''Silence Becomes It'' is the debut album by Portuguese band

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, released in June 1998. It was a huge success in Portugal, reaching a six-time platinum certification (240,000 units sold), but had less success internationally. The album contains 15 songs, including a hidden track, and two versions of "

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" by

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. Most of the songs are in English, with only two in Portuguese: "Sextos Sentidos", a duet with

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, and "Eu Não Sei Dizer". The songs deal with themes of love, pain, melancholy, loss, death, sorrow, loneliness and nostalgia – themes that are recurrent in Silence 4 and

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's solo career discography. Both "Borrow" and "My Friends" were highly successful singles in Portugal.

Track listing

Music and lyrics by David Fonseca, except where noted. # "Goodbye Tomorrow" # "Borrow" # "Dying Young" (lyrics: Bruno Urbano) # "Old Letters" # "Angel Song" # "My Friends" # " A (Very) Little Respect" (

Vince Clarke Vincent John Martin (born 3 July 1960), known professionally as Vince Clarke, is an English synth-pop musician and songwriter. Clarke has been the main composer and musician of the band Erasure since its inception in 1985, and was previously ...

, Andy Bell) # "Sextos Sentidos" (lyrics:

; music: Rui Costa) # "We" # "Breeders" (lyrics: Bruno Urbano) # "Eu Não Sei Dizer" # "Cry" (music: Rui Costa) # "A Little Respect" (Vince Clarke, Andy Bell) # "Teeth Against the Glass" # "Sex Freak" (hidden track)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Silence Becomes It 1998 debut albums Silence 4 albums PolyGram albums