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Silence Yourself

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Length
  
38:39

Silence Yourself (2013)
  
Adore Life (2016)

Release date
  
6 May 2013

Genres
  
Indie rock, Noise rock

Label
  
Matador, Pop Noire

Artist
  
Savages

Producer
  
Rodaidh McDonald

Nominations
  
NME Award for Best Album

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Released
  
6 May 2013 (2013-05-06)

Recorded
  
December 2012 (2012-12) at Fishfactory in London, United Kingdom

I Am Here (2012)
  
Silence Yourself (2013)

Similar
  
Adore Life, Once I Was an Eagle, Modern Vampires of the City, Trouble Will Find Me, Wakin on a Pretty Daze

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Silence Yourself is the debut studio album by the English post-punk band Savages, released on 6 May 2013 on Matador Records and Pop Noire, a label owned by vocalist Jehnny Beth. It was nominated for the 2013 Mercury Prize.

Contents

Savages silence yourself album review


Reception

Silence Yourself received widespread critical acclaim upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 82, based on 36 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".

In the United Kingdom, the album reached No. 19 on the charts. In the United States, the album debuted at No. 70 on the Billboard 200, and No. 20 on the Rock Albums chart. The album has sold 43,000 copies in the US as of December 2015.

Track listing

All tracks written by Savages.

Personnel

All personnel credits adapted from Silence Yourself's album notes.

Savages
  • Jehnny Beth – vocals
  • Gemma Thompson – guitar, illustration
  • Ayse Hassan – bass
  • Fay Milton – drums
  • Additional musicians
  • Duke Garwood – clarinet (11)
  • Technical personnel
  • Johnny Hostile – production, mixing
  • Rodaidh McDonald – production, mixing
  • Mattia Sartori – assistant engineering
  • Mike Marsh – mastering
  • Design personnel
  • Antoine Carlier – design
  • Richard Dumas – photography
  • Songs

    1Shut Up4:48
    2I Am Here3:21
    3City’s Full3:28

    References

    Silence Yourself Wikipedia