Silver Shade

Silver Shade is the eleventh studio album by English musician Peter Murphy. It was released on 9 May 2025, by Metropolis Records.^[1] It is his first studio album in eleven years following the release of Lion in 2014.

Silver Shade
Studio album by Peter Murphy
Released	9 May 2025 (2025-05-09)
Genre	Alternative rock art rock art pop
Length	57:22
Label	Metropolis
Producer	Youth
Peter Murphy chronology
Peter Live - Volume Two - Blender Theater At Gramercy NYC 2008 (2024) Silver Shade (2025)
Singles from Silver Shade
"The Artroom Wonder" Released: 24 March 2025

Consisting of twelve songs, including collaborations with Trent Reznor, Boy George, Danny Carey and Justin Chancellor, the album features a total runtime of approximately fifty-seven minutes with each song averaging between three and seven minutes. It was produced by Killing Joke bassist Youth.^[2] The album's lead single, "The Artroom Wonder", was released on 24 March 2025.^[3]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Mojo	[1]
Spill	[4]
Under the Radar	[5]

Victoria Segal of Mojo Magazine rated the album three stars and noted it as "delivered with an enduring conviction and (off-message, perhaps) vitality."^[1] Spill Magazine assigned it a rating of four and a half out of five, describing it as "a brilliant album and a welcomed return from a friend who has been very missed."^[4] Under the Radar gave Silver Shade a rating of six out of ten, referring to it as "a noble effort and a pleasant enough listen, but one that is weighed down by its own dramatic inclinations."^[5] Spin Magazine remarked, "Silver Shade is what we can all hope to be at 67: imperfect, maybe expected, but also loud, lively, and unapologetically ourselves."^[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Peter Murphy and Martin Glover, except where noted.

Silver Shade track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Swoon"		5:16
2.	"Hot Roy"		3:45
3.	"Sherpa"		3:32
4.	"Silver Shade"	Murphy Paul Statham	4:07
5.	"The Artroom Wonder"		5:00
6.	"Meaning of My Life"		5:51
7.	"Xavier New Boy"		5:45
8.	"Cochita Is Lame"	Murphy Kevin Haskins Peter DiStefano Eric Avery Doug DeAngelis	4:29
9.	"Soothsayer"		3:27
10.	"Time Waits"	Murphy Mark Mason	4:31
11.	"Sailmaker's Charm"		6:26
12.	"Let the Flowers Grow" (with Boy George)	Murphy Boy George Glover	5:13
Total length:			57:22

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.^[6]

• Peter Murphy – vocals
• Youth – production, guitar (all tracks); bass (tracks 1–11)
• Michael Rendall – recording, mixing (all tracks); programming (tracks 3–12), synthesizer (3–7, 9–12), keyboards (5, 7, 9, 11), strings (6)
• Eddie Banda – engineering assistance (all tracks), synthesizer (tracks 1–4, 7, 8, 10, 12), drums (1–3, 5, 7–12), programming (1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 12), percussion (3, 11)
• Lore Young – engineering assistance
• Tim Debney – mastering
• Trent Reznor – vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4)
• Danny Carey – drums (tracks 4, 6), percussion (4)
• Justin Chancellor – bass (tracks 5–8, 11)
• Emilio DiZefalo – violin (track 6)
• Amir John Haddad – oud (tracks 7, 10–12), bouzouki (7, 10, 12), acoustic guitar (10, 11), handclaps (10), electric guitar (11, 12), flamenco guitar (12)
• Boy George – vocals (track 12)
• Tim Dawson – additional engineering (tracks 4, 6)
• Robert Hakalski – cover art, design