Songs of the Humpback Whale

Mentioned 2 times across 2 shows · first heard Apr 2026 on Stuff You Should Know.

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Alie Ward👍 Recommends
…whale vocalizations and music recordings for listening
“If you need some summer jams, by the way, you can cue up Paul Winter's Songs of the Humpback Whale. It was produced by legend Dr. Roger Payne on Bandcamp. We'll link to it on our website. And these whale recordings are from the late 1960s.”
Ologies with Alie Ward — Biomusicology (OUR MUSICAL NATURE) with David Bashwinerat 26:04
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Josh Clark👍 Recommends
…Frank Watlington's whale song recordings released as influential album
“So he gave it to some marine biologists who actually took it and released it as an album in 1970, Songs of the Humpback Whale. Have you listened to it? Oh, yeah. Like most of my adult life. Yeah. It's just so mellow. It's so ambient that you're like, wait, did they add some synth here? And no, it's just nothing but whale songs, right? Yeah. Brian Eno had nothing to do with it. Right. So I can't imagine this was released in 1970. I can't imagine between 1970 and 1980 how much acid was dropped listening to the album Songs of the Humpback Whale, man. It was like made for it.”
Stuff You Should Know — Save the Whales!at 11:26

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