Bjork

Latin for "marrow," Medulla uses all forms of the human voice to create an intimate sanctum. With minimal instrumental accompaniment (voices are her instruments), Bjork's clipped chirp swims among heavenly choruses, a human beatbox, and the kinds of sounds that might emanate from an asylum. Totally arresting.

Even measured against the Icelandic singer's own artistic yardstick, Bjork's seventh studio
album is a shocker, the kind of record that'll stop those who overhear it and make them
ask, "What the hell is that?" Medulla is both the most extreme record Bjork has ever
released and the most immediately accessible. Aside from some subtle keyboards and
plenty of sublime computer manipulations, Medulla's awe-inspiring architecture... More >