Quiet Is the New Loud
2001 studio album by Kings of Convenience
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Quiet Is the New Loud is the debut album by Norwegian indie pop duo Kings of Convenience, released on 29 January 2001[1] by Astralwerks.
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| Released | 29 January 2001 | |||
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| Length | 44:59 | |||
| Label | Astralwerks | |||
| Producer | Kings of Convenience, Ken Nelson | |||
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Critical reception
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 71/100[2] |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [3] |
| The Boston Phoenix | [4] |
| The Guardian | [5] |
| NME | 8/10[6] |
| Pitchfork | 5.2/10[7] |
| Q | [8] |
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".[2] Caroline Hennessy of RTÉ was quoted saying that "If quiet is indeed the new loud then Eirik and Erlend are on to a sure winner. A bittersweet pop album to wrap yourself up in when the world feels like a scary place."[9]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Eirik Glambek Bøe and Erlend Øye, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 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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| Total length: | 44:59 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Manhattan Skyline" (A-ha cover) | 4:17 | |
| 2. | "Envoy" | 3:10 | |
| Total length: | 7:27 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 7. | "Once Around the Block" (Badly Drawn Boy cover) | Badly Drawn Boy | 2:23 |
| 8. | "Manhattan Skyline" (A-ha cover) | 4:17 | |
| Total length: | 51:45 | ||
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 personnel
- Ian Bracken – cello (4, 5, 8, 10)
- Matt McGeever – cello (1)
- Ben Dumville – trumpet (3)
- Tarjei Strøm – drum fills (5)