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Silence Is Easy
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53

Mixed or average reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews What's this?

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7.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 13 Ratings

  • Summary: The sophomore effort for the English quartet includes two tracks produced by the legendary (and allegedly homicidal) Phil Spector, with the remainder handled by John Leckie and Danton Suppie.

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Four To The Floor
With hand on heart you right from the start, You taught me to take my part No cross to bear No reason to care My life was all up in air Four to the... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 16
  3. Negative: 1 out of 16
  1. E! Online
    91
    [Starsailor] sounds more confident than ever.
  2. Filter
    76
    If 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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  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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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  6. Uncut
    40
    Falls into an identikit pattern of string-laden sentiment. [Oct 2003, p.120]
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  7. Dot Music
    30
    This is a pompous, blandly histrionic album, faintly monumental in its drabness.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 9
  3. Negative: 2 out of 9
  1. stefanoss
    Sep 27, 2003
    10
    The best
  2. Well
    Oct 13, 2003
    10
    This is my favorite!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  4. JaneR
    Nov 28, 2003
    10
    'Born again' lifted me from my not-another-weekday/career-crisis blues when it graced my shower radio with its presence- thankyou 'Born again' lifted me from my not-another-weekday/career-crisis blues when it graced my shower radio with its presence- thankyou starsailor-there is hope!… Expand
  5. LiamB
    Dec 10, 2003
    9
    A superb album, yet with not enough to just push it into 10 mark territory.
  6. stk
    Oct 25, 2003
    7
    expected more...still love them...
  7. 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..
  8. IanW
    Oct 4, 2003
    1
    A most forgettable CD, bought on the strengh of Silence is easy, the resto fthe album could have been improved by being that, silent.

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