Crystal Silence

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{{Infobox album

| name = Crystal Silence

| type = Studio

| artist = Gary Burton & Chick Corea

| cover = Chick-Corea-Crystal-Silence-album.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1973

| recorded = November 6, 1972

| studio = Arne Bendiksen Studio
Oslo, Norway

| genre = Jazz

| length = 44:23

| label = ECM 1024 ST

| producer = Manfred Eicher

| chronology =

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Duet

| next_year = 1979

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Gary Burton

| type = Studio album

| prev_title = Alone at Last

| prev_year = 1972

| title = Crystal Silence

| year = 1973

| next_title = The New Quartet

| next_year = 1973

}}

{{Extra chronology

| artist = Chick Corea

| type = Studio album

| prev_title = Light as a Feather

| prev_year = 1973

| title = Crystal Silence

| year = 1973

| next_title = Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy

| next_year = 1973

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/r136140 |title=Crystal Silence - Chick Corea | AllMusic |first=Daniel |last=Gioffre |work=allmusic.com |access-date=3 July 2011}}

| rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

| rev2Score = {{rating|5|5}}{{Cite book

|editor-last=Swenson

|editor-first=J.

| year = 1985

| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone

| location = USA

| isbn = 0-394-72643-X

| pages = 34

}}

| rev3 = Jazzwise

| rev3score = {{rating|5|5}}{{cite web |title=GARY BURTON AND CHICK COREA - CRYSTAL SILENCE: THE ECM RECORDINGS 1972-79 ***** |url=https://www.jazzwise.com/review/article/gary-burton-and-chick-corea-crystal-silence-the-ecm-recordings-1972-79 |website=Jazzwise |access-date=30 July 2020 |language=en |date=30 October 2009}}

| rev4 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz

| rev4Score = {{rating|3|4}}{{cite book | last1=Cook |first1=Richard |last2=Morton |first2=Brian | title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | publisher=Penguin Books | year=2006 | pages=287 }}

| rev5 = DownBeat

| rev5Score = {{rating|5|5}}DownBeat magazine, August 16, 1973, p. 22

}}Crystal Silence is an album by vibraphonist Gary Burton and pianist Chick Corea, recorded on November 6, 1972 and released on ECM the following year—the duo's debut.{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r136140|pure_url=yes}}|title=allmusic ((( Crystal Silence > Overview )))|publisher=www.allmusic.com|access-date=2009-07-17}}