Silence Is Easy is the second studio album by English indie rock group Starsailor, released in September 2003 on EMI Records. The album cover is loosely based on Echo & the Bunnymen's Heaven Up Here. The song "Some of Us" was featured in an episode of Bones titled "A Boy in a Bush" and in the closing credits of the Belgian film The Memory of a Killer (a.k.a. The Alzheimer Case). The album contains some of the last productions by Phil Spector before his murder conviction and imprisonment in 2009, and before his death in 2021 ("Silence Is Easy" and "White Dove"). The album sold 54,296 copies in its opening week of release, charting at No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart. It was certified gold in the UK in 2003.
Track listing
Personnel
- Ben Byrne – drums
- James 'Stel' Stelfox – bass guitar
- James Walsh – vocals, guitar
- Barry Westhead – keyboards
- Percussion: Luis Jardim
- Double bass: Arnulf Lindner
- Violins: Ruth Gottilieb, Gillon Cameron, Howard Gott, Wendy De St Paer, louise Peacock, Brian Wright, Claire Raybould, Katherine Watmough, Tim Myall, Anna Giddey, Catherine Browning, Alison Blunt, Calina De La Mare, Anna Morris, Gini Ball and Sally Herbert
- Violas: Rob Spriggs, Vince Greene, Sophie Sirota, Emily Frith, Lucy Theo and Fiona Friffith
- Cellos: Sarah Willson, Helen Thomas, Andy Nice, Ian Burdge and Emily Isaac
Production
- Producer: Danton Supple, Starsailor, John Leckie, Mark Aubrey, Phil Spector
- Engineer: Danton Supple, Mark Aubrey, John Leckie and Chris Brown
- Additional engineer: Britt Myers
- Programmer John Dunne
- Mixer: Michael H. Brauer, The Soulsavers
- Assistance: Nathaniel Chan
- Mastering: Greg Calbi, Miles Showell
- String arrangements: Leo Abrahams
- Art direction: Yacht Associates
- Photograph: Rick Guest
Charts
Weekly charts
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