Surviving the Quiet

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Surviving the Quiet
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 2000
GenreRock
Length45:52
LabelFierce Panda[1]
ProducerIan McCutcheon
Seafood chronology
Messenger in the Camp
(1998)
Surviving the Quiet
(2000)
When Do We Start Fighting...
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicFile:Star full.svgFile:Star full.svgFile:Star full.svgFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicFile:Star full.svgFile:Star full.svgFile:Star full.svgFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[3]
Kerrang!File:Star full.svgFile:Star full.svgFile:Star full.svgFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[4]
NMEFile:Star full.svgFile:Star full.svgFile:Star full.svgFile:Star half.svgFile:Star empty.svg[1]
Pitchfork Media7.0/10[5]
The Times8/10[6]

Surviving the Quiet is the debut album by the British band Seafood, following 1998's singles compilation Messenger in the Camp.[7] The album was released in 2000.

Critical reception

Kerrang! wrote: "'Folksong Crisis' is a sweet-and-sour sing-along that rides its hooks like Sonic Youth thrashing it out with Sleater-Kinney; and the more subdued numbers showcased a young band reaching a kind of creative maturity that’d feed into a very good follow-up, 2001’s When Do We Start Fighting..."[8] The Times deemed it a "crackling bolt of sonic electricity."[6] The Independent thought that the band's "repertoire sounds like a reprise of much of the best of the 1990s American alternative scene ... But the guys carry it off."[9]

Track listing

All songs written by Seafood.

  1. "Guntrip" – 2:35
  2. "Easy Path" – 3:12
  3. "Belt" – 5:23
  4. "Dear Leap The Ride" – 2:54
  5. "This Is Not An Exit" – 3:43
  6. "Led By Bison" – 4:29
  7. "Toggle" – 6:02
  8. "Beware Design" – 2:06
  9. "Folksong Crisis" – 4:32
  10. "fscII/The Quiet" – 10:51

Personnel

  • David Line – Vocals, guitars
  • Charles Macleod – Guitars
  • Kevin Hendrik – Bass, vocals
  • Caroline Banks – Drums, vocals
  • Melvin Duffy – Pedal steel guitar on "Dear Leap The Ride" and "Toggle"
  • Sarah Measures – Flute on "Folksong Crisis" and "fscII/The Quiet"
  • Leo – Cello on "Beware Design"

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Surviving The Quiet". NME. 12 September 2005.
  2. "Surviving the Quiet - Seafood | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 320.
  4. Brannigan, Paul (5 February 2000). "Albums". Kerrang!. No. 787. EMAP. p. 40.
  5. "Seafood: Surviving the Quiet". Pitchfork.
  6. 6.0 6.1 O'Connell, Sharon (5 February 2000). "New album releases". The Times. Features. p. 10.
  7. "Seafood | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  8. "Seven Amazing British Rock Albums From A Golden Era Of 1999 – 2002". Kerrang!. 15 September 2017.
  9. Perry, Tim (5 February 2000). "Album Reviews". The Independent. Features. p. 37.