Whisper War

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Whisper War
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 29, 2008 (2008-04-29)
Genre
Length44:18
Label
Producer Matt Squire
The Cab chronology
Glitz and Glamour EP
(2006)
Whisper War
(2008)
The Lady Luck EP
(2009)
Singles from Whisper War
  1. "I'll Run"
    Released: January 9, 2008
  2. "One of THOSE Nights"
    Released: April 25, 2008
  3. "Bounce"
    Released: November 5, 2008

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 Patrick Stump, who also provides vocals on "Bounce", "One of Those Nights", "I'm a Wonder" and sings backing vocals on other songs. Lead singer Alexander DeLeon's younger sister, Sophia, is the little girl on the album cover.

Contents

Background

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. The home videos for "I'll Run" and "One of Those Nights" feature members of Panic! at the Disco, while the latter also features Pete Wentz and Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy. The song "Bounce" is available through free download and ships as a download code with a new copy of Rock Band 2 . Also, "One of Those Nights" is featured as a playable song via an online purchase for the music game Rock Band . [4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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On May 7, 2008, Whisper War debuted at number 108 on the US Billboard 200 and at number 1 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart where it stayed on for 17 weeks. [6] The song "Bounce" reached number 69 on the defunct Pop 100 airplay chart.[ citation needed ] By October 2009, the album's sales stood at 67,000. [7]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."One of THOSE Nights" (additional vocals by Brendon Urie and Patrick Stump)3:49
2."Bounce"3:35
3."I'll Run"3:46
4."High Hopes in Velvet Ropes"3:22
5."That '70s Song"3:33
6."Take My Hand"3:27
7."Risky Business"3:35
8."I'm a Wonder" (additional vocals by Patrick Stump)3:33
9."Zzzzz"3:39
10."Vegas Skies"4:38
11."Can You Keep a Secret?"3:51
12."This City Is Contagious"3:37
Japanese bonus track
No.TitleLength
13."Diamonds Are Forever"3:12

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2008)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [8] 108
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [9] 1

Release history

RegionDateLabel
United StatesApril 29, 2008 Decaydance/Fueled by Ramen
JapanAugust 27, 2008

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