Team Sleep (album)

Team Sleep
Studio album by Team Sleep
Released	May 9, 2005 (Europe) May 10, 2005 (United States)
Recorded	2002–2004
Genre	Alternative rock, experimental rock, trip hop, dream pop, shoegazing, post-rock, electronic rock
Length	53:59
Label	Maverick Records
Producer	Greg Wells, Team Sleep, Ross Robinson
Singles from Team Sleep
"Ever (Foreign Flag)" Released: 2005

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Pitchfork Media	(6.1/10)[2]
Sputnikmusic	[3]
Ultimate Guitar	[4]

Team Sleep is the eponymous debut studio album by American alternative rock band Team Sleep, largely produced by Greg Wells (Rufus Wainwright, Creeper Lagoon, and Mika). It was released in Europe on May 9, 2005 and a day later in the United States through Maverick Records.

Recording history

The debut album by Team Sleep was supposed to be released in 2003 but was scrapped due to the premature leakage of demos from the album onto the internet. The band split for a brief period of time before joining together and making material for a new album. Issues with Maverick Records as well as commitments with other projects (most specifically singer Chino Moreno and his band Deftones) delayed the release of the album numerous times. It wasn't until early 2005 that the official May 10 release was announced for the States with the announcement of a new track list and a band site on Maverick's web site.

Some of the songs presented on the new album are altered or re-recorded versions of older Team Sleep songs. For example, "Ever" is actually one of Team Sleep's oldest songs, originally titled "Cambodia" and later "Foreign Flag". "Live from the Stage" is a restructured version of the original Team Sleep song "Natalie Portman". "King Diamond" appears remastered, with Mary Timony contributing extensive call-and-response vocals. "Tomb of Liegia" is a little-changed update of leaked song "Ligeia", also featuring Timony. The title of the song references Edgar Allan Poe's short story, "Ligeia", and its Roger Corman/Vincent Price film adaptation, while the lyrics are more broadly Poe-esque.

Cover

The cover photo was shot by Lionel Deluy while the creative direction was led by Frank Maddocks (a Deftones-companion since 2000s White Pony).^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ataraxia"	3:17
2.	"Ever (Foreign Flag)"	2:51
3.	"Your Skull Is Red"	3:41
4.	"Princeton Review"	5:09
5.	"Blvd. Nights"	3:08
6.	"Delorian"	1:34
7.	"Our Ride to the Rectory"	4:40
8.	"Tomb of Liegia"	4:56
9.	"Elizabeth"	3:47
10.	"Staring at the Queen"	3:05
11.	"Ever Since WWI"	3:30
12.	"King Diamond"	3:45
13.	"Live from the Stage"	5:29
14.	"Paris Arm"	1:43
15.	"11/11"	3:18

Credits

• DJ C-Minus – drum programming on track 1
• Todd Wilkinson – guitar on all tracks except 12, keyboards on tracks 3,4 & 9, bass on tracks 4,9 & 11
• Rick Verrett – bass on tracks 1,5,7,13 & 15, guitar on track 1, keyboards on tracks 1,3,4,5,7 & 12
• Greg Wells – piano on track 2
• DJ Crook – drum programming on tracks 2,4,6,7,8,10,11,12 & 15, turntables on tracks 4,5,6,8,10,12,14 & 15, keyboards on tracks 6,10 & 14
• Dan Elkan – guitar on track 3
• Chino Moreno – vocals on tracks 1,2,3,5,7,11,12,13 & 15, guitar on tracks 2,5 & 13, piano and keyboards on track 8
• Zach Hill – drums on tracks 3,4,5,7,9,11,13 & 15, piano on track 3, bass drum on track 11, xylophone on track 11
• Rob Crow – vocals on track 4,7,9 & 15
• Sonny Mayugba – guitar on track 5
• Mary Timony – vocals on track 8 & 12

Release history

Region	Date	Label
Europe	May 9, 2005	Maverick
United States	May 10, 2005	Maverick

References

1. Loftus, Johnny. Team Sleep at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-09-02.
2. Crock, Jason (2005-06-09). "Team Sleep: Team Sleep | Album Reviews". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2011-09-02.
3. "Team Sleep - Team Sleep (album review)". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 2011-09-02.
4. "Team Sleep Review". Ultimate Guitar. 2009-04-17. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
5. "Team Sleep Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 2015-11-19.