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{{Infobox Album<!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
Name = Behind the Music |
| Name = Behind the Music
Type = [[Album]] |
| Type = studio
Artist = [[The Soundtrack of Our Lives]] |
| Artist = [[The Soundtrack of Our Lives]]
Cover = Behind_the_music.jpg |
| Cover = Behind_the_music.jpg
Released = February, 2001 <small>([[Europe]])</small><br />September, 2002 <small>([[United States|U.S.]])</small><br />24 November 2003 <small>([[Australia|Aus]])</small> |
| Released = 12 February 2001 <small>([[Europe]])</small><br />16 January 2002 <small>(UK)</small><br />24 September 2002 <small>([[United States|U.S.]])</small><br />24 November 2003 <small>([[Australia]])</small>
Recorded = [[Gothenburg]], [[Sweden]] 2000/2001|
| Recorded = Svenska Grammofonstudion and Music-A-Matic, [[Gothenburg]], [[Sweden]], 2000–2001
Genre = [[Rock and roll|Rock]] |
| Genre = [[Rock music|Rock]]
Length = 57:23 |
| Length = 57:23
Label = [[Telegram Records]] <small>(Europe)</small><br />[[Universal Music]] <small>(US)</small><br /> [[in-Fidelity|In-Fidelity Recordings]] <small>([[Australia|Aus]])</small> |
| Label = [[Telegram Records]] <small>(Europe)</small><br />Hidden Agenda/[[Universal Music|Universal]] <small>(US)</small><br />[[In-Fidelity|In-Fidelity Recordings]] <small>([[Australia]])</small>
Producer = [[The Soundtrack of Our Lives]] |
| Producer = [[The Soundtrack of Our Lives]], Johan Forsman
Last album = ''[[Extended Revelation for the Psychic Weaklings of Western Civilization|Extended Revelation...]]'' <br /> (1998) |
| Last album = ''[[Extended Revelation for the Psychic Weaklings of Western Civilization|Extended Revelation...]]''<br />(1998)
This album = '''''Behind the Music''''' <br /> (2001) |
| This album = '''''Behind the Music'''''<br />(2001)
Next album = ''[[Origin Vol. 1]]'' <br />(2004) |}}
| Next album = ''[[Origin Vol. 1]]''<br />(2004)
| Misc = {{Singles
{{Album ratings|rev1=[[Allmusic]]|rev1Score= {{Rating|4|5}} [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r549659|pure_url=yes}} link]
| Name = Behind the Music
|rev2=[[Pitchfork Media]]|rev2Score= (3.0/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/21921-behind-the-music link]
| Type = studio
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|rev3=''[[Rolling Stone]]'' |rev3Score={{Rating|3|5}} [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thesoundtrackofourlives/albums/album/99947/review/5941515/behind_the_music link]|}}
| Single 1 = Still Aging
| Single 1 date = 2001
| Single 2 = Nevermore
| Single 2 date = 2001
| Single 3 = Sister Surround
| Single 3 date = 13 May 2002 <small>(UK)</small>
| Single 4 = 21st Century Rip Off
| Single 4 date = 9 September 2002 <small>(UK)</small>
}}
}}


{{Album ratings
'''''Behind the Music''''' is an album by the Swedish Band [[The Soundtrack of Our Lives]]. It was released in February, 2001, and was nominated for the [[Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album|Best Alternative Album award]] at the [[Grammy Awards of 2003|2003 Grammy Awards]].
|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Allmusic |class=album |id=r549659 |first=Stewart |last=Mason |label=The Soundtrack of Our Lives: ''Behind the Music'' > Review}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
|rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news |first=Dave |last=Simpson |title=Pop CD releases |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2002/feb/01/shopping.artsfeatures2?INTCMP=SRCH |date=1 February 2002 |accessdate=15 February 2012}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[NME]]''
|rev3Score = {{rating|9|10}}<ref>{{cite news |first=Jason |last=Fox |title=Review: ''Behind the Music'' |newspaper=[[NME]] |url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/artistKeyname/5991 |date=15 January 2002 |accessdate=15 February 2012}}</ref>
|rev4 = [[Pitchfork Media]]
|rev4Score = {{rating|3|10}}<ref name="Pitchfork">{{cite web |first=Kyle |last=Reiter |title=Review: ''Behind the Music'' |publisher=[[Pitchfork Media]] |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/7376-behind-the-music/ |date=20 January 2003 |accessdate=15 February 2012}}</ref>
|rev5 = [[PopMatters]]
|rev5Score = (favourable)<ref>{{cite web |first=Margaret |last=Schwartz |title=Review: ''Behind the Music'' |publisher=[[PopMatters]] |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/soundtrackofourlives-behind |date=8 October 2001 |accessdate=15 February 2001}}</ref>
|rev6 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
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|rev6Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Review: ''Behind the Music'' |newspaper=[[Rolling Stone]] |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thesoundtrackofourlives/albums/album/99947/review/5941515/behind_the_music |date=16 October 2002}}</ref>
|rev7 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
|rev7Score = {{rating|9|10}}<ref>{{cite news |first=Jon |last=Dolan |title=Review: ''Behind the Music'' |newspaper=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |url=http://www.spin.com/reviews/soundtrack-our-lives-behind-music-universal |accessdate=15 February 2012}}</ref>
}}


'''''Behind the Music''''' is the third album by the Swedish [[rock music|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 their native Sweden, and was nominated for the [[Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album|Best Alternative Album award]] at the [[Grammy Awards of 2003|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"<ref name="Pitchfork" /> and invited The Soundtrack of Our Lives to be the support band on [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]]'s UK and European tour in 2002.
This was the band's breakthrough album in the US, fueled by singles "Sister Surround", "21st Century Rip Off", "Nevermore" and "Still Aging".

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'.<ref>[http://www.persvenssonsoundart.com/audiolaboratory.html 'Audio Laboratory' page on Per Svensson's official website]</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
# "Infra Riot" - 4:45
# "Infra Riot" ([[Ebbot Lundberg|Lundberg]]/Bärjed/Gustafsson) – 4:45
# "Sister Surround" - 3:35
# "Sister Surround" (Lundberg/Bärjed) – 3:35
# "In Someone Else's Mind" - 2:45
# "In Someone Else's Mind" (Lundberg/Bärjed) – 2:45
# "Mind the Gap" - 4:21
# "Mind the Gap" (Lundberg/Person) – 4:21
# "Broken Imaginary Time" - 5:14
# "Broken Imaginary Time" (Gustafsson) – 5:14
# "21st Century Rip Off" - 3:56
# "21st Century Rip Off" (Lundberg/Person) – 3:56
# "Tonight" - 3:42
# "Tonight" (Lundberg/[[Martin Hederos|Hederos]]) – 3:42
# "Keep the Line Movin'" - 2:47
# "Keep the Line Movin'" (Lundberg/Person) – 2:47
# "Nevermore" - 3:21
# "Nevermore" (Lundberg/Bärjed/Olsson) – 3:21
# "Independent Luxury" - 3:59
# "Independent Luxury" (Lundberg/Bärjed) – 3:59
# "Ten Years Ahead" - 2:51
# "Ten Years Ahead" (Lundberg/Bärjed) – 2:51
# "Still Aging" - 3:52
# "Still Aging" (Lundberg/Person) – 3:52
# "In Your Veins" - 4:22
# "In Your Veins" (Lundberg/Person) – 4:22
# "The Flood" - 2:47
# "The Flood" (Lundberg/Person) – 2:47
# "Into the Next Sun" - 5:06
# "Into the Next Sun" (Lundberg/Bärjed) – 5:06

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===''Bonus Future Excerpts'' EP===
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# "We're Gonna Get It Right" – 4:01
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# "Can't Control Myself" – 3:18
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# "Slow Drift Away" – 2:51
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# "Hang Ten" – 4:37
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# "We'll Get By" – 1:59

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*This special limited edition bonus [[Extended play|EP]] came bundled with the original release, and later appeared with special tour editions of the album in some territories. All five tracks of the EP appeared later on ''[[A Present from the Past]]''.


==Personnel==
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'''Bonus Future Excerpts EP'''
*Mattias Bärjed – guitar, backing vocals, slide echoes and "additional instruments that makes us too pretentious to mention"
*Åke Karl Kalle Gustafsson – bass, backing vocals, double bass violin and [[cembalo]]
*[[Martin Hederos]] – piano, [[Mellotron]], organ, backing vocals and string arrangement
*[[Ebbot Lundberg]] – lead vocals, [[sitar]], harmonica and [[dulcimer]]
*Ian Person – guitar, backing vocals, percussion, Spanish sound effects and space slide
*Fredrik Sandsten – drums, percussion and spiritual guidance


===Additional personnel===
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# "We're Gonna Get It Right" - 4:01
*Arpad Carlesäter – handclaps on "Independent Luxury"
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# "Can't Control Myself" - 3:18
*Eva-Tea Lundberg – horns
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# "Slow Drift Away" - 2:51
*Martin Wingate, John Löfgren, Märja Tokkola, Sigvard Järrebring and Kajsa Ivars – string quintet
⚫
# "Hang Ten" - 4:37
*Salmaan Rasa – tablas on "Can't Control Myself"
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# "We'll Get By" - 1:59


==References==
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This special limited edition bonus EP came bundled with the original release, and later appeared with special tour editions of the album in some territories. All 5 tracks of the EP appeared later on ''[[A Present from the Past]]''.
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==

Revision as of 22:58, 16 February 2012

For the KJ-52 album, see Behind the Musik (A Boy Named Jonah)
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Allmusic[1]
The Guardian[2]
NME[3]
Pitchfork Media[4]
PopMatters(favourable)[5]
Rolling Stone[6]
Spin[7]

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 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"[4] and invited The Soundtrack of Our Lives to be the support band on Oasis's UK and European tour in 2002.

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'.[8]

Track listing

  1. "Infra Riot" (Lundberg/Bärjed/Gustafsson) – 4:45
  2. "Sister Surround" (Lundberg/Bärjed) – 3:35
  3. "In Someone Else's Mind" (Lundberg/Bärjed) – 2:45
  4. "Mind the Gap" (Lundberg/Person) – 4:21
  5. "Broken Imaginary Time" (Gustafsson) – 5:14
  6. "21st Century Rip Off" (Lundberg/Person) – 3:56
  7. "Tonight" (Lundberg/Hederos) – 3:42
  8. "Keep the Line Movin'" (Lundberg/Person) – 2:47
  9. "Nevermore" (Lundberg/Bärjed/Olsson) – 3:21
  10. "Independent Luxury" (Lundberg/Bärjed) – 3:59
  11. "Ten Years Ahead" (Lundberg/Bärjed) – 2:51
  12. "Still Aging" (Lundberg/Person) – 3:52
  13. "In Your Veins" (Lundberg/Person) – 4:22
  14. "The Flood" (Lundberg/Person) – 2:47
  15. "Into the Next Sun" (Lundberg/Bärjed) – 5:06

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
  • This special limited edition bonus EP came bundled with the original release, and later appeared with special tour editions of the album in some territories. All five tracks of the EP appeared later on A Present from the Past.

Personnel

  • Mattias Bärjed – guitar, backing vocals, slide echoes and "additional instruments that makes us too pretentious to mention"
  • Åke Karl Kalle Gustafsson – bass, backing vocals, double bass violin and cembalo
  • Martin Hederos – piano, Mellotron, organ, backing vocals and string arrangement
  • Ebbot Lundberg – lead vocals, sitar, harmonica and dulcimer
  • Ian Person – guitar, backing vocals, percussion, Spanish sound effects and space slide
  • Fredrik Sandsten – drums, percussion and spiritual guidance

Additional personnel

  • Arpad Carlesäter – handclaps on "Independent Luxury"
  • Eva-Tea Lundberg – horns
  • Martin Wingate, John Löfgren, Märja Tokkola, Sigvard Järrebring and Kajsa Ivars – string quintet
  • Salmaan Rasa – tablas on "Can't Control Myself"

References

  1. ^ Mason, Stewart. The Soundtrack of Our Lives: Behind the Music > Review at AllMusic
  2. ^ Simpson, Dave (1 February 2002). "Pop CD releases". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  3. ^ Fox, Jason (15 January 2002). "Review: Behind the Music". NME. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  4. ^ a b Reiter, Kyle (20 January 2003). "Review: Behind the Music". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  5. ^ Schwartz, Margaret (8 October 2001). "Review: Behind the Music". PopMatters. Retrieved 15 February 2001.
  6. ^ "Review: Behind the Music". Rolling Stone. 16 October 2002.
  7. ^ Dolan, Jon. "Review: Behind the Music". Spin. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  8. ^ 'Audio Laboratory' page on Per Svensson's official website
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