Echoes of Silence
Echoes of Silence is the third mixtape by Canadian singer The Weeknd, released December 21, 2011 via his official website. The release follows his Polaris Music Prize-nominated debut release House of Balloons and his second mixtape Thursday, both released earlier the same year. The project is the final installment in the trilogy of free albums released by The Weeknd in 2011.
The album was preceded by the release of the single, "Initiation". Long-time collaborator Carlo "Illangelo" Montagnese returned to produce the bulk of the project, with other production contributions coming from Clams Casino and DropxLife of the XO crew. Rapper Juicy J contributes a short spoken-word interlude at the end of "Same Old Song".
Critical reception
Echoes of Silence received general acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics and fans, the album received an average score of 82, based on 16 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".
Podcasts:
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by Weeknd
Echoes Of Silence
by: Weekndverse 1:
talk to me baby
tell me what you're feeling
you say you don't need to go
don't you pretend you didn't know
i wanted this forever
girl i saw it in your eyes
and baby i can read your mind
and expectations were not in sight
you knew that talking dirty to me on the floor would get me here
cause we both wanted to do this but i could tell that you were scared
cause you thought there was more to us but you knew how this would end
it's gonna end how you expected girl you're such a masochist and i ask why
and you reply... i like the thrill
nothing's gonna make me feel this real
so baby don't go home
i don't wanna spend tonight alone
baby please
would you end your night with me
don't you leave me all behind
don't you leave my little life