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Static and Silence

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Released
  
22 September 1997

Release date
  
22 September 1997

Genres
  
Dream pop, Indie pop

Artist
  
The Sundays

Label
  
Parlophone

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Length
  
38:46 (UK edition) 42:14 (U.S. edition)

Producers
  
David Gavurin, Harriet Wheeler

Indie pop albums
  
Reading - Writing and Arithmetic, Blind, If You're Feeling Sinister, Everybody Else Is Doing It, Ritual in Repeat

Static & Silence is the third and final album by The Sundays, released in the UK by Parlophone on 22 September 1997, and in the U.S. by Geffen on 23 September 1997. The title and cover photo are a reference to the TV screening of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, which inspired the final track "Monochrome".

Contents

Guitarist and leader David Gavurin says that at this point the band had mellowed somewhat with age, and that he and wife Harriet Wheeler have been influenced more by Van Morrison, which gives some songs on the album that folk-rock bent ("Folk Song" even quotes from Morrison's "And It Stoned Me"). The couple had also been listening a lot to Frank Sinatra songs and 1960s French film music.

Kevin Jamieson, who performed some percussion work on the album, also joined The Sundays during their UK and U.S. album support tour as a backup guitarist. He is perhaps best known for his prior work as the lead singer for Jim Jiminee.

Track listing

All songs written by David Gavurin and Harriet Wheeler.

UK edition

  1. "Summertime" – 3:34
  2. "Homeward" – 3:49
  3. "Folk Song" – 3:04
  4. "She" – 3:07
  5. "When I'm Thinking About You" – 4:17
  6. "I Can't Wait" – 2:23
  7. "Another Flavour" – 3:18
  8. "Leave This City" – 4:24
  9. "Your Eyes" – 2:30
  10. "Cry" – 4:05
  11. "Monochrome" – 4:15

U.S. edition

  1. "Summertime" – 3:33
  2. "Homeward" – 3:48
  3. "Folk Song" – 3:04
  4. "She" – 3:06
  5. "When I'm Thinking About You" – 4:17
  6. "I Can't Wait" – 2:22
  7. "Cry" – 4:06
  8. "Another Flavour" – 3:18
  9. "Leave This City" – 4:23
  10. "Your Eyes" – 2:29
  11. "So Much" – 3:29
  12. "Monochrome" – 4:14

Japan edition

  1. "Summertime" – 3:34
  2. "Homeward" – 3:48
  3. "Folk Song" – 3:03
  4. "She" – 3:07
  5. "When I'm Thinking About You" – 4:17
  6. "I Can't Wait" – 2:22
  7. "Another Flavour" – 3:18
  8. "Leave This City" – 4:23
  9. "Your Eyes" – 2:29
  10. "Cry" – 4:05
  11. "Monochrome" – 4:15
  12. "Through The Dark" – 4:25
  13. "Gone" – 3:53
  14. "Nothing Sweet" – 3:02

Chart performances

Lead single "Summertime" charted at No. 15 in the UK Singles Chart, making it their highest-charting single in their home country, at No. 10 and 13 on the US Modern Rock and Adult Top 40 charts, respectively, and at No. 41 in Australia. Second single "Cry" peaked at No. 44 in the UK Singles Chart.

Personnel

  • Harriet Wheeler — Vocals, string arrangements and orchestration, brass and flute orchestration
  • David Gavurin — Guitar, Hammond organ, piano, percussion, string arrangements and orchestration, brass and flute arrangements and orchestration
  • Paul Brindley — Bass
  • Patrick Hannan — Drums
  • Dave Anderson — Hammond organ, piano
  • Kev Jamieson — Hammond organ, piano
  • Martin Ditcham — percussion
  • Dave Pulfreman — percussion
  • Audrey Riley — string arrangements and orchestration
  • Martin Green — brass and flute arrangements and orchestration

    • Songs

    1Summertime3:33
    2Homeward3:49
    3Folk Song3:04

    References

    Static & Silence Wikipedia
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