Silence Is Easy
Silence Is Easy is the second studio album by indie rock group Starsailor, released in September 2003. The album cover is loosely based on Echo & the Bunnymen's Heaven Up Here. The song Some of Us was featured in an episode of Bones entitled A Boy in a Bush[1] and in the closing credits of the Belgian film The Memory of a Killer (a.k.a. The Alzheimer Case). In the UK, the album was certified gold in 2003.[2]
Track listing
- "Music Was Saved" – 2:59
- "Fidelity" – 2:22
- "Some of Us" – 3:37
- "Silence Is Easy" – 3:39
- "Telling Them" – 4:49
- "Shark Food" – 3:33
- "Bring My Love" – 2:19
- "White Dove" – 3:51
- "Four to the Floor" – 4:11
- "Born Again" (2003 version) – 6:01
- "Restless Heart" – 2:00
- "Could You Be Mine?" - 3:33 (North American bonus track)
- "At the End of the Show" - 4:12 (North American bonus track)
Limited Edition Bonus CD
A limited edition of the album features a second CD which includes five remixes of Starsailor singles:
- "Four to the Floor (Thin White Duke Mix)"
- "Four to the Floor (Soulsavers Remix)"
- "Poor Misguided Fool (Soulsavers Remix)"
- "Good Souls (Echoboy Remix)"
- "Good Souls (Soulsavers Remix)"
Chart positions
Country |
Peak
position |
Certification |
Sales |
United Kingdom[3] |
2 |
Gold |
270000+ |
Belgium Albums Top 50 |
8 |
- |
- |
Austria Albums Top 75 |
17 |
- |
- |
Denmark Albums Top 40 |
17 |
- |
- |
German Albums Top 50 |
20 |
- |
- |
Italian Albums Top 100[4] |
13 |
- |
- |
Swiss Albums Top 100 |
24 |
- |
- |
Ireland Albums Top 75 |
25 |
- |
- |
Dutch Albums Top 100 |
31 |
- |
- |
Norway Albums Top 40 |
35 |
- |
- |
Finland Albums Top 40 |
40 |
- |
- |
France Albums Top 150 |
47 |
- |
- |
Personnel
- Ben Byrne - drums
- James 'Stel' Stelfox - bass guitar
- James Walsh - vocals, guitar
- Barry Westhead - keyboards
- Percussion: Luis Jardin
- Double bass: Arnulf Lindner
- Violins: Ruth Gottilieb, Gillon Cameron, Howard Gott, Wendy De St Paer, louise Peacock, Brian Wright, Claire Raybould, Katherine Watmough, Tim Myall, Anna Giddey, Catherine Browning, Alison Blunt, Calina De La Mare, Anna Morris, Gini Ball and Sally Herbert
- Violas: Rob Spriggs, Vince Greene, Sophie Sirota, Emily Frith, Lucy Theo and Fiona Friffith
- Cellos: Sarah Willson, Helen Thomas, Andy Nice, Ian Burdge and Emily Isaac
Production:
- Producer: Danton Supple, Starsailor, John Leckie, Mark Aubrey Phil Spector
- Engineer: Danton Supple, Mark Aubrey, John Leckie and Chris Brown
- Additional engineer: Britt Myers
- Programmer John Dunne
- Mixer: Michael H. Brauer, The Soulsavers
- Assistance: Nathaniel Chan
- Mastering: Greg Calbi, Miles Showell
- String arrangements: Leo Abrahams
- A & R: Jeff Barrett and Keith Wozencroft
- Management: Andrew, Martin and Lou
- Art Direction: Yacht Associates
- Photograph: Rick Guest
References
- ^ Bones Music season 1
- ^ Starsailor Awards :: Music - For Your Information :: Starsailor Awards @ Mfyi.com
- ^ [1] Accessed April 5, 2009.
- ^ [2]
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