Silence Becomes It

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title: "Silence Becomes It" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1998-debut-albums", "silence-4-albums", "polygram-albums"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silence_Becomes_It" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Silence Becomes It
type	Album
artist	Silence 4
cover	Silence becomes it.jpg
released	June 1998
genre	Alternative rock, pop rock
length
label	PolyGram
next_title	Only Pain Is Real
next_year	2000
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| name = Silence Becomes It | type = Album | artist = Silence 4 | cover = Silence becomes it.jpg | alt = | released = June 1998 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Alternative rock, pop rock | length = | label = PolyGram | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Only Pain Is Real | next_year = 2000 Silence Becomes It is the debut album by Portuguese band Silence 4, released in June 1998. It was a huge success in Portugal, reaching a six-time platinum certification (240,000 units sold), but had less success internationally.

The album contains 15 songs, including a hidden track, and two versions of "A Little Respect" by Erasure. Most of the songs are in English, with only two in Portuguese: "Sextos Sentidos", a duet with Sérgio Godinho, and "Eu Não Sei Dizer". The songs deal with themes of love, pain, melancholy, loss, death, sorrow, loneliness and nostalgia – themes that are recurrent in Silence 4 and David Fonseca's solo career discography. Both "Borrow" and "My Friends" were highly successful singles in Portugal.

Track listing

Music and lyrics by David Fonseca, except where noted.

1. "Goodbye Tomorrow"
2. "Borrow"
3. "Dying Young" (lyrics: Bruno Urbano)
4. "Old Letters"
5. "Angel Song"
6. "My Friends"
7. "A (Very) Little Respect" (Vince Clarke, Andy Bell)
8. "Sextos Sentidos" (lyrics: Sérgio Godinho; music: Rui Costa)
9. "We"
10. "Breeders" (lyrics: Bruno Urbano)
11. "Eu Não Sei Dizer"
12. "Cry" (music: Rui Costa)
13. "A Little Respect" (Vince Clarke, Andy Bell)
14. "Teeth Against the Glass"
15. "Sex Freak" (hidden track)

Charts

::data[format=table title="Chart performance for ''Silence Becomes It''"] | Chart (2025) | Peak position | Portuguese Albums (AFP) | |---|---|---| | 86 | | | ::

References

References

1. (15 March 2014). "Os Silence 4 quebram o silêncio". [[Jornal de Notícias]].
2. Berne, Terry. (11 November 2000). "Portugal's Year of Transition".
3. Galopim, Nuno. (19 September 1998). "Global Music Pulse".
4. "Top 200 Álbuns Semana 51 de 2025". [[Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa]].

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