Silence Becomes It

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| name = Silence Becomes It

| type = Album

| artist = Silence 4

| cover = Silence becomes it.jpg

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| released = June 1998

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| genre = Alternative rock, pop rock

| length = {{Duration|m=53|s=18}}

| label = PolyGram

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| next_title = Only Pain Is Real

| next_year = 2000

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Silence Becomes It is the debut album by Portuguese band Silence 4, released in June 1998.{{cite web|url=https://www.noticiasmagazine.pt/2014/os-silence-4-quebram-o-silencio/historias/4618/|title=Os Silence 4 quebram o silêncio|language=pt|website=Notícias Magazine|publisher=Jornal de Notícias|date=15 March 2014|accessdate=12 January 2021}} It was a huge success in Portugal, reaching a six-time platinum certification (240,000 units sold),{{cite magazine|author=Berne, Terry|date=11 November 2000|title=Portugal's Year of Transition|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=5RAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA75 |magazine=Billboard|volume=112|issue=46|pages=75|via=Google Books}} but had less success internationally.

The album contains 15 songs, including a hidden track, and two versions of "A Little Respect" by Erasure.{{cite magazine|author=Galopim, Nuno|date=19 September 1998|title=Global Music Pulse|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=GwoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA75 |magazine=Billboard|volume=110|issue=38|pages=75|via=Google Books}} Most of the songs are in English, with only two in Portuguese: "Sextos Sentidos", a duet with Sérgio Godinho, and "Eu Não Sei Dizer". The songs deal with themes of love, pain, melancholy, loss, death, sorrow, loneliness and nostalgia – themes that are recurrent in Silence 4 and David Fonseca's solo career discography. Both "Borrow" and "My Friends" were highly successful singles in Portugal.