''The Knife'' is the debut studio album by Swedish

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duo the Knife, released on 5 February 2001 by

Rabid Records Rabid Records is a Swedish record label founded in 1998 by members of Honey Is Cool. Today the label is operated by Karin Dreijer and Olof Dreijer of the synthpop duo The Knife, as well as Frau Rabid. The label rarely releases anything other ...

. The album's recordings started early in the summer of 1999 in a cottage on the Swedish island of

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. The duo also recorded it in their flats in

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and

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, and in a rehearsal studio in the

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district of Stockholm. On 31 October 2006,

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released this and the Knife's second album, '' Deep Cuts'', in the United States, marking the first Stateside release of both titles.

Track listing

''The Knife'' 10-inch

The UK release of the album was preceded, on 23 February 2004, by the release of a limited-edition

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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''. * 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

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Knife, The 2001 debut albums The Knife albums Mute Records albums V2 Records albums