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We Don't Need to Whisper

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We Don't Need to Whisper

We Don't Need to Whisper was the 2006 debut album by the alternative rock band, Angels & Airwaves. Tom DeLonge regarded this album as "the best music made in decades and "the greatest Rock & Roll revolution for it has the conceptual depth of Pink Floyd, the architecture of U2 and the energy and youthful vibrancy of Blink-182.

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About

All of the album tracks was conceptualized and recorded by Tom and his bandmates in his home studio. The album's title We Don't Need To Whisper can be heard whispered at the beginning of the song Good Day. It's tracks The Adventure, Start the Machine and Valkyrie Missile are sampled in the track Heaven from the band's sophomore LP, I-Empire.

After 3 days of release, the album was a certified Gold in Canada, Silver in the UK and sold for more than 127,000 copies in the US in its first week of release. As of July 2007, the album has reached a total of 1.5 million copies worldwide.

Tracks

Track Title Duration
1 Valkyrie Missile 6:39
2 Distraction 5:36
3 Do It For Me Now 4:33
4 The Adventure 5:12
5 A Little's Enough 4:45
6 The War 5:07
7 The Gift 5:02
8 It Hurts 4:14
9 Good Day 4:30
10 Start the Machine 4:11

Awards

Year Award Category Result
2006 MTV Video Music Award Best New Artist for The Adventure Nominated
2006 MuchMusic Video Award Best International Group for The Adventure Nominated
2006 San Diego Awards Song of the Year for The Adventure Won

Certifications

Year UK US Canada
2006 Gold Gold 2x Platinum

Chart Toppers

Year Song U.S. Hot 100 U.S. Modern Rock U.S. Pop 100 UK Singles Chart
2006 The Adventure 55 5 51 20
2006 It Hurts (UK) - - - 59
2006 Do It For Me Now (U.S.) - 21 - -
2006 The War - 19 - -

Credits

Performance Credits

Angels & Airwaves - Primary Artist

David Kennedy - Group Member

Tom Delonge - Group Member

Atom Willard - Group Member

David Kennedy - Group Member

Roger Joseph Manning Jr. - Keyboards

Ryan Sinn - Group Member

Doug Reesh - Guitar

Technical Credits

Brian Gardner - Mastering

Tom Delonge - Producer

Danny Lohner - Programming, Producer

Jordan Schur - Executive Producer

Doug Reesh - Bass Technician

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