Language of Silence

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |first=Theo |last=Kavadias |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000044512|pure_url=yes}}|title=Numb: Language of Silence > Review |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=July 24, 2020}}

|rev2 = Alternative Press

|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite journal |last=columnist |title=Numb: Language of Silence |journal=Alternative Press |date=August 1999 |page=84}}

}}

AllMusic awarded Language of Silence four and a half out of five stars, commending the ominous atmosphere and saying the "synth sounds have been sharpened without losing any of their viciousness, while melodies have matured, forming a new blend that allows the complexities to show through in a way they have not in previous Numb releases." Alternative Press gave the album a positive review, saying "dancefloor consciousness abounds on Language" and that "Numb have cultivated their affection for noise." Michael Mahan of CMJ praised Language of Silence, calling it a "sonically intimidating" album "with mountains of guitar feedback, waves of synthesized chaos and a lion's share of aggressive, angst-ridden vocal terrorism."{{cite journal |first=Michael |last=Mahan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_0g89SsTeWUC |title=Numb: Language of Silence |journal=CMJ New Music Monthly |publisher=CMJ Network, Inc. |date=February 15, 1999 |volume=57 |issue=605 |pages=29 |accessdate=July 24, 2020}} Ink 19 called the album a masterpiece without shortcomings.{{cite journal|first=Jorge C. |last=Galban |url=https://ink19.com/1999/04/magazine/music-reviews/numb |title=Numb: Language of Silence |journal=Ink 19 |date=April 9, 1999 |accessdate=July 24, 2020}} Critics at Last Sigh Magazine called it the band's masterpiece, saying "Don Gordon and David Collings come together once more to terrify their audience with the brutal reality of what occurs in everyday life through their undeniably intense and fast-paced beats coupled with a vengeful stream-of-consciousness lyrical rage of such intelligence and imagination it rivals the writings of James Joyce himself."{{cite journal |first=Kim Ann |last=Alexander |url=http://www.lastsigh.com/reviews/numb_l_of_s.htm |title=Numb: Language of Silence (1) |journal=Last Sigh Magazine |date=March 13, 1999 |accessdate=July 26, 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110215232124/http://www.lastsigh.com/reviews/numb_l_of_s.htm |archive-date=February 15, 2011}}{{cite journal |first=Kim Ann |last=Alexander |url=http://www.lastsigh.com/reviews99/numb_los2.htm |title=Numb: Language of Silence (2) |journal=Last Sigh Magazine |date=March 13, 1999 |accessdate=July 26, 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110216233945/http://www.lastsigh.com/reviews99/numb_los2.htm |archive-date=February 16, 2011}}

{{tracklist

| all_writing = David Collings and Don Gordon

| title1 = Respect

| length1 = 5:59

| title2 = Suspended

| length2 = 5:02

| title3 = Deviation

| length3 = 8:04

| title4 = Illumination Rounds

| length4 = 4:27

| title5 = No Remorse

| length5 = 5:47

| title6 = Closer

| length6 = 8:06

| title7 = Defiler

| length7 = 6:14

| title8 = Benthos

| length8 = 4:35

| title9 = Immolate

| length9 = 6:40

| title10 = Distorted Relations

| length10 = 6:34

}}

Adapted from the Language of Silence liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Language of Silence |title-link=Language of Silence |others=Numb |year=1998 |type=booklet |publisher=Zoth Ommog/Metropolis |location=Hesse, Germany/Media, Pennsylvnia}}

Numb

• David Collings – lead vocals, instruments, production
• Don Gordon – instruments, production

Production and design

• Ken Marshall – engineering (1, 2)
• Tim Oberthier – engineering (3–10)
• Farben+Formen – cover art, illustrations, design
• Craig Waddell – mastering

{{reflist}}

• [https://numb-official.bandcamp.com/album/language-of-silence Language of Silence] at Bandcamp
• {{Discogs master |master=31268 |name=Language of Silence |type=album}}

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Category:1998 albums

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