Sleepy Eyed Explained

Sleepy Eyed
Type:	studio
Artist:	Buffalo Tom
Cover:	Buffalo Tom - Sleepy Eyed.jpg
Released:	July 11, 1995^[1]
Studio:	Dreamland, Hurley, NY
Genre:	Alternative rock
Length:	49:20
Label:	Beggars Banquet
Producer:	Buffalo Tom, John Agnello^[2]
Prev Title:	Big Red Letter Day
Prev Year:	1993
Next Title:	Smitten
Next Year:	1998

Sleepy Eyed is a 1995 album by Buffalo Tom.^[3] The band was looking to move away from the polished sound of their previous album in favor of a more stripped-down, live-sounding approach.

The subtitle of "Twenty-Points" namechecks The Ballad of Sexual Dependency, by Nan Goldin.

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote: "Simultaneously grungy and clean, anthemic singalongs like 'Tangerine' and 'It’s You' do a lot to restore Buffalo Tom’s erstwhile status as everyone’s favorite raucously sincere college rockers."^[2]

Track listing

1. "Tangerine"
2. "Summer"
3. "Kitchen Door"
4. "Rules"
5. "It's You"
6. "When You Discover"
7. "Sunday Night"
8. "Your Stripes"
9. "Sparklers"
10. "Clobbered"
11. "Sundress"
12. "Twenty-Points (The Ballad of Sexual Dependency)"
13. "Souvenir"
14. "Crueler"

All songs by Buffalo Tom.

Personnel

Buffalo Tom

• Bill Janovitz - vocals, guitar, piano, Hammond B-3, harmonica on track 7
• Chris Colbourn - bass, cello, guitar, vocals on tracks 3 & 10 & 12, harmonica on track 3
• Tom Maginnis - drums, percussion

Notes and References

1. Web site: Buffalo Tom - Sleepy Eyed . Beggars Archive . Beggars Group . 30 August 2023.
2. Web site: Buffalo Tom.
3. Book: Buckley, Peter. The Rough Guide to Rock. June 2, 2003. Rough Guides. 9781843531050. Google Books.
4. Book: Ryan, Gavin. Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. 2011. Moonlight Publishing. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia. pdf. 45.