The Knife is the debut studio album by Swedish electronic music duo the Knife, released on 5 February 2001 by Rabid Records.

The album's recordings started early in the summer of 1999 in a cottage on the Swedish island of Tjörn.

[4] On 31 October 2006, Mute Records released this and the Knife's second album, Deep Cuts, in the United States, marking the first Stateside release of both titles.

All tracks are written by Karin Dreijer and Olof DreijerThe UK release of the album was preceded, on 23 February 2004, by the release of a limited-edition 10-inch EP also titled The Knife.

The track listing was as follows: Credits adapted from the liner notes of The Knife.