The Stix

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The Stix
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Studio album by
Released6 May 2003 (2003-05-06) [1]
Genre Post-rock, progressive rock, future jazz, jazz fusion
Length53:14
Label Ninja Tune, Warner Music Norway, Beat Records (Japan), Sound Improvement (Poland)
Producer Jørgen Træen
Jaga Jazzist chronology
A Livingroom Hush
(2002)
The Stix
(2003)
What We Must
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
SputnikmusicStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]
Pitchfork Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
All About Jazz positive [5]
Tiny Mix Tapes Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Rate Your Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]
BBC positive [8]

The Stix is the third studio album by the Norwegian band Jaga Jazzist. It was released on 6 May 2003 by Ninja Tune to positive reviews.

Contents

Recording

Personnel

Additional personnel

Track listing

All songs performed and arranged by Jaga Jazzist with Jørgen Træen.

No.TitleWriter(s)Strings composed byLength
1."Kitty Wú"Lars Horntveth; Glockenspiel + Vibraphone Theme – Jørgen MunkebyJørgen Træen, Lars Horntveth4:36
2."Day"Martin Horntveth 3:08
3."Another Day"Lars Horntveth 3:30
4."Suomi Finland"Lars Horntveth; Rhodes + Vibraphone Theme – Andreas Mjøs, Jørgen Munkeby 7:28
5."Aerial Bright Dark Round"Morten QvenildLars Horntveth, Morten Qvenild5:08
6."Reminders"Lars Horntveth 5:21
7."Toxic Dart"Jørgen Munkeby, Lars Horntveth 6:45
8."I Could Have Killed Him In The Sauna"Lars Horntveth; Flute part by Jørgen MunkebyJørgen Træen, Lars Horntveth5:34
9."Doppelganger"Jørgen Munkeby; Vibraphone theme by Mathias Eick 4:47
10."The Stix"Lars Horntveth; Piano + Harmonica Theme – Jørgen Munkeby, Lars Horntveth 6:57
Total length:53:14

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  4. "Pitchfork".
  5. "All About Jazz review".
  6. "Tiny Mix Tapes review".
  7. "Rate Your Music review".
  8. "BBC review".