- electronic, experimental
- 96 min
- 13 tracks
- Rabid Records
Shaking the Habitual is the fourth and final studio album by Swedish electronic music duo the Knife. It was released on 5 April 2013 by Rabid Records. The album was released as a double CD and triple LP, and as a digital download. The album was lauded by critics at the time of its release and was featured on several critics' year-end lists.
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Character
Contemporary, character-led, grave and spare.
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- cooloverwhelming
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What critics gave it
Metacritic 85/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 8/10
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubA−
- The Daily Telegraph4/5 ★
- The Guardian3/5 ★
- The Independent4/5 ★
- MSN Music (Expert Witness)A
- NME7/10
- Pitchfork8.4/10
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- Spin9/10
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Tracks
- 1A Tooth for an Eye6:04
- 2Full of Fire9:16
- 3A Cherry on Top8:43
- 4Without You My Life Would Be Boring5:14
- 5Wrap Your Arms Around Me4:35
- 6Crake0:54
- 7Old Dreams Waiting to Be Realized19:02
- 8Raging Lung9:58
- 9Networking6:41
- 10Oryx0:36
- 11Stay Out Here10:42
- 12Fracking Fluid Injection9:54
- 13Ready to Lose4:35
13 tracks, 96 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Kniфe
- Label
- Rabid Records
- Released
- April 5, 2013
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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