Silent Shout

Silent Shout is a synth-pop{{cite web |last=Weiss |first=Dan |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2013/04/the-knife-shaking-the-habitual.html |title=The Knife: Shaking the Habitual |work=Paste |date=9 April 2013 |access-date=19 March 2016}} and techno{{cite web |last=Myers |first=Owen |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/12/the-knife-silent-shout-anniversary-interview |title=The Knife On Silent Shout, 10 Years Later |work=The Fader |date=12 February 2016 |access-date=19 March 2016}} album. The collaboration between Olof and Karin Dreijer was described by the French pop culture magazine Magic as Jay-Jay Johanson meets Siouxsie.{{cite web |first=Alexandre |last=Cognard |url=http://www.magicrpm.com/silent-shout/ |title=The Knife Silent Shout |work=Magic RPM |language=fr |date=9 November 2007 |access-date=27 August 2011}} Pitchfork viewed Karin's performance on the album as a "shrill voice (think Björk by way of Ari Up by way of Siouxsie Sioux by way of Mu's Mutsumi Kanamori)". Karin's multi-tracked vocals were frequently pitch-shifted to produce a "creepy result". The Austin Chronicle also said that sonically, the music merged "Siouxsie Sioux with Aphex Twin".{{cite web |last=Stevens |first=Darcie |url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2006-10-06/408209/ |title=The Knife Silent Shout (Mute) [review] |work=The Austin Chronicle |date=6 October 2006 |access-date=2 July 2020}}

{{Album ratings

| MC = 74/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/silent-shout/the-knife |title=Reviews for Silent Shout by The Knife |website=Metacritic |access-date=27 August 2011}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite web |last=Phares |first=Heather |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/silent-shout-mw0000529569 |title=Silent Shout – The Knife |website=AllMusic |access-date=30 March 2018}}

| rev2 = The Guardian

| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/mar/24/popandrock.shopping2 |title=The Knife, Silent Shout |work=The Guardian |date=24 March 2006 |access-date=16 November 2016 |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian}}

| rev3 = The Irish Times

| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news |last=Carroll |first=Jim |author-link=Jim Carroll (journalist) |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music-dvds-1.1212682 |title=The Knife: Silent Shout – Deluxe Edition (Brille/Rabid) |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=29 June 2007 |access-date=12 November 2016}}

| rev4 = MSN Music (Consumer Guide)

| rev4score = A−{{cite web |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cg2007-02.php |title=Consumer Guide |website=MSN Music |date=February 2007 |access-date=13 January 2016 |via=RobertChristgau.com}}

| rev5 = The Observer

| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news |last=Swash |first=Rosie |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/mar/19/32 |title=The Knife, Silent Shout |work=The Observer |date=19 March 2006 |access-date=16 November 2016}}

| rev6 = Pitchfork

| rev6score = 8.6/10{{cite web |last=Pytlik |first=Mark |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/4590-silent-shout/ |title=The Knife: Silent Shout |work=Pitchfork |date=13 February 2006 |access-date=13 March 2006}}

| rev7 = Resident Advisor

| rev7score = 3.5/5{{cite web |last=Iqbal |first=Mohson |url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/reviews/3684 |title=The Knife – Silent Shout |work=Resident Advisor |date=23 March 2006 |access-date=30 March 2018}}

| rev8 = Slant Magazine

| rev8score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |last=Keefe |first=Jonathan |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/the-knife-silent-shout |title=The Knife: Silent Shout |work=Slant Magazine |date=24 July 2006 |access-date=30 March 2018}}

| rev9 = Spin

| rev9score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |last=Stosuy |first=Brandon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EUm4Cp2ZFOEC&pg=PA80 |title=The Knife: Silent Shout |magazine=Spin |volume=22 |issue=8 |date=August 2006 |page=80 |issn=0886-3032 |via=Google Books}}

| rev10 = Uncut

| rev10score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |title=The Knife: Silent Shout |magazine=Uncut |issue=107 |date=April 2006 |page=110 |issn=1368-0722}}

}}

Silent Shout received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 74, based on 22 reviews. Pitchfork named it the best album of 2006{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/6510-top-50-albums-of-2006/5/ |title=Top 50 Albums of 2006 |work=Pitchfork |date=19 December 2006 |access-date=19 December 2006 |archive-date=29 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160229080649/http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/6510-top-50-albums-of-2006/5/ |url-status=dead }} and the title track the second best song.{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/6508-the-top-100-tracks-of-2006/10/ |title=The Top 100 Tracks of 2006 |work=Pitchfork |date=18 December 2006 |access-date=31 March 2007}} The song was also listed at number 74 on the website's list of "The Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s",{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7691-the-top-500-tracks-of-the-2000s-100-51/3/ |title=The Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s |work=Pitchfork |date=19 August 2009 |access-date=4 October 2009}} while the album was placed at number 15 on its list of "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s".{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7710-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-20-1/ |title=The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s |work=Pitchfork |date=2 October 2009 |access-date=4 October 2009 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083650/http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7710-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-20-1/ |url-status=dead }} The album placed 15th in The Wire{{'}}s year-end critics' poll.{{cite magazine |url=https://reader.exacteditions.com/issues/2737/spread/34 |title=Rewind 2006: 50 Records of the Year |magazine=The Wire |issue=275 |date=January 2007 |page=35 |url-access=subscription |via=Exact Editions}}

Resident Advisor named Silent Shout the second best album of 2006{{cite web |url=http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?782 |title=RA Poll: Top 5 albums of 2006 |work=Resident Advisor |date=18 December 2006 |access-date=4 October 2009}} and ninth best album of the 2000s decade.{{cite web |url=http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1144 |title=RA Poll: Top 100 albums of the '00s |work=Resident Advisor |date=25 January 2010 |access-date=21 February 2010}} In 2009, the album was included at number five on Clash{{'}}s "Essential 50" list.{{cite web |url=http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/clash-essential-50-number-5 |title=Clash Essential 50 |work=Clash |date=20 April 2009 |access-date=22 April 2009}} Silent Shout was placed at number 95 on Slant Magazine{{'}}s list of the best albums of the 2000s.{{cite web |url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/feature/best-of-the-aughts-albums/215 |title=Best of the Aughts: Albums |work=Slant Magazine |date=1 February 2010 |access-date=10 February 2010}} musicOMH, when compiling its "21 Best Albums of the 2000s" list, placed the album at number seven. On their "50 Greatest Albums of the 2000s" feature, Gigwise placed the album at number seven, calling it "ground-breaking" and stating, "On the first spin it's baffling, second it's intriguing, but many listens in and you realize that Karin and {{sic|Olaf|expected=Olof}} Dreijer have concocted a masterpiece of their genre."{{cite web |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/52489/44/the-50-greatest-albums-of-the-2000s |title=Gigwise: The 50 Greatest albums of the 2000s |website=Gigwise |date=17 September 2009 |access-date=17 July 2013}}

The album was ranked number 83 on Pitchfork{{'}}s People's List, a readers' poll of the 200 best albums from Pitchfork{{'}}s first 15 years (1996–2011).{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/peopleslist/ |title=People's List |work=Pitchfork |date=21 August 2012 |access-date=23 August 2012}}

As of January 2013, Silent Shout had sold 65,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.{{cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/1534935/the-knifes-shaking-the-habitual-10-things-you-need-to-know |title=The Knife's 'Shaking The Habitual': 10 Things You Need To Know |magazine=Billboard |date=28 January 2013 |access-date=18 September 2017}} In October 2011, the album was awarded a gold certification from the Independent Music Companies Association (IMPALA), which indicated sales in excess of 75,000 copies throughout Europe.{{cite web |url=http://www.impalamusic.org/arc_static/docum/04-press/2011/PR%20-%2020111012.htm |title=As Adele hits thirteen times platinum across Europe, over 60 artists pick up IMPALA Sales Awards, including Manel, Bon Iver, Miossec, dEUS, Agnes Obel and The Horrors. |publisher=Independent Music Companies Association |date=12 October 2011 |access-date=30 October 2017 |archive-date=7 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107023149/http://www.impalamusic.org/arc_static/docum/04-press/2011/PR%20-%2020111012.htm |url-status=dead }}

{{Track listing

| all_lyrics = the Knife, except where noted

| all_music = the Knife

| total_length = 48:36

| title1 = Silent Shout

| length1 = 4:53

| title2 = Neverland

| length2 = 3:38

| title3 = The Captain

| length3 = 6:08

| title4 = We Share Our Mothers' Health

| length4 = 4:11

| title5 = Na Na Na

| length5 = 2:27

| title6 = Marble House

| note6 = lyrics: the Knife, Jay-Jay Johanson

| length6 = 5:18

| title7 = Like a Pen

| length7 = 6:13

| title8 = From Off to On

| length8 = 3:58

| title9 = Forest Families

| length9 = 4:08

| title10 = One Hit

| length10 = 4:27

| title11 = Still Light

| length11 = 3:15

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Disc two: Silent Shout: An Audio Visual Experience (live audio)

| title1 = Pass This On

| length1 = 5:38

| title2 = The Captain

| length2 = 6:10

| title3 = We Share Our Mothers' Health

| length3 = 4:27

| title4 = You Make Me Like Charity

| length4 = 4:20

| title5 = Marble House

| length5 = 5:00

| title6 = Forest Families

| length6 = 4:22

| title7 = Kino

| length7 = 4:56

| title8 = Heartbeats

| length8 = 4:22

| title9 = Silent Shout

| length9 = 5:25

| title10 = From Off to On

| length10 = 5:30

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Disc three (DVD): Silent Shout: An Audio Visual Experience and music videos

| extra_column = Director(s)

| title1 = Pass This On

| length1 = 5:38

| title2 = The Captain

| length2 = 6:10

| title3 = We Share Our Mothers' Health

| length3 = 4:27

| title4 = You Make Me Like Charity

| length4 = 4:20

| title5 = Marble House

| length5 = 5:00

| title6 = Forest Families

| length6 = 4:22

| title7 = Kino

| length7 = 4:56

| title8 = Heartbeats

| length8 = 4:22

| title9 = Silent Shout

| length9 = 5:25

| title10 = From Off to On

| length10 = 5:30

| title11 = N.Y. Hotel

| note11 = music video

| extra11 = {{hlist|Andreas Korsár|Andreas Nilsson}}

| title12 = Heartbeats

| note12 = music video

| extra12 = {{hlist|Nilsson|Johannes Nyholm|Bo Melin}}

| title13 = You Take My Breath Away

| note13 = music video

| extra13 = Henry Moore Selder

| title14 = Pass This On

| note14 = music video

| extra14 = Johan Renck

| title15 = Handy-Man

| note15 = music video

| extra15 = Bold Faces

| title16 = You Take My Breath Away II

| note16 = music video

| extra16 = Peter Geschwind

| title17 = Silent Shout

| note17 = music video

| extra17 = Nilsson

| title18 = Marble House I

| note18 = music video

| extra18 = Björn Renner

| title19 = We Share Our Mothers' Health

| note19 = music video

| extra19 = Motomichi Nakamura

| title20 = Like a Pen

| note20 = music video

| extra20 = Nilsson

| title21 = Marble House II

| note21 = music video

| extra21 = Chris Hopewell

| title22 = When I Found The Knife

| note22 = short film

| extra22 = Vardag

| length22 = 5:04

}}

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Silent Shout.{{cite AV media notes |title=Silent Shout |type=liner notes |others=The Knife |publisher=Rabid Records |year=2006 |id=RABID 030}}

• The Knife – recording, programming, production, vocals, mixing
• Jay-Jay Johanson – vocals {{small|(track 6)}}
• Christoffer Berg – mixing {{small|(tracks 1–7, 9, 11)}}
• Pelle Gunnerfeldt – mixing {{small|(tracks 8, 10)}}
• Henrik Jonsson – mastering
• Johan Toorell – artwork

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