The Knife (The Knife album)

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]

The Knife
Studio album by the Knife
Released	5 February 2001 (2001-02-05)
Recorded	Tjörn Gothenburg Stockholm
Genre	Synth-pop[1] electropop[2]
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	[3]
Pitchfork	6.3/10[2]
PopMatters	6/10[1]

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

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

All tracks are written by Karin Dreijer and Olof Dreijer.

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]