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Was just noticing the same. Are the missing tracks essential or are they all abstract drones?

hahaha i have no idea, but i'd like to hear the whole album.

i just got this on single CD, without that 19 minute song. have not heard a note of this as of yet, so excited about hearing this for the first time.

i just got this on single CD, without that 19 minute song. have not heard a note of this as of yet, so excited about hearing this for the first time.

― Bee OK

What's the packaging like for the single disc version? I have only seen the double disc version in the shops so far and it looks really nice. It's a cardboard sleeve that folds out into some extra artwork or something. I was thinking of getting the single disc but I'm easily seduced by fancy packaging.

get the 3xLP it comes w/ the cds

i ordered it online, so i will tell you in a few days. Amoeba is about an hour away. i think it's just a standard jewel case type of thing. i didn't want two CD's with one song i will only play once in awhile.

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i should buy the LP's as i have quite a few of those. the problem is the newer stuff is all on CD's (or mp3's) and most of the stuff i have on vinyl is older.

Okay thanks. Yeah I think the double disc idea is great for this album. I don't hate the nineteen minute track as much as I thought I would but it spoils the flow of the album and I know I will want to skip it most times I play it. I think i'd go with the flashy artwork though as they are around the same price.

get the 3xLP it comes w/ the cds

― 乒乓

Yeah I did consider this especially as I like the artwork for the vinyl a little more. It's just a little too expensive for me at the moment.

i really like it when they step on the gas and go full crazy. 'networking'!!!

the best song about linkedin ever written

well, since i can't listen to all of this i guess i'll go listen to silent shout

i don't know if it's stepping on the pedal so much as letting the sail out

"Stay out here" has a sick sy/NIN electro vibe. Propellant track. hi hat's dope. But it has those wack-ass rusted root vocals.

Tiny Mix Tapes review is harder to get through than the 19-minute ambient drone

"Absorbing the girth of this behemoth in one fell swoop is rigorous and harrowing"

Awkward? Maybe not

I don't mind the 19-minute drone at all! Although I do agree that it breaks the flow of the album...

i really like it when they step on the gas and go full crazy. 'networking'!!!

― 乒乓, Wednesday, April 10, 2013 3:02 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

One of my highlights of the album, that.

My Favourite is Ranging Lung, it's sexual as the knife gets

The first half of Networking is as described above, but it loses steam and I just kind of wait for it to end.

all of the tracks are now available on spotify except for one

it doesn't make much sense

The first half of Networking is as described above, but it loses steam and I just kind of wait for it to end.

― azaera, Wednesday, April 10, 2013 1:47 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I disagree - it could go on for, yes, 19 minutes and I wouldn't complain at all.

haven't read the thread at all, but does anyone know of a good source of info regarding which of these tracks are available on spotify, preferably with frequent updates?

looks like all of them but 8. Raging Lung atm?

this album is a lot better than i thought it would be, enjoying it so much more on the third listen than i did on the first.

They've sort of made a techno version of the last couple of Scott Walker records.

otm

finally having a real listenthrough of this

it's astonishingly great

"Stay Out Here" is A++ material

love the 19 min track tbqf

First listen through: endurance test.

Second listen through: "this is getting better..."

Third listen through: "FUCKING HELL, I'M IN LOVE WITH THIS RECORD!"

waiting for "Fracking Fluid Injection" to unfurl its mysteries.

Best Buy selling the single disc for $7.99!

"Ready to Lose" and "Wrap Your Arms Around Me" are the songs I've played most.

Listened a couple of times and really liked it, but now I'm holding off for the vinyl, I think. (I'll probably only last a day)

not listened to them much prior but absolutely loving this. therapeutic listening.

This is awesome. People need to be bigging up Tomorrow In A Year too though.

I fucking love the drums on 'Full Of Fire'.

still debating whether to get the single or doube CD version

Double.

Not that the 19-minute drone is essential, or whatever, I just think it makes sense. Two 45-ish minute blocks being easier to take in, perhaps.

I actually think the drone performs the same function on the album as 'Treefingers' does on Kid A, it's a bit of an opportunity to zone out/get ones breath back before the next batch.

[Go and make a cup of tea.]

But yeah, I like albums that have 'absent' tracks like that. Another Green World is almost made up of 'em, seemingly.

Well yeah, 'Go and make a cup of tea' could apply too, depending on ones tolerance for 19-minute drones :P

yeah - since my wife has a low tolerance for experimental music, I generally listen to most of my music while driving or on iphone - so i'm not sure I need a 20 min drone in this context

Was given a very, very tight deadline for this review, so feedback would be appreciated if it's awful:
http://crackmagazine.net/music/the-knife/

Aside from starting a sentence with 'and' and using 'itself' twice in one sentence at the end, it seems like a very fair appraisal.

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