No Sound Without Silence
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| Studio album by The Script | ||||
| Released | 12 September 2014 | |||
| Recorded | September 2012 – 2014 at #3 World Tour Bus (various; see tour dates) |
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| Length | 43:57 | |||
| Label | Phonogenic, Columbia | |||
| Producer | James Barry, Andrew Frampton, Steve Kipner, Danny O'Donoghue, Mark Sheehan | |||
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No Sound Without Silence is the fourth studio album by Irish pop rock band The Script. The album was released by Columbia Records on 12 September 2014 in Ireland and Friday-release countries and on 15 September 2014 in the United Kingdom. The album is the band's first full-length release under Columbia, after releasing their previous three studio albums under Phonogenic Records in Europe and Epic Records in the United States.
Largely recorded aboard the band's tour bus during the length of the 3 World Tour through 2012 and 2013, the album has been described as a "prequel" to the band's eponymous debut album, recorded with the ideology of creating an album better than what they had previously recorded. The album is preceded by "Superheroes", released as the lead single promoting the album on 22 July 2014.
In 2012, The Script released their third studio album, #3. Conceived by the band to appeal to a more mainstream audience, The album was initially released alongside mixed to negative reviews from music critics, who described the album as having been rushed and lacking artistic vision, especially in the band's venture into hip hop influences. Despite the negative reaction from critics, the album was commercially successful, achieving a hot-shot debut on the Irish Album Charts and peaking at #2 on the UK Albums Chart.
The band's 2012 single, "Hall of Fame", became one of the band's most commercially successful singles, peaking at number one on the Irish and UK Singles Chart and reaching the top ten on sixteen national singles charts. The single was also certified Platinum in the United Kingdom by the British Phonographic Industry, 6x Platinum by ARIA in Australia, and 2x platinum in the United States by the RIAA. "Hall of Fame" also appeared on the Official Charts Company's Top 100 most downloaded tracks of all time in the United Kingdom in April 2014, placing number 89 on the overall list.
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