Deal with Silence
| Deal With Silence | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | December 21, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | 2009 | |||
| Studio | Granny Records | |||
| Genre | Britpop, Pop rock, Indie rock, Soft rock | |||
| Length | 38:31 | |||
| Label | West Records | |||
| Open Space chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| BelGazeta |   [1][2] |
| Experty.by | [3] |
| Rolling Stone Russia |   [4] |
| music.com.ua | [5] |
Deal With Silence is the debut album of the Belarusian rock band Open Space recorded at «Granny Records» (Minsk, Belarus). All songs were written in English.[6] Released at retail on December 21, 2009, it became available as a free download from the band’s website on March 12, 2010.[7]
Tracklisting
All lyrics are written by Vitaliy Matievskiy; all music is composed by Vitaliy Matievskiy
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Deal With Silence" | 4:33 |
| 2. | "Unprepared" | 3:12 |
| 3. | "TV Show" | 3:07 |
| 4. | "Hurricane" | 3:16 |
| 5. | "You Will Never Know" | 4:12 |
| 6. | "Stalemate" | 2:43 |
| 7. | "Get Away" | 3:19 |
| 8. | "Busy" | 3:48 |
| 9. | "Travel Song" | 3:31 |
| 10. | "Beautiful" | 3:01 |
| 11. | "Same Excuses" | 3:49 |
Critical reception
Syargey Pukst, music reviewer over at Sovetskaya Belorussiya – Belarus' Segodnya, in his review wrote that “the songs on the disc were combined into a high-quality product with the relative diversity in the narrow confines of the chosen style,” but “music turns to be predictable”.[8] Alexandr Filimonov and Petr Bolagav, editors of the Lenta.ru portal, appreciated the professionalism of the record that came about with sort of predictable songs, and attributed it to the mix of the indie-rock, pop-rock, and soft-rock genres.[9]
Masha Kalesnikava, music columnist over at European Radio for Belarus, highlighted in her analysis that the album was produced “too flat, without emotional intensity and splashes,” although its technical side perceives well enough.[10] Music critic of Rolling Stone Russia Andrey Bukharin came to the conclusion on the pages of the magazine that the band plays melodious English-language rock filled with confidence energetic, and this feature turns some of the songs on the CD into stadium anthems.[4]
Journalist of the weekly “BelGazeta” Tatyana Zamirovskaya as a freelance music expert over at Experty.by assessed the album, which “leaves the impression of solid, expensive, and high-quality work on the material, which may do not deserve it,” at 5.0/10[1] and recognized hymns à la U2, Stereophonics over there.[2] Staff critics over at the music portal Experty.by rated the record at the grade of 6.0/10: in elegant and tasteful arrangements, Siarhei Budkin heard the melodies of Muse and praised the design of the CD as well, “unpretentious tunes,” according to Zmicer Bezkaravayny, refer to Brit-pop and Coldplay, Aleh Klimay would want to hear something more melodic than homogeneous Britpop by Open Space, while Zmicer Padbyarezski was quite disappointed by this comparatively monotonous Brit-pop album.[3]
Author of the Ultra-Music music portal Vyacheslav Radionov witnessed the musicians’ commitment to the Britpop wave, because the music reminded him Coldplay, Travis, Starsailor, and Wilki, and also outlined the licked into shape sound of this well-produced and beautifully recorded album.[11] Joy Tartaglia from the Ukrainian music portal music.com.ua stressed that a Travis-esque quality is exaggerated, because the band's sound, which is “a retelling of the elementary stories of British rock,” is more akin to the Esthetic Education one, called attention to lead vocals à la Joakim Berg from Kent, while rated the CD at 5.0/10.[5]
Personnel
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References
- ^ a b Замировская, Татьяна (2010-01-23). "Внештатный эксперт Т.Замировская: Open Space "Deal With Silence"" [Freelance expert T.Zamirovskaya: Open Space “Deal With Silence”]. BelGazeta (in Russian). Experty.by. Archived from the original on 2019-06-10. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
- ^ a b Замировская, Татьяна (2010-01-11). "Личный вкус. CD-обзор Open Space. "Deal With Silence"" [Personal taste. Open Space CD Review. “Deal With Silence”]. BelGazeta (in Russian). 01 (724). Archived from the original on 2019-06-11. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
- ^ a b "Open Space "Deal With Silence"" (in Russian and Belarusian). Experty.by. 2010-01-14. Archived from the original on 2019-06-10. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
- ^ a b Бухарин, Андрей (2009-12-28). "Open Space "Deal With Silence"". Rolling Stone Russia (in Russian) (65): 75–76. Archived from the original on 2010-01-02. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
- ^ a b Tartaglia, Joy (2010-04-14). "Open Space "Deal With Silence" (p) 2009 West Records" [Open Space "Deal With Silence" (p) 2009 West Records] (in Russian). music.com.ua. Archived from the original on 2015-05-29. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
- ^ Мицкевич, Юлия (2009-12-18). "Open Space выпустили дебютный альбом" [Open Space released a debut album] (in Russian). BelaPAN. Archived from the original on 2019-09-03. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
- ^ "Open Space выложили альбом для свободного скачивания". Muzykalnaya Gazeta. 2010-03-12. Archived from the original on 2020-02-21. Retrieved 2020-02-21.
- ^ Пукст, Сергей (2010-03-03). "По правилам" [According to the rules] (in Russian). Sovetskaya Belorussiya – Belarus' Segodnya. Archived from the original on 2019-06-07. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
{{cite web}}:|archive-date=/|archive-url=timestamp mismatch; 2019-06-10 suggested (help) - ^ Филимонов, Александр; Бологов, Пётр (2009-12-28). "Пиратское распространение приветствуется" [Pirate distribution is welcomed] (in Russian). Lenta.ru. Archived from the original on 2019-06-10. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
- ^ Калеснікава, Маша (2010-01-14). "Аглядача: Open Space "Deal with Silence"" [Review: Open Space "Deal with Silence"] (in Belarusian). European Radio for Belarus. Archived from the original on 2019-06-12. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
- ^ Радионов, Вячеслав (2010-01-30). "Open Space "Deal With Silence"" [Open Space «Deal With Silence»] (in Russian). Ultra-Music. Archived from the original on 2019-06-15. Retrieved 2019-06-15.