What Silence Knows

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What Silence Knows
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Studio album by
Shara Nelson
Released20 September 1993 (1993-09-20)[1]
Genre
Length48:18
LabelCooltempo
ProducerMichael Peden
Shara Nelson chronology
What Silence Knows
(1993) 		Friendly Fire
(1995)
Singles from What Silence Knows
  1. "Down That Road"
    Released: 12 July 1993[2]
  2. "One Goodbye in Ten"
    Released: 1993
  3. "Inside Out"
    Released: 8 November 1993[3]
  4. "Uptight"
    Released: 31 January 1994[4]
  5. "Nobody"
    Released: 23 May 1994[5]
  6. "Inside Out" / "Down That Road (remix)"
    Released: 30 August 1994[6]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Chicago Reader(favorable)[7]
Los Angeles TimesStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[8]
Melody Maker(favorable)[9]
Music WeekStarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[10]
NME6/10[11]
SelectStarStarStarFile:U+25A1.svgFile:U+25A1.svg[12]
Spin(favorable)[13]

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".[14] The album peaked at No. 22 on the UK Albums Chart[15] and was later certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry for sales in excess of 100,000 copies.[16]

The album was shortlisted for the 1994 Mercury Music Prize.[17]

Critical reception

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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] Adam Higginbotham from Select said, "It's a tremendous soul album, with Nelson's searing voice matched to a full spectrum of musical textures and resonant lyrics that will frighten the pants off Derek and Shirley canoodling on the sofa in Swindon."[12]

Track listing

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  1. "Nobody" (Shara Nelson, Kenny Nicholas, Trevor Jacobs, Suni Suleynan) – 4:22
  2. "Pain Revisited" (Shara Nelson, Howie Bernstein) – 5:16
  3. "One Goodbye in Ten" (Shara Nelson, Bob Stanley, Pete Wiggs) – 5:50
  4. "Inside Out" (Shara Nelson, Kevin Armstrong) – 3:19
  5. "Uptight" (Shara Nelson, Prince Be) – 5:04
  6. "Down That Road" (Shara Nelson, Prince Be) – 5:15
  7. "Chance" (Shara Nelson, Kenny Nicholas, Trevor Jacobs, Suni Suleynan) – 3:58
  8. "Thoughts of You" (Shara Nelson, John Coxon) – 4:16
  9. "How Close" (Shara Nelson, Prince Be) – 3:59
  10. "What Silence Knows" (Shara Nelson, Style Scott) – 6:59

Personnel

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  • Shara Nelson – vocals
  • Billy Liesegang, G.A. Parricelli – guitar
  • Mike Peden – bass
  • Mel Wesson – keyboards, synthesizer
  • Michael Timothy, Pete Wingfield – keyboards
  • Rupert Brown, Trevor Murrell – drums
  • Miles Bould – percussion
  • Lyn Gerald, Tee Green – backing vocals
  • Philip D. Todd – flute, electronic wind instrument
  • London Session Orchestra – strings
  • Nick Ingman – string arrangements
  • Gavyn Wright – orchestral leader and conductor

Charts

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Album

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Chart (1993) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[18] 131
Austrian Albums Chart[19] 32
UK Albums Chart[15] 22

Singles

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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

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