The Knife - Shaking The Habitual

[Justthefacts]

Enthralled the first few listens. Love it a lot.

Haven't bothered to listen to it since. Still love it nonetheless

[sidewinder]

I also haven't listened to it in a few weeks, need to put it on today probably.

[Zer0]

Originally Posted by Pedestrian

Well, I enjoyed Fracking Fluid Injection and Old Dreams, but I've removed them for casual listening, because I find the album flows better without them cleaving it into pieces. The hour-and-ten-minute version is more practical for my tastes and listening practices, but I don't think these tracks are inherently bad.

That's exactly what I did and it makes the album so much more enjoyable to listen to in one sitting. I still don't particularly enjoy Old Dreams Waiting To Be Realized and Fracking Fluid Injection, I find them somewhat pointless. I'm glad I kept listening to this album instead of giving up because it sounds better and better with repeated listens. It's very hard to compare this album to anything else.

[sidewinder]

Fracking Fluid Injection reminds me of a specific Aphex Twin song, but I can't think of the name. So it's more tolerable to me, plus it's shorter than Old Dreams. I may end up removing that from the track list also. I think it's tolerable, but not interesting enough to really bother with. And I think the length of the album does sometimes deter me from putting it on.

[Paedantic Basterd]

Those are exactly the reasons I took them out. I could preserve the album's identity by keeping them, but then I would rarely listen to it, which I think is the greater disservice.

On rare occasion I'll edit a tracklisting to make it work for me, even though I'm usually pretty staunch about keeping it as an artist intended it.

[Blyve]

2/5

[Engine]

Originally Posted by Engine

I'm a little bit confused by the long track as well. Does the guy really take so much pride in it that he thinks it should be the centerpiece of the album? It's fairly dull. The rest of the album is often great. A lot of synth-pop, and also a lot of ambient wanking in the 8+ minute songs. I don't mind hearing Olof's self-gratification because he usually jerks it skillfully. But I'm partial to the poppier parts, and there's enough of those here that I think I like this may be my favorite of their albums.

Been listening to this more lately and I kinda disagree with myself. I like the long track. I very much like the whole album. Glad to see I gave this a 4/5 because I totally agree with that.

[Zion]

I have only listening to shaking the habitual ones and I like it.

[iamdiamondami]

I never understood the bad ratings for the album. It's such a fresh new sound to me and I really think that it's one of their best albums. I love to listen to it from start to finish without any break or skip. It's such a great thing to do. Also I love the album artwork. It really stands out! It's a 4/5 for me.