Awake Is the New Sleep

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Awake Is the New Sleep
File:Ben Lee - Awake Is The New Sleep.jpg
Studio album by
Ben Lee
Released22 February 2005
RecordedMarch−November 2004
StudioSeagrass Studio
Valley Village, Los Angeles, California, United States
GenreIndie pop
Length56:54
LabelNew West Records (USA)
Inertia Distribution (Australia)
ProducerBrad Wood
Ben Lee chronology
hey you. yes you.
(2002) 		Awake Is the New Sleep
(2005) 		Ripe
(2007)
Singles from Awake Is the New Sleep
  1. "Gamble Everything for Love"
    Released: December 2004
  2. "Catch My Disease"
    Released: April 2005
  3. "Into the Dark"
    Released: October 2005
  4. "We're All in This Together"
    Released: April 2006
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic57/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
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E!B−[4]
Entertainment WeeklyB[5]
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Drowned in Sound7/10[7]
Filter80%[8]
PasteStarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[9]
Pitchfork2.9/10[10]
Rolling StoneStarStarFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[11]

Awake Is the New Sleep is the fifth album by Australian musician Ben Lee, released in 2005. It reached #5 on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart, becoming his most successful album. It contains the top 40 singles "Gamble Everything for Love" and "Catch My Disease". "Gamble Everything for Love" was also voted number 15 in the Triple J Hottest 100, 2004 while "Catch My Disease" was #2 in the Triple J Hottest 100, 2005. The song "We're All in This Together" was used on several television advertisements in Australia and New Zealand, including Coca-Cola and The Salvation Army Community Services. It was later featured in Industry SuperFunds ad from 2016 to the present.

At the J Award of 2005, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year.[12]

In October 2010, Awake Is the New Sleep was listed in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums.[13]

Influences

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Before writing Awake Is The New Sleep, Lee traveled to India. It was here that he met Sakthi Narayani Amma, who inspired him spiritually and told him he would succeed if he put the message of joy into his music. This was a turning point for Lee. Having experienced criticism for his light heartedness in the past, Lee felt a renewed need to incorporate joy and happiness into his music. Lee also changed his reason for making music, from creating music to get something out of it to creating music as a way to give to others. All of this greatly influenced the music on Awake Is The New Sleep. [14]

Track listing

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(all songs written by Lee except where noted)

  1. "Whatever It Is" – 3:18
  2. "Gamble Everything for Love" – 3:21
  3. "Begin" – 4:12
  4. "Catch My Disease" (Lee, McGowan Southworth) – 4:14
  5. "Apple Candy" – 3:22
  6. "Ache for You" – 4:05
  7. "Into the Dark" – 2:46
  8. "No Right Angles" – 3:34
  9. "Get Gotten" – 3:07
  10. "Close I've Come" – 3:23
  11. "The Debt Collectors" – 2:50
  12. "We're All in This Together" – 4:39
  13. "Light" – 9:48
  14. "I'm Willing" – 4:01

Credits

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  • Ben Lee - vocals, guitar, bass, percussion
  • Lara Meyerratken - keyboards, vocals, drums, percussion, "atmosphere"
  • McGowan Southworth – guitar, vocals, keyboards, percussion
  • Brad Wood - drums on tracks 2, 4 and 7; bass; drum programming; saxophone; vocals; percussion
  • Jason Schwartzman - drums on tracks 10 and 13
  • Eric Gardner - drums on tracks 8 and 12
  • Rob Hann - bass on tracks 8 and 12
  • Chick Wolverton - percussion

Party Vocals

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Charts

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[19] 2× Platinum 140,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  2. ^ AllMusic review
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  15. ^ Ben Lee - Awake is the New Sleep liner notes. Accessed 6-13-2014.
  16. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Ben Lee – Awake Is The New Sleep". Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
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