No Sound Without Silence
No Sound Without Silence | ||||
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Released | 12 September 2014 | |||
Recorded | September 2012 – 2014 | |||
Studio | #3 World Tour Bus (various; see tour dates) | |||
Genre | Pop rock[1] | |||
Length | 43:57 | |||
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Singles from No Sound Without Silence | ||||
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No Sound Without Silence is the fourth
Largely recorded aboard the band's tour bus during the length of the
Background
In 2012, The Script released their third studio album,
The band's 2012
In April 2015, a special edition version of the album was released in Japan. This featured a bonus disc, containing 6 live-recorded tracks from their show in Tokyo on the NSWS tour. This included 4 back-catalogue songs (Breakeven, The Man Who Can't Be Moved, For The First Time, and Hall Of Fame) as well as 2 songs from the new album (Superheroes, and The Energy Never Dies).[9]
Recording
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Most of the material used for the band's fourth studio album was recorded on board the band's tour bus. On that bus, 40 potential tracks were written but ultimately only 11 tracks made the final cut.[10] The 3 World Tour began in September 2012 and ended in July 2013.
O'Donoghue, in addition to touring with the band, had served as one of the four coaches for the
Packaging
The title of the album, No Sound Without Silence, is both a shortening of
Promotion
No Sound Without Silence was formally announced by the band and Sony on 18 July 2014. The album, its artwork and release date was unveiled through a
Critical reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Digital Spy | 2/5[23] |
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Melodic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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No Sound Without Silence received mixed reviews from music critics, though many commented that the album was a big improvement from their previous album #3.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | " Superheroes" | O'Donoghue, Sheehan, Barry | O'Donoghue, Sheehan, Barry | 4:04 |
3. | "Man on a Wire" | O'Donoghue, Sheehan | 4:05 | |
4. | "It's Not Right for You" | O'Donoghue, Sheehan, Barry | O'Donoghue, Sheehan, Barry | 4:24 |
5. | "The Energy Never Dies" | O'Donoghue, Sheehan, Barry, Andrew Frampton, Steve Kipner | O'Donoghue, Sheehan, Frampton, Kipner | 4:15 |
6. | "Flares" | O'Donoghue, Sheehan, Barry, Ryan Tedder | O'Donoghue, Sheehan, Barry | 3:49 |
7. | "Army of Angels" | O'Donoghue, Sheehan, Frampton | O'Donoghue, Sheehan, Frampton | 3:58 |
8. | "Never Seen Anything (Quite Like You)" | O'Donoghue, Sheehan, Barry | O'Donoghue, Sheehan, Barry | 3:22 |
9. | "Paint the Town Green" | O'Donoghue, Sheehan, Barry | O'Donoghue, Sheehan, Barry | 3:31 |
10. | "Without Those Songs" | O'Donoghue, Sheehan, Barry | O'Donoghue, Sheehan, Barry | 3:46 |
11. | "Hail Rain or Sunshine" | O'Donoghue, Sheehan, Barry | O'Donoghue, Sheehan, Barry | 3:27 |
Total length: | 43:57 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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12. | "Howl at the Moon" | O'Donoghue, Sheehan | 5:13 |
Total length: | 49:10 |
Personnel
The Script
Additional musicians
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Technical personnel
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Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[55] | Gold | 35,000^ |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[56] | Gold | 10,000‡ |
Netherlands (NVPI)[57] | Gold | 20,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[58] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[60] | Platinum | 350,098[59] |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Release history
Region | Date | Format | Label |
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Germany | 12 September 2014 | Columbia | |
Ireland | |||
United Kingdom | 15 September 2014 | ||
United States | 30 September 2014 |
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