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Track listing

# " The Sweet Hello, the Sad Goodbye" ( Per Gessle) – 4:36 # "Whispers of Love" ( Thomas Anders, Müller, Christ, Zimmermann) – 5:08 # "The Echo of My Heart" (

, Peter Ries) – 4:30 # "Maybe I'm Dreaming" (Thomas Anders, Marc Cassandra) – 4:25 # "For All That We Know" (

, Paul Muggleton) – 4:07 # " Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)" ( George David Weiss) (*) – 4:19 # "For Your Love" (Matthias Schmidt, Ernst Luksch) – 4:41 # "True Love" (Candy DeRouge) – 4:47 # "Don't Say You Love Me" ( Cassandra, Ball) – 4:42 # "Hungry Hearts" (Candy DeRouge) – 4:09

Personnel

* Music performed by

, Paul Muggleton, Bob Noble, Don Snow * Backing vocals: Judie Tzuke, Paul Muggleton, Don Snow, Deborah Robson * Featuring vocals by Judie Tzuke Production * Recorded and produced by Mike Paxman and Paul Muggleton for Big Ocean Productions * Mixed by

at Metropolis, London, except: ** (*) Mixed by Mark "Tufte" Evans * Art direction and design: Mainartery, London * Photos by Paul Cox

Music videos

* "Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)" was released on its own as a music video.

Release history

* 1991 Germany: East West Records GmbH 9031-74628-2 (CD), (LP) & (Cassette) * 1991 France: East West Records/A Time Warner Company WE 833 (CD), (LP) & (Cassette) * 1991 South Africa: Artone CTNT 5037 (CD) & (LP) * 1991 Taiwan: UFO Group WU 1665 (LP) & (Cassette) * 1991 South Korea: SKC (CD) & (LP)

References

Tribute to Thomas Anders

Swiss Charts

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Whispers (Album) 1991 albums Thomas Anders albums East West Records albums Albums produced by Mike Paxman

Track listing

Personnel

Music videos

Release history

See also

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