Sleepwalkers | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | February 9, 2018 | |||
Recorded | August 2017 | |||
Studio | The Parlor Recording Studio, New Orleans | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 50:46 | |||
Label | Island | |||
Producer | Ted Hutt | |||
Brian Fallon chronology | ||||
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Singles from Sleepwalkers | ||||
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Sleepwalkers is the second solo album by Brian Fallon, singer/guitarist of American rock band the Gaslight Anthem. It was released on February 9, 2018, through Island Records. The album peaked at #42 on the Billboard 200 chart and received "generally favorable reviews" from critics. [1]
"Sleepwalkers" is notably closer to the rocknroll sound of the Gaslight Anthem than his previous folk-influenced solo album "Painkillers." In an interview with RollingStone, Fallon said “even though it’s not necessarily [a Gaslight Anthem album], one-fourth of the band’s sound is always whatever I brought to the table. That’s mine, in anything that I do. It’d be like saying, ‘OK, I’m not going to use my left arm,'” says Fallon. “I’m just going to embrace everything I do and not hold anything back, because I like this sound.” [2]
Sleepwalkers received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 69, based on 11 professional reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [1] In a positive review Paste Magazine observed that "Fallon has a knack for crafting sturdy tunes that border on anthemic, and every chorus has fist-pumping potential."
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 69/100 [1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
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Paste | 7.3/10 [5] |
All tracks are written by Brian Fallon, except where noted. [6] .
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "If Your Prayers Don't Get to Heaven" | 4:10 | |
2. | "Forget Me Not" | 3:48 | |
3. | "Come Wander with Me" | 3:57 | |
4. | "Etta James" | 4:49 | |
5. | "Her Majesty's Service" |
| 4:20 |
6. | "Proof of Life" | 3:47 | |
7. | "Little Nightmares" | 4:34 | |
8. | "Sleepwalkers" | 3:46 | |
9. | "My Name Is the Night (Color Me Black)" | 3:49 | |
10. | "Neptune" | 5:21 | |
11. | "Watson" | 4:21 | |
12. | "See You on the Other Side" | 4:04 | |
Total length: | 50:46 |
Credits adapted from the physical album liner notes.
Musicians
Technical personnel
Chart (2018) | Peak position |
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Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [7] | 15 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [8] | 61 |
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [9] | 55 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [10] | 130 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [11] | 6 |
Scottish Albums (OCC) [12] | 7 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [13] | 32 |
UK Albums (OCC) [14] | 15 |
US Billboard 200 [15] | 42 |
US Folk Albums (Billboard) [16] | 4 |
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [17] | 3 |
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [18] | 3 |
Region | Date | Format(s) | Label |
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Various | February 9, 2018 | Stream, vinyl, download, CD | Island |