What Silence Knows | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Shara Nelson |
Cover: | Shara nelson - what silence knows (1993).jpg |
Border: | yes |
Released: | [1] |
Length: | 48:18 |
Label: | Cooltempo |
Producer: | Michael Peden |
Next Title: | Friendly Fire |
Next Year: | 1995 |
What Silence Knows is the debut solo album by English singer Shara Nelson, released in September 1993 on Cooltempo Records. It includes five singles which reached the UK Singles Chart: "Down That Road", "One Goodbye in Ten", "Inside Out", "Uptight" and "Nobody".[2] The album peaked at No. 22 on the UK Albums Chart and was later certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry for sales in excess of 100,000 copies.[3]
The album was shortlisted for the 1994 Mercury Music Prize.[4]
Alan Jones from Music Week wrote, "A glittering solo debut for this talented vocalist. The current single, "One Goodbye in Ten", is particularly fine: arich string arrangement underpinning a Sixties feel. Other tracks, such as "Nobody", recall her past with Massive Attack, while the vox/piano style of "Inside Out" has a haunting, stark beauty. Could be a Dina Carroll-style breakout."
Chart (1993) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums Chart[5] | 131 |
Austrian Albums Chart[6] | 32 |
UK Albums Chart[7] | 22 |
Year | Single | UK chart |
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1993 | "Down That Road" | 19 |
"One Goodbye in Ten" | 21 | |
"Inside Out" | – | |
1994 | "Uptight" | 19 |
"Nobody" | 49 | |
"Inside Out" / "Down That Road" (remix) | 34 |