Sleep Is for the Week explained

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
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Prev Year:2006
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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.

10th anniversary

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".

Singles/B-sides

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Frank Turner interview. 2008-11-12. 2008-11-12. Stereokill. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160117004931/http://stereokill.net/2008/11/11/interview-frank-turner/. 2016-01-17.
  2. Web site: SIFTW Reviewed. 2008-11-12. 2008-11-12. Sputnikmusic.
  3. Web site: Sleep is for the Week Reviewed. 2008-11-12. 2008-11-12. BBC.
  4. Web site: Frank Turner Sleep Is For the Week 10th Anniversary Edition out 27 January 2017 // Preorder now // Double CD and gatefold vinyl reissue with original CDR demos. xtramilerecordings.com. Xtra Mile Recordings. 5 February 2017. 12 December 2016.
  5. Web site: Sleep Is For The Week [10th Anniversary Edition]]. banquetrecords.com. Banquet Records. 5 February 2017.