''What Silence Knows'' is the debut solo album by English singer

Shara Nelson Shara Nelson (born 1965) is an English singer and songwriter. She worked with Massive Attack in the early 1990s, and as a solo artist had five UK top 40 hit singles. Her 1993 debut album, ''What Silence Knows'', was shortlisted for the Mercury ...

, released in September 1993 on

Cooltempo Records Cooltempo, the dance music imprint of Chrysalis Records, was revived in May 2018. The label released albums by artists such as Kenny Thomas, Milli Vanilli, Adeva, Shara Nelson, Mica Paris and Innocence. History Cooltempo emerged at the end ...

. It includes five singles which reached the

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: " Down That Road", " One Goodbye in Ten", " Inside Out", " Uptight" and "

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". The album peaked at No. 22 on the

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and was later certified Gold by the

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for sales in excess of 100,000 copies. The album was shortlisted for the 1994

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Critical reception

Alan Jones from ''

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'' wrote, "A glittering solo debut for this talented vocalist. The current single, " One Goodbye in Ten", is particularly fine: a rich string arrangement underpinning a Sixties feel. Other tracks, such as "

", recall her past with

Massive Attack Massive Attack are an English trip hop collective formed in 1988 in Bristol by Robert "3D" Del Naja, Adrian "Tricky" Thaws, Andrew "Mushroom" Vowles and Grant "Daddy G" Marshall. The debut Massive Attack album ''Blue Lines'' was release ...

, while the vox/piano style of " Inside Out" has a haunting, stark beauty. Could be a

Dina Carroll Geraldine Carroll (born 21 August 1968) is an English singer. She had a string of hits during the 1990s, including the UK top ten singles, " It's Too Late" (1991), " Don't Be a Stranger" (1993), "The Perfect Year", (1993), and "Escaping" (1996 ...

-style breakout."

Track listing

# "Nobody" (Shara Nelson, Kenny Nicholas, Trevor Jacobs, Suni Suleynan) – 4:22 # "Pain Revisited" (Shara Nelson,

Howie B Howard Bernstein (born 18 April 1963, Glasgow, Scotland), professionally known as Howie B, is a Scottish musician, producer and DJ who has worked with artists including: Björk, U2, Tricky, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Soul II Soul, Robbi ...

ernstein) – 5:16 # "One Goodbye in Ten" (Shara Nelson, Bob Stanley,

Pete Wiggs Peter Stewart Wiggs (born 15 May 1966) is an English musician and DJ from Reigate, Surrey. Saint Etienne Pete Wiggs is a member of the pop/dance group Saint Etienne (alongside Bob Stanley and Sarah Cracknell) for which he co-writes songs, pro ...

) – 5:50 # "Inside Out" (Shara Nelson,

Kevin Armstrong Kevin Armstrong (1922–1992 ) was a dual player who played Gaelic football, football and hurling for his local club O'Connell's GAA, O'Connell's and for the Antrim GAA, Antrim senior inter-county teams in both codes from the 1940s until the 19 ...

) – 3:19 # "Uptight" (Shara Nelson, Prince Be) – 5:04 # "Down That Road" (Shara Nelson, Prince Be) – 5:15 # "Chance" (Shara Nelson, Kenny Nicholas, Trevor Jacobs, Suni Suleynan) – 3:58 # "Thoughts of You" (Shara Nelson, John Coxon) – 4:16 # "How Close" (Shara Nelson, Prince Be) – 3:59 # "What Silence Knows" (Shara Nelson, Style Scott) – 6:59

Personnel

*Shara Nelson – vocals *Billy Liesegang, G.A. Parricelli – guitar *

Mike Peden Michael Peden is a British record producer, remixer and composer, best known for his work with the British musical duo Lighthouse Family. With his former band the Chimes, Peden had a hit single with their version of "I Still Haven't Found What I ...

– bass *Mel Wesson – keyboards, synthesizer *Michael Timothy,

Pete Wingfield William Peter Wingfield (born 7 May 1948) is an English record producer, keyboard player, songwriter, singer and music journalist. Career Whilst at Sussex University Wingfield and three other students formed the group Jellybread. In 1969, he ...

– keyboards *Rupert Brown, Trevor Murrell – drums *Miles Bould – percussion *Lyn Gerald, Tee Green – backing vocals *Philip D. Todd – flute, electronic wind instrument *London Session Orchestra – strings *

Nick Ingman Nicholas Ingman (born 29 April 1948) is an English arranger, composer and conductor in the commercial music field. His collaborators include Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, Björk, and the British X-factor. Born and educated in London, Ingman moved ...

– string arrangements *

Gavyn Wright Gavyn Wright is a British violinist and orchestra leader with the London Session Orchestra and Penguin Cafe Orchestra. He is best known for his orchestral arrangements on pop productions (including Elton John, Simply Red, Bush, Mecano, Oasis, ...

– orchestral leader and conductor

Charts

Album

Singles

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1993 debut albums Shara Nelson albums Cooltempo Records albums Albums produced by Mike Peden