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Silent Shout
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Price: $10.21
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0724596932629
Label: Mute U.S.
Manufacturer: Mute U.S.
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Mute U.S.
Release Date: 2006-07-25
Studio: Mute U.S.
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Customer reviews of Silent Shout
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Customer Rating: 
Summary: incredible!
Comment: I bought this because it was listed on Pitchfork as the best album of 2006. I was skeptical, but bought anyway. My music vocabulary isn't extent enough tto describe the layered greatness of this album. By far the best thing I've heard in the last six months. If you love electronic beats, get it!
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Sharp improvement
Comment: What a difference two years makes, it seems. The Knife's last album was so overwhelming and uneven that one had to wonder if they were nothing more than a sub-par singles group. But with Silent Shout they prove they're capable of producing consistent albums and dominating the genre not with overplayed pop hooks but dark and atmospheric soundscapes punctuated by sharp bursts of light.
True, the album does have a few losers along the way (the overcooked and cartoonish "One Hit," the shrugworthy "Na Na Na," and the rhythmically-challenged "From Off to On") but even these lesser moments fit in so naturally with the rest of the album that it's difficult to think of a truly good reason to skip them. Meanwhile, "Marble House" shows a new direction for the band while "Neverland" sounds like a possible leftover from Deep Cuts, a sibling to their catchy hit, "Heartbeats," but with greater purpose and a stronger dynamic within the current mix. Even the iffy early single, "We Share Out Mother's Health," emerges as a surprisingly solid moment. They still have work to do, but suddenly the Knife shows promise where they once only showed missed opportunity.
Best cuts: "Marble House," "Neverland," "Forest Families," "Like a Pen," "Silent Shout," "Still Light," "We Share Our Mother's Health," "The Captain"
Customer Rating:
Summary: Conventionally Electronic?
Comment: I listen to a decent amount of heavily-electronic artists, but wow!, when I appropriated Silent Shout into my rotation, I'd not the faintest idea how quickly it would rise to the top and remain there. It is going to take an utter masterpiece to even come close to touching the third release of The Knife. This, like many others have asserted, is not for your casual listener. I know from several of my friends' reactions that this music is addicting but can be quite macabre at times. Not that it makes much difference, but until I read that Olaf lays down no vocals on this album, I myself was more fearful of it. I guess the discovery that Karin does all the vocals (even the terrifying chants of "One Hit") brings the album down to reality: that this is a human being, whose voice is tweaked further than most artists would ever fathom, not some monster providing vocals; although, incidentally, the song is sung from the perspective of a monster of sorts: a misogynistic one. This album is avant-garde mainly because it does what most other electronic albums don't; it simultaneously sounds like it was produced with a computer but not pre-programmed. When I listen to many electronic albums I get the impression that the artist is simply laying down vocals on beats that came with their machine, rather than creating anything remotely interesting, worthwhile or unique. No matter how dancy Silent Shout gets there is an omnipresent and insidious gloom lurking about in each song. Take the album as a whole, give it a few listens and check out the title track, "Neverland", "We Share Our Mother's Health", "Marble House" and "Like A Pen" if you are skeptical. Although their previous two releases are better than most electronic albums, The Knife, like wine and some cheeses, get better with age.
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Summary: Catchy but not warm
Comment: While this is a very innovative album, I would offer caution to anyone diving in without knowing the content. The album is not listener friendly. It demands a familiarity of electronic music and especially IDM to appreciate some of the tunes these two put together. Some of the vocoder manipulations of the vocals can be disturbing. However, the music itself is very catchy and enjoyable. All it takes is a matter of getting past the arm that The Knife puts out to keep people from immersing themselves in this album. The uptempo beat tracks are the standouts. However, almost half the album wallows in downtempo stretches that can test the patience of the mainstream ear. Overall, the album is very well produced with interesting electronic arrangements. However, the album as a whole is not one that I connect with emotionally. Not that this music makes any attempt at human warmth.
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Summary: believe in this record
Comment: I am always skeptical but never fail to be blown away by the superb recommendations of the mighty indie music juggernaut Pitchforkmedia. It was only a short time ago that I half heartedly accepted listening to The Knife over a half year after Pitchfork announced it as their number one album of 2006. Initial listens confirmed my apathy, splaying taboo euro-techno drums and synths with awkward, processed vocals. I don't know quite what compelled me to make repeated listens really, but those subsequent listens have absolutely floored me. I have literally had the album on repeat amongst scores of incredible, enticing new music that I could be listening to. It is the first album to do that to me since Joanna Newsom's Ys. I feel like I can't keep listening to Silent Shout or else my 2006 gem (and my #1 of '06), Joanna Newsom's Ys, may be in danger of a retrospective rank toppling. That type of talk may just be from shock but it still isn't verifiably impossible. The Knife's Silent Shout is an absolutely unequivocal modern masterpiece. The difficulty is becoming familiar with and used to instrumentation that seemed to played out even in its hayday of the 80's. As previously experienced, you will likely play the first tracks and be wondering to yourself how anyone got suckered into buying into this Swedish hype. Patience though is the key here. The album must be consumed as a whole - only then will the kitschiness dissipate and the pure satisfaction of the album bleeds through. Slowly, one by one, every element from the seemingly inadequate drum machine to the apparently juvenile vocals will find their place and suddenly there is no turning back- you have already listened to the album 5 times in a row.
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