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What Silence Knows is the debut solo album by English singer Shara Nelson, released in September 1993 on Cooltempo Records. It includes five singles which reached the UK Singles Chart: "Down That Road", "One Goodbye in Ten", "Inside Out", "Uptight" and "Nobody".[2] The album peaked at No. 22 on the UK Albums Chart[3] and was later certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry for sales in excess of 100,000 copies.[4]

What Silence Knows
Studio album by Shara Nelson
Released	September 1993
Genre	British soul downtempo trip hop
Length	48:18
Label	Cooltempo
Producer	Michael Peden
Shara Nelson chronology
What Silence Knows (1993) Friendly Fire (1995)
Singles from What Silence Knows
"Down That Road" Released: 1993 "One Goodbye in Ten" Released: 1993 "Inside Out" Released: 1993 "Uptight" Released: 1994 "Nobody" Released: 1994 "Inside Out (re-release) / Down That Road (remix)" Released: 1994

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Los Angeles Times	[1]

The album was shortlisted for the 1994 Mercury Music Prize.[5]

Track listing

1. "Nobody" (Shara Nelson, Kenny Nicholas, Trevor Jacobs, Suni Suleynan) – 4:22
2. "Pain Revisited" (Shara Nelson, Howie Bernstein) – 5:16
3. "One Goodbye in Ten" (Shara Nelson, Bob Stanley, Pete Wiggs) – 5:50
4. "Inside Out" (Shara Nelson, Kevin Armstrong) – 3:19
5. "Uptight" (Shara Nelson, Prince Be) – 5:04
6. "Down That Road" (Shara Nelson, Prince Be) – 5:15
7. "Chance" (Shara Nelson, Kenny Nicholas, Trevor Jacobs, Suni Suleynan) – 3:58
8. "Thoughts of You" (Shara Nelson, John Coxon) – 4:16
9. "How Close" (Shara Nelson, Prince Be) – 3:59
10. "What Silence Knows" (Shara Nelson, Style Scott) – 6:59

Personnel

• Shara Nelson – vocals
• Billy Liesegang, G.A. Parricelli – guitar
• Mike Peden – bass
• Mel Wesson – keyboards, synthesizer
• Michael Timothy, Pete Wingfield – keyboards
• Rupert Brown, Trevor Murrell – drums
• Miles Bould – percussion
• Lyn Gerald, Tee Green – backing vocals
• Philip D. Todd – flute, electronic wind instrument
• London Session Orchestra – strings
• Nick Ingman – string arrangements
• Gavyn Wright – orchestral leader and conductor

Charts

Album

Chart (1993)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart[6]	131
Austrian Albums Chart[7]	32
UK Albums Chart[3]	22

Singles

Year	Single	UK chart [3]
1993	"Down That Road"	19
	"One Goodbye in Ten"	21
	"Inside Out"	–
1994	"Uptight"	19
	"Nobody"	49
	"Inside Out" / "Down That Road" (remix)	34

References

External links

• Shara Nelson at AllMusic

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