title: Quiet Is the New Loud
text: # Quiet Is the New Loud
  
  Quiet Is the New Loud is the debut album by Norwegian indie pop duo Kings of Convenience, released on 29 January 2001 by Astralwerks.
  
  ## Critical reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Aggregate scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | Metacritic | 71/100 |
  | Review scores ||
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  | The Boston Phoenix | |
  | The Guardian | |
  | NME | 8/10 |
  | Pitchfork | 5.2/10 |
  | Q | |
  
  Quiet Is the New Loud received mostly positive reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 71, based on 11 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". Caroline Hennessy of RTÉ was quoted saying that "If quiet is indeed the new loud then Eirik and Erlend are on to a sure winner. A bittersweet pop album to wrap yourself up in when the world feels like a scary place."
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All tracks are written by Eirik Glambek Bøe and Erlend Øye, except where noted.
  
  ## Personnel
  
  ### Kings of Convenience
  
  * Erlend Øye – steel string acoustic and electric guitars, harmony (all but 5) and lead (5) vocals, piano, drums, percussion, string arrangements
  * Eirik Glambek Bøe – nylon string acoustic and electric guitars, lead (all but 5) and harmony (5) vocals, piano, drums, string arrangements
  
  ### Additional personnel
  
  * Ian Bracken – cello (4, 5, 8, 10)
  * Matt McGeever – cello (1)
  * Ben Dumville – trumpet (3)
  * Tarjei Strøm – drum fills (5)
  
  ## Certifications
  
  | Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
  | - | - | - |
  | Norway (IFPI Norway) | Gold | $25,000^*$ |
  | United Kingdom (BPI) | Silver | $60,000^*$ |
  | Summaries |||
  | Worldwide | — | 200,000 |
  | $^*$ Sales figures based on certification alone. |||
  