''In Silence'' is the debut studio album by
Norwegian
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band
Fra Lippo Lippi. It was released in 1981 through record label Uniton. The album's gothic
post-punk
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sound was heavily influenced by bands such as
Joy Division
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Sumner and Hook formed the band after atte ...
and
The Cure
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.
Track listing
Critical reception
In their retrospective review,
AllMusic
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panned the album, calling it "arguably the only unlistenable LP in Fra Lippo Lippi's career.
..Fra Lippo Lippi were still trying to find themselves on ''In Silence''; the band sounds lost, unable to find a hook that wasn't borrowed from The Cure or Joy Division."
In their review of ''
The Early Years'', a compilation album comprising ''In Silence'' and the group's second album, ''
Small Mercies'',
Tiny Mix Tapes
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called ''In Silence'' "the more interesting of the two" and the album "so strangely similar
o Joy Division t'salmost like having a new Joy Division/
New Order album."
Re-issue
''In Silence'', along with ''
Small Mercies'', was re-issued by
Rune Arkiv in 2003 as the compilation album ''
The Early Years''.
Personnel
; Fra Lippo Lippi
*
Rune Kristoffersen
*
Morten Sjøberg
; Technical
* Jesse A. Fernandez – sleeve photography
References
External links
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Fra Lippo Lippi (band) albums
1981 debut albums
Post-punk albums by Norwegian artists
Gothic rock albums by Norwegian artists