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Deep Cuts by: Knife

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Publisher: Brille
Release date: 30th April, 2007
Media: Audio CD

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Track List

• Heartbeats
• Girls Night Out
• Pass This On
• One For One
• Cop
• Listen Now
• She's Having A Baby
• You Take My Breath Away
• Rock Classics
• Is It Medicine
• You Make Me Like Charity
• Got 2 Let U
• Behind The Bushes
• Hangin' Out

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Rating: - FANTASTIC. (If you're open minded.)

Let's start with INCREDIBLE...

I've just been reading through some of this albums reviews on here, and as far as I can gather, the majority of people seem hung up on comparing to the acoustic cover of 'Heartbeats' Jose Gonzalez released in 2005. Impossible. Both are great versions of the same song, but I feel it is wholly wrong to consider approaching The Knife with anything but an open mind. Essentially, they may as well be different songs because they take such completely different approaches to the melody.

As a big fan of all three Knife albums, and this years 'Fever Ray' (the solo release by Karin Dreijer Andersson), I must stress that The Knife are EXPERIMENTAL-electronic at it's most original! Listen to it with a mind free of all expectations, and you will pick up on the subtle quirks that give this band it's unique personality. I also highly recommend their eponymous debut album, and Silent Shout. There's a gradual shift in tone as the band ages, where the sound becomes darker and more dreamlike, and again this is notable in the 'Fever Ray' album.

If you have an open mind, you may very well fall in love with this band as I have. If you are expecting plain straight-forward mainstream pop, you are listening to the wrong band.

Rating: - the best! the knife rock!

this is one of the best albums ever created, anyone will like it, it mixes all genres. top, beyond belief genius, a must have for your cd collection. festuring the original version of 'heartbests' that was famously covered by jose gonsalez, it was actually written by these guys and their version is better than jose's cos they wrote it!

Rating: - Use with caution!

Swedish band The Knife have drifted through the european electronica scene comfortably for some time, that was until the explosion of Jose Gonzalez's cover of 'Heartbeats' thanks to a certain colourful TV advert. If like many you are approaching this album as a fan of Gonzalez's sweet, soft acoustic version, this album will likely disapoint with the famous opening track making the rest of the album look somewhat average. If however you can seperate the remaining 13 songs from 'Heartbeats', this album is a solid exercise in electronica. At times heartfelt, sometimes warped, others infectiously catchy, The Knife do here as they do best delivering obscure dance which although doesn't always exhilarate, does consistently entertain. A rewarding experience for anyone who can put aside Mr. Gonzalez's efforts.

Rating: - Night and Day

Having loved the album Silent Shout i thought i would give this a try. The difference between Deep Cuts and Silent Shout is night and day. Silent Shout was much more darker and yet Deep Cuts is lighter and much more upbeat.Some of the songs are hit and miss. For me Heartbeats,Take my Breath away and Is it Medicine are best, with The Cop and Hanging out being complete turnoffs.In my opinion Deep Cuts isn't as good as Silent Shout but still worth buying.

Rating: - Cool band

Some tracks a bit hit and miss - others very catchy. Really varied music lots of synths ... Highlights for me are the excellent Heartbeats, Girl#s night out and Pass This On.

Worth a go.

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