''Mouth Silence'' is the second mashup album by American musician and comedian Neil Cicierega. Following the format of his previous release, ''

Mouth Sounds ''Mouth Sounds'' is a mashup album by American musician Neil Cicierega. The album was released independently by Cicierega on April 27, 2014. Consisting of mashups pairing Top 40 hits of the 1980s and 1990s along with Smash Mouth's " All Star" ...

'', the album is composed of mashups and remixes of popular songs from the 1980s, 1990's, and 2000's. Unlike ''Mouth Sounds'', which used the song " All Star" by

Smash Mouth Smash Mouth is an American rock band from San Jose, California. The band was formed in 1994, and was originally composed of Steve Harwell (lead vocals), Kevin Coleman (drums), Greg Camp (guitar), and Paul De Lisle (bass). With Harwell's depa ...

as a recurring element, no tracks on ''Mouth Silence'' explicitly reference Smash Mouth. A third installment, ''

Mouth Moods ''Mouth Moods'' is the third mashup album by American musician and comedian Neil Cicierega Neil Stephen Cicierega ( ; born August 23, 1986) is an American comedian, actor, filmmaker, singer, YouTuber, musician, songwriter, puppeteer, artist, ...

'', was released in 2017, and a fourth installment, ''

Mouth Dreams ''Mouth Dreams'' is the fourth mashup album by American musician and comedian Neil Cicierega. It was released on September 30, 2020. Like his three previous mashup albums ('' Mouth Sounds'', ''Mouth Silence'', and ''Mouth Moods''), its source mat ...

'', in 2020. Although ''Mouth Silence'' is the second album released in the series, according to Cicierega, it is a prequel to ''Mouth Sounds.'' It is, jokingly, also considered a "Squeakuel" to ''Mouth Moods','' and a "Shriekquel" to ''Mouth Dreams.''

Reception

Much like its predecessor, ''Mouth Sounds'', critics remarked on the album's simultaneous appeal to and perversion of the listener's nostalgia, with Katie Rife of ''

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'' describing it as "laugh out loud horrifying" and Ryan Manning of ''

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'' promising that listeners would "have a strong reaction, negative, positive, horrified, glorified". Sasha Geffen, writing for Impose Magazine, describes the effect as "total context collapse", calling it "paradoxically ..comforting". As of July 8, 2021, the album has received over 843,000 plays on

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Track listing

In addition, multiple tracks are embedded with clips from

's " All Star" that are slowed down by a factor of 1728%. The song lyrics are sung in the octave below Middle C, making those notes lower than the range of human hearing. To hear the clips in their original key, the music must be sped up by factor of 1728%. Like in ''Mouth Dreams,'' there is a hidden message in the track info for ''Mouth Silence.'' Each track contains a one-character comment; when the tracks are arranged alphabetically by title, the comments spell out "SO MUCH 2 DO SO MUCH 2 SEE," a line from the first verse of Smash Mouth's "All Star." Several tracks feature original instrumental work by Cicierega, and the instrumental of "Space Monkey Mafia" is entirely original.

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External links

* * Mouth Silence on Internet Archive {{Authority control 2014 mixtape albums Mashup albums 2014 remix albums Neil Cicierega remix albums Plunderphonics albums