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== ''Vulnicura: The Acoustic Version - Strings, Voice and Viola Organista Only'' ==
== ''Vulnicura: The Acoustic Version: Strings, Voice and Viola Organista Only'' ==


On 6 November 2015, ''Vulnicura: The Acoustic Version - Strings, Voice and Viola Organista Only'' or simply ''Vulnicura Strings'',<ref>http://pitchfork.com/news/61500-bjork-to-release-all-strings-version-of-vulnicura-shares-new-take-on-lionsong/</ref> is set to be released, featuring eight of ''Vulnicura''{{'s}} nine tracks in strings only renditions in what has been described as a more uncompromising and intimate take on ''Vulnicura''. It features the same vocals as the studio album but without the beats of co-producers Arca and The Haxan Cloak. The album will include additional string arrangements by Una Sveinbjarnardóttir, who was apart of the Icelandic String Octet that joined Björk on stage for her 1998 [[Homogenic Tour]], as well as alternate takes of string arrangements recorded during ''Vulnicura''{{'s}} original recording sessions that Björk felt were more appropriate for the far more delicate atmosphere of ''Vulnicura Strings'', stating, "I dug out the more close up pick up miked versions, other sonic point-of-views...". Additionally, several songs will utilize the [[Viola organista|Viola Organista]], a unique instrument designed by [[Leonardo da Vinci]] but built for the first time centuries later by the Polish musician Sławomir Zubrzycki.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Polish Concert Pianist Builds a 'Viola Organista' Based on a 500-Year-Old Leonardo Da Vinci Sketch|url = http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/11/viola-organista/|accessdate = 2015-10-07}}</ref> Zubrzycki plays the instrument, the only one in existence, on the album, which was mixed by Chris Elms.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Björk to release acoustic strings version of Vulnicura|url = http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/oct/06/bjork-vulnicura-strings-acoustic-new-album|website = the Guardian|accessdate = 2015-10-06|first = Harriet|last = Gibsone}}</ref>
On 6 November 2015, ''Vulnicura: The Acoustic Version: Strings, Voice and Viola Organista Only'' or simply ''Vulnicura Strings'',<ref>http://pitchfork.com/news/61500-bjork-to-release-all-strings-version-of-vulnicura-shares-new-take-on-lionsong/</ref> is set to be released, featuring eight of ''Vulnicura''{{'s}} nine tracks in strings only renditions in what has been described as a more uncompromising and intimate take on ''Vulnicura''. It features the same vocals as the studio album but without the beats of co-producers Arca and The Haxan Cloak. The album will include additional string arrangements by Una Sveinbjarnardóttir, who was apart of the Icelandic String Octet that joined Björk on stage for her 1998 [[Homogenic Tour]], as well as alternate takes of string arrangements recorded during ''Vulnicura''{{'s}} original recording sessions that Björk felt were more appropriate for the far more delicate atmosphere of ''Vulnicura Strings'', stating, "I dug out the more close up pick up miked versions, other sonic point-of-views...". Additionally, several songs will utilize the [[Viola organista|Viola Organista]], a unique instrument designed by [[Leonardo da Vinci]] but built for the first time centuries later by the Polish musician Sławomir Zubrzycki.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Polish Concert Pianist Builds a 'Viola Organista' Based on a 500-Year-Old Leonardo Da Vinci Sketch|url = http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/11/viola-organista/|accessdate = 2015-10-07}}</ref> Zubrzycki plays the instrument, the only one in existence, on the album, which was mixed by Chris Elms.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Björk to release acoustic strings version of Vulnicura|url = http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/oct/06/bjork-vulnicura-strings-acoustic-new-album|website = the Guardian|accessdate = 2015-10-06|first = Harriet|last = Gibsone}}</ref>


Björk stated on her Facebook page, "While I was working on ''Vulnicura'', it became one of the most magical thing(s) both musically and spiritually to unite the electronics and the acoustic instruments in an almost romantic way: to prove they can coexist!!... But while working on it I felt somehow for the first time, this was an album that could take another version: a reveal, to simply have the acoustics stand on their own for the folks who wanna indulge even further into the wooden timeless side of this music. With no techno." This is the first time Björk has released a companion project to a studio album that wasn't a remix or live album, and it is also her first completely acoustic studio album.
Björk stated on her Facebook page, "While I was working on ''Vulnicura'', it became one of the most magical thing(s) both musically and spiritually to unite the electronics and the acoustic instruments in an almost romantic way: to prove they can coexist!!... But while working on it I felt somehow for the first time, this was an album that could take another version: a reveal, to simply have the acoustics stand on their own for the folks who wanna indulge even further into the wooden timeless side of this music. With no techno." This is the first time Björk has released a companion project to a studio album that wasn't a remix or live album, and it is also her first completely acoustic studio album.

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Vulnicura is the ninth studio album by Icelandic musician and singer Björk. It was produced by Björk, Arca and The Haxan Cloak, and released on 20 January 2015 by One Little Indian Records. Björk said the album expresses her feelings before and after her breakup with artist Matthew Barney and the healing process.[9]

Vulnicura was originally scheduled for release in March 2015, in conjunction with the Björk: Archives book and an exhibition about Björk's career at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City; following an internet leak, it was released digitally two months early. No singles were released to promote the album.

A companion album, Vulnicura: The Acoustic Version - Strings, Voice and Viola Organista Only or simply Vulnicura Strings is set to be released on CD and digital download on November 6, and on vinyl December 4th, featuring strings only interpretations of the Vulnicura tracks. It utilizes an instrument designed by Leonardo da Vinci called the Viola Organista.

Background and concept

After completing the tour for her previous project Biophilia (2011), which featured a series of apps and instruments created especially for the live show, Björk expressed interest in using the same instruments for her next project.[10] She told The Independent: "I happen to know some of the best app programmers in the world, and I have the instruments I can just plug straight into the iPad and play whatever I have. So it seems kind of natural to work on an album where I don't have three years of prepping. But at the same time, it is a kind of extreme project."[11]

In May 2013, Björk told the San Francisco Bay Guardian that she was in the early stages of a new album.[12] In the same month, she told the San Francisco Chronicle she had "enough songs that I'm ready to see the next thing."[13]

The Haxan Cloak was one of two major collaborators for the album, providing mixing as well as additional production for the track "Family".

Venezuelan producer Arca co-produced Vulnicura.[14] Björk approached Arca after his manager sent her Arca's mixtape &&&&& (2013);[15] Arca then DJ'ed at Björk's Biophilia Tour afterparty and the two started working together afterwards.[15] Björk was not aware of Arca's work with Kanye West and FKA twigs (on Yeezus and EP2, 2013) but she soon appreciated it along with Arca's knowledge of her own discography.[16] Arca described working with Björk, which he refers as a musical inspiration, as "healing", and said: "The way she exists as a human is a big influence on the way I exist as a human."[15][17]

On 7 October 2014, Björk announced on her Facebook page that she would not attend the British premiere of her concert film Björk: Biophilia Live at the BFI London Film Festival because she was too busy working on the album, and confirmed a 2015 release date.[18][19] British musician and producer The Haxan Cloak announced on Twitter on 6 January 2015 that he had worked on the album, calling the collaboration "an honour".[20][21]

On 14 January 2015, Björk posted a handwritten note on her Facebook page announcing the album's title, Vulnicura, its track list and a March 2015 release date.[22][23] Vulnicura means "Cure for Wounds" (Vulnus + Cura), and Björk described it as "a more traditional album than Biophilia for what concerns songwriting. It's about what may come to a person at the end of a relationship. It talks about the dialogues we may have in our heads and in our hearts, the healing processes."[16]

Composition

Antony Hegarty performs guest vocals on "Atom Dance".

The album is primarily composed of string arrangements and electronic beats, as a return to the sound Björk pursued on her 1997 album Homogenic. In an interview with Pitchfork, Björk exposed how working on string arrangements served as a way to keep her mind busy after her breakup: "The only way I could deal with that was to start writing for strings; I decided to become a violin nerd and arrange everything for 15 strings and take a step further."[24]

The involvement of Arca came in late stages of the writing process, which Björk described as "such a contrast, the most fun music-making I’ve ever had, with the most tragic subject matter [...] I just sat next to [Arca] for weeks, and we did the whole album. It’s the quickest I’ve ever worked [...] It's one of those crazy things in life where people from opposite ends meet, and you’ve got so much to teach each other."[24]

Release and artwork

On 18 January 2015, just days after being publicly announced, and two months ahead of its scheduled release, a supposed full version of the album leaked online.[25][26] At the time, no official release date or cover art was confirmed, neither was announced the featuring of Hegarty on "Atom Dance".[26][27] The illegal leak was compared to the one that happened to Madonna and her album Rebel Heart, whose several songs in their demo form were leaked online during late 2014.[28]

The album's release date was pushed up to January 20, becoming available as a digital download.[29]

The artwork was designed by longtime collaborators M/M (Paris). The digital cover, was photographed by also longtime collaborators Inez and Vinoodh: "She said she wanted to have a wound on her body, on her heart area, in an abstract way [...] Imagine you’re Mata Hari, a seductress, but you’re wounded, and there is an incredibly alluring softness around you."[30] On the cover, Björk wears a black latex suit, a wound on her chest and a headpiece made of quills, which she already wore during the last stages of her Biophilia Tour. Björk clarified that, during the time in between the two albums, the Vulnicura cover character started surfacing.[31] The main color of the artwork is yellow, since Björk links this color to the "healing" process.[32] The photo shoot was filmed and transformed into a music video to accompany the album track "Lionsong".

For the physical release, a second cover art was made by Andrew Thomas Huang. In the deluxe edition, the artwork comes in the shape of an acetate slipcase.[33] This artwork was also transformed into a short music video for the track "Family".

Promotion

Media coverage

Being the follow-up to Biophilia after more than three years, Vulnicura's release was highly anticipated. Online music publications like Music Times,[34] Time Out,[35] FasterLouder,[36] Gigwise,[37] FACT,[38] Dazed Digital,[39] Pitchfork[40] and Billboard included it in their list of the most anticipated albums of 2015,[41] with Stereogum and Diffuser.fm ranking it as the tenth and seventh most anticipated album of 2015, respectively.[42][43] DIY listed the upcoming release as one of the eleven reasons to get excited about 2015,[44] while NME included Björk in their list of 40 most anticipated comebacks for 2015.[45]

Although not initially intended, the album was included in the Björk retrospective exhibition at the MoMA. Music videos for the tracks "Lionsong" and "Black Lake" were premiered there. The video for "Stonemilker" premiered at MoMA PS1 on 22 March.

Music videos

The first video produced for Vulnicura was "Black Lake", directed by Andrew Thomas Huang who previously collaborated with Björk on Biophilia's "Mutual Core" video in 2012. It was announced that the video would debut at MoMA's Björk retrospective in March 2015 in an elaborate video installation and a trailer, also directed by Huang, debuted online on 13 February 2015.[46] The trailer is a single shot of a nude Björk lying on a black dirt field with her body literally split in half, while the official video has the singer walking through a black Icelandic cave in an original Iris Van Herpen dress. In explaining the evolution of the project, Björk said, "I think me and Andrew kept wanting the song to be rawer and rawer and more and more without special effects: to go totally "Ingmar Bergman" on it. So the "book cover" ended up being a book cover....." While the MoMA "Black Lake" installation consisted of 2 screens showcasing complementary edits of the 10 minute video, the final music video version, which debuted on Dazed Digital on 10 June 2015, is a composite of both videos.[47] The Haxan Cloak, who co-produced the Vulnicura track "Family", created a special mix of the song to accompany the video.

To celebrate the opening of the MoMA show and the upcoming physical release of the album, Björk announced on Facebook the "Stonemilker" 360-degree virtual reality music video. It utilized the Oculus Rift, a VR head-mounted display, and featured the singer on the same Icelandic beach where she originally wrote the song. The video premiered at MoMA's sister location, the MoMA PS1 on 22 March and was briefly made available to customers of the record shop Rough Trade in London and Brooklyn, NY who purchased the physical album. The VR head-set version of the video featured a strings only mix of the song. Bjork explained, "I had recorded the strings with a clip-on mike on each instrument. We have made a different mix where we have fanned this in an intimate circle around the listener."[48] It was later released as a 360-degree video on YouTube 6 June 2015 featuring the album mix.

Four days before the physical release of Vulnicura, Noisey debuted the video for "Lionsong",[49] directed by the Dutch creative duo Inez & Vinoodh, who previously directed videos for Björk's "Hidden Place" and "Moon". The video was conceived of spontaneously during the album cover photo shoot. The video played in the Cinema room of the MoMA retrospective as part of Björk's complete videography.

On 16 March 2015, the day of Vulnicura's physical release, a "moving album cover" video premiered online featuring the CGI character on the deluxe edition artwork created by Huang. Björk conceived of the video, which is set to the track "Family", as the completion of the "Black Lake" video. Huang explained, "She came back to me because she (felt) that (what was shown in Black Lake) was only 50% of that character, and that there’s another 50% of this persona that she’s been in for this past year-and-a-half to two years, that is much more positive and resolved in itself."[50]

Vulnicura remix series

On 9 July 2015, Dazed Digital unveiled the first of a 3 part series of Vulnicura remixes.[51] Series 1 features the first of two Lotic remixes of the track "Notget" (the Keptsafe version), a "Family" remix by Katie Gately, a remix of "History of Touches" by Krampfhaft, and a remix of "Lionsong" by Mica Levi. Levi explained her Karaoke-inspired version: "I did a karaoke version more than a remix, because I love her string arrangements and thought it would be an opportunity to draw attention to them."

The second series debuted on July 22[52] and features a Choral mix of "Lionsong" created by Björk herself. She sampled an early track by UNTOLD and used the Icelandic female choir Graduale Nobili, which had previously performed on Björk's Biophilia. The 2nd wave also includes "History of Touches", the Rabit Naked Mix, and The Haxan Cloak's remix of "Mouth Mantra". The Haxan Cloak co-produced and mixed Vulnicura, and stated, "When it came time to start thinking about prepping for the live shows, Björk asked me if there were any songs I’d like to remix for playing live – instantly I thought of (Mouth Mantra). I wanted to keep the core of the song but just really amp up the drama and intensity to 11... I then decided to refine the live remix for a more studio/headphone listening environment, so that’s what you hear now." A fourth remix, Lotic's Fromdeath version of "Notget" was later released as a vinyl exclusive mix.

The final Vulnicura remix series debuted on October 2[53] and features 4 new remixes: "Black Lake" and "Family" remixes by Bloom, "Lionsong", the Juliana Huxtable Remix, and "Stonemilker", the patten Rework. Björk capped off the Vulnicura remix series by stating, "I would like to thank especially Robin Carolan for co-curating this with me. Its been such a pleasure!!!" in a note published on Dazed with the 3rd wave's digital release.

Eventually all 12 remixes will be released on vinyl through One Little Indian in 12 limited edition single-sided etched translucent 12" records in die-cut sleeves. The 3rd vinyl remix series will be released on 20 November 2015.

Tour

File:Governors Ball Music Festival 2015 lineup poster.png
Poster for the 2015 Governors Ball Music Festival, where Björk performed

On 7 January 2015, Björk was announced as one of the performers of the 2015 Governors Ball.[54] It was her first confirmed appearance since the conclusion of the Biophilia Tour and her first concert in New York City since 2012.[55][56]

On 16 January 2015, the singer confirmed the upcoming Vulnicura Tour by announcing six dates through March and April in New York, where she performed at the Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall and the New York City Center.[57][58] On Twitter, Björk confirmed that Arca would play with her on selected dates.[59][60] She later added 2 shows at Brooklyn's Kings Theatre for March.

On 8 August 2015, Björk officially announced the abrupt end of the Vulnicura Tour, stating, "These have truly been some of my most sublime moments!! Singing this album has been intense and the internal clock of it different to the other ones. It has sort of had to behave in its own little way. Both the urgency of the leak and now this sudden closure for reasons beyond my control is characteristic of that. I hope through the years I have earned enough tourkarma points to get your support for this ."[61] She went on to say, "I have started writing new songs and feel the best most natural pathway to go is to let this beast flow its natural course and start anew." In all, she canceled 4 shows. The Vulnicura Tour is her first concert to skip a performance in her native Iceland.

Gigography

Date City Country Venue
North America
7 March 2015 New York City United States Carnegie Hall
14 March 2015
18 March 2015 Kings Theatre
22 March 2015
25 March 2015 New York City Center
28 March 2015
1 April 2015
6 June 2015[A] Randalls Island Park
Europe
5 July 2015[B] Manchester United Kingdom Castlefield Arena
11 July 2015[C] Trenčín Slovakia Trenčín Airport
16 July 2015[D] Ostrava Czech Republic Dolní oblast Vítkovice
20 July 2015[E] Lyon France Ancient Theatre of Fourvière
24 July 2015 Barcelona Spain Poble Espanyol
29 July 2015[F] Rome Italy Auditorium Parco della Musica
2 August 2015[G] Berlin Germany Spandau Citadel
7 August 2015[H] Charlbury United Kingdom Cornbury Park
Notes
Cancellations and rescheduled shows
4 April 2015 New York, United States New York City Center The fourth show at the New York City Center was cancelled for undisclosed reasons. Instead, 2 shows at the Kings Theatre were added to the schedule.[62]
15 August 2015 Saint-Malo, France La Route du Rock Cancelled due to scheduling conflict.
29 October 2015 Paris, France Pitchfork Music Festival Paris Cancelled due to scheduling conflict.
4 November 2015 Reykjavík, Iceland Harpa Cancelled due to scheduling conflict.
7 November 2015 Iceland Airwaves Cancelled due to scheduling conflict

Songs performed

In all, 28 songs were performed across 16 shows throughout the world.

Number of times the song was performed on tour Song Album
16 "Stonemilker" Vulnicura
16 "Lionsong" (Beginning with the Governor's Ball performance, the musical coda was omitted) Vulnicura
11 "History of Touches" Vulnicura
13 "Black Lake" Vulnicura
16 "Family" Vulnicura
16 "Notget" (On festival dates, the song was shortened and seamlessly segued into "Hunter") Vulnicura
1 "Atom Dance" (Performed without Antony Hegarty) Vulnicura
16 "Mouth Mantra" (On festival dates, the Haxan Cloak remix was played) Vulnicura
16 "Quicksand" Vulnicura
6 "5 Years" Homogenic
1 "All Is Full of Love" Homogenic
7 "All Neon Like" Homogenic
6 "Army of Me" Post
5 "Bachelorette" Homogenic
10 "Come to Me" Debut
6 "Harm of Will" Vespertine
6 "Hunter" Homogenic
6 "Hyperballad" Post
10 "I See Who You Are" Volta
9 "Mutual Core" Biophilia
2 "One Day" Debut
5 "Possibly Maybe" Post
3 "Sun In My Mouth" (Made its live tour debut having been performed only once in a special concert in Iceland in February 2011") Vespertine
9 "Pleasure Is All Mine" Medúlla
3 "Undo" Vespertine
3 "Unravel" Homogenic
16 "Wanderlust" Volta
4 "Where Is the Line" Medúlla

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic87/100[63]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[64]
The A.V. ClubB+[65]
The Daily Telegraph[66]
Exclaim!9/10[67]
The Guardian[68]
The Independent[69]
Los Angeles Times[70]
The New York Times[71]
NME8/10[72]
Rolling Stone[73]
Pitchfork Media8.6/10[74]

Vulnicura has been widely acclaimed by critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 87 based on 40 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim."[63] Many critics have referred to it as her best work in the last decade and the boldest move after 2011's Biophilia.[75] It has also been compared stylistically and thematically to her critically acclaimed albums Homogenic and Vespertine.[75]

Praise has centered around the "emotional honesty and musical daring" used to portray the album's deeply personal themes.[66] The lyrics have been described as some of her "strongest and most moving"[75] and Björk's voice "miraculously expressive".[70]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Björk, except where stated.

No.TitleLyricsMusicProducer(s)Length
1."Stonemilker"  
  • Björk
6:49
2."Lionsong"  
  • Björk
  • Arca
6:08
3."History of Touches"  
  • Björk
  • Arca
3:00
4."Black Lake"  
  • Björk
  • Arca
10:08
5."Family" 
  • Björk
  • Arca
  • Björk
  • Arca
  • The Haxan Cloak
8:02
6."Notget" 
  • Björk
  • Arca
  • Björk
  • Arca
6:26
7."Atom Dance"
  • Björk
  • Oddný Eir Ævarsdóttir
 
  • Björk
  • Arca
8:09
8."Mouth Mantra"  
  • Björk
  • Arca
6:09
9."Quicksand" 
  • Björk
  • Spaces
  • Björk
3:45
Total length:58:36

Vulnicura: The Acoustic Version: Strings, Voice and Viola Organista Only

On 6 November 2015, Vulnicura: The Acoustic Version: Strings, Voice and Viola Organista Only or simply Vulnicura Strings,[76] is set to be released, featuring eight of Vulnicura's nine tracks in strings only renditions in what has been described as a more uncompromising and intimate take on Vulnicura. It features the same vocals as the studio album but without the beats of co-producers Arca and The Haxan Cloak. The album will include additional string arrangements by Una Sveinbjarnardóttir, who was apart of the Icelandic String Octet that joined Björk on stage for her 1998 Homogenic Tour, as well as alternate takes of string arrangements recorded during Vulnicura's original recording sessions that Björk felt were more appropriate for the far more delicate atmosphere of Vulnicura Strings, stating, "I dug out the more close up pick up miked versions, other sonic point-of-views...". Additionally, several songs will utilize the Viola Organista, a unique instrument designed by Leonardo da Vinci but built for the first time centuries later by the Polish musician Sławomir Zubrzycki.[77] Zubrzycki plays the instrument, the only one in existence, on the album, which was mixed by Chris Elms.[78]

Björk stated on her Facebook page, "While I was working on Vulnicura, it became one of the most magical thing(s) both musically and spiritually to unite the electronics and the acoustic instruments in an almost romantic way: to prove they can coexist!!... But while working on it I felt somehow for the first time, this was an album that could take another version: a reveal, to simply have the acoustics stand on their own for the folks who wanna indulge even further into the wooden timeless side of this music. With no techno." This is the first time Björk has released a companion project to a studio album that wasn't a remix or live album, and it is also her first completely acoustic studio album.

All songs written and composed by Björk, except where stated.

No.TitleLyricsMusicProducer(s)Length
1."Mouth Mantra"  
  • Björk
6:09
2."Lionsong" 
  • Björk
  • Björk
6:17
3."Black Lake" 
  • Björk
  • Björk
10:08
4."Atom Dance"
  • Björk
  • Oddný Eir Ævarsdóttir
 
  • Björk
7:46
5."Stonemilker"  
  • Björk
6:48
6."Quicksand" 
  • Björk
  • Björk
4:08
7."Notget"  
  • Björk
4:41
8."Family"  
  • Björk
7:04
9."Black Lake" (Viola organista instrumental - Digital edition bonus track)   10:55
Total length:53:01
Vinyl edition
No.TitleLength
1."Lionsong"6:17
2."Black Lake"10:08
3."Mouth Mantra"6:09
4."Atom Dance"7:46
5."Stonemilker"6:48
6."Family"7:04
7."Notget"4:41
8."Quicksand"4:08
9."Black Lake" (Viola organista instrumental - Hidden track)10:55
Total length:63:56

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes[79] and Inez&Vinoodh.[80]

  • Björk – vocals, songwriter, producer, string arrangements, vocal arrangements, programming, cover character
  • Arca – songwriter, producer, programming
  • The Haxan Cloak – producer, mixer, programming
  • John Flynn (aka Spaces)[81] – songwriter, programming
  • Oddný Eir – songwriter
  • Antony Hegarty – vocals on track 7
  • Chris Elms – mixer, recording, engineering
  • Frank Arthur Blöndahl Cassata – recording, engineering
  • Bart Migal – engineering
  • Michael Pärt – recording supervisor on tracks 4, 7 and 8
  • Mandy Parnell – mastering
  • James Merry – album coordinator, research, personal assistant
  • U Strings – strings
  • Mani Þorkelsson – string recording assistant
  • Biggi – string recording assistant
  • Joel Davies – string mix session assistant
  • Graeme Baldwin – string mix session assistant
  • Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin – photography
  • M/M Paris – design
  • Mel Ottenberg – styling
  • Christiaan – hair
  • Dick Page – makeup
Choir
  • Ásta Ægisdóttir
  • Auður Albertsdóttir
  • Ásdís Björg Gestsdóttir
  • Ásdís Eva Ólafsdóttir
  • Bergljót Rafnar Karlsdóttir
  • Drífa Örvarsdóttir
  • Elín Edda Sigurðardóttir
  • Erla María Markúsdóttir
  • Fífa Jónsdóttir
  • Gígja Gylfadóttir
  • Gígja Haraldsdóttir
  • Guðrún Matthildur Sigurbergsdóttir
  • Sigrún Ósk Jóhannesdóttir
  • Unnur Sigurðardóttir

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[82] 26
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[83] 19
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[84] 12
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[85] 4
Croatian Albums (IFPI)[86] 42
Croatian International Albums (IFPI)[87] 4
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[88] 8
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[89] 10
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[90] 12
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[91] 3
French Albums (SNEP)[92] 10
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[93] 14
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[94] 11
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[95] 22
Icelandic Albums (Tónlist)[96] 1
Irish Albums (IRMA)[97] 12
Irish Independent Albums (IRMA)[98] 2
Italian Albums (FIMI)[99] 25
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[100] 30
New Zealand Albums (Recorded Music NZ)[101] 30
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[102] 4
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[103] 48
Russian Albums (2M)[104] 3
Scottish Albums (OCC)[105] 22
South Korean International Albums (Gaon)[106] 50
Spanish Album Chart (PROMUSICAE)[107] 16
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[108] 26
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[109] 6
Taiwanese International Albums (G-Music)[110] 10
UK Albums (OCC)[111] 11
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[112] 2
US Billboard 200[113] 20
US Alternative Albums (Billboard)[113] 5
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[113] 3
US Rock Albums (Billboard)[113] 6

Release history

List of release dates, showing region, release format, and label
Region Date Format(s) Label Ref
Worldwide 20 January 2015 (2015-01-20) Digital download
[114]
16 March 2015 (2015-03-16)
[114][115]
24 July 2015 (2015-07-24) Limited edition yellow LP
[116]

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