We Don't Need To Whisper
- Angels and Airwaves
- Band Name: Angels and Airwaves
- Record Label: Geffen
- Release Date: May 23, 2006
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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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40Coming from a former punk goof, all this sentimentality feels somewhat po-faced. [Jul 2006, p.84]
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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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60Here, 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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If only DeLonge's nasal vocals were more suited to the Robert Smith romanticism of tracks like "It Hurts." [26 May 2006, p.107]
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By aiming to sound like U2 and Pink Floyd, AVA ends up sounding like an emo version of an even more plodding Coldplay.
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60While 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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Whisper encompasses everything a rock band should be in 2006. [Jul 2006, p.202]
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40The 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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50Many of Angel's midtempo tracks, while well-intentioned, fail to reach the lofty heights to which they aspire.
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67Listening to all this Edge-y guitar doodling and whiny wailing, the question remains: Why mess with a fun, 20-million-album-selling formula for this ponderous prog project?