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. j30
    Sep 28, 2011
    2
    My high expectations of a Queen/progressive album (as promised by Tom Delonge) were shot down after a first listen. And the more I listened to it, the less I liked it. They really tried to make stadium rock here, but it sounds like amateurs trying too hard to be famous. Maybe I set my standards too high, regardless, I can't think of anyone I'd recommend this to.
  2. John
    Jun 27, 2009
    2
    An album that is ruined by its own poorly laid foundation. Tom Delonge was meant for one thing. Silly, poppy, satirical, poop joke, punky music. i.e. Blink 182. This CD is good for one time listening, if that. Space sounds, unbearably whiny vocals, and Tom Delonge's LOOK AT ME I'M AN INNOVATIVE ARTIST FOR REAL attitude doom this ridiculous album from the start. Leave it alone An album that is ruined by its own poorly laid foundation. Tom Delonge was meant for one thing. Silly, poppy, satirical, poop joke, punky music. i.e. Blink 182. This CD is good for one time listening, if that. Space sounds, unbearably whiny vocals, and Tom Delonge's LOOK AT ME I'M AN INNOVATIVE ARTIST FOR REAL attitude doom this ridiculous album from the start. Leave it alone Tom. Go back to what you are good at. Not giving a shit.… Expand
  3. ChuckH
    Nov 2, 2007
    0
    Yeah, when i listened to this album, all I heard was cure bass lines, its a complete cure and U2 ripoff. This is just another shit american record, if you want real music you need to look elsewhere!
  4. SteveS.
    Sep 25, 2007
    0
    Tom is a pretentious li'l bitch, and this is no musical revolution, regardless what he says.
  5. LiamR.
    Aug 8, 2007
    0
    Just one long, whiny piece of crap, really. Seems like Tom Delonge is trying too hard to prove himself as an artist, to me. All the songs sound the same!
  6. MattB.
    Jun 1, 2007
    3
    Basically, this is a rubbish album. There isn't much that is good about it. The music is boring and nothing we haven't heard before. The lyrics are basic and weak. And Tom DeLonge is an pretentious, annoying American. And they're awful live.
  7. EvaC
    May 3, 2007
    0
    This album is horrible. It is a bunch of pretentious ambient garbage, trying to be Blink 182 meets a prog band and ends up with a lot of filler crap. And they suck live.
  8. ChrisV
    Jan 3, 2007
    3
    They must've really liked that clean guitar sound since it's used in every song. To me, all the tracks sound too much alike to be alright. There's a difference between a theme, and writing the same song ten times.
  9. BenC
    Dec 2, 2006
    0
    I bought the last Blink record on the day it came out, and my bandmate and i were extemely excited to hear the follow up on this project that has taken something like what? 3 years? The Adventure was interesting but when i saw the video, read what Tom was " trying to do" and heard the rest of the album i almost shit a fucking brick. It's absolutley the most hidious whiney shit I bought the last Blink record on the day it came out, and my bandmate and i were extemely excited to hear the follow up on this project that has taken something like what? 3 years? The Adventure was interesting but when i saw the video, read what Tom was " trying to do" and heard the rest of the album i almost shit a fucking brick. It's absolutley the most hidious whiney shit i've ever heard. Unfortunatly i don't know if it's his fault. I think that maybe his wife toldhim she was tired of blink or something. Maybe Blink wasn't selling enough records, who knows? But anyone who betrays his friends has no respect from me, FUCK TOM!… Expand
  10. WillM
    Nov 22, 2006
    3
    Absolutely horrible. Blink was amazing, this is just utter crap and drivel.
  11. andrewt
    Nov 22, 2006
    1
    tom said during his time with blink: "people care about things too much" not only contradicting this statement, he managed to do it in the worst way possible by making a shit album. any blink fans or people who listen to decent music go grab +44 album its really good
  12. Pete
    Nov 11, 2006
    0
    This album shows just how horrible America's music has become. This album, straight up, sucks. They have one good song, The Adventure. They took that song and just based an entire album around the same beat. Tom Delonge is not a good musician anymore. Musically, this album is just, the worst thing to come out in the past 30 years. Tom hyped up his album so much, to much it was a This album shows just how horrible America's music has become. This album, straight up, sucks. They have one good song, The Adventure. They took that song and just based an entire album around the same beat. Tom Delonge is not a good musician anymore. Musically, this album is just, the worst thing to come out in the past 30 years. Tom hyped up his album so much, to much it was a complete disappointment. It's funny how gullible the general public is to call this mess of an album: "music". If god wrote this album, then god doesn't know what music is. Sorry AVA fans, but you are all tools.… Expand
  13. davedave
    Sep 7, 2006
    0
    bad very bad
  14. Andy
    Aug 31, 2006
    2
    Grow up Tom please, you still sound like your 16. This album is absurd.
  15. MatthewH
    Aug 27, 2006
    2
    Somewhere between the part where Tom sung the lyric "It hurts" twenty times in a row, to the point where I realized that each song was composed of a single 4 second sample being repeated over and over again; I kind of missed the half of the album that God wrote.
  16. Davidb
    Aug 19, 2006
    1
    I agreed with everything Amarganth said ;)
  17. mattsi
    Aug 3, 2006
    0
    this album is terrible. get over yourselves. this is a blantant ripoff of early u2 and the cure. not timeless at all, and not saving anything.
  18. RockSucks
    Jul 22, 2006
    0
    Thank god for Hip-Hop
  19. DaveK
    Jun 26, 2006
    1
    Yikes, for all the hype they (Tom Delonge) gave it, it sure doesnt pan out to anything really. The radio song is bland as ever, don't really know why they dont stick to their old stuff. Last Blink album was horrible too, I understand a band wanting to explore new options but you dont mess with proven success.
  20. JennaP
    Jun 18, 2006
    2
    This record is terrible. I foolishly half-believed Tom and his hype. I figured he had good intentions and with members from BCR, The Offspring, and The Distillers how bad could it possibly be? I didn't think it was going to be this pretentious pile of psuedo-U2 crap. AVA aren't going to be saving anything, especially rock and roll, with lyrics like 'your best friend is not This record is terrible. I foolishly half-believed Tom and his hype. I figured he had good intentions and with members from BCR, The Offspring, and The Distillers how bad could it possibly be? I didn't think it was going to be this pretentious pile of psuedo-U2 crap. AVA aren't going to be saving anything, especially rock and roll, with lyrics like 'your best friend is not your girlfriend'. Don't waste your money, instead invest it in something worthwhile like the new Thursday CD.… Expand
  21. TheCriticTheCritic
    Jun 15, 2006
    0
    Very dissapointing. Maybe this guy should actually get singing lessons. HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE crap and I very much like saying so.
  22. Jake
    Jun 15, 2006
    0
    Tom's a tool.
  23. IanC
    Jun 12, 2006
    3
    its not all bad, but unfortunately i just cant listen to 12 songs that almost all sound identical. best songs are: good day, it hurts, the adventure. but honestly i can only stand to listen to 1 song at a time or else his whiny voice, makes me want to punch babies.
  24. Dave
    Jun 9, 2006
    0
    Someone said "Amazing cd. just dont expect the old blink." that person gave it a 10...so does old blink get an 11 or something? I swear Tom cant do anything b by himself...wheres Mark when you need him... someone also said "Great, consistant album, Toms voice is amazing" Just how amazing is his voice? so amazing I could sing instead of him and probably sound better. I think i was back in Someone said "Amazing cd. just dont expect the old blink." that person gave it a 10...so does old blink get an 11 or something? I swear Tom cant do anything b by himself...wheres Mark when you need him... someone also said "Great, consistant album, Toms voice is amazing" Just how amazing is his voice? so amazing I could sing instead of him and probably sound better. I think i was back in the 80's when I starting listening to it...I think boy bands music is more tolerable then this crap =)… Expand
  25. Garrett
    Jun 8, 2006
    3
    hey, we're the emo U2, buy our album. Not the worst thing I've ever heard, but it's bad. Tom's bragging about how revolutionary this dull album would be only makes it worse.
  26. Mike
    Jun 7, 2006
    3
    revolutionary not likely it's been done before, if i wanted to buy a u2 cd i'd go out and get one. i had high hopes for angels and airwaves but who the hell is tom trying to be now. for all the blink fans that loved tom for being the goofy yet talented singer, telling me that going to an ava concert is like ascending into heaven is absolutely retarded.
  27. AndrewW
    Jun 7, 2006
    1
    lame-ass 80s guitar noodling + lame-ass nü-emo noodling = GOLD
  28. ArroyoSD
    Jun 5, 2006
    2
    Pure rubbish. Tom trying way too hard to be serious, to be something that has already been done. This band and album will be forgotten. Overproduced, overhyped, garbage. Blink-U2 light.
  29. TomW
    May 31, 2006
    0
    Embarrasing. Buy the new Secret Machines album. Or the old one. Or anything else. Tom Delonge is a menace.
  30. DonT
    May 30, 2006
    0
    Unbearable, even from a massive Box Car Racer and Blink fan!
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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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