advisor [paternal musical advice] Nellee Hooper art direction, design M/M (Paris) artwork [sculpture] Bernhard Willhelm costume designer [crochet costume] The Icelandic Love Corporation engineer [assistant] Alex Dromgoole engineer [assistant] Daniel Morrison engineer [assistant] David Emery engineer [assistant] Jonathan Tams hair [inside images] Christiaan Houtenbos hair [sculpture] Jimo Salako make-up [inside images] Andrea Helgadóttir make-up [sculpture] Feride Uslu mastered by Ted Jensen tracks 2, 3, 5 to 11 mixed by Mark Stent photography by [inside images] Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin photography by [sculpture] Nick Knight set designer [set, inside images] James Chinlund sound designer [sound fx design] Dave Paterson written-by, vocals, producer Björk Phonographic Copyright (p) Wellhart Ltd Phonographic Copyright (p) One Little Indian Ltd. Copyright (c) Wellhart Ltd Copyright (c) One Little Indian Ltd. Mastered At Sterling Sound Produced For Timbaland Productions Produced For Danjahandz Productions Published By Universal Music Publishing Ltd. Published By Virginia Music Publishing Published By Warner/Chappell Published By Danjahandz Muzik Published By Copyright Control Published By Warp-EMI Music Publishing Recorded At Manhattan Center Studios Edited At Manhattan Center Studios Mixed At Manhattan Center Studios Recorded At Geejam Studios Edited At Geejam Studios Mixed At Geejam Studios Recorded At Studio Caraïbes Edited At Studio Caraïbes Mixed At Studio Caraïbes Recorded At Studio Bogolan Edited At Studio Bogolan Mixed At Studio Bogolan Recorded At The Looking Glass Studios Edited At The Looking Glass Studios Mixed At The Looking Glass Studios Recorded At Olympic Studios Edited At Olympic Studios Mixed At Olympic Studios Recorded At Pierce Rooms Edited At Pierce Rooms Mixed At Pierce Rooms Recorded At Sony Music Studios, New York City Edited At Sony Music Studios, New York City Mixed At Sony Music Studios, New York City Pressed By EDC Blackburn Ltd Glass Mastered At EDC Blackburn Ltd Issued in special 10mm thick Digipak: two folding front half-panels sealed with a sticker, opening to reveal a top folding flap which houses a 12-page credits photobooklet. Digipak is high glossy unlike the EU version that has a matt and much thinner paper. The front half-panels do not overlap like at the European Polydor release. Later, One Little Indian issued this in jewel case also.
Tracks 1 & 4: Produced for Timbaland Productions. Co-produced for Danjahandz Production. Tracks 6 & 9: Brass section sampled from by Björk.
From the booklet:
Variously recorded, edited and mixed at Björk's place in New York, USA and Reykjavik, Iceland; Manhattan Center Studios in New York, USA; Gee Jam Studio in Portland, Jamaica; Studio Caraïbes in Brussels, Belgium; Studio Bogolan in Bamako, Mali; the 23rd floor of the W Hotel, San Francisco, USA; the cabin in Thingvellir, Iceland; the boat in Malta, La Gomera and Tunisia; Looking Glass Studios in New York, USA; Olympic Studios in London, UK; Damian's place in London, UK; The Pierce Rooms in London, UK and Sony Music Studios, New York USA.
Björk would like to thank Nellee Hooper for paternal musical advice.
[Cover] costume inspired by works by the artist Luigi Ontani represented by Galleria Massimo de Carlo.