What Silence Knows | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 20 September 1993[1] | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 48:18 | |||
Label | Cooltempo | |||
Producer | Michael Peden | |||
Shara Nelson chronology | ||||
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Singles from What Silence Knows | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Chicago Reader | (favorable) [7] |
Los Angeles Times | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Melody Maker | (favorable) [9] |
Music Week | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
NME | 6/10 [11] |
Spin | (favorable) [12] |
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". [13] The album peaked at No. 22 on the UK Albums Chart [14] and was later certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry for sales in excess of 100,000 copies. [15]
The album was shortlisted for the 1994 Mercury Music Prize. [16]
Alan Jones from Music Week wrote, "A glittering solo debut for this talented vocalist. The current single, " One Goodbye in Ten", is particularly fine: a rich 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." [10]
Chart (1993) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums Chart [17] | 131 |
Austrian Albums Chart [18] | 32 |
UK Albums Chart [14] | 22 |
Year | Single | UK chart [14] |
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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 |
What Silence Knows | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 20 September 1993[1] | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 48:18 | |||
Label | Cooltempo | |||
Producer | Michael Peden | |||
Shara Nelson chronology | ||||
| ||||
Singles from What Silence Knows | ||||
|
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Chicago Reader | (favorable) [7] |
Los Angeles Times | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Melody Maker | (favorable) [9] |
Music Week | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
NME | 6/10 [11] |
Spin | (favorable) [12] |
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". [13] The album peaked at No. 22 on the UK Albums Chart [14] and was later certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry for sales in excess of 100,000 copies. [15]
The album was shortlisted for the 1994 Mercury Music Prize. [16]
Alan Jones from Music Week wrote, "A glittering solo debut for this talented vocalist. The current single, " One Goodbye in Ten", is particularly fine: a rich 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." [10]
Chart (1993) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums Chart [17] | 131 |
Austrian Albums Chart [18] | 32 |
UK Albums Chart [14] | 22 |
Year | Single | UK chart [14] |
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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 |