Awake Is the New Sleep

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.

Awake Is the New Sleep
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
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Pitchfork Media(2.9/10)
Rolling Stone

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

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

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.