This Silence Kills

This Silence Kills
Studio album by Dillon
Released	November 21, 2011
Genre	Indie pop electronic art pop
Length	42:53
Label	BPitch Control
Producer	Dillon Tamer Fahri Özgönenc Thies Mynther [1]
Dillon chronology
This Silence Kills (2011) The Unknown (2014)

This Silence Kills is the debut studio album by Germany-based Brazilian singer-songwriter Dillon, released on November 21, 2011 on BPitch Control. ^[2] The album received positive reviews from music critics.

The song "Thirteen Thirtyfive" is based on "Pocketful of Money" by Swedish singer-songwriter Jens Lekman. ^[3]

Style

Dillon live at Waves Vienna in 2012

German music magazine Musikexpress called the album "chanson-pop" and noted influences from electronic music. ^[4] Dillon's vocals on the album have been compared to those of Björk. ^{[5] [6]}

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	72/100 [7]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[8]
BBC Music	(favorable) [6]
Mixmag	[9]
Resident Advisor	[10]
Uncut	[11]

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". ^[12]

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." ^[5] 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." ^[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dominique Dillon de Byington, except for "Thirteen Thirtyfive" (Jens Lekman).

No.	Title	Length
1.	"This Silence Kills"	4:18
2.	"Tip Tapping"	3:06
3.	"Thirteen Thirtyfive"	3:43
4.	"Your Flesh against Mine"	4:29
5.	"You Are My Winter"	4:21
6.	"Undying Need to Scream"	2:16
7.	"_________________"	4:53
8.	"From One to Six Hundred Kilometers"	3:39
9.	"Hey Beau"	2:35
10.	"Texture of My Blood"	2:33
11.	"Gumache"	2:56
12.	"Abrupt Clarity"	4:04
Total length:		42:53

References

1. CD Release: Producer credits on Discogs.com, Retrieved on December 11, 2015
2. Release date on Bpitchcontrol.de, Retrieved on December 11, 2015, 2015
3. CD Release: Liner Notes on Discogs.com, Retrieved on December 11, 2015, 2015
4. Review of This Silence Kills by musikexpress.de, Retrieved on December 11, 2015
5. Markus Schneider: Album "This Silence Kills: Dillon is working on songs, Berliner Zeitung on December 13, 2011, Retrieved on December 11, 2015
6. Diver, Mike (November 11, 2011). "Dillon - This Silence Kills - Album Review". BBC Music . Retrieved December 11, 2015.
7. "Critic Reviews for This Silence Kills by Dillon". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved December 11, 2015.
8. Raggett, Ned (October 31, 2011). "This Silence Kills - Dillon". AllMusic . Retrieved December 11, 2015.
9. Mixmag review
10. Resident Advisor review
11. "Review: This Silence Kills". Uncut . London: 84. January 2012. Cooing fragmentary, dreamlike lyrics in a fuzzy-warm purr, this young singer's kittenish vocal affectations will grate on some... [but] Dillon redeems her whimsy with promising nods towards Bjork, Joanna Newsom and Lykke Li.
12. "This Silence Kills – Dillon". Metacritic. CBS Interactive . Retrieved December 11, 2015.