Tracklist
Triumphant | 4:20 | ||
Only This Moment | 3:55 | ||
49 Percent | 5:11 | ||
Sombre Detune | 4:52 | ||
Follow My Ruin | 3:51 | ||
Beautiful Day Without You | 5:29 | ||
What Else Is There? | 5:17 | ||
Circuit Breaker | 5:24 | ||
Alpha Male | 8:11 | ||
Someone Like Me | 5:23 | ||
Dead To The World | 5:20 | ||
Tristesse Globale | 1:24 |
Credits (5)
- Sanghon KimArtwork By
- Svein BergePerformer [Röyksopp Are]
- Torbjørn BrundtlandPerformer [Röyksopp Are]
- Camille VivierPhotography By [Photos]
- RöyksoppWritten-By, Performer, Arranged By, Mixed By, Producer
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![]() | The Understanding CD, Album, Promo, Copy Protected, Card Sleeve | Wall Of Sound – WALLCD035PR, Labels – 0 9463114782 1, Labels – 009463114782 1 | Europe | 2005 | Europe — 2005 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | The Understanding CD, Album | Virgin – 5028589022423, Labels – 5028589022423, Wall Of Sound – WALLCD035 | Europe | 2005 | Europe — 2005 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | The Understanding 2×LP, Album, Gatefold Sleeve | Wall Of Sound – WALL LP 035 | UK | 2005 | UK — 2005 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | The Understanding CD, Album, Copy Protected; CD, Copy Protected; All Media, Deluxe Edition | Labels – 3114800, Virgin – 09463114800 2 | Europe | 2005 | Europe — 2005 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | The Understanding 2×CD, Album, Limited Edition, Stereo | Astralwerks – ASW 11386, EMI – 0946 3 11386 0 7 | US | 2005 | US — 2005 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | The Understanding CD, Album | Astralwerks – ASW 11352 | US | 2005 | US — 2005 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | The Understanding 2×CD, Album, Deluxe Edition, Digipak | Wall Of Sound – WALLCD035X, Labels – 5028589022409 | UK | 2005 | UK — 2005 | ||||
![]() | The Understanding CD, Album | Virgin – 0946 3 11481 2 5 | Australia | 2005 | Australia — 2005 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | The Understanding CD, Advance, Album, Copy Protected, Promo | Astralwerks – ASW 31953, Wall Of Sound – ASW 31953, Labels – ASW 31953 | US | 2005 | US — 2005 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | The Understanding CD, Album, Copy Protected | Labels – 3114812, Labels – 0946 3114812 5, Virgin – 3114812, Virgin – 0946 3114812 5, Wall Of Sound – 3114812, Wall Of Sound – 0946 3114812 5 | Europe | 2005 | Europe — 2005 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | The Understanding CD, Copy Protected, Album | Virgin – 0946 3114812 5, EMI – 3114812, EMI – 009463114812 5 | Canada | 2005 | Canada — 2005 | New Submission | |||
![]() | The Understanding 2×LP, Album | Astralwerks – ASW 11481, Labels – 0946 3 11481 1 8 | US | 2005 | US — 2005 | New Submission | |||
![]() | The Understanding 2×CD, Album, Deluxe Edition | Virgin – TOCP-66436-37 | Japan | 2005 | Japan — 2005 | New Submission | |||
![]() | The Understanding 2×LP, Album | Wall Of Sound – WALL LP 035, Virgin Music – 0 94631 14811 8, Labels – none | UK & Europe | 2005 | UK & Europe — 2005 | ||||
![]() | The Understanding CD, Album | Labels – 3114812, Virgin Music – 0 94631 14812 5, Wall Of Sound – 3114812 | Europe | 2005 | Europe — 2005 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | The Understanding CD, Album, Copy Protected | Virgin – VJCP-68734 | Japan | 2005 | Japan — 2005 | New Submission | |||
![]() | The Understanding CD, Album, Copy Protected, Unofficial Release | Labels (2) – 3114812, Labels (2) – 0946 3114812 5 | Russia | 2005 | Russia — 2005 | New Submission | |||
![]() | The Understanding CD, Copy Protected, Album | EMI – 0946340268 2 6, Gala Records (5) – 0946340268 2 6 | Russia | 2005 | Russia — 2005 | New Submission | |||
![]() | The Understanding 2×CD, Album, Limited Edition, Promo | Astralwerks – ASW 11386, EMI – 0946 3 11386 0 7 | US | 2005 | US — 2005 | New Submission | |||
![]() | The Understanding CD, Album, Club Edition | Astralwerks – ASW 11352 | US | 2005 | US — 2005 | New Submission | |||
![]() | The Understanding CDr, Album, Promo | Virgin – none, Wall Of Sound – none | UK & Europe | 2005 | UK & Europe — 2005 | New Submission | |||
The Understanding + 5 Bonus CD, Album, Unofficial Release | Not On Label – LDR 3415 ROYK 50625 | Russia | 2005 | Russia — 2005 | New Submission | ||||
![]() | The Understanding CD, Album, Promo | Astralwerks – ASW 11352, Labels – ASW 11352, Wall Of Sound – ASW 11352, Astralwerks – 094631135224 | US | 2005 | US — 2005 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | The Understanding CD, Album, Unofficial Release | Labels (2) – 3114812 | Russia | 2005 | Russia — 2005 | New Submission | |||
![]() | The Understanding CD, Album, Unofficial Release | Labels (2) – 3114812, Labels (2) – 0946 3114812 5, Wall Of Sound (2) – 3114812, Wall Of Sound (2) – 0946 3114812 5, Virgin Music (2) – 3114812, Virgin Music (2) – 0946 3114812 5 | Russia | 2005 | Russia — 2005 | New Submission | |||
![]() | The Understanding 12×File, MP3, Album, VBR | Wall Of Sound – none | UK | 2005 | UK — 2005 | New Submission | |||
![]() | The Understanding CD, Album, Copy Protected | Virgin – CDVIR (WFL) 757, Labels – CDVIR (WFL) 757, Wall Of Sound – CDVIR (WFL) 757 | South Africa | 2005 | South Africa — 2005 | New Submission | |||
![]() | The Understanding CDr, Album, Promo, Watermark | Astralwerks – none | US | 2005 | US — 2005 | New Submission | |||
![]() | The Understanding CD, Copy Protected, Album | EMI Music Korea – VKPD-0491 | South Korea | 2005 | South Korea — 2005 | New Submission | |||
![]() | The Understanding CD, Album, Copy Protected | Labels – 3114812, Virgin Music – 0 94631 14812 5, Wall Of Sound – 3114812 | Thailand | 2005 | Thailand — 2005 | New Submission | |||
![]() | The Understanding CD, Album, Unofficial Release | Astralwerks (2) – none | Russia | 2005 | Russia — 2005 | New Submission | |||
![]() | The Understanding CD, Album | Labels – 3114812, Labels – 0946 3114812 5, Virgin – 3114812, Virgin – 0946 3114812 5, Wall Of Sound – 3114812, Wall Of Sound – 0946 3114812 5 | Europe | 2005 | Europe — 2005 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | The Understanding CD, Album | Virgin – 3114812, EMI – 0 94631 14812 5 | Europe | 2012 | Europe — 2012 | New Submission | |||
![]() | The Understanding 2×LP, Album, Reissue, Gatefold | Wall Of Sound – WALL LP 035, Virgin Music – 09463114811 8, Labels – 09463114811 8 | UK & Europe | 2014 | UK & Europe — 2014 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | The Understanding 2×LP, Album, Numbered, Reissue, Repress, Stereo | Wall Of Sound – WALLP035, Wall Of Sound – 09463114811 8, [pias] – 09463114811 8 | UK & Europe | 2023 | UK & Europe — 2023 | ||||
![]() | The Understanding CD, Album | Not On Label (Röyksopp) – 0 9363-48186-3 5 | Russia | Russia | Recently Edited | ||||
![]() | The Understanding CD, Album, Reissue | Virgin – 5028589022423, Labels – 5028589022423, Wall Of Sound – WALLCD035 | Europe | Europe | New Submission | ||||
![]() | The Understanding 17×File, FLAC, Album, Reissue, 16-bit, 44.1 khz | Parlophone France – none | Worldwide | Worldwide | New Submission | ||||
![]() | The Understanding 12×File, AIFF, Album, Reissue | Parlophone France – none | France | France |
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referencing The Understanding (CD, Album) 5028589022423
just passing this along: I love when I catch a sample from some old library record and oh is it a good one. Track 5 Follow My Ruin- right off the bat, the intro line is Love De-Luxe (Alan Hackshaw) – Again And Again (1979)_track 1 Here Comes That Sound Again (the intro line to the original track too).
https://www.discogs.com/release/103499-Love-De-Luxe-Again-And-Again- Great pressing, silent vinyl and great dynamics. Vinyls are flat and heavy. Gatefold sleeve is of very good quality, however discs are placed in paper printed inner sleeves. Records were relatively clean and without paper residues. Still, it would be good to have them in poly lined sleeves. 735/2000.
- Edited one year agoDid anyone noticed on the back of this LP the words 'The*'... Understanding' and also 'sides' 1, 2 3 and 4 the letters are overlapping. * Also on spine.
- For me there are so many good songs on this album, it was definitely the one that got me into the group. And luckily this pressing is GOOD. I can hear details I had not noticed before listening to these songs for so many years. Faint voice echos, every bass note, warm and lush (with a hint of almost a tube amp distortion, not offensively so). No surface noise, no pops/ticking. Highly recommend 1533/2000
- Ack ! I missed this announcement and I am so bummed. Does anyone know of copies for sale at less than a king's ransom ? I am Amazon has it but not clear if it is this release or an earlier one ?
- This pressing sounds very lush and warm with the right amount of punch in the bass and drums. The vinyl is thick, flat and free of noise. Apparently this isn't everyone's favorite Royksopp album and I'm admittedly revisiting it after only hearing mp3s of it over the years and never giving it a proper listen. It sounds like classic Royksopp to me. Those Scandanavians definitely take their pop music seriously; it puts the top 40 drivel we have to deal with here in The States to shame. Even though this album is pushing 20, it still feels fresh and well produced, which is pretty much a given for this duo of fantastic electronic composers. Speaking of which, their newest (triple!) album is absolutely stunning as well. I'm really glad they didn't call it quits after all...
- Bought one from a seller on amazon. Different stores from the UK are selling these for about 30 euro. They differ from the previous releases in a few ways, there's a PIAS logo on the back and these are numbered, like the Melody AM "20 years on" re-issue.
So it's either a "silent" re-issue or an unofficial release.
Quality of this seems really good, very sturdy gatefold and heavy vinyl. Can't say anything about the sound as I haven't played it yet. - Edited 2 years ago
referencing The Understanding (CD, Album) 5028589022423
As a huge fan of their first album it’s hard to feel that this is anything like that in originality and delivery, and it’s best not to expect that. I will always love album 1, but it’s nothing like that style, and their style has in some ways evolved for better or for worse in this follow up. Upon hearing this album (of which I have the deluxe edition 2cd with extra tracks), I feel it’s a grower. ‘Only this moment’ is distinctly the duo, as is ‘Sombre Dutune’, ‘Follow my Ruin’, and ‘beautiful day without you’, and ‘what else is there’, with the haunting vocal of Karin Dreiser. But ‘circuit breaker really gets to my heart’. And so, there are certainly familiar warming glimpses of the original royksopp brand, but as a general journey it’s not as captivating as their previous work, however, I have learned to love it - even if that’s kicking and screaming. What does annoy me though is how some tracks are almost rushed, so they just fade out a bit to soon for me. Some new vocalists, more dancy, and more harder beats but I have learned to find it a pleasure to listen in the car on long journeys through the dark and mysterious Scottish highlands, and I have lately really enjoyed mixing with it. Where the first album is one of the greatest electronic albums ever made in my humble opinion, this comes in at around a 8/10 for me. Lastly - I think that the tracks could have been placed better so that it flowed more as that would have been the ultimate for me. And on the bonus cd the first great track ‘Go Away’ would have worked so well on the album itself rather than as a bonus. Just a thought! Enjoy. - Edited 4 years ago
referencing The Understanding (CD, Album) 5028589022423
The Understanding is the album Röyksopp made to send everyone a message that it was time for a change, and certainly, they were never the same after this album. Four years of waiting brought what was probably their biggest and possibly riskiest bet: delivering an album with plenty of vocal-oriented songs many of which were sang by themselves. That alone was "not-so-Röyksopp" at first glance, yet they managed to remain loyal to their "cold-distant-nordic-thing" style many praised in 2001. Anyone fairly into this duo who remembers what this new thing was like back in 2005, knows what I'm talking about. It felt revolutionary, fresh and absolutely nothing like Melody A.M. and that, sadly, was a huge let down to quite a bunch of folks who 15 years later are still hating on this album. It was a change, after all. Did it still sound Röyksopp? Yes, too. But, put in other words, it's not the sequel to Melody A.M. many people expected.
The Understanding turned out obscure & tragic. It delivers a surprising amount of sadness, nostalgia and a strong feeling of imminent calamity involving falling out of the illusion of love, broken hearts and a soon to happen break-up. And Röyksopp doesn't hesitate one bit to let us know about their intentions, instead, they make a very clear statement with "Only this moment" and shortly after "49 percent". But then we discover Röyksopp *understands* the whole issue as a process in which negative emotions like negation, despair and anger finally lead to a recovery. What they want is to tell us a story with this album as a whole. No happy ever after ending is achieved here, but a mature, down-to-earth, human and real end is shown depicting the way Röyksopp perceives relationships, and The Understanding is their attempt to show us how they view a dying love from a rich number of perspectives making the album simply unique.
The Understanding is, sadly, understimated by those who got to know Röyksopp by their "MTV" sound on Poor Leno and Eple or even the glorious "someone else's" reinvention of Remind me. In fact, no one who has recently discovered Röyksopp or declares to have listened to them can skip this album, it is a must stop and the platform you'll need to stand on to be able to listen and truly appreciate Junior, their masterpiece.
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