Silent Cry

Infobox Album
Name = Silent Cry
Type = Album
Artist = Feeder


Released = start date|2008|6|16
Recorded = 2007–2008 at the Crypt Studios in London, England
Genre = Rock
Label = Echo
Producer = Grant Nicholas, Feeder
Reviews =
*"Drowned In Sound" (7/10) [http://www.drownedinsound.com/release/view/13299 Link]
*"The Guardian" Rating|3|5 [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,2285009,00.html Link]
*"Rocklouder" Rating|4|5 [http://www.rocklouder.co.uk/articles/5896/Feeder---Silent-Cry.html]
*"Kerrang!" Rating|3|5
*"The Mirror" Rating|3|5 [http://www.mirror.co.uk/showbiz/entertainment/music/2008/06/13/review-feeder-sixth-sense-89520-20604935/ Link]
Last album = "The Singles"
(2006)
This album = "Silent Cry"
(2008)
Next album = ""
(2008)
Misc = Singles
Name = nowrap|Silent Cry
Type = studio
Single 1 = We Are the People
Single 1 date = start date|2008|6|9
Single 2 = Tracing Lines / Silent Cry
Single 2 date = start date|2008|8|25

"Silent Cry" is the sixth full studio album by Welsh rock band Feeder. It was released by Echo, on 16 June 2008, by CD, deluxe CD, vinyl, and digital download. [cite web|url=http://www.feederweb.com/microsites/Feeder/releases.html|title=New album "SILENT CRY"|work=feederweb.com|accessdate=2008-05-04] The first single, "We Are the People", preceded the album, being released on June 9.

The album was recorded at the Crypt Studios in North London, England, with the help of long time friend of the band Matt Sime. Like their 1999 album "Yesterday Went Too Soon", the album was self-produced. The album reached #3 in the UK iTunes album chart, debuted at #8 in the official UK Albums Chart, and reached #2 in the Radio 1 Indie Charts.

The album's second single, "Tracing Lines / Silent Cry", was released on August 25. [cite web|url=http://www.feederweb.com/news.php?start=0#newsitem1|title=New Single Announcement|work=feederweb.com|accessdate=2008-06-24]

Reception

The album was given a mixed response critically, only scoring a 54/100 on the reviews aggregator Metacritic, indicating "average or mixed reviews". Commercially the album also had a poor response in terms of overall sales, failing to gain, so far, a silver sales certification. However, in terms of peak chart position the album was a modest success, charting in the UK Albums Chart at a respectable #8, despite first single "We Are the People" not receiving any major mainstream airplay from stations such as BBC Radio 1, making it the first Feeder song since 1997's "Crash" not to be playlisted by the station. (The single itself charted at #25.)

In the second week, the album then dropped to #30 and then #60 before leaving the top 75. This meant that the album became their lowest-selling to date.

"Tracing Lines" was originally planned to be the next single as a standalone package, but due to radio informing the label that the album's title track "Silent Cry" was a track they wanted to play, the single was extended into a double A-sided release, and was a download only single. It failed to chart after receiving no airplay on mainstream radio, and it is believed that if a third single was released, it would have been "Itsumo" due to Feederweb, the bands official website releasing a t-shirt based on the song.

Track listing

# "We Are the People" – 4:42
# "Itsumo" – 4:17
# "Miss You" – 2:59
# "Tracing Lines" – 3:48
# "Silent Cry" – 3:26
# "Fires" – 3:59
# "Heads Held High" – 4:04
# "8:18" – 3:45
# "Who's the Enemy" – 3:18
# "Space" – 0:34
# "Into the Blue" – 2:37
# "Guided by a Voice" – 3:50
# "Sonorous" – 4:39

Bonus tracks

# "Yeah Yeah" (Deluxe edition) – 3:17
# "Every Minute" (Deluxe edition) – 2:24
# "Calling Out For Days" (Japanese Bonus tracks) – 3:17

Charts

References

External links

* [http://www.feederweb.com/ Official band website]