Beautysleep Explained

Beautysleep
Type:	studio
Artist:	Tanya Donelly
Cover:	Tanya Donelly - Beautysleep.jpg
Studio:	Fort Apache (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Genre:	Alternative rock
Length:	49:23
Label:	4AD Beggars Banquet
Producer:	Tanya Donelly Matthew Ellard Dean Fisher
Prev Title:	Lovesongs for Underdogs
Prev Year:	1997
Next Title:	Whiskey Tango Ghosts
Next Year:	2004

Beautysleep is the second studio album by American musician Tanya Donelly. It was released on February 18, 2002 and issued by 4AD and Beggars Banquet Records.

Release

Beautysleep was released by the label 4AD on February 18, 2002.^[1] In the United States, it was co-released by Beggars Banquet Records the following day.^[2] Preceding the album's release, the EP Sleepwalk was issued on November 19, 2001.^[3] Upon release, Beautysleep peaked at number 88 on the UK Albums Chart.

A music video was produced for the track "Keeping You",^[2] which was included as bonus enhanced content on the US issue of Beautysleep.^[4] "The Night You Saved My Life" was also released to US adult album alternative radio.^[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tanya Donelly, except where noted.

1. "Life Is but a Dream" – 2:47
2. "The Storm" – 4:03
3. "The Night You Saved My Life" (Donelly, Dean Fisher) – 3:59
4. "Keeping You" – 4:20
5. "Moonbeam Monkey" – 3:47
6. "Wrap-Around Skirt" – 3:33
7. "Another Moment" – 4:33
8. "Darkside" (Donelly, Fisher) – 3:50
9. "So Much Song" – 4:38
10. "The Wave" (Donelly, Fisher) – 4:04
11. "The Shadow" (Donelly, Fisher) – 3:57
12. "Head for Math" – 3:48 (hidden track starts 5:57 into "The Shadow")

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.^[5]

Musicians

• Tanya Donelly – vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, EBow, keyboards, organ, piano, wind
• Gracie Bee – glockenspiel, toy piano
• Poppy Ellard – vocals
• Dean Fisher – bass, guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, Moog pedal, keyboards, organ, drums, shaker, triangle
• Rich Gilbert – guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, autoharp, keyboards, organ
• Hilken Mancini – vocals
• David Narcizo – drums, tambourine
• Mark Sandman – vocals
• Elizabeth Steen – organ, piano, accordion
• Chris Toppin – vocals, backing vocal arrangement

Production

• Tanya Donelly – production
• Brian Brown – engineering
• Matthew Ellard – production, engineering, mixing
• Dean Fisher – production
• Bob Ludwig – mastering

Design

• Chris Bigg – design, illustrations
• Dana Tynan – portraits

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tanya Awakens At Last . . January 10, 2002 . June 27, 2024.
2. Donelly Settles Into Solo Career . . 114 . 8 . February 23, 2002 . June 27, 2024 . Orshoski . Wes . 12.
3. Web site: Tanya Donelly 'Sleepwalking' Back To Work . . October 24, 2001 . June 27, 2024.
4. Tanya Donelly – Keeping You (Official Video) . June 27, 2024 . . . August 13, 2013.
5. Beautysleep . . . 2002 . CAD 2201CD . liner notes.