Collaboration with Phil Spector

For their second album, Silence Is Easy , which was recorded in Los Angeles, Starsailor teamed up with Phil Spector (in what ended up being his final production work before his conviction of murder in 2009 and his death in 2021). The collaboration came about following Spector’s daughter Nicole attending one of the band’s American concerts in the winter of 2002. Spector was reported to have been fascinated by ” Lullaby “, the band’s fourth single. After meeting the producer, the band agreed to work with him on their second album. However, the collaboration was short-lived; sessions at London’s Abbey Road proved difficult. Spector is said to have proved difficult to work with. Only two tracks made the band’s second album: the title track, “Silence Is Easy”, and “White Dove”.