#28

The Knife
Silent Shout
(Mute)

At a glance my list will pretty much ensure the fact that I’m not a dance music fan. Not altogether true though, as, for the most part, great dance music just doesn’t appear in 12-song, 45-minute installments. Dance music has (and still does) play to the idea of the single. That makes it all the more fascinating when an icy, sci-fi disco record like Silent Shout appears. I won’t begin to pretend that I know anything earth-shattering about the Knife, but one thing – if they can keep this shit up, rock and roll will die, and dance music will kill it.