Whaler (album)
Appearance
Whaler | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | October 18, 1994 | |||
Recorded | March – August 1994 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 47:48 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Stephen Lipson | |||
Sophie B. Hawkins chronology | ||||
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Singles from Whaler | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
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Entertainment Weekly | B+[2] |
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Whaler is the second album by American singer-songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins, released in 1994.
Track listing
All songs written by Sophie B. Hawkins, except where noted.
- "Right Beside You" (Chertoff, Hawkins, Lerman) – 4:47
- "Did We Not Choose Each Other" – 4:25
- "Don't Don't Tell Me No" – 4:53
- "As I Lay Me Down" – 4:08
- "Swing from Limb to Limb (My Home Is in Your Jungle)" – 4:15
- "True Romance" – 2:23
- "Let Me Love You Up" – 3:26
- "Only Love (The Ballad of Sleeping Beauty)" – 5:05
- "I Need Nothing Else" – 4:17
- "Sometimes I See" – 4:40
- "Mr. Tugboat Hello" – 5:30
Personnel
- Sophie B. Hawkins – percussion, keyboards, vocals
- Neil Conti – drums
- Luís Jardim – percussion
- Stephen Lipson – bass
- Peter-John Vettese – keyboards
Production
- Producer: Steve Lipson
- Engineer: Heff Moraes
- Programming: Sophie B. Hawkins, Steve Lipson
Charts
- Album
Year | Chart | Peak position |
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1994 | UK Albums Chart | 46 |
1994 | German Albums Chart | 50 |
1995 | US Billboard 200 | 65 |
1995 | New Zealand Albums Chart | 13 |
1995 | Australian Albums Chart | 31 |
Singles – Billboard (North America)
Year | Single | Chart | Peak position |
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1994 | "Right Beside You" | Billboard Hot 100 | 56 |
Top 40 Mainstream | 24 | ||
1995 | "As I Lay Me Down" | Adult Contemporary | 1 |
Adult Top 40 | 1 | ||
Billboard Hot 100 | 6 | ||
Top 40 Mainstream | 3 | ||
1996 | "Only Love (The Ballad of Sleeping Beauty)" | Adult Contemporary | 22 |
Adult Top 40 | 19 | ||
The Billboard Hot 100 | 49 | ||
Top 40 Mainstream | 22 |
Notes
- ^ Whaler at AllMusic
- ^ Tucker, Ken (August 5, 1994). "Whaler Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
- ^ Rosenbluth, Jean (July 31, 1994). "A Crazy-Quilt of Styles Unravels at the Seams". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "CG: Sophie B. Hawkins". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
- ^ Evans, Paul (August 11, 1994). "Sophie B. Hawkins: Whaler : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on May 12, 2006. Retrieved February 26, 2013.