Losing Sleep (Edwyn Collins album)

Losing Sleep
Studio album by Edwyn Collins
Released	13 September 2010
Recorded	West Heath Studios
Genre	Indie, soul
Length	42:29
Label	Heavenly
Producer	Edwyn Collins, Sebastian Lewsley
Edwyn Collins chronology
Home Again (2007) Losing Sleep (2010) Understated (2013)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Drowned in Sound	link
The Guardian	link
Mojo
musicOMH	link
NME	link
Pitchfork	link

Losing Sleep is the seventh solo album by Scottish singer-songwriter Edwyn Collins, released on 13 September 2010 on Heavenly Records.

The album was recorded at Collins' West Heath Studios and features guest appearances from Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos and Nick McCarthy, Aztec Camera's Roddy Frame, Johnny Marr, the Cribs' Ryan Jarman and Jacob Graham, Connor Hanwick and Jonathan Pierce of The Drums.

It reached number 54 on the UK Albums Chart upon its week of release, and is his most successful album since 1994's Gorgeous George .

Track listing

All tracks written by Edwyn Collins, except where noted

1. "Losing Sleep" – 3:21
2. "What Is My Role?" (feat. Ryan Jarman) – 4:20 (Collins/Jarman)
3. "Do It Again" (feat. Alex Kapranos and Nick McCarthy) – 3:12 (Collins/Kapranos/McCarthy)
4. "Humble" – 3:22
5. "Come Tomorrow, Come Today" (feat. Johnny Marr) – 2:58 (Collins/Marr)
6. "Bored" – 4:25
7. "In Your Eyes" (feat. The Drums) – 4:07 (Collins/The Drums)
8. "I Still Believe in You" (feat. Ryan Jarman) – 3:33 (Collins/Jarman)
9. "Over the Hill" – 3:35
10. "It Dawns on Me" (feat. Romeo Stodart) – 3:53 (Collins/Stodart)
11. "All My Days" (feat. Roddy Frame) – 3:15 (Collins/Frame)
12. "Searching for the Truth" – 2:18

Personnel

• Edwyn Collins – vocals, vibes (track 1), harmonica (track 12)
• Paul Cook – drums (track 1, 3, 5, 10)
• Dave Ruffy – drums (track 2, 4, 6, 8, 9)
• Barrie Cadogan – guitar (track 1, 9), bass (track 1, 9)
• Carwyn Ellis – guitar (track 6, 7, 12), bass (track 3, 4, 6, 8, 10), backing vocals (track 1, 5, 10), moog synthesizer (track 8), Univox keyboards (track 7), wurlitzer (track 3, 7), piano (track 4, 5)
• Sean Read – saxophone (track 9), wurlitzer (track 6, 10, 11), vibraphone (track 9), backing vocals (track 4, 9, 10, 11), organ (track 10)
• Andy Hackett – guitar (track 4)
• Ryan Jarman - guitar, vocals (track 2, 8) bass (track 2)
• Luca Santucci – backing vocals (track 1)
• Barbara Snow – trumpet (track 1)
• Richard Sutton – saxophone (track 1)
• Sebastian Lewsley - backing vocals (track 2)
• Alex Kapranos - guitar, vocals (track 3)
• Nick McCarthy - guitar, Moog, organ, vocals (track 3)
• Johnny Marr - guitar, bass (track 5)
• Jonathan Pierce - vocals (track 7)
• Jacob Graham - guitar (track 7)
• Adam Kessler - guitar (track 7)
• Connor Hanwick - drums (track 7)
• Romeo Stodart - guitar, vocals (track 10)
• Roddy Frame - guitar, backing vocals (track 11)
• Will Collins - drums (track 11)

Production

• Producer: Edwyn Collins, Sebastian Lewsley
• Engineer: Sebastian Lewsley
• Mixing: Sebastian Lewsley, Edwyn Collins
• Arranger: Edwyn Collins

Album artwork

• Original bird illustrations: Edwyn Collins
• Sleeve design: Edwyn Collins, Paul Kelly
• Front cover design: Liberty
• Edwyn Collins photo: Paul Kelly
• Microphone Photographs: Sebastian Lewsley and Robert Sharp

Notes

1. Sendra, Tim. Losing Sleep at AllMusic