This Silence Kills

This Silence Kills is the debut studio album by Brazilian singer-songwriter Dillon, released on November 21, 2011 on BPitch Control.[2] The album received positive reviews from music critics.

This Silence Kills
Studio album by Dillon
Released	November 21, 2011
Genre	Indie pop electronic art pop
Length	42:53
Label	BPitch Control
Producer	Dillon Tamer Fahri Özgönenc Thies Mynther[1]
Dillon chronology
This Silence Kills (2011) The Unknown (2014)

The song Thirteen Thirtyfive is based on "Pocketful of Money" by Swedish singer-songwriter Jens Lekman.[3]

Style

Dillon live at Waves Vienna in 2012

German music magazine Musikexpress called the album "chanson-pop" and noted influences from electronic music.[4] Dillon's vocals on the album have been compared to those of Björk.[5][6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	72/100[7]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[8]
BBC Music	(favorable)[6]
Mixmag	[9]
Resident Advisor	[10]
Uncut	[11]

This Silence Kills received largely positive reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 72, based on 5 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[12]

Markus Schneider of the Berliner Zeitung praised the album. Schneider noted that Dillon's electronic music distinguished her from many other songwriters, "who merely include electronic music as decorations."[5] In a review for the BBC, Mike Diver lauded the album saying, "Dillon uses spare beats, subtle orchestrations and background-mixed brass, but everything is bound by a vocal that speaks to the soul, not the soles."[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dominique Dillon de Byington except for Thirten Thirtyfive (Jens Lekman).

No.	Title	Length
1.	"This Silence Kills"	4:18
2.	"Tip Tapping"	3:06
3.	"Thirteen Thirtyfive"	3:43
4.	"Your Flesh against Mine"	4:29
5.	"You Are My Winter"	4:21
6.	"Undying Need to Scream"	2:16
7.	"_________________"	4:53
8.	"From One to Six Hundred Kilometers"	3:39
9.	"Hey Beau"	2:35
10.	"Texture of My Blood"	2:33
11.	"Gumache"	2:56
12.	"Abrupt Clarity"	4:04
Total length:		42:53

References

1. CD Release: Producer credits on Discogs.com, Retrieved on December 11, 2015
2. Release date on Bpitchcontrol.de, Retrieved on December 11, 2015, 2015
3. CD Release: Liner Notes on Discogs.com, Retrieved on December 11, 2015, 2015
4. Review of This Silence Kills by musikexpress.de, Retrieved on December 11, 2015
5. Markus Schneider: Album "This Silence Kills: Dillon is working on songs, Berliner Zeitung on December 13, 2011, Retrieved on December 11, 2015
6. Diver, Mike (November 11, 2011). "Dillon - This Silence Kills - Album Review". BBC Music. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
7. "Critic Reviews for This Silence Kills by Dillon". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
8. Raggett, Ned (October 31, 2011). "This Silence Kills - Dillon". AllMusic. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
9. Mixmag review
10. Resident Advisor review
11. "Review: This Silence Kills". Uncut. London: 84. January 2012. Cooing fragmentary, dreamlike lyrics in a fuzzy-warm purr, this young singer's kittenish vocal affectations will grate on some... [but] Dillon redeems her whimsy with promising nods towards Bjork, Joanna Newsom and Lykke Li.
12. "This Silence Kills – Dillon". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved December 11, 2015.