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Sleep It Off is the second album from no wave pop singer Cristina.
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Sleep It Off is the second album from no wave pop singer Cristina.
Sleep It Off was produced by Don Was. The songs were written by Cristina (all lyrics, except for the covers) collaborating with Was and her backing musicians, Barry Reynolds and Ben Brierley (from Marianne Faithfull's band), and Doug Fieger (from The Knack). The music is beat-laden, sophisticated synth-pop, setting Was's detailed production against Cristina's expressive but sometimes less-than-perfect, cynical No Wave vocal style. At times the music is reminiscent of Blondie, or Madonna, and it does not forget the decadent disco of Cristina's eponymous debut. [(opinion)] [1] Chris Connelly describes a record that is a "grimly hilarious gavotte through the upscale decadence of the titled apocalypso" with an effect "somewhere between Marianne Faithfull and the Flying Lizards [but with] music more enjoyable than either". [2] The three cover songs on the record span a wide range: the R&B of Van Morrison's "Blue Money", Brecht and Weill's "Ballad of Immoral Earnings" from the Threepenny Opera, and John Conlee's country hit "She Can't Say that Anymore". (The bonus tracks on the CD release also include covers of Prince and Was (Not Was).)
The sleeve design is by Jean-Paul Goude, who later used a similar idea for Grace Jones's Slave to the Rhythm .
Although featuring shorter, more hook-laden songs than her previous album, Cristina, Sleep It Off is a dark album. [1] Cristina describes it as an album about "coping with sex and money and power plays in the 1980's",
The album has been consistently lauded by critics. On its release in 1984, Rolling Stone said that
The Face placed Sleep It Off in its Top 20 records of 1984. [4] When the album was re-issued on CD in 2004, Pitchfork awarded it a grade of 8.5, [1] remarking that Cristina's music gives
Pitchfork also particularly praises the bonus tracks on the re-release.
Ladytron included "What's a Girl To Do" on their Softcore Jukebox .
Unfortunately, the record was a commercial flop and Cristina consequently retired. [3]
The original album release of Sleep It Off featured ten tracks. [5]
Side A
Side B
The CD release of Sleep It Off reordered the original ten tracks and added six bonus tracks. [6]
The 2023 Rubellan Remasters release of Sleep It Off featured the original ten tracks in their original running order plus two bonus tracks. [8]
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