The Knife (The Knife album)

The Knife
Studio album by the Knife
Released	5 February 2001 (2001-02-05)
Recorded	Tjörn Gothenburg Stockholm
Genre	Pop electropop[1]
Length	46:09
Label	Rabid
Producer	The Knife
The Knife chronology
The Knife (2001) Deep Cuts (2003)
Singles from The Knife
"N.Y. Hotel" Released: 1 May 2001

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Pitchfork	6.3/10[1]
PopMatters	6/10[3]

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]

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

All tracks are written by Karin Dreijer and Olof Dreijer

No.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
12.	"High School Poem"	1:23
13.	"Hannah's Conscious"	3:43
14.	"Vegetarian Restaurant"	2:33

The Knife 10-inch

The Knife
EP by the Knife
Released	23 February 2004 (2004-02-23)
Label	Rabid

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

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

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

1. 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. The Knife (liner notes). The Knife. Rabid Records. 2001. RABID 008.
5. "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.

External links

• The Knife at MusicBrainz (list of releases)