This Silence Kills

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This Silence Kills
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Studio album by
Dillon
ReleasedNovember 21, 2011
Genre
Length42:53
LabelBPitch Control
Producer
  • Dillon
  • Tamer Fahri Özgönenc
  • Thies Mynther[1]
Dillon chronology
This Silence Kills
(2011)
(2014)

This Silence Kills is the debut studio album by Brazilian singer-songwriter Dillon, released on November 21, 2011 on BPitch Control.[2] The album received positive reviews from music critics.

The song "Thirteen Thirtyfive" is based on "Pocketful of Money" by Swedish singer-songwriter Jens Lekman.[3]

Style[]

Dillon live at Waves Vienna in 2012

German music magazine Musikexpress called the album "chanson-pop" and noted influences from electronic music.[4] Dillon's vocals on the album have been compared to those of Björk.[5][6]

Critical reception[]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic72/100[7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[8]
BBC Music(favorable)[6]
Mixmag4/5 stars[9]
Resident Advisor3.5/5 stars [10]
Uncut3/5 stars[11]

This Silence Kills received largely 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 72, based on 5 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[12]

Markus Schneider of the Berliner Zeitung praised the album. Schneider noted that Dillon's electronic music distinguished her from many other songwriters, "who merely include electronic music as decorations."[5] In a review for the BBC, Mike Diver lauded the album, saying, "Dillon uses spare beats, subtle orchestrations and background-mixed brass, but everything is bound by a vocal that speaks to the soul, not the soles."[6]

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Dominique Dillon de Byington, except for "Thirteen Thirtyfive" (Jens Lekman).

No.TitleLength
1."This Silence Kills"4:18
2."Tip Tapping"3:06
3."Thirteen Thirtyfive"3:43
4."Your Flesh against Mine"4:29
5."You Are My Winter"4:21
6."Undying Need to Scream"2:16
7."_________________"4:53
8."From One to Six Hundred Kilometers"3:39
9."Hey Beau"2:35
10."Texture of My Blood"2:33
11."Gumache"2:56
12."Abrupt Clarity"4:04
Total length:42:53

References[]

  1. ^ CD Release: Producer credits on Discogs.com, Retrieved on December 11, 2015
  2. ^ Release date on Bpitchcontrol.de, Retrieved on December 11, 2015, 2015
  3. ^ CD Release: Liner Notes on Discogs.com, Retrieved on December 11, 2015, 2015
  4. ^ Review of This Silence Kills by musikexpress.de, Retrieved on December 11, 2015
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Markus Schneider: Album "This Silence Kills: Dillon is working on songs, Berliner Zeitung on December 13, 2011, Retrieved on December 11, 2015
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c Diver, Mike (November 11, 2011). "Dillon - This Silence Kills - Album Review". BBC Music. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
  7. ^ "Critic Reviews for This Silence Kills by Dillon". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
  8. ^ Raggett, Ned (October 31, 2011). "This Silence Kills - Dillon". AllMusic. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
  9. ^ Mixmag review
  10. ^ Resident Advisor review
  11. ^ "Review: This Silence Kills". Uncut. London: 84. January 2012. Cooing fragmentary, dreamlike lyrics in a fuzzy-warm purr, this young singer's kittenish vocal affectations will grate on some... [but] Dillon redeems her whimsy with promising nods towards Bjork, Joanna Newsom and Lykke Li.
  12. ^ "This Silence Kills – Dillon". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
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