Whaler (album)

Whaler
Studio album by
Sophie B. Hawkins
ReleasedAugust 2, 1994
RecordedMarch – June 1994
GenrePop
Length47:48
LabelColumbia
ProducerStephen Lipson
Sophie B. Hawkins chronology
Tongues and Tails
(1992) 		Whaler
(1994) 		Timbre
(1999)
Singles from Whaler
  1. "Right Beside You"
    Released: July 26, 1994
  2. "Don't Don't Tell Me No"
    Released: 1994
  3. "As I Lay Me Down"
    Released: February 7, 1995
  4. "Did We Not Choose Each Other"
    Released: 1995
  5. "Only Love (The Ballad of Sleeping Beauty)"
    Released: 1996
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert Christgau(dud)[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[4]
Knoxville News Sentinel[5]
Los Angeles Times[6]
People Magazine(mixed)[7]
Rolling Stone[8]

Whaler is the second album by American singer-songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins, released in 1994 on Columbia Records. The release was preceded by the single "Right Beside You", which reached No. 56 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart,[9] but did much better in the UK, where it peaked at No. 13.[10]

The album was not as commercially successful as her debut album Tongues and Tails two years earlier; however, the sales picked up after the third single, "As I Lay Me Down", released at the beginning of 1995,[1] went to No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Consequently, the album managed to climb to No. 65 on the Billboard 200 chart.

  1. ^ a b "Sophie B. Hawkins "Whaler" - AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine". AllMusic. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert. "CG: Sophie B. Hawkins". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press.
  4. ^ Tucker, Ken (August 5, 1994). "Whaler Review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on August 29, 2008. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
  5. ^ Campbell, Chuck (July 29, 1994). "Hawkins Has Little Bait For 'Whaler'". Knoxville News Sentinel.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Rosenbluth was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Picks and Pans Review: Whaler". People Magazine. August 15, 1994.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "Sophie B. Hawkins". Billboard. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
  10. ^ "SOPHIE B HAWKINS | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved August 1, 2021.