for Timbaland sessions
Hmm so Tim gets credit for flipping a switch for the drum loop? Did he get paid for that? More so does he need an assitant for that? ha ha
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Bjork "Volta" Album Credits
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innocence is the best track from the album
ReplyDeletekurt kobane here...hey a full album is 10_12 songs..a ep is less than 6..it was a bad trend to have over 15 16 songs on a cd...the brat first patinum cd had less than 13 songs,maybe 11...and we loved it!! quality is always better than quantity....when artist put over 12 songs you get a lot of album fillers...if you got 12 songs and you like 6 at least u like half the cd,but if you got 18 songs,and u only like 6 then that project is usually considered wack......just a lil insite from a industry dude
ReplyDeleteyup, check the tracklist of so-called "classic albums" like Slick Rick's debut "The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick", Nas' "Illmatic", N.W.A.'s "Straight Outta Compton", Snoop Dogg's "Doggystyle", Wu-Tang Clan's "Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)" etc. and u have the proof.
ReplyDeleteplus on a side note: a new artist (in the US) usually gets only paid for the first 10 tracks (including intro, skits) on an album! if u sell good, u re-negotiate...
Sorry but 10 is too short for me, I'll take 12....
ReplyDeletethough 14-15 is great :D
Gotta go w/ Big A and Kurt Kobane on this. Classic albums hit you hard on every song. 10 t0 13/14 (w/ a interlude or 2) tracks leaves less room for error. And I know back in the day many artists would say the label is only payin for 10 songs, "why the fuck sould I give em anymore?"
ReplyDeleteGoin back a few decades tho, 8 or 9 sngs on an album was standard.
Finally on HOPE...Bjork said in an interview that HOPE was originally recorded/produced by Timbaland, and that she kept the song and eventually reworked/remixed it. Credits probably keep the contributions he made to the finished track.
I'm all for concise, cohesive, no-filler albums. Ten songs is fine with me. Very few people have what it takes to make a cohesive 18-song album, not that most artists give a shit about actually creating an "album" nowadays, much less a cohesive one. Actually, the strongest super-long album I've heard in a while is Diddy's; those are pretty solid songs that work well together.
ReplyDeleteVespertine is garbage
ReplyDeleteAnything over a dozen tracks becomes very succeptible to weak spots. 10 was the stardard for a long time. Less tracks doesn't mean a worse album... Remember, even "Thriller" has only 9 tracks. ;)
ReplyDeleteVespertine is garbage??? How so? I can't imagine saying that.
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