Silent Shout

Silent Shout is the third and best album of the electronic duo The Knife. This one is the first one with the dark feeling that Karin Dreijer fully exhibits as Fever Ray. Pitch-shifted vocals and unearthing samples that create a dystopian soundscape. Lot's of fun...not. But great music.

This was a surprising album. I'm always a bit sceptical when I read 'electronic music', but this was kinda experimental in a fun way. It may not be the 'danceable' type, but I liked it

Great bloops. Excellent bleeps. Listened to this on a stationary bike and it was kinda perfect

I'm not normally into electronic music but this won me over. Reminded me a bit of Bjork at times. 4 stars.

Ah, older project from Fever Ray! Weirdo electronica piece, occasionally annoying, but still compelling. Rounding up the 4.5, and I'll mark another notch under "demonstrations that the UK simply can't compete with continental europe when it comes to electronica"

A homecoming. 268 scrobbles across The Knife's catalogue and this took almost 10 years to come up — criminal. We Share Our Mothers' Health and Forest Families were the particular standouts but honestly it's all good. Dark Swedish electronica at its finest, a joy to revisit.

Fucking love this. It hasn't dated as badly as its contemporaries and every track seems to do something unexpected or surprising.

The Knife are one of the greats. This album is probably their most immediate and catchy. Every song is just a banger. I do appreciate some of their more experimental stuff but it's hard to argue against this one.

Enjoyed this sort of strange electronic music quite a bit.

Rating: 7/10 Best songs: Silent shout, Marble house

Always enjoy a cold synth.

The Knife has a unique sound. Always a good listen.

Nice! Right when I was thinking this sounded like Fever Ray it all dawned on me.

Svenskar kan. Inte deras bästa platta men gott nog.

At first I was like, what, no "Vikings" theme tune? But evidently I'm getting them mixed up with Fever Ray, for understandable reasons. And oh, we already had that on the main list! 🤦 Ah, in my Fever Ray review I was bemoaning the lack of Dead Can Dance in the main list, and it looks like they haven't made it to the user list either!? That is, I suppose, partially on me, though in my defense I was determined to pick something from outside the over-represented UK and US... Anyway, yeah, this is a solid and engaging listen. Lots of stuff going on, consistently emotive. Fave tracks - "Silent Shout", "We Share Our Mothers' Health"

Wacky stuff, I like it. Had to double-check if that was Björk on the vocals because she sounded very similar. Conjures visions of robots throwing a dance party in a snowy wasteland.

As far as the electronic genre goes, this has got to be one of, if not, my favorites. I’m not a big phan of what the genee has to offer so this was a pleasant trip into the possibilities of electronic music. For that reason, I say that I respect the choice, but don’t think I’ll be listening again. Good suggestion. 4/5

Anotha one I've listened to before! That's 5 of the last 7 albums, mind you! As nice as it is to have an excuse to revisit certain albums, I need to break the habit of waiting for albums that really interest me, in the hope that they'll eventually come up on the user list. (I've read it- there are a lot of intriguing albums that are hiding behind the mountain of Steven Wilson and Tool releases I receive instead). I described the Fever Ray album from the old list as "Odd and spooky"... before giving it 4/5, so it isn't a surprise I like this as well. It's strange, the metallic, mechanical beats of something like "Like a Pen" aren't really something I look for in music- for context, my ongoing challenge is to try to appreciate Autechre's music- but hey I'm enjoying this so I shouldn't ask too many questions! "From Off to On" sounds more like Fever Ray. I guess the clubby, techno percussion is mainly what separates Silent Shout from that other album. The pitched-down "ho ho ho ho" in "One Hit" almost sounds like a joke to me, like a remix that Neil Cicierega would make or something. It still got my head and upper body moving though HL: title track, "Neverland", "Marble House", "Forest Families", "Still Light"

It’s pretty cool but I don’t like the vocals, I might just be basic though

Some good synth pop from a pre-Fever Ray Fever Ray. It's nothing super special but I dug it. My personal rating: 4/5 My rating relative to the list: 4/5 Should this have been included on the original list? No

I was aware of Karin Dreijer because of Fever Ray. I recall my brother mentioning her brother and this band when we talked about that, but I never actually checked any of it out. The kinship is clearly enough, and I liked this, though mostly the vocals seemed best treated as another instrument - lyricallynit didnt do a lot for me.

Synth-pop, techno, electronic. Ni fu ni fa.

The Swedes have an incredibly distinct sound, I checked immediately if Björk was behind this project given how similar the vocals were. The music itself was a welcome blast from the past, the arpeggiated synths and warm pads invoking a heavy dose of nostalgia for a golden age pf electronica. The vocals and melodic similarity between tracks did start to wear on me towards the end of the listen, but I enjoyed this one overall. Great add for some international diversity and more electronica on the user list.

Weird euro electropop

Beep boop woogA woogA

Heard a few the knife remixes before but this is a first listening to a full album of theirs, enjoyed this, worthy of the list,

Songwriting: great. Execution: leaving much to be desired. Can we get some covers similar to Royal Teeth's Heartbeats?

Synth-pop, techno, electronic. Ni fu ni fa.

I don't know who The Knife are, but they sound like every other techno group. 3/5

Perfectly fine for what it is. But not at all one's thing because not that interesting.

Electronic music is not my bag, and this bag was too heavy.

Another day and another electronic album that hardly resonates with me. I can get the general idea and why it may deserve a place on such a list, like the 1001 one, but it's hard for me to engage.

I normally like this genre but this is pop orientated and colourless.

The vocals are so bad. All the pitch shifting is just beyond annoying. It single handedly ruins this record. And Fever Ray continues this behavior too. It's very frustrating.