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	Steve Lipson
Sophie B. Hawkins chronology
Tongues and Tails (1992) Whaler (1994) Timbre (1999)
Singles from Whaler
"Right Beside You" Released: August 1994 "Don't Don't Tell Me No" Released: 1994 "As I Lay Me Down" Released: 7 February 1995 "Did We Not Choose Each Other" Released: 1995 "Only Love (The Ballad Sleeping Beauty)" Released: 1996

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[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

• Sophie B. Hawkins – percussion, keyboards, vocals
• Neil Conti – drums
• Louis Jardim – percussion
• Steve Lipson – bass
• Peter-John Vettese – keyboards

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
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 (album) 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.

External links

• Full lyrics of all tracks at official website