▁album ▁as ▁" d ance - rock ▁for ▁grown - ups : ▁extraordinary ." ▁Andy ▁K ell man ▁of ▁All Music ▁felt ▁that ▁Sound ▁of ▁Silver , ▁compared ▁to ▁L CD ▁S ounds ystem , ▁was ▁" less ▁silly , ▁fun nier , ▁less ▁mess y , ▁sle ek er , ▁less ▁row dy , ▁more ▁fun , ▁less ▁dist anced , ▁more ▁touch ing ." ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁Times ▁critic ▁Ann ▁Pow ers ▁wrote ▁that ▁Mur phy ▁" s uc ceed s ▁by ▁stretch ing ▁in ▁two ▁directions ▁-- ▁finding ▁a ▁new ▁musical ▁center , ▁and ▁showing ▁his ▁human ity ▁beyond ▁the ▁laugh s ." ▁Mark ▁P yt lik ▁of ▁P itch f ork ▁compl iment ed ▁Mur phy ' s ▁production ▁sense ▁and ▁the ▁album ' s ▁" deep , ▁sp a cious , ▁and ▁full - blo oded " ▁sound , ▁con cluding ▁that ▁" it ' s ▁an ▁absolute ▁joy ▁to ▁listen ▁to , ▁for ▁every ▁possible ▁reason , ▁not ▁the ▁least ▁of ▁which ▁is ▁because , ▁these ▁days , ▁those ▁e pi phan ies ▁feel ▁like ▁they ' re ▁coming ▁fewer ▁and ▁farther ▁between ." ▁ ▁Tim ▁Jon ze ▁of ▁N ME ▁wrote ▁that ▁while ▁" M ur phy ' s ▁wise ▁enough ▁never ▁to ▁let ▁his ▁showing ▁off ▁spo il ▁the ▁fun , ▁he ▁can ' t ▁avoid ▁invest ing ▁these ▁songs ▁with ▁heart ▁and ▁soul   ... ▁that ' s ▁what ' ll ▁keep ▁you ▁hook ed ▁long ▁after ▁the ▁be ats ▁have ▁worn ▁you ▁out ".