{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Whispermoon | type = studio | artist = Listener | cover = Whispermoon.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2003|07|29}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Hip hop | length = {{Duration|m=58|s=42}} | label = Mush Records | producer = Dust, Fred Bruno, Gruntwork, Ill, Listener | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Ozark Empire | next_year = 2005 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/whispermoon-mw0000600065|title=Whispermoon - Listener|work=AllMusic|first=Jason|last=MacNeil|access-date=May 26, 2017}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Dusted Magazine'' | rev2score = favorable<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/1037|title=Dusted Reviews: Listener - Whispermoon|work=Dusted Magazine|first=Brian|last=Ho|date=October 2, 2003|access-date=May 26, 2017}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Exclaim!'' | rev3score = favorable<ref>{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/listener-whispermoon|title=The Listener - Whispermoon|work=Exclaim!|first=Thomas|last=Quinlan|date=September 1, 2003|access-date=May 26, 2017}}</ref> | rev4 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev4score = 6.6/10<ref name=pitchfork>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/4956-whispermoon/|title=Listener: Whispermoon|work=Pitchfork|first=Rollie|last=Pemberton|date=November 20, 2003|access-date=May 26, 2017}}</ref> | rev5 = ''Stylus Magazine'' | rev5score = C<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/listener/whispermoon.htm|title=Listener - Whispermoon|work=Stylus Magazine|first=Todd|last=Burns|date=September 1, 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504082124/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/listener/whispermoon.htm|archive-date=May 4, 2012|access-date=May 26, 2017}}</ref> }} '''''Whispermoon''''' is the debut studio album by Listener. It was released on Mush Records on July 29, 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mushrecords.com/release/MH217.php|title=MH-217: Listener - Whispermoon|work=Mush Records|access-date=May 26, 2017}}</ref> It peaked at number 163 on the CMJ Radio 200 chart<ref>{{cite journal|title=CMJ Radio 200 (Period Ending 8/26/2003)|journal=CMJ New Music Report|date=September 8, 2003|page=11}}</ref> and at number 4 on CMJ's Hip-Hop chart.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Hip-Hop (Period Ending 8/26/2003)|journal=CMJ New Music Report|date=September 8, 2003|page=18}}</ref>
==Critical reception== Jason MacNeil of AllMusic gave the album 3 stars out of 5, saying, "Not as polished or glossy as bigger rap stars, this record has a certain independent aura around it."<ref name=allmusic/> Rollie Pemberton of ''Pitchfork'' gave the album a 6.6 out of 10 and said, "The saving grace of ''Whispermoon'' is its varied production."<ref name=pitchfork/>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | title1 = The Moon Cries Out | length1 = 0:42 | title2 = FYI | length2 = 4:42 | title3 = You're So Underground | length3 = 4:40 | title4 = Emotional | length4 = 3:22 | title5 = Winter Life | length5 = 2:01 | title6 = Train Song | length6 = 5:18 | title7 = Decadence | length7 = 4:55 | title8 = I'm Beginning to Hear Whispers | length8 = 2:42 | title9 = Ways of the Wind | length9 = 4:45 | title10 = You Will Be My Music | length10 = 3:56 | title11 = Behind These Doors | length11 = 5:38 | title12 = Wundering | length12 = 3:05 | title13 = Crystal Methods | length13 = 4:14 | title14 = It's a Lonely World | length14 = 4:19 | title15 = Untitled | length15 = 4:29 }}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Discogs master|81131|Whispermoon}}
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Category:2003 debut albums Category:Listener (band) albums Category:Mush Records albums