Shara Nelson came up with Massive Attack, singing and/or cowriting almost half of Blue Lines, including "Safe from Harm" and "Unfinished Sympathy", their first two hits. Aside from one non-album track, that's where her involvement with The Wild Bunch ends, and I'm guessing it's because she started pursuing a solo career. What Silence Knows, her first solo record, is built on the same kind of danceable, soulful trip-hop that she made with Massive Attack, but skew more pop/R&B/soul. It's a great record, and I think it sold moderately well in England, but it didn't make much of an impression anywhere else, and seems to have largely fallen from pop cultural memory.
Track listing:
1. Nobody
2. Pain Revisited
3. One Goodbye in 10
4. Inside Out
5. Uptight
6. Down That Road
7. Chance
8. Thoughts of You
9. How Close
10. What Silence Knows
If you like this, listen to:
Thanks for reminding me of this, never heard it for years but I'll give it another go now.
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A sadly underappreciated gem of an album, I've been a fan of hers since 'Blue Lines'...the 'What Silence Knows' track still gives me chills!
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