Silence Is Easy

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Drowned in Sound	3/10 link
Entertainment.ie	link
The Guardian	link
Pitchfork Media	4.9/10 link
Rolling Stone	link
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Silence Is Easy is the second studio album by English indie rock group Starsailor, released in September 2003 on EMI. The album cover is loosely based on Echo & the Bunnymen's Heaven Up Here. The song Some of Us was featured in an episode of Bones entitled A Boy in a Bush^[1] and in the closing credits of the Belgian film The Memory of a Killer (a.k.a. The Alzheimer Case). The album contains some of the last productions by Phil Spector ("Silence Is Easy" and "White Dove"). It was certified gold in the UK in 2003.^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Music Was Saved"	2:59
2.	"Fidelity"	2:22
3.	"Some of Us"	3:37
4.	"Silence Is Easy"	3:40
5.	"Telling Them"	4:51
6.	"Shark Food"	3:35
7.	"Bring My Love"	2:20
8.	"White Dove"	3:52
9.	"Four to the Floor"	4:13
10.	"Born Again"	6:03
11.	"Restless Heart"	2:03

North American Bonus Tracks
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Could You Be Mine?"	3:33
13.	"At the End of the Show"	4:12

Limited Edition Bonus CD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Four to the Floor" (Thin White Duke Remix)	8:11
2.	"Four to the Floor" (Soulsavers Mix)	5:12
3.	"Poor Misguided Fool" (Soulsavers Remix)	4:39
4.	"Good Souls" (Two Lone Swordsmen Remix)	5:50
5.	"Good Souls" (Echoboy Remix)	5:17
6.	"Good Souls" (Soulsavers Remix)	5:37

Chart positions

Country	Peak position	Certification	Sales
United Kingdom^[3]	2	Gold	270000+
Austria Albums Top 75	17	-	-
Belgium Albums Top 50	8	-	-
Denmark Albums Top 40	17	-	-
Dutch Albums Top 100	31	-	-
Finland Albums Top 40	40	-	-
France Albums Top 150	47	-	-
German Albums Top 50	20	-	-
Ireland Albums Top 75	25	-	-
Italian Albums Top 100^[4]	13	-	-
Norway Albums Top 40	35	-	-
Swiss Albums Top 100	24	-	-

Personnel

Ben Byrne – drums
James 'Stel' Stelfox – bass guitar
James Walsh – vocals, guitar
Barry Westhead – keyboards
Percussion: Luis Jardim
Double bass: Arnulf Lindner
Violins: Ruth Gottilieb, Gillon Cameron, Howard Gott, Wendy De St Paer, louise Peacock, Brian Wright, Claire Raybould, Katherine Watmough, Tim Myall, Anna Giddey, Catherine Browning, Alison Blunt, Calina De La Mare, Anna Morris, Gini Ball and Sally Herbert
Violas: Rob Spriggs, Vince Greene, Sophie Sirota, Emily Frith, Lucy Theo and Fiona Friffith
Cellos: Sarah Willson, Helen Thomas, Andy Nice, Ian Burdge and Emily Isaac

Production

Producer: Danton Supple, Starsailor, John Leckie, Mark Aubrey, Phil Spector
Engineer: Danton Supple, Mark Aubrey, John Leckie and Chris Brown
Additional engineer: Britt Myers
Programmer John Dunne
Mixer: Michael H. Brauer, The Soulsavers
Assistance: Nathaniel Chan
Mastering: Greg Calbi, Miles Showell
String arrangements: Leo Abrahams
A & R: Jeff Barrett and Keith Wozencroft
Management: Andrew, Martin and Lou
Art Direction: Yacht Associates
Photograph: Rick Guest

References

↑ Bones Music season 1
↑ Starsailor Awards :: Music – For Your Information :: Starsailor Awards @ Mfyi.com
↑ Accessed 5 April 2009.
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Starsailor

James Walsh Barry Westhead James Stelfox Ben Byrne

Studio albums	Love Is Here Silence Is Easy On the Outside All the Plans

Compilation albums	Greatest Hits: Good Souls

EPs	Boy in Waiting

Singles	"Fever" "Good Souls" "Alcoholic" "Lullaby" "Poor Misguided Fool" "Silence Is Easy" "Born Again" "Four to the Floor" "In the Crossfire" "This Time" "Keep Us Together" "Tell Me It's Not Over" " All the Plans"

DVD	Love Is Here Live

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