Silent '88

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Silent '88
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember,1996
Genre Indie
Length63:48
Label Slumberland Records
Hood chronology
Cabled Linear Traction
(1995)
Silent '88
(1996)
Structured Disasters
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Silent '88 is second full-length album by English band Hood. Both the CD and LP versions were released on the Slumberland Records label in 1996.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."The Field Is Cut"4:25
2."Hood Northern"3:51
3."Delusions of Worthlessness"3:45
4."At Last! Riots on Spofforth Hill"0:48
5.Untitled0:32
6."Rural Colors"2:30
7."Western Skies"2:43
8."Deny Deny Deny"1:16
9."Smash Your Head on the Cubist Jazz"1:12
10."The Hidden Ambience of a Lost Art"3:33
11."Being Beaten Up"0:40
12."Silent '88"4:11
13."Outro"0:51
14."Intro"0:43
15."Documenting Crop Rotations"2:08
16."I Hate You Now"0:28
17."Her Innocent Stock of Words"3:18
18."Trust Me, I'm a Stomach"2:47
19."Resonant 1942"2:00
20."Sometimes I Worry"1:54
21.Untitled0:27
22."Downpour"2:43
23."The Fields Are Divided"1:38
24."Love Is Dead But Never Buried"2:43
25."Empty Canvas"1:49
26."The Silent Years"11:03

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