Silence Is Easy
by Starsailor
  • Record Label: EMI
  • Release Date: Jan 27, 2004
Metascore
53

Mixed or average reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 16
  3. Negative: 1 out of 16
  1. Alternative Press
    40
    James 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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  2. Blender
    40
    Problem is, 23-year-old frontman James Walsh remains the same sap. [Jan 2004, p.109]
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  3. Mojo
    40
    Another 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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  5. Pitchfork
    49
    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.
  6. Playlouder
    60
    'Silence Is Easy' is non-challenging "pretty pretty" music for early-ageing types who might recoil at anything without an acoustic guitar and tomtoms.
  7. PopMatters
    40
    Silence is easy, and apparently being boring is, too.
  8. Q Magazine
    60
    Starsailor, then: not very exciting, but damned reliable. [Oct 2003, p.117]
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  9. Rolling Stone
    40
    Sounds like Coldplay covering Barry Manilow.
  10. The A.V. Club
    60
    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.
  11. The Guardian
    60
    The reliance on stately balladry can be yawnsome. But this is attractive listening, and it's hard not to be moved by its tenderness.
  12. Uncut
    40
    Falls into an identikit pattern of string-laden sentiment. [Oct 2003, p.120]
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User Score
7.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 13 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 13
  3. Negative: 2 out of 13
  1. FaresN
    Nov 6, 2004
    9
    Much better than Coldplay, great vocals and I love the sound. It's not much of an improvement on the first album, but not by any means a Much better than Coldplay, great vocals and I love the sound. It's not much of an improvement on the first album, but not by any means a disappointment… Full Review »
  2. JonB
    Mar 2, 2004
    4
    fairly boring, fairly one-paced, fairly uninvolving, buy the song silence is easy on single or download but don't bother with the whole album..
  3. TimS
    Jan 24, 2004
    1
    Shite!
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