Humming (album)

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Humming
Studio album by Duncan Sheik
Released	October 6, 1998
Genre	rock
Label	Atlantic Records
Professional reviews
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Duncan Sheik chronology
Duncan Sheik (1996) Humming (1998) Phantom Moon (2001)

Humming is the second album by Duncan Sheik. Released by Atlantic Records in 1998, it was the follow up to his self-titled debut album. More understated than his first album, it did not include any major singles, but featured the London Session Orchestra on some tracks.

Two of the album's songs, "That Says It All" and "A Body Goes Down", are tributes to other singer-songwriters. The earlier song references a list of past talents along with their contributions and personal struggles, ranging from Mick Jagger and Bob Dylan, to John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Brian Wilson, and Jimmy Page, concluding with Nick Drake, one of Sheik's chief influences. The latter song is an elegy for Jeff Buckley, following his death in 1997. The song was also included in the 2004 documentary Amazing Grace: Jeff Buckley.

The fourth track on the album, "Alibi", was later included as part of the soundtrack to the 1999 motion picture Teaching Mrs. Tingle.

[edit] Track listing

1. "In Between" - 4:32
2. "Rubbed Out" - 5:09
3. "Bite Your Tongue" - 3:56
4. "Alibi" - 4:07
5. "Varying Degrees Of Con-Artistry" - 6:56
6. "That Says It All" - 4:14
7. "Everyone, Everywhere" - 3:30
8. "A Body Goes Down" - 6:05
9. "Nothing Special" - 3:28
10. "House Full Of Riches" - 5:37
11. "Nichiren" - 14:47**

**Note: A hidden song, "Foreshadowing," begins at the 6:40 mark of track 11 after the close of "Nichiren"

[edit] Trivia

• Nichiren was a Buddhist monk of 13th century Japan

v • d • e Duncan Sheik Studio albums Duncan Sheik · Humming • Phantom Moon • Daylight • White Limousine Compilations Brighter/Later: A Duncan Sheik Anthology • Greatest Hits: A Duncan Sheik Collection EPs At the Reservoir • Humming Along • White Limousine EP Singles "Barely Breathing" • "She Runs Away" • "Reasons for Living" • "Wishful Thinking" • "Bite Your Tongue" • "That Says It All" "A Mirror in the Heart" • "On a High" · "Half-Life" • "White Limousine" • "The Dawn's Request" Videography On Stage at World Café Live Additional Works A Home at the End of the World (soundtrack) • Spring Awakening