Knock Knock (DJ Koze album)

Knock Knock is the third studio album by German electronic musician DJ Koze. It was recorded in Spain and released on 4 May 2018.

Knock Knock
Studio album by DJ Koze
Released	4 May 2018 (2018-05-04)
Genre	House downtempo microhouse nu-disco deep house neo-psychedelia techno[1][2][3] sampledelia[4]
Length	78:29
Label	Pampa
Producer	DJ Koze
DJ Koze chronology
Amygdala (2013) Knock Knock (2018)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	8.0/10[5]
Metacritic	85/100[6]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The A.V. Club	A−[7]
Exclaim!	8/10[8]
The Guardian	[9]
Mojo	[10]
Pitchfork	8.8/10[2]
Q	[11]
Resident Advisor	4.4/5[12]
Rolling Stone	[3]
XLR8R	8.5/10[13]

Knock Knock was ranked #3 on Pitchfork's list of best albums of 2018, with Ryan Dombal complimenting its varied styles and sounds, writing that the album is "a parallel musical universe, one based on a collector's knowledge and a sense of play, where the histories of dance music and hip-hop and psychedelia are all pulled together by the same gravitational force."^[14] Alex Petridis of The Guardian wrote: "[DJ Koze] has a knack of coming up with tunes that are hugely appealing, but never feel hackneyed or predictable; that sound like the work of a man with an appealingly odd, personal take on pop music in its multifarious forms."

Music video

The official music video for "Pick Up", the second single from the album as of November 2021, has received over 4 million views on YouTube and quoted by DJ Koze as "A video which leaves space for your own imagination!" It was animated by Terlina Lie.^[15]

Track listing

Credits adapted from GEMA.^[16] All tracks produced by DJ Koze.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Club der Ewigkeiten" ("Club of the eternities")	Stefan Kozalla	4:09
2.	"Bonfire"	Kozalla Justin Vernon Matthew McCaughan	5:25
3.	"Moving in a Liquid" (featuring Eddie Fummler)	Kozalla Arne Diedrichson	4:40
4.	"Colors of Autumn" (featuring Speech)	Kozalla Todd Thomas	4:24
5.	"Music on My Teeth" (featuring José González)	Kozalla José González	4:16
6.	"This Is My Rock" (featuring Sophia Kennedy)	Kozalla Sophia Kennedy Carsten Beermann	3:59
7.	"Illumination" (featuring Róisín Murphy)	Kozalla Róisín Murphy	4:31
8.	"Pick Up"	Kozalla James Weatherly Gene McFadden John Whitehead Ronald Rose	6:38
9.	"Planet Hase" (featuring Mano le tough)	Kozalla Niall Mannion	5:11
10.	"Scratch That" (featuring Róisín Murphy)	Kozalla Murphy	4:36
11.	"Muddy Funster" (featuring Kurt Wagner)	Kozalla Kurt Wagner Ada [de]	5:24
12.	"Baby (How Much I LFO You)"	Kozalla	4:31
13.	"Jesus"	Kozalla	5:13
14.	"Lord Knows"	Kozalla	4:07
15.	"Seeing Aliens"	Kozalla	4:51
16.	"Drone Me Up, Flashy" (featuring Sophia Kennedy)	Kozalla Kennedy	6:34
Total length:			78:29

Sample credits^[17][18]

• "Bonfire" contains a sample of "Calgary" written by Justin Vernon and Matthew McCaughan and performed by Bon Iver.
• "Pick Up" contains samples of "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" written by James Weatherly and performed by Gladys Knight & the Pips and a sample of "Pick Me Up, I'll Dance" written by Gene McFadden, John Whitehead and Ronald Rose and performed by Melba Moore.

Charts

Chart performance for Knock Knock

Chart (2018)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[19]	15
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[20]	28
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[21]	168
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[22]	82
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[23]	7
Scottish Albums (OCC)[24]	57
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[25]	18
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[26]	18

References

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3. Hermes, Will (4 May 2018). "Review: DJ Koze's 'Knock Knock' Is a Seamlessly Transporting Psychedelic DJ Set". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
4. "The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s". Pitchfork. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
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8. Pearson, Luke (1 May 2018). "DJ Koze: Knock Knock". Exclaim!. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
9. Petridis, Alexis (3 May 2018). "DJ Koze: Knock Knock review – stunning songs from pop's parallel universe". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
10. Worthy, Stephen (May 2018). "DJ Koze: Knock Knock". Mojo (294): 93.
11. Monroe, Jazz (June 2018). "Through the Looking Glass". Q (385): 117.
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