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1993 studio album by Shara Nelson
What Silence Knows is the debut solo album by English singer
Shara Nelson , released in September 1993 on
Cooltempo Records . It includes five singles which reached the
UK Singles Chart : "
Down That Road ", "
One Goodbye in Ten ", "
Inside Out ", "
Uptight " and "
Nobody ".
[13] The album peaked at No. 22 on the
UK Albums Chart
[14] and was later certified Gold by the
British Phonographic Industry for sales in excess of 100,000 copies.
[15]
The album was shortlisted for the 1994
Mercury Music Prize .
[16]
Critical reception
Alan Jones from
Music Week wrote, "A glittering solo debut for this talented vocalist. The current single, "
One Goodbye in Ten ", is particularly fine: a
rich string arrangement underpinning a Sixties feel. Other tracks, such as "
Nobody ", recall her past with
Massive Attack , while the vox/piano style of "
Inside Out " has a haunting, stark beauty. Could be a
Dina Carroll -style breakout."
[10]
Track listing
"Nobody" (Shara Nelson, Kenny Nicholas, Trevor Jacobs, Suni Suleynan) – 4:22
"Pain Revisited" (Shara Nelson,
Howie Bernstein ) – 5:16
"One Goodbye in Ten" (Shara Nelson,
Bob Stanley ,
Pete Wiggs ) – 5:50
"Inside Out" (Shara Nelson,
Kevin Armstrong ) – 3:19
"Uptight" (Shara Nelson,
Prince Be ) – 5:04
"Down That Road" (Shara Nelson, Prince Be) – 5:15
"Chance" (Shara Nelson, Kenny Nicholas, Trevor Jacobs, Suni Suleynan) – 3:58
"Thoughts of You" (Shara Nelson, John Coxon) – 4:16
"How Close" (Shara Nelson, Prince Be) – 3:59
"What Silence Knows" (Shara Nelson,
Style Scott ) – 6:59
Personnel
Shara Nelson – vocals
Billy Liesegang,
G.A. Parricelli – guitar
Mike Peden – bass
Mel Wesson – keyboards, synthesizer
Michael Timothy,
Pete Wingfield – keyboards
Rupert Brown, Trevor Murrell – drums
Miles Bould – percussion
Lyn Gerald, Tee Green – backing vocals
Philip D. Todd – flute, electronic wind instrument
London Session Orchestra – strings
Nick Ingman – string arrangements
Gavyn Wright – orchestral leader and conductor
Charts
Album
Singles
References
^ "Album Releases".
Music Week . 18 September 1994. p. 24. Misprinted as the previous week, 13 September, on source .
^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week . 10 July 1993. p. 21.
^ "Single Releases". Music Week . 6 November 1993. p. 23.
^ "Single Releases". Music Week . 29 January 1994. p. 25.
^ "Single Releases". Music Week . 21 May 1994. p. 27.
^ "Single Releases". Music Week . 27 August 1994. p. 27.
^ Johnson, Martin (20 October 1994).
"No Need to Shout" .
Chicago Reader . Retrieved 4 February 2023 .
^ Hunt, Dennis (7 August 1994).
"Shara Nelson, 'What Silence Knows' (Chrysalis/ERG)" .
Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 31 May 2020 .
^ Bush, Calvin (18 September 1993).
"Albums" .
Melody Maker . p. 39. Retrieved 17 June 2023 .
^
a
b Jones, Alan (25 September 1993).
"Market Preview: Mainstream - Albums" (PDF) .
Music Week . p. 17. Retrieved 1 February 2023 .
^ Morton, Roger (18 September 1993).
"Long Play" .
NME . p. 37. Retrieved 17 June 2023 .
^ Bernstein, Jonathan (July 1994).
"Spins" .
Spin . p. 70. Retrieved 27 January 2023 .
^
"SHARA NELSON | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company" . www.officialcharts.com .
^
a
b
c
"Official Charts > Shara Nelson" .
The Official UK Charts Company . Retrieved 17 July 2017 .
^
"BPI > Certified Awards > Search results for 'Shara Nelson' (from bpi.co.uk)" . Imgur.com (original source published by
British Phonographic Industry ). Retrieved 17 July 2017 .
^
"Mercury Prize" . www.mercuryprize.com .
^
"Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 13 September 2016" . Imgur.com. Retrieved 17 July 2017 .
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"austriancharts.at > Shara Nelson" . Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 July 2017 .
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