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.

Such an inventive and atmospheric record that you can still move to. Good work Q magazine for completely exagerating and distorting the review.

if you have friends who doubt the depth of techno/dance...or think its just too cold for music, give them this album. hands down the best record in 2006, this album flows beautifully. i m not even gonna try and explain the female voice which just adds another dimension to the cryptic sound, but not in a scary way, its welcoming. but once u are in u cant stop dancing, fast and slow and absorb that voice. after few listens the lyrics start to gain more light and you go even farther into this world created by this duo.… Expand

A stunning collection of songs. So much more than techno or "electric" though it may seem otherwise on the surface. My advice for approacing this band is similar to my advice for newcomers to Captain Beefheart. My lesson there is, "you must push the Captain away in order to embrace him." Here, it might be akin to, "you must puch the breakbeats away in order to embrace them." Or something along those lines. On about the 3rd or 4th listening the entire album changes. Once you become familiar with the songs they turn themsevles inside out and reveal their truer nature. And, yea, you can still boogie to em.… Expand

I can't understand how songs as "Like a Pen" can leave anyone unimpressed. Captivating music...

Adictive!, an album that feeds dreams and nightmares

The thrust of this album may be entirely democratic (that being the dual nature of the artists at hand) but surprisingly (or perhaps not so indeed) the results are not, in fact, if anything, they could be used as oligarchial. Take that as you will, if you need to, for in fact an album of this magnitude cannot be entirely neglected, if it can be neglected at all. It is with this in mind that we must now examine the album, not merely (although certainly this should be included wherein) as a musical object (that is, an object of beautiful sound, indeed sound art) but art as it is in and of itself, that is what is most essential although it is not of course entirely dominant. It is the history, the entirely length of all music and with that all sound and art that this album points to, if you get my drift, so we cannot be too damning in our critique, and with that, shoudl always cast a glance on the inspirations for the work, and with that lay part of the credit as well as part of the blame. Of course there is much more to be said, and much more to say, but in conclusion we must of course ad although to neglect it the realm of comercialism surely must always be at least a tainted virtue, it still, likely, is worthy of consideration if not full purchase.… Expand

That Q Magazine review infuriates me. I know the phrase gets thrown around a lot, but this is truly a masterwork, an essential modern album.

Q magazine makes entertainment weekly look intelligent. That's not a good thing. Buy this album.

Excellent. Very original.

Amazing! Scary, and beautiful! Top 5 best I have heard this year.

It took a couple of listens, but I think I get it. The "Gobblin' Glam" label is overwrought, but this is a fine album. The music is fresh and Karin Dreijer's vocals alone are worth the price of admission. I can leave her brother's Lurch-like meanderings, but their inventive electronica more than makes up for his shortcomings.

This is one of the most original and refreshing albums of the year. I'm quite wondering how much Q magazine knows about music. OK, I understand you don't like this kind of music, but a magazine has to be objectif. And if you fancy to be a magazine that reviews albums, you must admit this is pure quality.

No more 80s sounding. The whole 80s revival has run it course. Give it a rest!

This is the best record I have heard in years, it's close to perfect.

Wow, Q are so out of touch! What is wrong with them lately?

My favorite album of 2006. This is gonna be a classic. The Knife created an scary trip to some sort of dark electronica... too bad they probably won't make anymore.

This improves upon Deep Cuts in every possible way, and takes the sound in an ominously dark direction that is much improved to the basic synth pop stuff they were doing beforehand. "We Share Our Mother's Health" and "Marble House" are the standouts, showing the range of Karen's voice manipulation in the former, and Olof's amazing technical work in latter.

Wow! totally unique! wasn't sure at first, but seriously keep listening to it and you will fall deep into the darkly sinister world silent shout creates. Silent shout 9.3/10 Neverland 8.4/10 The Captain 8.6/10 We Share Our Mothers Health 9.1/10 Na Na Na 7.5/10 Marble House 8.9/10 Like A Pen 9.0/10 From Off To On 8.3/10 Forest Families 7.8/10 One Hit 8.3/10 Still Light 8.1/10 I budged it up to 9 for the overarching, incredibly dark, mysterious and sinister atmosphere achieved through each song on the entire album.… Expand

Ditto...but with Thom Yorke and The Mars Volta as the closest competition.

Album of the year so far...with little competition.

My favorite album since Illinois.

Wow, Q Magazine really dropped the ball on this one. I'm in disbelief at the ridiculously low rating, and I didn't even like the album as much as a lot of people I know. Anway, solid album. Not quite in the same teir as Notwist, 13 & God, Hood territory but still an interesting, extremely dark electronic album.

Why the f*ck would someone include Q magazine as a review source, people read that sh!t? delete that score and you'll end up with a more accurate overall.

I love that you took this path on your latest album! Big fan since the days of "Honey is Cool". Love the beats, and the wocals are still cutting edge.

This is a great album, and will be an album that I will go back to often, years from now. Definitely in my year end best list and most likely my album of the year.

We'd have have an 81 on our hands if it weren't for the idiocy of Q Magazine, just so you know.

This is the best thing I've heard all year. It's best played loud in a car when it rains. Some of the CD isn't really that dark (ignoring the lyrics). I just love this. It will be staying in my CD changer for a very long time.

After the mixed bag that was "Deep Cuts" I expected The Knife might be able to make good on the promise that was "Heartbeats" and make a Goldfrapp style synth pop masterpiece. Obviously, they had something else in mind. I gave this album three listens and just found it awful and dissapointing. I am a little surprised by the positive response both critically and from readers of this site. Makes me almost want to go back and take that fourth listen... if I only didn't suspect I would dislike it the same. Very dissapointing.… Expand

I've listened maybe 12 - 15 times now and quite like this album. Very modern, love the lyrics. I tell my friends it sounds like the "Anti-Abba"

Just awful.

This is a stunning album - and hard to describe. Uses sounds from various electronic genres but they mix together in a unique way. The most important thing is the songs - and they are the most consistent selection to be found on any album released this year.

hyperventilatingly addictive

The Knife's sound is unrivaled by pretty much anything else in music right now. They are daring and unique, and for that Silent Shout is an album that should be in everyone's collections.

A different sound than Deep Cuts, more darker and manic.

I love The Knife, and this album is quite decent. But "scary"? Absolutely not. This isn't "horror pop", it's "halloween pop". Anyone scared by this needs to listen to some Coil, Nurse With Wound, or even the newer Gary Numan releases... Overall worth hearing if not buying, but I wish Karin would write some lyrics that someone besides just HER would find emotional/intellectual merit in.

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.… Expand

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.… Expand

Stunning. Just, absolutely, defining electronica album. It's bleak descriptions, it's sounds flashing through your mind, it's videos you've seen and pondered about constantly, trying to solve their awkward puzzle, the haunting sound of the vocals, the grooves you fall in love with, without really recognizing it.. Just amazing. the title track is my personal favourite, with it's divine rythmn and lyrics. 'Na Na Na' is the only song, i just don't care for. I think it's the vocals, but i just can't seem to like that song. I did not, at all, like this album instantly, save the title track, and it takes, i would say, about 5-20 listens to realize the Swed siblings have created a near-masterpiece. 'Forest Families', 'Neverland' and 'Like A Pen' are other highlights, and are certainly not the only one's... Just stunning. I will also agree, that the vocals need adjusting too, they annoyed me immensely in the beginning. Wonderful.… Expand

"We Share Our Mother's Health" and "Silent Shout" alone give this a 10 in my opinion. The synth work and vocal distortions are masterful, all while Karen's voice still retains a sense of humanism, and at multiple times during the course of the CD, brilliance. It is unlike anything I've heard in electronica, nay, anywhere in a long time. I would highly recommend anyone out there to get the live DVD if available.… Expand

A Classic with simple sounds and simple beats that is just so different to anything going at the moment. Lyrically it's very deep but mesmerising arpeggios got me long before I even knew what she was signing about. The only 'criticism' i have is the synth sounds. not a criticism as such because they are great, but they sound too harsh for this album IMO. I'd love to hear the same sounds created on some old warm analogues...maybe that would ruin the overall experience though? Re:Spookrijder...I would say there is no enlightenment, if it ain't your bag then what can you do?? I will say though, the first thing that blew me away on this album was the intro to 'The Captain'...it's just shimmers like waves, relaxing the listener until that vocal comes in...then once the fantastic arp and beat comes in, forget about it. class.… Collapse

It would be the best executed electropop of the decade if some songs had not the exaggerated electronic vocals and the Eurovision Song contest feel in 1 or 2 songs. But the creativity is so damn big and some beats are amazingly innovative like "We Share Our Mother's Health".

best album of the year!

Silent Shout is a solid album that once you begin to digest, it presents a unique sound that will have you listening for more. It's dark sound definitely is an acquired taste and the album certainly is like nothing else I have listened to before. However, getting too attached to the album you will see it's simplicity (if that's the right word) but that isn't a bad thing when you realize how original it really is.… Expand

Near perfect. Silent Shout is everything that modern music should be.

Q magazine always try to be too clever and think its cool to bag albums that were lauded elsewhere. They even heaped scorn on the last Tom Waits album. And they used to diss Jamiroquai when he was popular then start praising him now that funk-disco is out of vogue. by the way, the knife's dark brooding electronica sounds pretty good to me.

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.

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...

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.

Well people from Q certainly have reason to feel like fools because 7 years later it's quite obvious that Silent Shout is modern masterpiece and one of very best albums of whole decade.