Whisper War is the debut studio album by American rock band the Cab. It was released on April 29, 2008, by Fueled by Ramen/Decaydance Records. The album was produced by Matt Squire and Patrick Stump, who also provides vocals on "Bounce", "One of Those Nights", "I'm a Wonder" and sings backing vocals on other songs.
Recording for the album began in the fall of 2007,[8] at Red Bull Studios in Santa Monica.[7] "I'll Run" was the first song they wrote as a band, which DeLeon describes as a "good representation" of the group and their songs."[9] However, DeLeon stated that each track on the album would be different from one another, giving a diverse feel.[9] The album was produced by Matt Squire.[9] Describing the sound, DeLeon said that they wanted to balance rock and R&B music and explained the album's name, "There has to be the beautiful and the ugly, the ying and the yang, the black and the white, so to have something like a whisper that is very soft, delicate and fragile, and have war, which is extreme and harsh – they kind of balance each other."[10]
The record features Brendon Urie of Panic! at the Disco and Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy on the first single off the album, "One of Those Nights", which was co-written by Stump.[11] The home videos for "I'll Run" and "One of Those Nights" feature members of Panic! at the Disco,[12] while the latter also features Pete Wentz and Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy.[13] The song "Bounce" is available through free download and ships as a download code with a new copy of Rock Band 2.[14] Also, "One of Those Nights" is featured as a playable song via an online purchase for the music game Rock Band.[15]
Release
The group posted a demo of "I'll Run" to their MySpace shortly after they were signed to Fueled by Ramen/Decaydance Records. It was also announced that a full-length studio album would be released later in 2007.[16] "I'll Run" was released as the album's lead single on January 9, 2008, which received over 300,000 hits on the band's MySpace page.[17] "One of Those Nights" was released as the album's second single on March 25.[18]Whisper War was officially released on April 29.[1] On October 30, they released a music video for their third single "Bounce", through the Fueled by Ramen YouTube page.[19] On January 27, 2009, limited copies of Whisper War was released as a vinyl.[20] The group re-issued the album as a vinyl again on April 29, 2024, for the album's 16 year anniversary.[21]
Whisper War was met with generally positive reviews from music critics. Katherine Fulton of AllMusic stated, "their debut captures a group of musicians just barely out of high school, so it's understandable that the Cab would work with what's familiar -- and Whisper War does show that they have enough talent to branch out and explore new sounds, even if they're not quite ready to do so here." She primarily praised the track "That '70s Song" that "sets the Cab apart, and also what makes Whisper War a good start for the young band."[1] Kaj Roth of Melodic praised the album's production and the songs hooks, describing the record as "a more rocking Maroon 5 or why not a soulful Simple Plan."[22]
Commercial performance
On May 7, 2008, Whisper War debuted at number 108 on the US Billboard 200 and at number 1 on the BillboardTop Heatseekers chart where it stayed on for 17 weeks.[23][24] The song "Bounce" reached number 69 on the defunct Pop 100 airplay chart.[25] By October 2009, the album's sales stood at 67,000.[26]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Alex DeLeon and The Cab, with additional writers noted.
1 2 Davey Boy (29 August 2011). "The Cab – Symphony Soldier". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 3 June 2012. Of the multitude of bands plying their trade in the safe, inoffensive and often derided genre of pop-rock (or power-pop if you are so inclined), only a handful truly make a successful profession out of it.
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