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Sleeps Like a Curse

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{{Infobox album

| name = Sleeps Like a Curse

| type = studio

| artist = The Panics

| cover = Sleeps Like a Curse by The Panics.png

| alt =

| released = 8 August 2005

| recorded = Sydney, 2005

| studio =

| genre = Rock

| length = 44.48

| label = littleBIGMAN Records

| producer = Tim Whitten and The Panics

| prev_title = Crack in the Wall

| prev_year = 2004

| next_title = Cruel Guards

| next_year = 2007

}}

Sleeps Like a Curse is the second studio album by Australian band, The Panics. It was released on 8 August 2005 by littleBIGMAN Records. The album debuted and peaked at number 40 on the ARIA Charts, becoming the band's first charting album.

At the J Award of 2005, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year.{{cite web|title = The J Award 2005|website = Triple J|url = https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/jawards/05/|publisher = Australian Broadcasting Corporation|year = 2005|accessdate =15 August 2020}}

In May 2020, the album was re-released to streaming media. Laffer said "Recorded in Sydney, this album began in Manchester, England. We had an apartment in this old building, and all the other dwellings were empty. We broke in to one and it was waterlogged and all that was left was a Yothu Yindi CD on the floor. Every day we ordered a black cab because it could fit all 5 of us and we would go to our rehearsal room in this Industrial Estate in Salford that no cab driver would agree to pick us up from, so we had to walk a few blocks, only this boxing gym was open. I think we stayed safe through being too strange to bother with."{{cite web|url=http://www.likewhatmanagement.com/the-panics-sleeps-like-a-curse/|title=The Panics Sleeps Like a Curse |website=Like What Management|date=29 May 2020|accessdate=29 May 2020}}

Background and release

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The Panics started writing new material for this album late 2004 whilst they were touring the UK. In February 2005, they flew back to start an Australian tour and they went straight into the studio when the tour ended. The album was produced by Tim Whitten (The Clouds, Powderfinger, Art of Fighting, The Go Betweens, The Necks, 78 Saab and The Smiths) and it was completed within a week.{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/jawards/05/sleeps_like_a_curse.htm|title=the j award – nominated albums Sleeps Like A Curse: The Panics |website=ABC|date=2005|accessdate=23 May 2020}}

Track listing

All tracks written by Jae Laffer, Paul Otway, Drew Wootton, Myles Wootton and Julian Grigor.{{cite web |url=http://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch&switchDet=Y |title=Australasian Performing Right Association |publisher=APRA |accessdate=8 April 2008 }}

  1. "One Too Many Itches" – 4:00
  2. "Sleeps Like a Curse" – 3:55
  3. "My Best Mistake" – 3:13
  4. "Like an Unwelcome Guest" – 3:56
  5. "Someone Somewhere Somehow" – 4:54
  6. "Twin Sisters" – 3:01
  7. "Minor A" – 3:01
  8. "Speak It" – 3:25
  9. "It's Not a Thing" – 3:21
  10. "The General Calling" – 5:13
  11. "Keep an Eye on Me" – 5:07
  12. [untitled] – 1:40

Personnel

=The Panics=

  • Jae Laffer – vocals, guitars, keyboards, glockenspiel
  • Drew Wootton – guitars, bass
  • Paul Otway – bass, guitars
  • Julian Douglas – guitars, keyboards, vocals
  • Myles Wootton – drums, percussion, glockenspiel, samples

=Additional musicians=

  • Wibbeke Rezcek – vocals ("My Best Mistake", "Like an Unwelcome Guest", Keep an Eye on Me")
  • Jacinta McCormick – vocals ("One Too Many Itches")
  • Kathy Potter – viola ("The General Calling")
  • Tristen Parr – cello ("The General Calling")

Charts

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{{album chart|Australia|40|album=Sleeps Like a Curse|artist=The Panics|rowheader=true|accessdate=23 May 2020|refname="ARIA Albums Chart"}}

Release history

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scope="row"| Australia

| 8 August 2005{{cite web|url=https://www.jbhifi.com.au/products/cd-panics-the-sleeps-like-a-curse-cd|title=Sleeps Like a Curse (CD)|website=JBHiFi|accessdate=23 May 2020}}

| CD

| littleBIGMAN

| big7

scope="row"| various

| May 2020

| streaming

| littleBIGMAN

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References

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Category:2005 albums

Category:The Panics albums