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While Angels & Airwaves are pretty good, don't pick up We Don't Have To Whisper expecting a revolutionary sound designed to shatter your worldview and change your life. On the other hand, if you want something to fill the gap while U2 are recording are their new album, look no further.
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SpinHere, his three sidemen elevate [DeLonge's] emo tendencies to something grander and more timelessly romantic--though somewhat less exciting. [Jul 2006, p.82]
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Many of Angel's midtempo tracks, while well-intentioned, fail to reach the lofty heights to which they aspire.
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We Don't Have to Whisper is too doggedly dour and amorphous to be more than a curiosity.
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DeLonge yanks heartstrings with so-so results.
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We Don't Need To Whisper feels like 50 long minutes of DeLonge proving himself as an artist.
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BlenderThe resulting batch of songs... just pad out the duller bits of blink, then add walls of mid-'80s-era U2 guitar chimes. [Jun 2006, p.136]
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UncutComing from a former punk goof, all this sentimentality feels somewhat po-faced. [Jul 2006, p.84]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 194 out of 271
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Mixed: 24 out of 271
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Negative: 53 out of 271
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Jan 23, 2012
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Jul 31, 2019not a great album overall, some tracks feels slow and unnecesary in certain parts.
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Aug 11, 2012