The Knife

by The Knife

The Knife cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 5 February 2001
  • Label: Rabid
  • Country: Sweden
  • Length: 53:46
  • Community rating: 2.92/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Olof Dreijer, Karin Dreijer

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The self-titled debut from Swedish duo The Knife lays the groundwork for their highly surreal, eclectic approach to synthpop. The album balances playful, quirky drum machine rhythms with an underlying sense of lonely, anxious mystery.

Genres

Tracklist

  1. Neon (04:08)
  2. Lasagna (05:07)
  3. Kino (03:13)
  4. I Just Had to Die (04:34)
  5. I Take Time (03:04)
  6. Parade (03:50)
  7. Zapata (04:10)
  8. Bird (04:34)
  9. N.Y. Hotel (02:47)
  10. A Lung (03:26)
  11. Reindeer (07:15)
  12. High School Poem (01:23)
  13. Hannah鈥檚 Conscious (03:43)
  14. Vegetarian Restaurant (02:32)

Credits

  • Olof Dreijer - Member, accordion, alto saxophone, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, organ, synthesizer, sequenced by, sampler, drum programming
  • Karin Dreijer - Member, accordion, alto saxophone, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, organ, synthesizer, sequenced by, sampler, drum programming, vocals
  • The Knife - Member, design [cover], written-by, recorded by, producer, mixed by
  • Albin Lindblad - handclaps
  • Henrik Jonsson - mastered by

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