{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Whisper House | type = studio | artist = Duncan Sheik | cover = Whisper house.jpg | alt = | released = January 27, 2009 <small>(U.S.)</small> | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = <!--Do not add unsourced genres --> | length = | label = RCA Victor<small><br />(U.S.; CD)</small> | producer = Duncan Sheik | prev_title = White Limousine | prev_year = 2006 | next_title = Covers 80s | next_year = 2011 | misc = {{Singles | name = Whisper House | type = studio | single1 = We're Here to Tell You | single1date = 2008 | single2 = Earthbound Starlight | single2date = January 15, 2009 | single3 = Play Your Part | single3date = 2009 }} }} {{Music ratings |MC = (71/100)<ref name=meta/> |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |title=Whisper House Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/whisper-house-mw0000806729 |website=AllMusic}}</ref> |rev2 = ''The A.V. Club'' |rev2score = B+<ref>{{cite web |last=Murray |first=Noel |title=Duncan Sheik: ''Whisper House'' |url=https://www.avclub.com/duncan-sheik-whisper-house-1798205605 |website=The A.V. Club |date=February 10, 2009}}</ref> |rev3 = ''Paste'' |rev3score = (7.9/10)<ref>{{cite web |last=Medina |first=Jeremy |title=Duncan Sheik: ''Whisper House'' |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/duncan-sheik/duncan-sheik-whisper-house/ |website=Paste |date=February 17, 2009}}</ref> |rev4 = ''PopMatters'' |rev4score = {{Rating|4|10}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Heaney |first=C. T. |title=Duncan Sheik: Whisper House |url=https://www.popmatters.com/67270-duncan-sheik-whisper-house-2496090964.html |website=PopMatters |access-date=August 2, 2022 |date=January 26, 2009}}</ref> }}<!-- Automatically generated by DASHBot-->
'''''Whisper House''''' is the sixth studio album and second musical by American singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik. It was released on RCA Victor in 2009.
==Details== The album, Sheik's first in the wake of success from composing music for the Tony Award-winning musical ''Spring Awakening'', contains selections from an original stage musical of the same name, with book and additional lyrics by Kyle Jarrow.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hetrick |first=Adam |title=Track List Announced for Sheik's 'Whisper House'; Concert Dates Added |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/track-list-announced-for-sheiks-whisper-house-concert-dates-added-com-156748 |website=Playbill |access-date=August 2, 2022 |date=January 8, 2009}}</ref> The world premiere of the musical occurred January 13, 2010, at San Diego, California's Old Globe Theatre.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Kenneth |title=Old Globe Will Premiere Duncan Sheik's ''Whisper House'' and Bricusse's Sammy Davis Jr. Musical |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/old-globe-will-premiere-duncan-sheiks-whisper-house-and-bricusses-sammy-davis-jr-musical-com-160544 |website=Playbill |access-date=August 2, 2022 |date=May 2, 2009}}</ref> Directed by Peter Askin, the cast included Arthur Acuna, Holly Brook, Kevin Hoffman, Ted Koch, David Poe, Mare Winningham, and Eric Brent Zutty.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theoldglobe.org/pressphotos/whisper_house_press.html |title=Whisper House |website=www.theoldglobe.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100121110939/http://www.theoldglobe.org/pressphotos/whisper_house_press.html |archive-date=2010-01-21}}</ref> Sheik cited influences from part of his childhood spent around Hilton Head, South Carolina, and recalling its iconic lighthouse and the ghost stories he shared there with friends.<ref>{{cite web |last=Lyden |first=Jacki |title=Duncan Sheik: A Troubadour Turns To Theater |url=https://www.npr.org/2009/01/24/99841339/duncan-sheik-a-troubadour-turns-to-theater |website=All Things Considered |publisher=NPR |date=January 24, 2009}}</ref>
==Release== The album was met with little commercial success, but favorable reviews. Review aggregating website Metacritic reports a normalized score of 71% based on 4 reviews.<ref name=meta>{{cite web |title=Critic Reviews for Whisper House |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/whisper-house/duncan-sheik/critic-reviews |website=Metacritic}}</ref> The album's first single, "Earthbound Starlight", debuted via the "Pop Candy" blog on USAToday.com.<ref>[http://myplay.com/videos/duncan-sheik/earthbound-starlight "Earthbound Starlight" (video), Sony BMG Music, January 20, 2009]</ref> On Sheik's official website, streaming audio was made available for the album's first single, as well as its first and second tracks, in advance of the album release.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20081224042605/http://www.duncansheik.com/home/ Duncan Sheik official website, accessed January 24, 2009]}}</ref>
==Track listing==
#"Better to Be Dead" #"We're Here to Tell You" #"And Now We Sing" (feat. Holly Brook) #"The Tale of Solomon Snell" #"Earthbound Starlight" #"Play Your Part" #"You've Really Gone and Done It Now" #"How It Feels" #"I Don't Believe in You" #"Take A Bow" #"The Ghost In You" (iTunes bonus song)
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Category:2009 albums Category:Duncan Sheik albums Category:RCA Records albums