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Sleepwalkers
Sleepwalkers
Studio album by Brian Fallon
Released	February 9, 2018
Recorded	August 2017 at The Parlor Recording Studio, New Orleans
Length	50:46
Label	Island
Producer	Ted Hutt
Brian Fallon chronology
Singles from Sleepwalkers
	"Forget Me Not"; Released: October 27, 2017; "If Your Prayers Don't Get to Heaven"; Released: December 15, 2017; "See You on the Other Side"; Released: January 12, 2018; "My Name Is the Night (Color Me Black)"; Released: January 26, 2018;

Sleepwalkers is the second studio album by Brian Fallon, singer/guitarist of American rock band The Gaslight Anthem, released on February 9, 2018, through Island Records. The album peaked at #42 on the Billboard 200 chart and received "generally favorable reviews" from critics.^[1]

Background

"Sleepwalkers" is notably closer to the rocknroll sound of The Gaslight Anthem than his previous folk influenced solo album "Painkillers." In an interview with RollingStone, Fallon said “even though it’s not necessarily [a Gaslight Anthem album], one-fourth of the band’s sound is always whatever I brought to the table. That’s mine, in anything that I do. It’d be like saying, ‘OK, I’m not going to use my left arm,'” says Fallon. “I’m just going to embrace everything I do and not hold anything back, because I like this sound.” ^[2] The album also has a noticeable R&B influence on tracks such as "If Your Prayers Don't Get To Heaven" and "Etta James."

Reception

Sleepwalkers received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 69, based on 11 professional reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[1] In a positive review Paste Magazine observed that "Fallon has a knack for crafting sturdy tunes that border on anthemic, and every chorus has fist-pumping potential."

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	69/100^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
NME	^[4]
Paste	7.3/10^[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Brian Fallon, except where noted.^[6]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"If Your Prayers Don't Get to Heaven"		4:10
2.	"Forget Me Not"		3:48
3.	"Come Wander with Me"		3:57
4.	"Etta James"		4:49
5.	"Her Majesty's Service"	Brian Fallon Ted Hutt	4:20
6.	"Proof of Life"		3:47
7.	"Little Nightmares"		4:34
8.	"Sleepwalkers"		3:46
9.	"My Name Is the Night (Color Me Black)"		3:49
10.	"Neptune"		5:21
11.	"Watson"		4:21
12.	"See You on the Other Side"		4:04
Total length:			50:46

Personnel

Credits adapted from the physical album liner notes.

Musicians

Brian Fallon – Guitar, keyboards, piano, vocals, backing vocals
Ian Perkins – Guitar
Nick Sailsbury – Bass
Dave Hidalgo – Drums
Steve Sidelnyk – additional drum/percussion programming
Preservation Hall Jazz Band – appear on the song "Sleepwalkers"
- Clint Maedgen – saxophone
- Kyle Roussel – piano
- Branden Lewis – trumpet

Technical personnel

Ted Hutt – recording, production
Ryan Mall – engineering
Nick Guttmann and Gene O'Neill – recording assistance at The Parlor Recording Studio
Ted Hutt and Ryan Mall – mixing at Kingsize Soundlabs, Eagle Rock, California
Greg Calbi – mastering
Joe Spix – art direction
Ashley Pawlak and Joe Spix – design
Matt Burnette-Lemon – package production
Drew Gurian – photography

Charts

Chart (2018)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[7]	15
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[8]	61
Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[9]	55
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[10]	130
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[11]	6
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[12]	7
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[13]	32
UK Albums (OCC)^[14]	15
US Billboard 200^[15]	42
US Folk Albums (Billboard)^[16]	4
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)^[17]	3
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[18]	3