Thousand Knives

Thousand Knives
Studio album by
Ryuichi Sakamoto
ReleasedOctober 25, 1978 (1978-10-25)
RecordedApril 10 – July 27, 1978
StudioColumbia Studios 1, 2 and 4, Tokyo, Japan
GenreProgressive electronic
Length45:37
LabelNippon Columbia
ProducerRyuichi Sakamoto
Ryuichi Sakamoto chronology
Thousand Knives
(1978) 		Summer Nerves
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Pitchfork8.2/10[2]

Thousand Knives (also known as Thousand Knives of Ryuichi Sakamoto) is the debut solo album by Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto. The album is named after Henri Michaux's description of the feeling of using mescaline in Miserable Miracle.[3][4]

  1. ^ Mills, Ted. "Thousand Knives Of – Ryuichi Sakamoto". AllMusic. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
  2. ^ Martin-McCormick, Daniel (November 13, 2019). "Ryuichi Sakamoto: Thousand Knives of Ryuichi Sakamoto". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
  3. ^ Hammond, James (October 9, 2015). "An introduction to Ryuichi Sakamoto in 10 records". The Vinyl Factory. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
  4. ^ Michaux, Henri (2002). Miserable Miracle: Mescaline. Translated by Varèse, Louise. New York Review Books. p. 10. ISBN 9781590170014. ... suddenly a knife, suddenly a thousand knives, suddenly a thousand brilliant scythes of light set in lightning, huge enough to level whole forests, violently slicing up space from top to bottom with gigantic slashes ...