Bjork: Every Album Ranked From Worst To Best

The central instrumentation of Medulla is what normally entices or deters the first time listener. The album is almost entirely composed of the human voice. Aside from the occasional use of a gong or a piano, every song is built up entirely of human vocals. An aesthetic that makes this her most polarizing album. 

When plumbed past the face value of the vocal gimmick, Medulla proves itself to stand strong on the emotional front. Songs such as "Submarine," "Triumph of the Heart," and "Where is the Line?" all hold their own as major highlights in Bjork's catalogue. 

There is a thematic thread of returning back to basics, though in the context of a Bjork album "basics" can still be something very alien. The intimacy of Vespertine is continued to a point that it feels as though you are listening to the album inside the throat of every vocalist. Though the previous work's quiet electronics are abandoned.

Medulla may be Bjork's most joyous album, despite a concept that appears novelty at first.