Deep Cuts is the second studio album

Studio album

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 by Swedish electronic

Electronic music

Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...

 duo The Knife

The Knife

The Knife are a Swedish electronic music duo from Gothenburg, formed in 1999. The group consists of siblings Karin Dreijer Andersson and Olof Dreijer, who together also run their own record company, Rabid Records. They first received international attention after their song "Heartbeats", covered by...

. It was released in Sweden on 17 January 2003 by Rabid Records

Rabid Records

Rabid Records is a Swedish record label founded in 1998 by members of Honey Is Cool. Today the label is operated by Karin Dreijer Andersson and Olof Dreijer of the synthpop duo The Knife, as well as Frau Rabid. The label rarely releases anything other than works by The Knife, but it is currently...

. The 2004 version contains three additional tracks (taken from Hannah med H Soundtrack

Hannah med H Soundtrack

Hannah med H Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the 2003 Swedish drama film Hannah med H, recorded by the Swedish electropop duo The Knife. Made up mostly of instrumentals, the album was released in Sweden on 26 November 2003 by Rabid Records...

) and is packaged with a DVD of music videos. On 31 October 2006, Mute Records

Mute Records

Mute is an independent record label based in the UK. It was founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller and featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Goldfrapp, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Erasure and Fad Gadget.-Beginnings:...

 issued this and The Knife's self-titled debut album

The Knife (album)

The Knife is the self-titled debut album by Swedish electronic duo The Knife. It was first released in Sweden on 5 February 2001 by Rabid Records, and subsequently in the United Kingdom on 8 March 2004...

 in the United States, marking the first US release of both albums.

Track listing

Swedish and European special edition

2006 UK special edition

US edition

Personnel

• The Knife – vocals
  Singing
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  , production
  Record producer
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  , engineering
  Audio engineering
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  , mixing
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  , design
  Graphic design
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• Kristian Andersson – hardware supervision
• Christoffer Berg – mixing (tracks 1–4, 6–13)
• Elin Berge – photography
  Photography
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• Henrik Jonsson – mastering
  Audio mastering
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• Kalle Lekholm – French horn
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   (track 13)
• Jenny Wilson – vocals (track 8)

Weekly charts

Chart (2004)	Peak position
Swedish Albums Chart Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association ....	11

Year-end charts

Chart (2003)	Position
Swedish Albums Chart	63

Certifications

Country	Certification
Sweden	Gold

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format
Sweden	17 January 2003	Rabid Records Rabid Records Rabid Records is a Swedish record label founded in 1998 by members of Honey Is Cool. Today the label is operated by Karin Dreijer Andersson and Olof Dreijer of the synthpop duo The Knife, as well as Frau Rabid. The label rarely releases anything other than works by The Knife, but it is currently...	CD, digital download
Sweden	11 October 2004		CD+DVD
United Kingdom		V2 Records V2 Records V2 Records is a record label that is owned by Universal Music Group as of October 2007. The label was founded in 1996 by Richard Branson, five years after he sold Virgin Records to EMI....
Germany	24 January 2005
	8 March 2006		CD, digital download
Netherlands	23 March 2006
United Kingdom	28 August 2006	Brille Records Brille Records Brille Records is an independent record label based in the UK, which has released work from bands including Whirlwind Heat, Good Shoes, Envelopes, Operator Please, The Bridge Gang and The Knife. It was in partnership with EMI Records UK from August 2005 until February 2008. It was started in 2004...	CD+DVD
United States	31 October 2006	Mute Records Mute Records Mute is an independent record label based in the UK. It was founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller and featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Goldfrapp, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Erasure and Fad Gadget.-Beginnings:...
United Kingdom	30 April 2007	Brille Records	CD