Album · Aztec Camera
Knife by Aztec Camera
Knife is an album by Aztec Camera, released in 1984. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 10 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “All I Need is Everything”, on 4 lists with a best position of #65.
Knife, Aztec Camera's second album, came out on Sire on 21 September 1984, and for the producer's chair Roddy Frame, the Scottish band's singer, songwriter and guiding light, brought in Mark Knopfler. The result is a glossier, more grown-up record than the jangly debut High Land, Hard Rain, with Frame's melodies stretched out and dressed up for bigger rooms, and Campbell Owens still holding down the bass.
"All I Need Is Everything" is the song that stuck, restless and romantic, with "Still on Fire", "Backwards and Forwards" and "Head Is Happy (Heart's Insane)" following it onto the countdowns in later years. It went to number 14 on the UK Albums Chart, the highest they had climbed to that point, and an expanded CD in 2012 filled it out with remixes, B-sides and live tracks from the singles.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Knife on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All I Need is Everything | 4 | #65 | – | 1984–2003 | |
| 2 | Still on Fire | 3 | #588 | – | 1991–2003 | |
| 3 | Backwards and Forwards | 2 | #880 | – | 2002–2003 | |
| 4 | Head Is Happy (Heart's Insane) | 1 | #1865 | – | 2002 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.