Royksopp - The Understanding (Deluxe Edition)



Type: Album
Genre: Electronic
Date: 2005
Label: Wall Of Sound / EMI / Virgin
Covers: Yes (HQ)

After the success of their debut album, Norwegian electronic duo Royksopp must have known they’d have their work cut out for them on The Understanding. After all, Melody A.M. was that rare electronic album that appealed to fans regardless of their musical tastes, with its catchy playfulness and well-crafted songs. The Understanding is less laid back than their previous album, but it’s no less catchy or clever. If anything, The Understanding sounds like Royksopp have spent much of the time since their last album soaking in the continental sounds of bands like Air. The result is a dance album that’s surprisingly heavy on vocals, most of them by the duo themselves. But, in time-honoured dance tradition, there are also a bevy of female vocalists on hand, including Karin Dreijer from The Knife ("What Else Is There?") and new collaborator Kate Havnevik (single "Only This Moment" and "Circuit Breaker"). The Understanding is a much more grown-up album from Royksopp--it’s not dance music for the kids, but an album for after the kids have gone to bed.

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Norwegian duo Röyksopp return with a highly anticipated new album this summer; entitled ‘The Understanding’ on Wall Of Sound. ‘The Understanding’ follows Svein and Torbjörn’s critically acclaimed debut album ‘Melody AM’. Released in October 2001, it has now sold in excess of a million copies worldwide. Amidst dance music’s myriad overhyped disappointments, ‘Melody AM’ was a genuine surprise: a sound nobody expected from a place nobody was looking. Its charm reached clubbers, comedowners and open-minded rock fans alike. It is now time for ‘The Understanding’. Recorded in Bergen, Röyksopp sing on much of their new album; there are also additional vocals from Chelonis R Jones from Get Physical Records (‘49 Percent’), Karin Dreijer from The Knife (‘What Else Is There’) and new vocalist Kate Havnevik (‘Only This Moment’ and ‘Circuit Breaker’).

CD1:
01. Triumphant [4:20]
02. Only This Moment [3:55]
03. 49 Percent [5:11]
04. Sombre Detune [4:52]
05. Follow My Ruin [3:51]
06. Beautiful Day Without You [5:29]
07. What Else Is There? [5:17]
08. Circuit Breaker [5:24]
09. Alpha Male [8:11]
10. Someone Like Me [5:23]
11. Dead To The World [5:20]
12. Tristesse Globale [1:24]

CD2:
01. Go away [3:52]
02. Clean Sweep [5:17]
03. Boys [4:45]
04. Head [5:03]
05. Looser now [6:04]

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Size: 572MB
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