title: The Knife (The Knife album)
text: # The Knife (The Knife album)
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  | Pitchfork | 6.3/10 |
  | PopMatters | 6/10 |
  
  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.
  
  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
  
  All tracks are written by Karin Dreijer and Olof Dreijer.
  
  ### The Knife 10-inch
  
  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.
  
  * 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 |
  | - | - | - |
  | Sweden | 5 February 2001 | Rabid |
  | United Kingdom | 8 March 2004 | Rabid |
  | United Kingdom | 28 August 2006 | Brille |
  | United States | 31 October 2006 | Mute |
  | Germany | 19 January 2007 | V2 |
  