Quiet Is the New Loud

Quiet is the New Loud
Studio album by Kings of Convenience
Released	March 6, 2001
Genre	Indie pop alternative rock
Length	44:59
Label	Astralwerks
Producer	Kings of Convenience Ken Nelson
Kings of Convenience chronology
Quiet Is the New Loud (2001) Versus (2001)

Quiet Is the New Loud is the debut album from the Norwegian indie pop duo Kings of Convenience, released on March 6, 2001 by Astralwerks.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	71/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The A.V. Club	(very positive)[3]
NME	8/10[4]
PopMatters	8/10[5]
Pitchfork	5.2/10 [6]
Q	[7]
Rolling Stone	[8]

Quiet Is the New Loud received mostly positive reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 71, based on 11 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".^[9]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Eirik Glambek Bøe and Erlend Øye, except where noted. 

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Winning a Battle, Losing the War"		3:54
2.	"Toxic Girl"		3:09
3.	"Singing Softly to Me"		3:09
4.	"I Don't Know What I Can Save You From"		4:37
5.	"Failure"		3:33
6.	"The Weight of My Words"		4:07
7.	"The Girl from Back Then"		2:29
8.	"Leaning Against the Wall"		3:18
9.	"Little Kids"		3:46
10.	"Summer on the Westhill"		4:33
11.	"The Passenger"		3:13
12.	"Parallel Lines"	Eirik Glambek Bøe Erlend Øye Daisy Simons	5:11
Total length:			44:59

All songs written and composed by Eirik Glambek Bøe and Erlend Øye, except "Manhattan Skyline" by Magne Furuholmen and Pål Waaktaar. 

Bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Manhattan Skyline" (A-ha cover)	4:17
14.	"Envoy"	3:10
15.	"Once Around the Block"	2:23
Total length:		54:49

Personnel

Kings of Convenience

• Erlend Øye - steel string acoustic and electric guitars, harmony (all but 5) and lead (5) vocals, piano, drums, percussion, string arrangements
• Eirik Glambek Bøe - nylon string acoustic and electric guitars, lead (all but 5) and harmony (5) vocals, piano, drums, string arrangements

Additional musicians

• Ian Bracken - Cello (4, 5, 8, 10)
• Matt McGeever - Cello (1)
• Ben Dumville - Trumpet (3)
• Tarjei Strøm - Drum fills (5)

References

1. "Critic Reviews for Quiet Is the New Loud by Kings of Convenience". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
2. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r523366
3. The A.V. Club review
4. NME review
6. Pitchfork review
9. "Quiet Is the New Loud – Kings of Convenience". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 11, 2015.