''Knife'' is the second album by Scottish

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, released on 21 September 1984. It reached number 14 on the

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– their highest showing at that time. It also charted at No. 29 on the Swedish Albums Chart.Knife @ finnishcharts.com
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; this was added after Aztec Camera's version (originally the B-side of "

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Track listing

Side A #"Still on Fire" – 3:56 #"Just Like the USA" – 4:03 #"Head Is Happy (Heart's Insane)" – 4:16 #"The Back Door to Heaven" – 5:22 Side B #"

" – 5:44 #"Backwards and Forwards" – 4:13 #"The Birth of the True" – 2:42 #"Knife" – 9:05 All songs written by Roddy Frame

Personnel

Roddy Frame Roddy Frame (born 29 January 1964) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and musician. He was the founder of the 1980s new wave band Aztec Camera and has undertaken a solo career since the group's dissolution. In November 2013, journalist Brian Do ...

– vocals, guitar * David Ruffy – drums, backing vocals * Campbell Owens – bass, backing vocals * Malcolm Ross – guitar, backing vocals *

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– keyboards, backing vocals *

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– percussion * Chris White – saxophone * Martin Drover – trumpet

References

1984 albums Aztec Camera albums Albums produced by Mark Knopfler Sire Records albums {{1980s-pop-album-stub