Behind the Music (album)
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 of 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" and invited The Soundtrack of Our Lives to join on Oasis's UK and European tour in 2002.
| Behind the Music | ||||
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| Studio album by The Soundtrack of Our Lives | ||||
| Released | 12 February 2001 (Europe) 16 January 2002 (UK) 24 September 2002 (U.S.) 24 November 2003 (Australia) | |||
| Recorded | Svenska Grammofonstudion and Music-A-Matic, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2000–2001 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, neo-psychedelia | |||
| Length | 57:33 | |||
| Label | Telegram Records (Europe) Hidden Agenda/Universal (US) In-Fidelity Recordings (Australia) | |||
| Producer | Ebbot Lundberg with Johan Forsman | |||
| The Soundtrack of Our Lives chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Behind the Music | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| The Boston Phoenix | |
| The Guardian | |
| Los Angeles Times | |
| NME | 9/10 |
| Pitchfork | 3.0/10 |
| Q | |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Spin | 9/10 |
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'.