Silence Is Easy

Silence Is Easy
Studio album by Starsailor
Released 15 September 2003
Genre Indie rock, post-Britpop, Indie pop
Length 39:35
34:46 (Limited Edition Bonus CD)
Label EMI
Producer Danton Supple
John Leckie
Phil Spector
Starsailor chronology
Love Is Here
(2001)Love Is Here2001		 Silence Is Easy
(2003)		 On the Outside
(2005)On the Outside2005
Singles from Silence Is Easy
  1. "Silence Is Easy"
    Released: 1 September 2003
  2. "Born Again"
    Released: 17 November 2003
  3. "Four to the Floor"
    Released: 1 March 2004
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic53/100 link
Review scores
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Allmusic link
Drowned in Sound3/10 link
Entertainment.ie link
The Guardian link
Pitchfork Media4.9/10 link
Robert Christgau link
Rolling Stone link
The Times link
Uncut link
Yahoo Music link

Silence Is Easy is the second studio album by English indie rock group Starsailor, released in September 2003 on EMI. The album cover is loosely based on Echo & the Bunnymen's Heaven Up Here. The song Some of Us was featured in an episode of Bones entitled A Boy in a Bush[1] and in the closing credits of the Belgian film The Memory of a Killer (a.k.a. The Alzheimer Case). The album contains some of the last productions by Phil Spector before his murder conviction and imprisonment in 2009 ("Silence Is Easy" and "White Dove"). The album sold 54,296 copies on its opening week of release, charting at No.2 in the UK album charts. It was certified gold in the UK in 2003.[2]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Music Was Saved"2:59
2."Fidelity"2:22
3."Some of Us"3:37
4."Silence Is Easy"3:40
5."Telling Them"4:51
6."Shark Food"3:35
7."Bring My Love"2:20
8."White Dove"3:52
9."Four to the Floor"4:13
10."Born Again"6:03
11."Restless Heart"2:03

Chart positions

Country Peak
position		 Certification Sales
United Kingdom[3] 2 Gold 270000+
Austria Albums Top 75 17 - -
Belgium Albums Top 50 8 - -
Denmark Albums Top 40 17 - -
Dutch Albums Top 100 31 - -
Finland Albums Top 40 40 - -
France Albums Top 150 47 - -
German Albums Top 50 20 - -
Ireland Albums Top 75 25 - -
Italian Albums Top 100[4] 13 - -
Norway Albums Top 40 35 - -
Swiss Albums Top 100 24 - -

Personnel

  • Ben Byrne – drums
  • James 'Stel' Stelfox – bass guitar
  • James Walsh – vocals, guitar
  • Barry Westhead – keyboards
  • Percussion: Luis Jardim
  • Double bass: Arnulf Lindner
  • Violins: Ruth Gottilieb, Gillon Cameron, Howard Gott, Wendy De St Paer, louise Peacock, Brian Wright, Claire Raybould, Katherine Watmough, Tim Myall, Anna Giddey, Catherine Browning, Alison Blunt, Calina De La Mare, Anna Morris, Gini Ball and Sally Herbert
  • Violas: Rob Spriggs, Vince Greene, Sophie Sirota, Emily Frith, Lucy Theo and Fiona Friffith
  • Cellos: Sarah Willson, Helen Thomas, Andy Nice, Ian Burdge and Emily Isaac
Production
  • Producer: Danton Supple, Starsailor, John Leckie, Mark Aubrey, Phil Spector
  • Engineer: Danton Supple, Mark Aubrey, John Leckie and Chris Brown
  • Additional engineer: Britt Myers
  • Programmer John Dunne
  • Mixer: Michael H. Brauer, The Soulsavers
  • Assistance: Nathaniel Chan
  • Mastering: Greg Calbi, Miles Showell
  • String arrangements: Leo Abrahams
  • A & R: Jeff Barrett and Keith Wozencroft
  • Management: Andrew, Martin and Lou
  • Art Direction: Yacht Associates
  • Photograph: Rick Guest

References

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