Silent Shout
by The Knife
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Silent Shout is ranked as the best album by The Knife.
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Silent Shout track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Silent Shout rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 91/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 2/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Kettwig | Top 25 Music Albums of 2006 | 6/25 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 70 Music Albums of 2006 | 22/70 | 4 |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 23 Music Albums of 2006 | 19/23 | 1 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 5/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Nöjesguiden Årets svenska skivor 2006 | 1/10 | - |
| 2026 | Cheboygan74 | Top 12 Music Albums of 2006 | 2/12 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 1601-1700 | 75/100 | - |
| 2026 | Untitled | Top 14 Music Albums of 2006 | 10/14 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 414 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2,492 | |||
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Silent Shout ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 5 days ago | Mmorrison22 | 2,197 | 77/100 |
| ! | 09/06/2026 14:42 | RemainInLight | 3,818 | 36/100 |
| ! | 07/28/2026 21:14 |  DommeDamian | 7,837 | 48/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.2/100, a mean average of 78.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.
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Silent Shout forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/26/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5416): By C_Krug2009 BestEverAlbums 07/20/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5379): By pinkfreud1981Silent Shout comments
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I reckon it's the lyricism which sets this apart from every other electropop/synthpop LP out there this century, rarely ever does the genre inhabit lyrics with this much sensitivity and depth. Not that "Silent Shout" doesn't have great production.. it's ambitious, sounds epic but most of all pairs together symbiotically with Dreijer's vocals which excellently add another dimension of unease. Pretty much the pinnacle of the genre in its decade.
ptaylor1989 02/01/2013 04:02 | #63557 | TOP COMMENT
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Silent shout happens to be my favorite creepy electronic album. I use creepy very loosely because the extent of the creepiness emanates from a chilly, wet and wintry modulation technique. The sustained bass and driving syncopation drips off each note and colors Karin's unique, metallic vocals. This album is the kind of mellow energy I'd gladly stir into my tea.
Karin is a genius. See my Fever Ray comment for elaboration.
I slightly prefer her Fever Ray album. It's more cohesive and consistent. But From Off to On might be my favorite song from any of her albums. The two opening tracks, Na Na Na and Still Light are the other highlights of the album.
Boltzmann TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/03/2020 22:50 | #248463 | TOP COMMENT
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Fun quasi-'80s house. The front singer is still imitating Björk, and doesn't really fit the album. I think some tracks would've been better left without vocals. But I guess then it would REALLY just be an '80s house album. So anyway, not really impressed, but it didn't hurt my ears so to say.
Can't say I enjoyed this. I think Fever Ray (2009) is a better effort. I got more from If I had a Heart than anything here.
There's one song I loved though - Na na na, but it's only about 2 and a half minutes long. The rest mostly dragged for me.
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