Static & Silence

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Static & Silence
Sundays-staticandsilence.jpg
Studio album by
The Sundays
Released22 September 1997
Genre
Length
  • 38:46 (UK edition)
  • 42:14 (US edition)
Label
Producer
  • David Gavurin
  • Harriet Wheeler
The Sundays chronology
Blind
(1992)		Static & Silence
(1997)
Singles from Static & Silence
  1. "Summertime"
    Released: 8 September 1997
  2. "Cry"
    Released: 10 November 1997
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Entertainment Weekly A− [2]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Pitchfork 8.8/10 [4]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Static & Silence is the third and final studio album by English alternative rock band The Sundays, released in the UK by Parlophone on 22 September 1997, and in the US by Geffen on 23 September 1997. The title is a quote from the album's final track "Monochrome", and the album's cover photo is a reference to the subject of "Monochrome", the TV screening of the Apollo 11 Moon landing.

Contents

Guitarist and leader David Gavurin has said that by the time of the recording of Static & Silence the band had mellowed somewhat with age, and that he and wife Harriet Wheeler were influenced more by Van Morrison, which gives some songs on the album their 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, joined The Sundays during their UK and US album support tour as a backup guitarist. He is perhaps best known for his prior work as the lead singer for Jim Jiminee.

Singles

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, [6] [7] [8] and at No. 41 in Australia. [9] Second single "Cry" peaked at No. 44 in the UK Singles Chart. [6]

Track listing

All songs written by David Gavurin and Harriet Wheeler.

UK version
No.TitleLength
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" (Track 8 on US version)3:18
8."Leave This City" (Track 9 on US version)4:24
9."Your Eyes" (Track 10 on US version)2:30
10."Cry" (Track 7 on US version)4:05
11."Monochrome" (Track 12 on US version)4:15
US version bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."So Much"3:29
Japan version bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."Through The Dark" (B-side of "Cry")4:25
13."Gone" (B-side of "Summertime")3:53
14."Nothing Sweet" (B-side of "Summertime)3:02

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Static & Silence
Chart (1997)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [10] 45
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [11] 33
UK Albums (OCC) [6] 10
US Billboard 200 [12] 33

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References

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  3. ↑ Sweeney, Kathy (19 September 1997). "The Sundays: Static and Silence (Parlophone)". The Guardian .
  4. ↑ Schreiber, Ryan. "The Sundays: Static and Silence". Pitchfork . Archived from the original on 28 January 2001. Retrieved 17 May 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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  6. 1 2 3 "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  7. ↑ "The Sundays - Alternative Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  8. ↑ "The Sundays - Adult Pop Songs Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  9. ↑ Summertime @ Australian-Charts.com Retrieved May 2009
  10. ↑ "Australiancharts.com – The Sundays – Static & Silence". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  11. ↑ "Charts.nz – The Sundays – Static & Silence". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  12. ↑ "The Sundays > Chart History > Billboard 200". Billboard . Archived from the original on 30 August 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
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