Released June 1, 2010 Label Imagine Dragons Artist Imagine Dragons Producer Imagine Dragons | Length 18:12 Hell and Silence
(2010) It's Time
(2011) Release date March 2010 Place recorded Battle Born Studios | |
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Genres Alternative rock, Electronics in rock music | ||
Hell and Silence is an EP by American rock band Imagine Dragons, released in March 2010 in the United States. It was recorded at Battle Born Studios. All songs were written by Imagine Dragons and self-produced. The EP was in part mixed by Grammy nominated engineer Mark Needham. Most of the songs off of this EP were remastered and included on the Continued Silence EP and/or Night Visions, excluding All Eyes and Emma.
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To promote the album the band performed five shows at SXSW 2010 including at the BMI Official Showcase. While at SXSW they were endorsed by Blue Microphones. They also toured the western United States with Nico Vega and Saint Motel. They also performed at Bite of Las Vegas Festival 2010, New Noise Music Festival, Neon Reverb Festival, and Fork Fest.
The name of the EP comes from a line in "Emma".
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First pressing
There is rumored to be a first pressing of Hell and Silence apart from the normal version found widespread online. The difference of the two pressings is only minor modifications to the instrumentals. (louder, different drums in All Eyes, minor pluck differences in Emma) The first printing of All Eyes can be found on the Blue Microphones YouTube channel. No full 1st printing album can be found online, but it is believed that /u/all_eyes from Reddit.com owns both pressings.
Track listing
Track listing and credits taken off of the physical CD copy. All songs written and produced by Imagine Dragons (Ben McKee, Daniel Wayne Sermon, Dan Reynolds, Andrew Tolman and Brittany Tolman), except where noted.
Critical reaction
Jason Bracelin, writing in the Las Vegas Review Journal, gave a glowing review of the EP by stating "Dan Reynolds sounds like a dude with a bull's-eye for a heart". He continues "With its staccato vocal delivery and huge keys, "All Eyes" sounds destined for the airwaves, the same of which could be said of the wistful "Emma," with its dizzy synth lines and coed harmonies, and the climactic "I Don't Mind," which is powered by ricocheting guitars."
Songs
1All Eyes2:59
2I Don't Mind3:18
3Hear Me3:55