The Knife (The Knife album)

The Knife is the debut studio album by Swedish electronic music duo the Knife, released on 5 February 2001 by Rabid Records. The album's recordings started early in the summer of 1999 in a cottage on the Swedish island of Tjörn. The duo also recorded it in their flats in Gothenburg and Stockholm, and in a rehearsal studio in the Hökarängen district of Stockholm.[4]

The Knife
Studio album by
Released5 February 2001 (2001-02-05)
Recorded
Genre
Length46:09
LabelRabid
ProducerThe Knife
The Knife chronology
The Knife
(2001)
Deep Cuts
(2003)
Singles from The Knife
  1. "N.Y. Hotel"
    Released: 1 May 2001
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Pitchfork6.3/10[1]
PopMatters6/10[3]

On 31 October 2006, Mute Records released this and the Knife's second album, Deep Cuts, in the United States, marking the first Stateside release of both titles.

Track listing edit

All tracks are written by Karin Dreijer and Olof Dreijer

No.TitleLength
1."Neon"4:07
2."Lasagna"5:07
3."Kino"3:13
4."I Just Had to Die"4:34
5."I Take Time"3:04
6."Parade"3:50
7."Zapata"4:10
8."Bird"4:34
9."N.Y. Hotel"2:47
10."A Lung"3:26
11."Reindeer"7:11
UK edition bonus tracks[5]
No.TitleLength
12."High School Poem"1:23
13."Hannah's Conscious"3:43
14."Vegetarian Restaurant"2:33

The Knife 10-inch edit

The Knife
 
EP by
the Knife
Released23 February 2004 (2004-02-23)
LabelRabid

The UK release of the album was preceded, on 23 February 2004, by the release of a limited-edition 10-inch EP also titled The Knife. The track listing was as follows:

A1. "Kino"
A2. "Bird"
B1. "N.Y. Hotel"
B2. "High School Poem"

Personnel edit

Credits adapted from the liner notes of The Knife.[4]

  • The Knife – recording, production, mixing, accordion, alto saxophone, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, organ, synthesisers, drum machine, sampling, drum programming, vocals, cover design
  • Henrik Jonsson – mastering
  • Albin Lindblad – handclapping

Release history edit

Release history for The Knife
Region Date Label Ref.
Sweden 5 February 2001 Rabid [6]
United Kingdom 8 March 2004 [5]
28 August 2006 Brille [7]
United States 31 October 2006 Mute [8]
Germany 19 January 2007 V2 [9]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Pytlik, Mark (4 December 2006). "The Knife: The Knife / Deep Cuts". Pitchfork. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
  2. ^ "The Knife – The Knife". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
  3. ^ Raper, Dan (26 January 2007). "The Knife: The Knife". PopMatters. Archived from the original on 28 January 2007. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  4. ^ a b The Knife (liner notes). The Knife. Rabid Records. 2001. RABID 008.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ^ a b "The Knife: The Knife". Amazon. United Kingdom. Archived from the original on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
  6. ^ "The Knife – Knife". CDON (in Swedish). Sweden. Archived from the original on 29 September 2008. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  7. ^ "Knife: Knife". HMV. Archived from the original on 25 September 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  8. ^ "The Knife – The Knife". Mute Records. Archived from the original on 3 December 2008. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  9. ^ "The Knife: The Knife". Amazon (in German). Germany. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2010.

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