- Record Label: Source / Astralwerks
- Release Date: Mar 6, 2001
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MagnetThe guitars are gorgeously recorded, the vocals are gently understated and the occasional keyboards are carefully mixed into the background with a simple, earnest warmth. [#49, p.79]
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Produced by Ken Nelson, who was also responsible for Badly Drawn Boy's Bewilderbeast, Quiet Is the New Loud is equally praiseworthy, as the band conjures up the spirit of Nick Drake with eerie precision.
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There's lashings of charm in the way the songs unfurl, touch upon an array of ethereal womenfolk and end, having gone nowhere much, but prettily.
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They also have a swell way with a tune, constructing deceptively simple melodies that lodge themselves effortlessly into your head. That's no small thing and the "gentleness" and understated quality tends to make the musical achievement seem less than obvious.
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Quiet Is The New Loud captures coffee-shop folk without its twee indulgences.
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Shifting from light and airy to a sort of mild bossa-nova groove on a few tracks, Kings of Convenience throw in just enough variation to keep things interesting, without snapping the listener out of the dreamy daze they've induced.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 13 out of 16
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Mixed: 0 out of 16
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Negative: 3 out of 16
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RussBJun 4, 2006
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EricNov 1, 2001
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KurtS.Oct 26, 2001