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Volta

(2007, Pop, by Bjork, Label: Atlantic)
  • Is it age appropriate?

    About our ratings

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 10, age appropriate for kids over 12; suggested age 12.
  • Is it any good?

    4.0
  • Common Sense says

    Electro music queen sings safe, beautiful poetry.

Why We Rated This on for Ages 12 and Up

The good stuff

  • Messages:

    A subtle feminist message throughout ("Declare independence!/Don't let them do that to you!/Raise the flag!").
 

What to watch out for

  • Violence:

    Some darkly poetic death imagery here and there ("What's the lesser of two evils:/If a suicide bomber/made to look pregnant/manages to kill her target/or not?").
  • Sex:

    Not an issue.
  • Language:

    Not an issue.
  • Consumerism:

    Not an issue.
  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Not an issue.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About Volta

Parents need to know that there are a few dark images (corpses and pregnant terrorists, for example) sprinkled amid charming poetry and an experimental hodgepodge of sound effects. There are also subtle messages of female empowerment.

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Families Can Talk About

  • Families can talk about creating something different. What makes Bjork's music and songwriting stand out from the other pop music out there? What is it about popular culture that makes so many artists try to sound the same? Do you think it's hard to be different?

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  1. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Minnesota
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 4.0

    Bjork's latest album since 2004's Medulla sees her return to a more conventional sounding pop album (by Bjork's standards). This charming experimental pop album is suitable for all ages. The sexual innuendo described by the CSR ("Let's celebrate now all the flesh on our bones/let me push you up against me tightly") is not sexual at all. That quote is lifted from the song "I See Who You Are", which is a song about her daughter. The only song which has any really outright negative characteristics is "Hope", the lyrics are hopelessly bad and have something about a suicide bomber, the whole song just isn't very good/inspiring in general.

  2. Teen Reviewer Age 13
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 4.0

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