Whaler (album)
| Whaler | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | August 2, 1994 | |||
| Recorded | March – June 1994 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 47:48 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Stephen Lipson | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Robert Christgau | |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
| Knoxville News Sentinel | |
| Los Angeles Times | |
| People Magazine | (mixed) |
| Rolling Stone | |
Whaler is the second album by American singer-songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins, released in 1994 on Columbia Records. The release was preceded by the single "Right Beside You", which reached No. 56 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, but did much better in the UK, where it peaked at No. 13.
The album was not as commercially successful as her debut album Tongues and Tails two years earlier; however, the sales picked up after the third single, "As I Lay Me Down", released at the beginning of 1995, went to No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Consequently, the album managed to climb to No. 65 on the Billboard 200 chart.