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This is a pompous, blandly histrionic album, faintly monumental in its drabness.
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Defiantly sappy, Silence Is Easy survives mostly on Walsh's oddly graceful singing. Unfortunately, the music on the whole is prosaic, even boring at times.
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'Silence Is Easy' is non-challenging "pretty pretty" music for early-ageing types who might recoil at anything without an acoustic guitar and tomtoms.
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[Starsailor] sounds more confident than ever.
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There's little to object to on Silence Is Easy, but just as little to distinguish Starsailor's second effort from the many sound-alike albums sure to follow this year.
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Q MagazineStarsailor, then: not very exciting, but damned reliable. [Oct 2003, p.117]
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The reliance on stately balladry can be yawnsome. But this is attractive listening, and it's hard not to be moved by its tenderness.
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MojoAnother like this and they should consider naming themselves after a different Tim Buckley album--Look At The Fool, for instance. [Oct 2003, p.107]
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UncutFalls into an identikit pattern of string-laden sentiment. [Oct 2003, p.120]
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BlenderProblem is, 23-year-old frontman James Walsh remains the same sap. [Jan 2004, p.109]
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Sounds like Coldplay covering Barry Manilow.
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Alternative PressJames Walsh does have a beautiful voice, but unfortunately, it's not enough to illuminate Starsailor from the shadow of British bands like Travis and Coldplay. [Feb 2004, p.90]
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FilterIf all goes well, people will forego the bad songs and concentrate on the really good ones, and Starsailor will get the message to go subtle and tight. [#8, p.102]
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Entertainment WeeklyFar from a perfect next step, Silence suffers from some slight songs. [23/30 Jan 2004, p.98]
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SpinThe 'Sailor can often sound a little too elfin even by the standards of the early '70s orchestral folk rock they love. [Jan 2004, p.100]
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Silence is easy, and apparently being boring is, too.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 9 out of 13
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Mixed: 2 out of 13
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Negative: 2 out of 13
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FaresNNov 6, 2004
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JonBMar 2, 2004fairly boring, fairly one-paced, fairly uninvolving, buy the song silence is easy on single or download but don't bother with the whole album..
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TimSJan 24, 2004Shite!