Quiet Is the New Loud
| Quiet is the New Loud | ||||
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| Studio album by Kings of Convenience | ||||
| Released | March 6, 2001 | |||
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| Length | 44:59 | |||
| Label | Astralwerks | |||
| Producer | Kings of Convenience, Ken Nelson | |||
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Quiet Is the New Loud is the debut album by Norwegian indie pop duo Kings of Convenience, released on March 6, 2001 by Astralwerks.
Critical reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 71/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| The Guardian | [3] |
| NME | 8/10[4] |
| Pitchfork Media | 5.2/10[5] |
| Q | [6] |
Quiet Is the New Loud received mostly positive reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 71, based on 11 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[1]
Track listing
All tracks written by Eirik Glambek Bøe and Erlend Øye, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Winning a Battle, Losing the War" | 3:54 | |
| 2. | "Toxic Girl" | 3:09 | |
| 3. | "Singing Softly to Me" | 3:09 | |
| 4. | "I Don't Know What I Can Save You From" | 4:37 | |
| 5. | "Failure" | 3:33 | |
| 6. | "The Weight of My Words" | 4:07 | |
| 7. | "The Girl from Back Then" | 2:29 | |
| 8. | "Leaning Against the Wall" | 3:18 | |
| 9. | "Little Kids" | 3:46 | |
| 10. | "Summer on the Westhill" | 4:33 | |
| 11. | "The Passenger" | 3:13 | |
| 12. | "Parallel Lines" |
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5:11 |
Total length: |
44:59 | ||
All tracks written by Eirik Glambek Bøe and Erlend Øye, except "Manhattan Skyline" by Magne Furuholmen and Pål Waaktaar.
| Bonus tracks | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 13. | "Manhattan Skyline" (A-ha cover) | 4:17 |
| 14. | "Envoy" | 3:10 |
| 15. | "Once Around the Block" | 2:23 |
Total length: |
54:49 | |
Personnel
- Kings of Convenience
- Erlend Øye – steel string acoustic and electric guitars, harmony (all but 5) and lead (5) vocals, piano, drums, percussion, string arrangements
- Eirik Glambek Bøe – nylon string acoustic and electric guitars, lead (all but 5) and harmony (5) vocals, piano, drums, string arrangements
- Additional musicians
- Ian Bracken – cello (4, 5, 8, 10)
- Matt McGeever – cello (1)
- Ben Dumville – trumpet (3)
- Tarjei Strøm – drum fills (5)
References
- 1 2 "Reviews for Quiet Is the New Loud by Kings of Convenience". Metacritic. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
- ↑ DiGravina, Tim. "Quiet Is the New Loud – Kings of Convenience". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
- ↑ "Amazing grace". The Guardian. 26 January 2001. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
- ↑ Gardner, Noel (27 January 2001). "Kings Of Convenience : Quiet Is The New Loud". NME. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
- ↑ Juzwiak, Richard M. (6 March 2001). "Kings of Convenience: Quiet Is the New Loud". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
- ↑ "Kings of Convenience: Quiet Is the New Loud". Q (174): 107. March 2001.
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