Behind the Music (album)

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Behind the Music
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Studio album by
Released12 February 2001 (Europe)
16 January 2002 (UK)
24 September 2002 (U.S.)
24 November 2003 (Australia)
RecordedSvenska Grammofonstudion and Music-A-Matic, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2000–2001
Genre Alternative rock, neo-psychedelia
Length57:33
Label Telegram Records (Europe)
Hidden Agenda/Universal (US)
In-Fidelity Recordings (Australia)
Producer Ebbot Lundberg with Johan Forsman
The Soundtrack of Our Lives chronology
Extended Revelation...
(1998)
Behind the Music
(2001)
Origin Vol. 1
(2004)
Singles from Behind the Music
  1. "Still Aging"
    Released: 2001
  2. "Nevermore"
    Released: 2001
  3. "Sister Surround"
    Released: 13 May 2002 (UK)
  4. "21st Century Rip Off"
    Released: 9 September 2002 (UK)
Professional ratings
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NME 9/10 [5]
Pitchfork 3.0/10 [6]
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Spin 9/10 [9]

Behind the Music is the third album by the Swedish rock band The Soundtrack of Our Lives. It was originally released in Europe in February 2001, and subsequently around the world over the next two years. The album was the band's breakthrough record outside of their native Sweden, and was nominated for the Best Alternative Album award at the 2003 Grammy Awards. Among their newly found fans was Noel Gallagher, who proclaimed Behind the Music to be "the best album to come out in the last six years" [6] and invited The Soundtrack of Our Lives to join on Oasis's UK and European tour in 2002.

Contents

The front cover features alginate masks of the faces of the six band members, cast by Swedish artists Per Svensson and Anna Strid. Svensson and the group's frontman Ebbot Lundberg had previously collaborated in an experimental sound and art project called 'Audio Laboratory'. [10]

Track listing

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Infra Riot" Ebbot Lundberg, Mattias Bärjed, Åke Karl Kalle Gustafsson4:45
2."Sister Surround"Lundberg, Bärjed3:35
3."In Someone Else's Mind"Lundberg, Bärjed2:45
4."Mind the Gap"Lundberg, Ian Person4:21
5."Broken Imaginary Time"Gustafsson5:14
6."21st Century Rip Off"Lundberg, Person3:56
7."Tonight"Lundberg, Martin Hederos 3:42
8."Keep the Line Movin'"Lundberg, Person2:47
9."Nevermore"Lundberg, Bärjed, Björn Olsson3:21
10."Independent Luxury"Lundberg, Bärjed3:59
11."Ten Years Ahead"Lundberg, Bärjed2:51
12."Still Aging"Lundberg, Person3:52
13."In Your Veins"Lundberg, Person4:22
14."The Flood"Lundberg, Person2:47
15."Into the Next Sun"Lundberg, Bärjed5:06
Total length:57:33

Bonus Future Excerpts EP

  1. "We're Gonna Get It Right" – 4:01
  2. "Can't Control Myself" – 3:18
  3. "Slow Drift Away" – 2:51
  4. "Hang Ten" – 4:37
  5. "We'll Get By" – 1:59

Personnel

Additional personnel

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