Sleep Is for the Week | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Frank Turner |
Cover: | Frank_Turner_Sleep_is_for_the_Week.jpg |
Released: | 15 January 2007 |
Recorded: | August – September 2006 |
Studio: | Tarrant Anderson's house, Oxford, England |
Genre: | Folk punk, folk rock |
Length: | 47:10 |
Label: | Xtra Mile |
Producer: | Ben Lloyd, Frank Turner |
Prev Title: | Campfire Punkrock |
Prev Year: | 2006 |
Next Title: | The Real Damage |
Next Year: | 2007 |
Sleep Is for the Week is the debut album by UK based songwriter Frank Turner, released on 15 January 2007 by Xtra Mile Recordings. In a 2008 interview, Turner claimed that the album was "a snapshot of pretty much exactly one year of my life".[1] The general reception by the music press was largely positive.[2] [3] The artwork for the album sleeve was drawn by Chris Pell.
On 27 January 2017, Xtra Mile released the 10th anniversary editions of Sleep is for the Week.[4] This included an Xrta Mile exclusive lilac 12", a Banquet Records exclusive gold 12" limited to 500 copies,[5] and a standard black 12".