Methods of Silence

Camouflage | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 12, 1989)
• Original Release Date: September 19, 1989
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Atlantic Records
• ASIN: B000005J5X
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #151,997 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. One Fine Day

2. Love Is a Shield

3. Anyone

4. Your Skinhead Is the Dream

5. On Islands

6. Feeling Down

7. Sooner Than We Think

8. A Picture of Life

9. Les Rues

10. Rue de Moorslede [Instrumental]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beauty found, January 1, 2001

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Robert T. L. Chang "Lunatique" (Sunnyvale, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Methods of Silence (Audio CD)

This is one of my favorite albums of all time. Comparison to Depeche Mode is unavoidable, but I feel Camouflage has outgrown that influence and came into their own with this album. The infusion of ethnic mood/melodies, classical influences, and dark poetry is what makes this album a true beauty. I have been listening to it since its release, and I have not gotten tired of it one bit. In fact, everytime I listen to it, my love for this album is renewed. That's 12 years, my friends. TWELVE years.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lots to recommend for the wayward new wave or goth collector, May 6, 2000

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Kent David Kelly "Author & Anthologist" (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Methods of Silence (Audio CD)

Camouflage were routinely dismissed by their US and UK detractors as prefabricated Depeche Mode with a darker twist. Their fans, of course, know the difference! Camouflage is commendable (and catch them at Synthstock, if you can!) because they weave such an unusual, sinister undercurrent into the sweetest of electronic songs. Anyone who likes Erasure (guilty pleasure :) or Xymox will feel right at home here. Granted, they're much more serious than Erasure ever was, but songs like One Fine Day and On Islands still find them overflowing with quirky, positive humor. For the more darkly inclined, Feeling Down is a goth club classic, and Sooner Than We Think and Les Rues are disturbing and hauntingly beautiful. You may not enjoy this throughout on the first listen - their experimental side leaves vast tracks of sonic wasteland, that, the first time through, you don't even notice are well-populated. But with time, you'll find that the simplicity of the songs is veiled in subtlety, and rewards each listen with more dark beauty. Plus, it's just flat-out fun. ;) PS - seek out their best work, Voices & Images, if you can.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars We all live in a giant train station, July 12, 2001

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"synthpopalooza" (Knoxville, TN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Methods of Silence (Audio CD)

Great stuff. More polished than their previous work (which altho not bad, suffered alot from the group's poor English translations) ... "Love Is a Shield" is an obvious club dance number, but the lyrics and textures of this one make it special ... ok, it's a love song, but I happen to like em, ok? :-) ... The oddly named "Your Skinhead is the Dream" is a very dreamy synthy ballad with spoken words, and is simply relaxing.

But do you want to know the most poignant and interesting lyrics on this album? If so, bust out your French-English dictionary, and go to the track entitled "Les Rues" (The Streets) ... it's got odd musical textures, but the spoken lyrics in French are VERY alliterative, and (when translated) speak of our lives in the everyday world being analogous to a busy train station in the street, bustling with people. Of course, you'd have to speak fluent French to understand it but, having had someone translate it for me, it is all the more evocative.

Anyway ... this is quality material. If you collect darkwave or synthpop, this one is a must-have.