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Universal acclaim- based on 118 Ratings
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Positive: 100 out of 118
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Mixed: 16 out of 118
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Negative: 2 out of 118
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Aug 7, 2022The knifes masterpiece is a challenge techno dance experience into a hot sweaty jungle of rhythm and noise. It's an out of body experience on repeat evocative of the albums mission statement to shake the habitual. Karen O voice has the eerie allure of a björk record . The music is expansive, indulgent and unforgettable.
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Jul 30, 2015Their most complex, rich and experimantal album to date. The Knife continue to push the boudries of what music can sound like. Unfortunaly, this is the final album by The Knife, but they sure went out with a bang.
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Mar 11, 2015
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Aug 17, 2014This album is hard to get used to, indeed. But I can't really deny the genius thoughts that lie under every second of it. It's political, social, and somewhat disturbing. It makes you feel every possible feeling that exists. A very challenging album it is.
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Feb 20, 2014
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Jul 4, 2013
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Jun 22, 2013
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Jun 13, 2013"Shaking The Habitual" is one of the strangest and most suprising albums of this year. Brave, ambitious, and irrelevantly entertaining, "Shaking The Habitual" is a techno chef d'oeuvre.
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May 24, 2013This is a bold, deep, intense and innovative album. The tunes really get under your skin and take you places. Never have I heard the electronic genre pushed to such limits. This an example of artists making exactly the kind of music they want to make and thankfully gaining recognition for doing so.
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May 21, 2013
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Apr 26, 2013This album is everything that I want from The Knife. Its primal, invigorating, and at sometimes overbearing. I don't that this album was unexpected at all and should be looked upon as a thrillinh experience from beginning to end
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Apr 25, 2013A great entertaining album to listen to. I loved everything about this album and I can't really recall any other electric pop album that I've liked so in my books this will go down as one of my favorites.
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Apr 25, 2013
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Apr 18, 2013
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Apr 17, 2013
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Apr 17, 2013It took me a while to finally 'get it' but now I really appreciate what they did on the new album...although one disc version is better,near-20 minutes long ambient/drone track excluded from it interupts the flow too much.
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Apr 14, 2013
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Apr 10, 2013An incredibly brave album. The Knife should be applauded for simply attempting this, most bands wouldn't dare take the risk. The music itself is very inspiring, makes you want to be creative. It opens up a whole world of possibilities.
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Apr 9, 2013
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Apr 9, 2013Their most experimental album so far. An, maybe not as good a Silent Shout (which is impossible) but it's in another level. I find that almost all the songs are great somehow, and this is something difficult to reach.
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May 30, 2013While the Knife seem to have outlined a much clearer vision for what they were trying to achieve, they do so, crucially, through experimentation starting outward from their own comfort zones, and with almost zero lyrical element.
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The WireApr 24, 2013It's inscrutable and inspired, and this time mystique has nothing to do with it. [Apr 2013, p.51]
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Apr 23, 2013An exciting, multivalent Dreijer sibling showcase. Karin provides saving shades of humanity by exercising the vocal cords nature gave her. But Olof's imagination, sense of humor, and bent rebop carry the day.