''Quiet Is the New Loud'' is the debut album by Norwegian

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Kings of Convenience Kings of Convenience is an indie folk-pop duo from Bergen, Norway, consisting of Erlend Øye and Eirik Glambek Bøe. History Øye and Bøe were both born in 1975 (Øye on 21 November and Bøe on 25 October) and have known each other since they ...

, released on 29 January 2001 by Astralwerks.

Critical reception

''Quiet Is the New Loud'' received mostly positive reviews from contemporary music critics. At

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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an

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score of 71, based on 11 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". Caroline Hennessy of

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was quoted saying that "If quiet is indeed the new loud then Eirik and Erlend are on to a sure winner. A bittersweet pop album to wrap yourself up in when the world feels like a scary place."

Track listing

Personnel

;Kings of Convenience *

Erlend Øye Erlend Øye (born 21 November 1975) is a Norwegian composer, musician, producer, singer and songwriter from Bergen, best known for being one half of the indie folk duo Kings of Convenience, along with Eirik Glambek Bøe. Among other musical pro ...

– steel string acoustic and electric guitars, harmony (all but 5) and lead (5) vocals, piano, drums, percussion, string arrangements *

Eirik Glambek Bøe Eirik Glambek Bøe (born 25 October 1975) is a Norwegian musician, writer and vocalist, best known for being part of the indie folk duo Kings of Convenience together with Erlend Øye. He has a degree in psychology from the University of Berge ...

– nylon string acoustic and electric guitars, lead (all but 5) and harmony (5) vocals, piano, drums, string arrangements ;Additional personnel *Ian Bracken – cello (4, 5, 8, 10) *Matt McGeever – cello (1) *Ben Dumville – trumpet (3) *Tarjei Strøm – drum fills (5)

Certifications

References

{{Authority control Kings of Convenience albums 2001 debut albums Albums produced by Ken Nelson (British record producer) Astralwerks albums