Voltaïc

For other uses, see Volta.

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Voltaïc refers to five separate releases of related material from singer-songwriter Björk's sixth studio album Volta. The full version of the release will include a CD of 11 songs performed live at the Olympic Studios, a DVD of Björk's live performances in Paris and Reykjavík during the Volta tour, a second DVD of the Volta music videos as well as videos of the top ten runners-up from the "Innocence" video contest, and a second CD of remixes from Volta's singles. The official worldwide release date of all editions is June 23, 2009. [1].

Release history

The release has been subject to numerous delays, mostly due to manufacturing problems. It was originally announced in 2008 as "Volta Revisited". Towards the end of April 2009 Universal Europe accidentally shipped their copies of Voltaïc early. A statement released by One Little Indian stated that the release date was meant to be June 2009 as they wanted all three versions of Voltaïc to be available upon official release - the early shipment by Universal Europe was only of the Deluxe Edition. The statement also revealed that at Björk's request 20,000 copies of the box-set had been destroyed in order to change the tracklisting. However, UK-based music retailer CD WOW! was found to be selling un-cut copies of the box set. These copies, which had allegedly been destroyed, were manufactured in Malaysia.

Track listing

Voltaïc is released in five different editions: CD (containing only the Olympic Studio session), CD+DVD (containing the Volta Tour Live DVD and the Olympic Studio session on CD), Deluxe Edition Standard/Limited Edition (containing 2 CDs and 2 DVDs) and a Deluxe Vinyl Edition (2 vinyls, 2CDs and 2 DVDs). The release will also be available as an mp3 download.

(Live CD) - The Volta Tour

(Available on all releases)

Live at Olympic Studios

1. "Wanderlust"
2. "Hunter"
3. "Pleasure Is All Mine"
4. "Innocence"
5. "Army of Me"
6. "I Miss You"
7. "Earth Intruders"
8. "All Is Full of Love"
9. "Pagan Poetry"
10. "Vertebrae by Vertebrae"
11. "Declare Independence"

(Live DVD) - The Volta Tour

(Available on all releases apart from CD edition)

Live in Paris

1. "Brennið Þið Vitar"
2. "Earth Intruders"
3. "Hunter"
4. "Immature"
5. "Jóga"
6. "The Pleasure Is All Mine"
7. "Vertebrae by Vertebrae"
8. "Where Is the Line"
9. "Who Is It"
10. "Desired Constellation"
11. "Army Of Me"
12. "Bachelorette"
13. "Wanderlust"
14. "Hyperballad"
15. "Pluto"
16. "Declare Independence"

    Live in Reykjavík

17. "Pneumonia"
18. "My Juvenile"
19. "Vökuró"
20. "Sonnets / Unrealities XI"
21. "Mouth's Cradle"

The originally announced tracklisting for the Voltaïc Live DVD contained more tracks than those which appear on the final release. Tracks cut from the Paris concert are: "Triumph of a Heart". Tracks cut from the Reykjavík concert are: "Cover Me", "Immature" and "The Dull Flame of Desire". Additional "cut" songs were performed at each respective concert but were never featured on any tracklists for the box-set. "Brennið Þið Vitar" is the walk-in played by the brass band.

(DVD) - The Volta Videos

(Available only with Deluxe/Deluxe Vinyl editions)

Music Videos

1. "Earth Intruders"
2. "Declare Independence"
3. "Innocence"
4. "Wanderlust"
5. "The Dull Flame of Desire"
6. "Declare Independence - The Making Of"
7. "Wanderlust - The Making Of"

The "Innocence" Video Competition

Top ten runners-up, in alphabetical order:

1. Davood Saghiri
2. Dimitri Stankowicz
3. Etienne Strube
4. Julien Himmer
5. Laurent Labouille
6. Mario Caporali
7. Mik o_o Armellino
8. Renato Klieger and Terracotta
9. Roland Matusek

(CD) - The Volta Mixes

(Available only with Deluxe/Deluxe Vinyl editions)

1. "Earth Intruders" (XXXChange Remix)
2. "Innocence" (Simian Mobile Disco Remix)
3. "Declare Independence" (Matthew Herbert Remix)
4. "Wanderlust" (Ratatat Remix)
5. "The Dull Flame of Desire" (Modeselektor Remix for Girls)
6. "Earth Intruders" (Lexx Remix)
7. "Innocence" (Graeme Sinden Remix)
8. "Declare Independence" (Ghostigital Remix)
9. "The Dull Flame of Desire" (Modeselektor Remix for Boys)
10. "Innocence" (Alva Noto Unitxt Remodel)
11. "Declare Independence" (Black Pus Remix, previously unreleased)
12. "Innocence" (Siman Mobile Disco Dub Remix)

Charts

Chart (2008–2009)	Peak position
Belgium Albums Chart	80

References

• [2]

External links

• Voltaïc Special at Bjork.com
• [3]