Silent Shout

This article is about the album. For the song, see Silent Shout (song). For the live DVD, see Silent Shout: An Audio Visual Experience.
Silent Shout
Studio album by The Knife
Released 17 February 2006 (2006-02-17)
Recorded March 2004 – November 2005 in Stockholm
Genre
Length 48:36
Label Rabid
Producer The Knife
The Knife chronology
Hannah med H Soundtrack
(2003)		 Silent Shout
(2006)		 Tomorrow, In a Year
(2010)
Singles from Silent Shout
  1. "Silent Shout"
    Released: 20 February 2006
  2. "Marble House"
    Released: 1 March 2006
  3. "We Share Our Mothers' Health"
    Released: May 2006
  4. "Like a Pen"
    Released: 16 October 2006

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, 2003's Deep Cuts.[3] 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 Black Hole by American cartoonist Charles Burns.[4]

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 Silent Shout: An Audio Visual Experience (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

The album was compared to a movie soundtrack of a thriller shot in the mountains. The collaboration between Olof Dreijer and Karin Dreijer Andersson was described by the French pop culture magazine Magic as Jay Jay Johanson meets Siouxsie.[5] Pitchfork saw Andersson'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)".[3] Her multi-tracked vocals were produced in a peculiar way to produce a "creepy result".[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic74/100[6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]
The Guardian[8]
The Irish Times[9]
MSN MusicA−[10]
The Observer[11]
Pitchfork8.6/10[3]
Resident Advisor3.5/5[12]
Slant Magazine[13]
Spin[14]
Uncut[15]

Silent Shout received very 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, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[6] Pitchfork named it the best album of 2006,[16] with its title track being ranked the second best song of the year.[17] The song was also listed at number 74 on the website's list of The Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s,[18] while the album was placed at number 15 on its list of The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s.[19]

Resident Advisor named Silent Shout the second best album of 2006[20] and ninth best album of the 2000s decade.[21] In 2009, the album was included at number five on Clash's Essential 50 list.[22] Silent Shout was placed at number 95 on Slant Magazine's list of the best albums of the 2000s.[23] musicOMH, when compiling its "21 Best Albums of the 2000s", placed the album at number seven. In their "50 Greatest albums of the 2000s" feature, Gigwise placed the album at number seven, calling it "ground-breaking" and stating that "On the first spin it’s baffling, second it’s intriguing, but many listens in and you realize that Karin and Olaf Dreijer have concocted a masterpiece of their genre." [24]

The album was ranked number 83 on Pitchfork's People's List, a readers' poll of the 200 best albums from Pitchfork's first 15 years (1996–2011).[25]

Track listing

All tracks written by The Knife, except where noted. 

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Silent Shout"   4:53
2."Neverland"   3:38
3."The Captain"   6:08
4."We Share Our Mothers' Health"   4:11
5."Na Na Na"   2:27
6."Marble House"  
5:18
7."Like a Pen"   6:13
8."From Off to On"   3:58
9."Forest Families"   4:08
10."One Hit"   4:27
11."Still Light"   3:15
Total length:48:36

Deluxe edition

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Silent Shout.[26]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2006–07) Peak
position
Australian Dance Albums Chart[27] 15
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[28] 47
European Top 100 Albums[29] 55
Norwegian Albums Chart[30] 25
Swedish Albums Chart[31] 1
US Top Electronic Albums[32] 12

Year-end charts

Chart (2006) Position
Swedish Albums Chart[33] 46

Release history

Region Date Edition Label
Sweden[34] 17 February 2006 Standard Rabid
Germany[35] 17 March 2006 V2
United Kingdom[36] 20 March 2006 Brille
Australia[37] 17 May 2006 Hussle
Sweden[38] 2 July 2006 Deluxe Rabid
United Kingdom[39] Brille
United States[40][41] 17 July 2006 Mute
25 July 2006 Standard

References

  1. ↑ Weiss, Dan (9 April 2013). "The Knife: Shaking the Habitual". Paste. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Myers, Owen (12 February 2016). "The Knife On Silent Shout, 10 Years Later". The Fader. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Pytlik, Mark (13 February 2006). "The Knife: Silent Shout". Pitchfork. Retrieved 13 March 2006.
  4. ↑ McLean, Craig (January 2006). "The Knife – Biography". theknife.net. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  5. ↑ Cognard, Alexandre (9 November 2007). "The Knife Silent Shout". Magic RPM (in French). Retrieved 27 August 2011.
  6. 1 2 "Reviews for Silent Shout by The Knife". Metacritic. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
  7. ↑ Phares, Heather. "Silent Shout – The Knife". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 January 2007.
  8. ↑ Lynskey, Dorian (24 March 2006). "The Knife, Silent Shout". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  9. ↑ Carroll, Jim (29 June 2007). "The Knife: Silent Shout – Deluxe Edition (Brille/Rabid)". The Irish Times. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  10. ↑ Christgau, Robert (February 2007). "Consumer Guide". MSN Music. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  11. ↑ Swash, Rosie (19 March 2006). "The Knife, Silent Shout". The Observer. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  12. ↑ Iqbal, Mohson (23 March 2006). "The Knife – Silent Shout". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 13 March 2006.
  13. ↑ Keefe, Jonathan (24 July 2006). "The Knife: Silent Shout". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  14. ↑ Stosuy, Brandon (August 2006). "The Knife: Silent Shout". Spin. 22 (8): 80. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  15. ↑ "The Knife: Silent Shout". Uncut (107): 110. April 2006.
  16. ↑ "Top 50 Albums of 2006". Pitchfork. 19 December 2006. Retrieved 19 December 2006.
  17. ↑ "The Top 100 Tracks of 2006". Pitchfork. 18 December 2006. Retrieved 31 March 2007.
  18. ↑ "The Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s". Pitchfork. 19 August 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2009.
  19. ↑ "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s". Pitchfork. 2 October 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2009.
  20. ↑ "RA Poll: Top 5 albums of 2006". Resident Advisor. 18 December 2006. Retrieved 4 October 2009.
  21. ↑ "RA Poll: Top 100 albums of the '00s". Resident Advisor. 25 January 2010. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
  22. ↑ "Clash Essential 50". Clash. 20 April 2009. Retrieved 22 April 2009.
  23. ↑ "Best of the Aughts: Albums". Slant Magazine. 1 February 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  24. ↑ "Gigwise: The 50 Greatest albums of the 2000s". Gigwise. 17 September 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  25. ↑ "People's List". Pitchfork. 21 August 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  26. ↑ Silent Shout (CD liner notes). The Knife. Rabid Records. 2006. RABID 030.
  27. ↑ "ARIA Dance – Week Commencing 12th June 2006" (PDF). ARIA Charts (849): 13. 12 June 2006. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
  28. ↑ "The Knife – Silent Shout" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
  29. ↑ "European Albums – Week of March 11, 2006". Billboard. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  30. ↑ "The Knife – Silent Shout". norwegiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
  31. ↑ "The Knife – Silent Shout". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  32. ↑ "The Knife Album & Song Chart History – Dance/Electronic Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  33. ↑ "Årslista Album – År 2006" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  34. ↑ "Silent Shout – Knife" (in Swedish). CDON.se. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  35. ↑ "Silent Shout: The Knife" (in German). Amazon.de. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  36. ↑ "Knife: Silent Shout". HMV. Archived from the original on 25 September 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  37. ↑ "Silent Shout – The Knife". Sanity. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
  38. ↑ "Silent Shout Deluxe Box (2CD+1DVD) – Knife" (in Swedish). CDON.se. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  39. ↑ "Knife: Silent Shout: Deluxe Edition: 2cd: Includes Dvd". HMV. Archived from the original on 25 September 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  40. ↑ "Silent Shout [Deluxe Edition]". Amazon.com. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
  41. ↑ "Silent Shout: The Knife". Amazon.com. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
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