Humming (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Humming
Type = Album
Artist = Duncan Sheik

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Released = October 6, 1998
Recorded =
Genre = rock
Length =
Label = Atlantic Records
Producer =
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:glkmiknkbb89 link]
*Entertainment Weekly (B+) [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,285173,00.html link]
*Rolling Stone Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/duncansheik/albums/album/99390/review/5943864/humming link] |
Last album = "Duncan Sheik"
(1996)
This album = "Humming"
(1998)
Next album = "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".

Track listing

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

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

Trivia

*Nichiren was a Buddhist monk of 13th century Japan