We Don't Need to Whisper

We Don't Need to Whisper
Studio album by
Angels & Airwaves
ReleasedMay 23, 2006
RecordedMarch 2005 – April 2006
Studio
  • Neverpants Ranch, San Diego, California
  • Studio 606, Hollywood, California
Genre
Length49:48
LabelGeffen
ProducerTom DeLonge
Angels & Airwaves chronology
We Don't Need to Whisper
(2006) 		I-Empire
(2007)
Singles from We Don't Need to Whisper
  1. "The Adventure"
    Released: May 18, 2006
  2. "It Hurts"
    Released: July 24, 2006 (UK)
  3. "Do It for Me Now"
    Released: July 24, 2006
  4. "The War"
    Released: October 27, 2006

We Don't Need to Whisper is the debut studio album by the American rock band Angels & Airwaves. Recorded at Neverpants Ranch in San Diego, California, and produced by guitarist and vocalist Tom DeLonge, the album was released on May 23, 2006, through Geffen Records. In February 2005, DeLonge, who wanted to spend more time with his family, quit Blink-182 after months of heated exchanges and increasing tension within the trio and spent three weeks in isolation, contemplating his life, career, and future in music.

Inspired by personal crises and global events, We Don't Need to Whisper was conceptualized as DeLonge taught himself to play instruments and created his own home studio. He recruited his longtime friend and guitarist David Kennedy of Box Car Racer, as well as drummer Atom Willard and bassist Ryan Sinn to form Angels & Airwaves, who were primarily inspired by arena rock groups such as U2 and The Police. DeLonge's later public statements regarding the band's music prompted media interest and concern from his relatives and family.[4]

We Don't Need to Whisper peaked at number four on the Billboard 200 and has since sold nearly 800,000 copies. Three of the four singles released in promotion of the album reached the top 20 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, with "The Adventure" peaking at number five. It received largely mixed reviews from music critics, many who celebrated the album's obvious musical influences but found its contents rather pretentious. A documentary film based on the recording process of the album and early history of the band, Start the Machine, was released in 2008. It was their only album to feature bassist Ryan Sinn.

  1. ^ Murphy, John (May 22, 2006). "Angels & Airwaves – We Don't Need To Whisper". musicOMH. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
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  3. ^ "Angels & Airwaves - We Don't Need To Whisper". IGN. 31 May 2006.
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