In Silence (album)
# In Silence (album)

In Silence is the debut studio album by Norwegian band Fra Lippo Lippi. It was released in 1981 through record label Uniton. The album's gothic post-punk sound was heavily influenced by bands such as Joy Division and The Cure.

## Track listing

All tracks are written by Rune Kristoffersen, except "Recession", written by Kristoffersen and Morten Sjøberg.

## Critical reception

In their retrospective review, AllMusic panned the album, calling it "arguably the only unlistenable LP in Fra Lippo Lippi's career. [...] Fra Lippo Lippi were still trying to find themselves on In Silence; the band sounds lost, unable to find a hook that wasn't borrowed from The Cure or Joy Division." In their review of The Early Years, a compilation album comprising In Silence and the group's second album, Small Mercies, Tiny Mix Tapes called In Silence "the more interesting of the two" and the album "so strangely similar [to Joy Division] [it's] almost like having a new Joy Division/New Order album."

## Re-issue

In Silence, along with Small Mercies, was re-issued by Rune Arkiv in 2003 as the compilation album The Early Years.

## Personnel

### Fra Lippo Lippi

* Rune Kristoffersen
* Morten Sjøberg

### Technical

* Jesse A. Fernandez – sleeve photography
