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Leave a Whisper by Shinedown
Leave a Whisper is an album by Shinedown, released in 2003. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 24 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “45”, on 13 lists with a best position of #8.
Leave a Whisper, Shinedown's debut, came out on Atlantic on May 27, 2003, from a band Brent Smith put together in Jacksonville, Florida, in 2001 after his old group Dreve fell apart. Smith was still under contract to the label, so he built a new lineup around himself: Jasin Todd on guitar, Brad Stewart on bass and Barry Kerch on drums. Bob Marlette produced, with sessions at Henson Recording Studios and The Blue Room in Los Angeles.
It's post-grunge built for the long haul: thick, muscular guitars, big-shouldered choruses and Smith's gritty, soaring voice out front. "Fly from the Inside" and "45" did the heavy lifting on rock radio, with "Burning Bright" not far behind. A 2004 reissue added the band's cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Simple Man", and the album kept on selling, going gold and then platinum in the US by 2005.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Leave a Whisper on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 45 | 13 | #8 | – | 2003–2025 | |
| 2 | Fly From The Inside | 6 | #8 | – | 2003–2025 | |
| 3 | Burning Bright | 4 | #51 | – | 2004–2005 | |
| 4 | Fly From the Inside (Planet of Sound version) | 1 | #2 | – | 2003 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.