- experimental, synth-pop, electropop
- 46 min
- 11 tracks
- Rabid Records
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.
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Character
Grave, character-led, contemporary and spare.
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- cooloverwhelming
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- PopMatters6/10
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Tracks
- 1Neon4:08
- 2Lasagna5:07
- 3Kino3:14
- 4I Just Had to Die4:35
- 5I Take Time3:05
- 6Parade3:51
- 7Zapata4:10
- 8Bird4:34
- 9N.Y. Hotel2:47
- 10A Lung3:27
- 11Reindeer7:11
11 tracks, 46 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Knife
- Label
- Rabid Records
- Released
- February 5, 2001
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- SE
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