The Understanding is the second studio album by Norwegian electronic music duo Röyksopp.

The Understanding debuted at number 13 on the UK Albums Chart, with 22,466 copies sold in its first week.

[15] The album was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on 1 December 2006,[16] and had sold 103,500 copies in the United Kingdom by March 2009.

[17] Similarly to Melody A.M., songs from The Understanding were used widely in television adverts and video games.

"Circuit Breaker" and "Only This Moment" were used in an episode of Danmarks Radio's consumer programme, named Rabatten.