We Don't Need To Whisper
by Angels and Airwaves
  • Record Label: Geffen
  • Release Date: May 23, 2006
User Score
7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 271 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 194 out of 271
  2. Mixed: 24 out of 271
  3. Negative: 53 out of 271

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  1. daves
    May 23, 2006
    3
    didn't quite make it with me and i really wanted to like it!
  2. JC
    May 24, 2006
    8
    I think it's a really refreshing album and enjoy it a lot.. it's not an all time favorite yet, but that takes time.
  3. Matt
    May 24, 2006
    10
    I really enjoyed this. While not a huge fan of Blink 182, I found myself enjoying this album immensely. I'm not sure about the whole "best album in decades" description, but it is DEFINITELY a good start. The lyrics are really amazing. Critics are being way too harsh. My suggestion is to sit down and listen to the CD for what it is, minus all the outside input, and decide for I really enjoyed this. While not a huge fan of Blink 182, I found myself enjoying this album immensely. I'm not sure about the whole "best album in decades" description, but it is DEFINITELY a good start. The lyrics are really amazing. Critics are being way too harsh. My suggestion is to sit down and listen to the CD for what it is, minus all the outside input, and decide for youreslf what it is and what it means.… Expand
  4. drewb
    May 24, 2006
    0
    why the hell does he think adding different guitar effects and a synth make an album sound better? everyone on the entire damn planet is doing it. no way in hell is this original or be considered a mildly decen album.
  5. AdamA
    May 25, 2006
    10
    Amazing cd. just dont expect the old blink.
  6. motal
    May 25, 2006
    0
    a horror, a waste that al this talent that's is the band brich up such sh*t
  7. DougW
    May 25, 2006
    9
    I think that a lot of people trash this album because it's not what they had anticipated. It was very over-hyped which caused a lot of people to be underwhelmed. But behind all of the obviously outragious statements lies an album that is truly great. Is it original? No, nothing is. Is it the best music made in the last 2 decades? That's completely an opinion answer. But whether I think that a lot of people trash this album because it's not what they had anticipated. It was very over-hyped which caused a lot of people to be underwhelmed. But behind all of the obviously outragious statements lies an album that is truly great. Is it original? No, nothing is. Is it the best music made in the last 2 decades? That's completely an opinion answer. But whether it's "revolutionary" or not, it deserves some credit for being what it is… Expand
  8. J2Schoch
    May 25, 2006
    10
    It's possibly the best album i've ever listened too
  9. KevinD
    May 25, 2006
    10
    Amazing
  10. TrevorH
    May 25, 2006
    10
    we dont need to whisper is the best cd ever created and the "experts" that think they know what they are talking about dont know anything.
  11. [Anonymous]
    May 25, 2006
    10
    best album ever
  12. junaida
    May 25, 2006
    10
    Amazing album.
  13. ColbyS
    May 25, 2006
    5
    I would likely have though it was a lot better if it weren't for Tom's (whose music I usually enjoy much more) constant grandstanding about this being an album that would change the face of rock forever. It's not terrible, and the single is actually a nice, U2-ish change from the ordinary, but I won't be buying any of it- the album or Tom's fastly swelling ego.
  14. [Anonymous]
    May 25, 2006
    10
    best album ever
  15. SteveN
    May 25, 2006
    10
    Great CD
  16. NathanP
    May 25, 2006
    10
    Excellent album. Truly uplifting and awesome experience!
  17. seana
    May 25, 2006
    10
    one of the best albums i have ever heard in my life!
  18. SandroD
    May 25, 2006
    10
    Holy shit AvA,Blink,and BCR kick ass!!!!!BYE BITCHES
  19. Alex
    May 25, 2006
    2
    very (very) dissapointing collection of boring U2 inspired tripe - if anything, it makes me wish for a Blink reunion..... sharpish.
  20. DavidL
    May 26, 2006
    8
    Much like Coheed and Cambria, the vocals will take some getting used to. But eventually you'll discover that this is a very worthwhile album and should find a place in anybody's collection.
  21. MonicaS
    May 26, 2006
    10
    I think the important things here is that Tom did what he wanted. He's proud of his work - is that too much to ask?
  22. MikeF
    May 26, 2006
    10
    Tom Delonge's vocal talents aren't anything to throw a stick at, but after many many years of Blink 182 devotion it just kinda grows on you...I love Angels and Airwaves because when I listen to this disc it chills me out and gives me the most relaxing 50 minutes ever....to each their own I suppose. Tom Delonge haters do your worst, he's still richer than all of you. :P
  23. gg
    May 27, 2006
    10
    greatness
  24. SeanT
    May 28, 2006
    10
    this cd is amazing and passionate and i wish that mark was there to back tom's vocals. Adam Willard did a good job but i still would have rather had travis
  25. DanM
    May 28, 2006
    10
    Truly a great album. Gets better tho more you listen to it.
  26. CoreyW
    May 28, 2006
    0
    Just another album from someone who can't be in touch with reality from having lived as a little whiny plastic-pop (no punk to be found in his veins at all) princess who tries to force himself into thinking he's in touch with anyone except his manager and booking agent. Pure drivel.
  27. matta
    May 29, 2006
    5
    I mostly agree with the critics here. Entertainment Weekly has it the closest (although the score is a little high) when they say that there are some fine instrumental moments, but Delonge's vocals are just flat-out whiny and really ruin what could have been an okay album.
  28. MarkH
    May 29, 2006
    2
    just lame dude. I've heard U2 before ok tom
  29. DJPHONETIC
    May 31, 2006
    10
    Every Album has flaws, and so does this but who gives a fuck. OK COMPUTER had flaws. But this is a beautiful album. It's songs shimmer with hope and love. I would be overjoyed to write something as powerful as this.
  30. Jake
    Jun 15, 2006
    0
    Tom's a tool.
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#12 Most Discussed Album of 2006
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#54 Most Shared Album of 2006

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Metascore
53

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
  1. Blender
    40
    The 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]
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    67
    If only DeLonge's nasal vocals were more suited to the Robert Smith romanticism of tracks like "It Hurts." [26 May 2006, p.107]
  3. Billboard
    50
    Many of Angel's midtempo tracks, while well-intentioned, fail to reach the lofty heights to which they aspire.
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