Silent Shout Explained

Silent Shout
Type:studio
Artist:the Knife
Cover:The Knife - Silent Shout (album).png
Recorded:March 2004 – November 2005 in Stockholm
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Label:Rabid
Producer:The Knife
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Silent Shout is the third studio album by Swedish electronic music duo the Knife, released on 17 February 2006 by Rabid Records. The album is darker than its predecessor, Deep Cuts (2003). It spawned four singles: "Silent Shout", "Marble House", "We Share Our Mothers' Health" and "Like a Pen".

The album, the music video for the title track and some of the press photos were inspired by the work of German-American animator Oskar Fischinger and the comic book series Black Hole by American cartoonist Charles Burns.[2]

A three-disc deluxe edition of Silent Shout was released in Europe on 2 July 2007 and in the US on 17 July. In addition to the studio album, this package includes the DVD (which contains the Knife's live concert in Gothenburg on 12 April 2006, as part of their Silent Shout tour, and all of the duo's music videos to date), as well as a CD of the concert's audio.

Music and composition

Silent Shout is a synth-pop[3] and techno[4] album. The collaboration between Olof and Karin Dreijer was described by the French pop culture magazine Magic as Jay-Jay Johanson meets Siouxsie.[5] Pitchfork viewed Karin's performance on the album as a "shrill voice (think Björk by way of Ari Up by way of Siouxsie Sioux by way of Mu's Mutsumi Kanamori)". Karin's multi-tracked vocals were frequently pitch-shifted to produce a "creepy result". The Austin Chronicle also said that sonically, the music merged "Siouxsie Sioux with Aphex Twin".[6]

Critical reception

Silent Shout received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 74, based on 22 reviews. Pitchfork named it the best album of 2006[7] and the title track the second best song.[8] The song was also listed at number 74 on the website's list of "The Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s",[9] while the album was placed at number 15 on its list of "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s".[10] The album placed 15th in The Wires year-end critics' poll.[11]

Resident Advisor named Silent Shout the second best album of 2006[12] and ninth best album of the 2000s decade.[13] In 2009, the album was included at number five on Clashs "Essential 50" list.[14] Silent Shout was placed at number 95 on Slant Magazines list of the best albums of the 2000s.[15] musicOMH, when compiling its "21 Best Albums of the 2000s" list, placed the album at number seven. On their "50 Greatest Albums of the 2000s" feature, Gigwise placed the album at number seven, calling it "ground-breaking" and stating, "On the first spin it's baffling, second it's intriguing, but many listens in and you realize that Karin and Dreijer have concocted a masterpiece of their genre."[16]

The album was ranked number 83 on Pitchforks People's List, a readers' poll of the 200 best albums from Pitchforks first 15 years (1996–2011).[17]

Commercial performance

As of January 2013, Silent Shout had sold 65,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[18] In October 2011, the album was awarded a gold certification from the Independent Music Companies Association (IMPALA), which indicated sales in excess of 75,000 copies throughout Europe.[19]

Track listing

Deluxe edition

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Silent Shout.[20]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2006–2007)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Australian Dance Albums (ARIA)[21] 15
European Albums (Billboard)[22] 55

Year-end charts

Chart (2006)! scope="col"
Position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[23] 46

Release history

Region! scope="col"
DateEditionLabel
Sweden17 February 2006StandardRabid[24]
Germany17 March 2006V2[25]
United Kingdom20 March 2006Brille[26]
Australia17 May 2006Hussle[27]
Sweden2 July 2006DeluxeRabid[28]
United KingdomBrille[29]
United States17 July 2006Mute[30]
25 July 2006Standard[31]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mark. Pytlik. The Knife: Silent Shout Album Review. . February 13, 2006. April 29, 2023.
  2. Web site: McLean . Craig . The Knife – Biography . TheKnife.net . January 2006 . 24 September 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101010235756/http://theknife.net/biography . 10 October 2010.
  3. Web site: Weiss . Dan . The Knife: Shaking the Habitual . . 9 April 2013 . 19 March 2016.
  4. Web site: Myers . Owen . The Knife On Silent Shout, 10 Years Later . . 12 February 2016 . 19 March 2016.
  5. Web site: Alexandre . Cognard . The Knife Silent Shout . Magic RPM . fr . 9 November 2007 . 27 August 2011.
  6. Web site: Stevens . Darcie . The Knife Silent Shout (Mute) [review] ]. . 6 October 2006 . 2 July 2020.
  7. Web site: Top 50 Albums of 2006 . Pitchfork . 19 December 2006 . 19 December 2006 . 29 February 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160229080649/http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/6510-top-50-albums-of-2006/5/ . dead .
  8. Web site: The Top 100 Tracks of 2006 . Pitchfork . 18 December 2006 . 31 March 2007.
  9. Web site: The Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s . Pitchfork . 19 August 2009 . 4 October 2009.
  10. Web site: The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s . Pitchfork . 2 October 2009 . 4 October 2009 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083650/http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7710-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-20-1/ . dead .
  11. Rewind 2006: 50 Records of the Year . . 275 . January 2007 . 35 . subscription . Exact Editions.
  12. Web site: RA Poll: Top 5 albums of 2006 . . 18 December 2006 . 4 October 2009.
  13. Web site: RA Poll: Top 100 albums of the '00s . Resident Advisor . 25 January 2010 . 21 February 2010.
  14. Web site: Clash Essential 50 . . 20 April 2009 . 22 April 2009.
  15. Web site: Best of the Aughts: Albums . Slant Magazine . 1 February 2010 . 10 February 2010.
  16. Web site: Gigwise: The 50 Greatest albums of the 2000s . . 17 September 2009 . 17 July 2013.
  17. Web site: People's List . Pitchfork . 21 August 2012 . 23 August 2012.
  18. Lipshutz . Jason . The Knife's 'Shaking The Habitual': 10 Things You Need To Know . . 28 January 2013 . 18 September 2017.
  19. Web site: As Adele hits thirteen times platinum across Europe, over 60 artists pick up IMPALA Sales Awards, including Manel, Bon Iver, Miossec, dEUS, Agnes Obel and The Horrors. . . 12 October 2011 . 30 October 2017 . 7 November 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171107023149/http://www.impalamusic.org/arc_static/docum/04-press/2011/PR%20-%2020111012.htm . dead .
  20. Silent Shout . liner notes . . . 2006 . RABID 030.
  21. ARIA Dance – Week Commencing 12th June 2006 . . 849 . 12 June 2006 . 13 . 9 February 2022 . . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080222222440/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20060620-0000/issue849.pdf . 22 February 2008 . dead.
  22. European Albums – Week of March 11, 2006 . Billboard . 24 September 2010.
  23. Web site: Årslista Album – År 2006 . sv . . 19 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180331040056/http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/netdata/ghl002.mbr/lista?liid=83&dfom=20060001&navi=no . 31 March 2018.
  24. Web site: Silent Shout – Knife . CDON . sv . Sweden . 24 September 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111005184702/http://cdon.se/musik/knife/silent_shout-553848 . 5 October 2011.
  25. Web site: Silent Shout: The Knife . . de . Germany . 9 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150302202821/http://www.amazon.de/Silent-Shout-Knife/dp/B000ECXX4O . 2 March 2015.
  26. Web site: Knife: Silent Shout . . 24 September 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120925072705/http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;1;-1;-1;-1&sku=486954 . 25 September 2012.
  27. Web site: Silent Shout – The Knife . . 27 August 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180330204527/https://www.sanity.com.au/products/2006184/Silent_Shout . 30 March 2018 . live.
  28. Web site: Silent Shout Deluxe Box (2CD+1DVD) – Knife . CDON . sv . Sweden . 24 September 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120229141003/http://cdon.se/musik/knife/silent_shout_deluxe_box_(2cd+1dvd)-768892 . 29 February 2012.
  29. Web site: Knife: Silent Shout: Deluxe Edition: 2cd: Includes Dvd . HMV . 24 September 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120925072724/http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;1;-1;-1;-1&sku=668915 . 25 September 2012.
  30. Web site: Silent Shout [Deluxe Edition] ]. Amazon . United States . 27 August 2011.
  31. Web site: Silent Shout: The Knife . Amazon . United States . 27 August 2011.

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