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| Released | 21 September 2010 (Japan) 27 September 2010 (Worldwide) | |||
| Recorded | 2001–2010 | |||
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| Length | 67:07 | |||
| Label | Samadhi Sound | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| The Irish Times | [2] |
| Mojo | [2] |
| MusicOMH | [3] |
| Pitchfork | 6.0/10 [4] |
| Uncut | 8/10 |
Sleepwalkers is a compilation album by David Sylvian, released September 2010 by Samadhi Sound.
The album is a compilation of some of Sylvian's collaborations from the 2000s, and includes several tracks remixed by Sylvian as well as alternate takes. "Sleepwalkers" and "The World is Everything" appeared on a sampler CD that was included with a limited tour brochure from Sylvian's 'The World is Everything' tour in 2007. [5] "World Citizen – I Won't Be Disappointed" with Ryuichi Sakamoto originally appeared on the 2003 EP World Citizen. However, the version on Sleepwalkers is the 'looped piano' version found on Sakamoto's 2004 album Chasm . "Five Lines" is the only new track on the album and is a collaboration with Dai Fujikura who went on to remix and influence several songs on the subsequent album Died in the Wool – Manafon Variations . [6] The final track, "Trauma", is the only instrumental song and had been included as a bonus track to Sylvian's 2003 album Blemish .
Thom Jurek for AllMusic described the album as "provocative and compelling listen, full of moods, shapes, colors, spaces, and textures. Sylvian has created (aestehtically at least) something approaching an entirely new offering from various chapters in his recent musical past." [1] Jess Harvell for Pitchfork wrote that Sylvian's "fearlessness, if not quite his versatility, at tackling new sounds (and even new structures) is still a beacon, especially at an age when many of his contemporaries have fossilized into post-punk heritage acts." [4]
In June 2022, the album was reissued in Europe by Grönland Records. It was released on CD as well as for the first time as a double LP. [7] It feature three new tracks: "World Citizen" a collaboration with Ryuichi Sakamoto originally released on the EP of the same name alongside "World Citizen (I Won't Be Disappointed)" (which is included on both the 2010 and 2022 tracklists); "Do You Know Me Now?", solely by Sylvian, which had been released as a non-album single in 2013; and "Modern Interior", a collaboration with Jan Bang that had been written and released in 2011 for the Kizunaworld Project, which was to support those affected by the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami earlier that year. [8] [9] However, two tracks, "Ballad of a Deadman" and "Playground Martyrs", both collaborations with Sylvian's brother Steve Jansen, were removed from the reissue. [8]
All lyrics are written by David Sylvian
| No. | Title | Music | From the album: | Length |
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| 1. | "Sleepwalkers" | Martin Brandlmayr | The World is Everything Tour Sampler (2007) | 5:16 |
| 2. | "Money for All" (Nine Horses) | Burnt Friedman | Money for All EP by Nine Horses (2007) | 4:08 |
| 3. | "Ballad of a Deadman" (Steve Jansen) | Jansen | Slope by Jansen (2007) | 5:31 |
| 4. | "Angels" (Punkt) | Crime Scenes by Punkt (2001) | 4:00 | |
| 5. | "World Citizen – I Won't Be Disappointed" (with Ryuichi Sakamoto) |
| Chasm by Sakamoto (2004) | 6:06 |
| 6. | "Five Lines" |
| new song | 3:52 |
| 7. | "The Day the Earth Stole Heaven" (Nine Horses) |
| Snow Borne Sorrow by Nine Horses (2005) | 3:17 |
| 8. | "Playground Martyrs" (Steven Jansen) | Jansen | Slope by Jansen (2007) | 2:39 |
| 9. | "Exit / Delete" (Takagi Masakatsu featuring David Sylvian) | Masakatsu | Coieda by Masakatsu (2004) | 3:28 |
| 10. | "Pure Genius" (Tweaker featuring David Sylvian) |
| 2 a.m. Wakeup Call by Tweaker (2004) | 4:02 |
| 11. | "Wonderful World" (Nine Horses) |
| Snow Borne Sorrow by Nine Horses (2005) | 5:59 |
| 12. | "Transit" (Christian Fennesz) | Fennesz | Venice by Fennesz (2004) | 4:52 |
| 13. | "The World is Everything" | Takuma Watanabe | The World is Everything Tour Sampler (2007) | 1:43 |
| 14. | "Thermal" (Arve Henriksen) |
| Cartography by Henriksen (2008) | 2:19 |
| 15. | "Sugarfuel" (Readymade featuring David Sylvian) | Jean-Philippe Verdin | Bold by Readymade (2001) | 4:15 |
| 16. | "Trauma" | Sylvian | Blemish (2003) | 5:40 |
| Total length: | 67:07 | |||
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| Chart (2010) | Peak position |
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| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [10] | 89 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [11] | 76 |
| Italian Albums (FIMI) [12] | 87 |
| UK Albums (OCC) [13] | 104 |
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