release date: Feb. 5, 2001
format: digital
[album rate: 3 / 5] [3,18]
producer: The Knife
label: Rabid Records - nationality: Sweden
Track highlights: 1. "Neon" - 3. "Kino" - 4. "I Just Had to Die" - 5. "I Take Time" - 6. "Parade" - 7. "Zapata" - 8. "Bird" - 11. "Reindeer"
Studio album debut by The Knife, which is a project-duo consisting of (the siblings) Karin Dreijer Andersson and Olof Dreijer. The tracks are playful compositions of various styles. It's electropop, synthpop, and art pop but the band uses elements from trip hop and downtempo as well as points to new styles like electroclash and indietronica.
I think, the album may need time to open up and is less pop and chorus-founded than its successor.
[ allmusic.com 3,5 / 5 stars ]
