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Silent Shout
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This is the third album (and first American release) for the Swedish brother-sister electro-pop duo of Olof Dreijer and Karin Dreijer Andersson.
| LABEL: | Mute / Brille / Rabid |
| RELEASE DATE: | 25 July 2006 |
| DISCS: | 1 disc |
| GENRE(S): | Indie, Rock, Electronic |
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The average user rating for this album is 8.5 (out of 10) based on 61 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
G C. gave it an8:
I listened to this CD for the first time today, and... wow! If I'd have known from day one how awesome this album is, I'd have bought it earlier. Sonic cathedrals, indeed. Also: please don't diss Q too much. I used to read it, and while I now see how crappy it is, it did help me in developing my musical taste. I read The Word now.
Harry G. gave it a10:
A different sound than Deep Cuts, more darker and manic.
Gerbil D. gave it a10:
Stunning album. Pulsing shimmering beats evoke a glassy Nordic world of shadowy forests and icy sea-scapes; sophisticated, at times heartrendingly beautiful (From Off To On) and at all times breathtaking.
Matt G gave it a10:
Easily the best album of 2006 in my opinion. The lyrics are powerful and enlightening, and i completely disagree with prefix magazine. The vocals are stripped of anything accessibly human, leaving nothing but emotion. I think it really shows how good of a singer she is to retain so much meaning in her words after all of the effects thrown onto her performance. There is much to experience with Silent Shout.
dan a. gave it an8:
Q out of touch recently? They've always been out of touch! They awarded Ladies and Gentlemen We're Floating in Space and The Soft Bulletin 2 stars! And a Semisonic album stars.
c. gave it a9:
i love the record, but it surprises me who else does. whenever i play it around those who have never heard it they always ask who it is and nod...
Spookrijder gave it a1:
This is a mystery to me. I mean, through all those years of listening to music, from pop ditties to improvised music, from jazz to hardcore, from electronic dance stuff to electronic abstract and/or noisy things, I can call myself without being pretentious as an openminded person when it concerns music at least, but this album... I just don't dig it. No matter how much I've tried, till today. Pitchfork Media put it as album of the year 2006, so let's try. I tend to trust them most of the time even if they tend to hype some bands or artists. I mean, the first Bloc Party's album is good, some tracks like the single "Banquet" is even extremely brilliant, but the album as a whole is, well, unbalanced in quality. The same for Franz Ferdinand. Anyway, back to The Knife. I didn't hear anything which could sound anything like brilliant there, the synths are totally old fashioned in the worst way, the melodies are simply so pedestrian a song like "Marble House" could gain some points at the Eurovision song contest, this is why I gave 1 as rating. They has been compared to Dead Can Dance... while I've never been a fan of that band, where is there any comparison? Lisa Gerrard's voice and investment in their songs is without questioning, but this girl Karin Dreijer Andersson don't even reach Agnetha or Frida from Abba while they are already less than average singers, but at least they brought some guts in their songs. Well, if somebody could explain me what I'm missing with The Knife, that somebody is welcome. I don't want to die stupid.
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