Röyksopp, The Understanding - 1h 17m 46s

Tracks & Durations

1. Triumphant	4:21
2. Only This Moment	3:55
3. 49 Percent	5:12
4. Sombre Detune	4:52
5. Follow My Ruin	3:51
6. Beautiful Day Without You	5:29
7. What Else Is There?	5:17
8. Circuit Breaker	5:25
9. Alpha Male	8:11
10. Someone Like Me	5:23
11. Dead to the Wood	5:20
12. Tristesse Globale	1:24
13. Go Away	3:52
14. Clean Sweep	5:17
15. Boys	4:45
16. Head	5:03

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Review

In 2002, the Norwegian duo of Svein Berge and Torbjorn Brundtland found a sweet spot between wispy Moon Safari-style pop and Boards of Canada-like atmospherics on the widely-admired Melody A.M. The Understanding sounds relatively absent-minded, careening around the room like a panicky fly. Some of it works well; the bouncy "Only This Moment" resembles Fischerspooner at their silliest (and thus, most fun), while "49 Percent" gets a huge lift from a New Jack vocal courtesy of Chelonis R. Jones. But the record is too often thwarted by syrupy synth-pop ("Follow My Ruin") as well as the lack of shifty downtempo rhythms and avant-garde underpinnings that kept Melody so pleasantly grounded. They haven't lost their knack for subtle hooks and well-placed cross-rhythms, like the slippery keyboard squibble that glides its way into "What Else Is There?" But the sophomore curse is hard to overcome, and though there's plenty here to recommend, Berge and Brundtland aren't able to break the spell. -Matthew Cooke

Other Versions

Albums are mined from the various public resources and can be actually the same but different in the tracks length only. We are keeping all versions now.

The Understanding

Tracks: 13 (-3 tracks), Disk length: 1h 14m (-4m 14s)

The Understanding

Tracks: 17 (+1 tracks), Disk length: 1h 24m 21s (+6m 35s)

The Understanding

Tracks: 12 (-4 tracks), Disk length: 58m 46s (-19m)

The Understanding

Tracks: 12 (-4 tracks), Disk length: 58m 45s (-20m 59s)

The Understanding

Tracks: 12 (-4 tracks), Disk length: 58m 36s (-20m 50s)

The Understanding

Tracks: 11 (-5 tracks), Disk length: 57m 38s (-21m 52s)

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