Silence Is Easy by Starsailor

Silence Is Easy, Starsailor's second studio album, came out on EMI in September 2003, and its big coup was Phil Spector, roped in for two tracks, the title song and "White Dove", which rank among the last records he ever produced. Both swell behind James Walsh's aching voice until they feel twice their size.

Around him, Ben Byrne's drums, James Stelfox's bass and Barry Westhead's keys keep things warm and widescreen, and even the sleeve tips its hat, loosely modeled on Echo & the Bunnymen's Heaven Up Here. The British public bit: it opened with 54,296 copies sold, went to number 2 and turned gold before the year was out. The title track became one of their best-known singles, and "Four to the Floor" went on to top the charts in France.

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