Echoes of Silence

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Echoes of Silence
Mixtape by The Weeknd
Released December 21, 2011
Recorded 2011
Genre Contemporary R&B
Length 45:45
Label XO
Producer Illangelo, Clams Casino, DropxLife
The Weeknd chronology
Thursday
(2011)		 Echoes of Silence
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Consequence of Sound 4/5 stars[1]
Pitchfork (8.1/10)[2]
The Needle Drop 8/10 stars[3]
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars[4]
Entertainment Weekly (B+)[5]
Spin 8/10 stars[6]
NOW 8/10 stars[7]
BLARE 4/5 stars[8]
Slant Magazine 3.5/5 stars[9]
Sputnikmusic 5/5 stars[10]

Echoes of Silence is the third mixtape by Canadian artist, The Weeknd, released December 21, 2011 via his official website. The release follows his Polaris Music Prize-nominated debut release House of Balloons and his second album Thursday[11], both released earlier the same year. The project is the final installment in the trilogy of free albums released by The Weeknd in 2011.[12][13]

The album was preceded by the release of the single, "Initiation". Long-time collaborator Carlo "Illangelo" Montagnese returned to produce the bulk of the project, with other production contributions coming from Clams Casino and DropxLife of the XO crew. Rapper Juicy J contributes a short spoken-word interlude at the end of "Same Old Song".

Echoes of Silence received general acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics and fans, the album received an average score of 82, based on 16 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".[14]

[edit] Track listing

  • All tracks produced by Carlo "Illangelo" Montagnese except where noted.
No. Title Length
1. "D.D." (cover of Michael Jackson's "Dirty Diana") 4:34
2. "Montreal" (incorporates France Gall's "Laisse tomber les filles") 4:11
3. "Outside"   4:19
4. "XO"/"The Host"   7:24
5. "Initiation" (co-produced by DropxLife) 4:21
6. "Same Old Song" (additional vocals by Juicy J) 5:12
7. "The Fall" (co-produced by Clams Casino) 5:46
8. "Next"   6:02
9. "Echoes of Silence"   4:00
Total length:
 45:45[15]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "CoS review". http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/12/album-review-the-weeknd-echoes-of-silence/. 
  2. ^ "Pitchfork review". http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16134-echoes-of-silence/?utm_campaign=album_reviews&utm_medium=site&utm_source=related/. 
  3. ^ "The Needle Drop review". http://theneedledrop.com/2012/01/the-weeknd-echoes-of-silence/. 
  4. ^ "Rolling Stone review". http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/echoes-of-silence-20120104/. 
  5. ^ "Entertainment Weekly review". http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20558576,00.html/. 
  6. ^ "Spin review". http://www.spin.com/reviews/weeknd-echoes-silence-self-released/. 
  7. ^ "NOW review". http://www.nowtoronto.com/daily/music/story.cfm?content=184480/. 
  8. ^ "BLARE review". http://blaremagazine.com/2012/01/10/review-the-weeknd-echoes-of-silence/. 
  9. ^ . http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/the-weeknd-echoes-of-silence/2708. 
  10. ^ . http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/47257/The-Weeknd-Echoes-of-Silence/. 
  11. ^ http://blog.thenext2shine.com/the-weeknd-echoes-of-silence-mixtape
  12. ^ https://twitter.com/#!/theweekndxo/status/55373728741195776
  13. ^ https://twitter.com/#!/Drake/status/149913627686739969
  14. ^ http://www.metacritic.com/music/echoes-of-silence
  15. ^ http://www.discogs.com/Weeknd-Echoes-Of-Silence/release/3297621
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