Whaler (album)

Whaler
Studio album by Sophie B. Hawkins
Released October 18, 1994
Recorded March – August 1994
Genre Adult contemporary
Length 47:48
Label Columbia
Producer Stephen Lipson
Sophie B. Hawkins chronology
Tongues and Tails
(1992)Tongues and Tails1992		 Whaler
(1994)		 Timbre
(1999)Timbre1999
Singles from Whaler
  1. "Right Beside You"
    Released: August 1994
  2. "Don't Don't Tell Me No"
    Released: 1994
  3. "As I Lay Me Down"
    Released: 7 February 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]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[2]
Los Angeles Times[3]
Robert Christgau[4]
Rolling Stone[5]

Whaler is the second album by American singer-songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins, released in 1994 (see 1994 in music).

Track listing

All songs written by Sophie B. Hawkins, except where noted.

  1. "Right Beside You" (Chertoff, Hawkins, Lerman) – 4:47
  2. "Did We Not Choose Each Other" – 4:25
  3. "Don't Don't Tell Me No" – 4:53
  4. "As I Lay Me Down" – 4:08
  5. "Swing from Limb to Limb (My Home Is in Your Jungle)" – 4:15
  6. "True Romance" – 2:23
  7. "Let Me Love You Up" – 3:26
  8. "Only Love (The Ballad of Sleeping Beauty)" – 5:05
  9. "I Need Nothing Else" – 4:17
  10. "Sometimes I See" – 4:40
  11. "Mr. Tugboat Hello" – 5:30

Personnel

Production

  • Producer: Steve Lipson
  • Engineer: Heff Moraes
  • Programming: Sophie B. Hawkins, Steve Lipson
  • Art direction: Christopher Austopchuk, Nicky Lindeman
  • Design: Chika Azuma, Nicky Lindeman
  • Photography: Merri Cyr, Mark Hanauer

Charts

Album
Year Chart Position
1994 United Kingdom 46
1995 USA (The Billboard 200) 65
1995 New Zealand 13
1995 Australia 31

Singles – Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
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 Top 40 Adult Recurrents 1
"Only Love (The Ballad of Sleeping Beauty)" Adult Contemporary 22
Adult Top 40 19
The Billboard Hot 100 49
Top 40 Mainstream 22

Notes

  1. ↑ Whaler at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Tucker, Ken (1994-08-05). "Whaler Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
  3. ↑ Rosenbluth, Jean (1994-07-31). "A Crazy-Quilt of Styles Unravels at the Seams". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
  4. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "CG: Sophie B. Hawkins". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
  5. ↑ Evans, Paul (1994-08-11). "Sophie B. Hawkins: Whaler : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2006-05-12. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
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