Released November 21, 2011 Label BPitch Control Artist Dillon Genres Indie pop, Art Pop | Length 42:53 This Silence Kills
(2011) The Unknown
(2014) Release date 11 November 2011 | |
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Producers Dillon, Tamer Fahri Özgönenc, Thies Mynther Nominations Echo Award for Critic's Choice Similar Dust, Immolate Yourself, Reworks, Orchestra of Bubbles, Happy Birthday! | ||
Dillon this silence kills full album
This Silence Kills is the debut studio album by Brazilian-born singer-songwriter Dillon, released on November 21, 2011 on BPitch Control. The album received positive reviews from music critics.
Contents
The song Thirteen Thirtyfive is based on "Pocket Full of Money" by Swedish singer-songwriter Jens Lekman.
Style
German music magazine Musikexpress called the album "chanson-pop" and noted influences from electronic music. Dillon's vocals on the album have been compared to those of Björk.
Critical reception
This Silence Kills received largely 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 72, based on 5 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".
Markus Schneider of the Berliner Zeitung praised the album. Schneider noted that Dillon's electronic music distinguished her from many other songwriters, "who merely include electronic music as decorations." In a review for the BBC, Mike Diver lauded the album saying, "Dillon uses spare beats, subtle orchestrations and background-mixed brass, but everything is bound by a vocal that speaks to the soul, not the soles."
Track listing
All tracks written by Dominique Dillon de Byington.
Songs
1This Silence Kills4:19
2Tip Tapping3:08
3Thirteen Thirtyfive3:44