Team Sleep is the only studio album by American rock band Team Sleep. It was largely produced by Greg Wells. It was released in Europe on May 9, 2005, and a day later in the United States through Maverick Records.
Recording history The debut album by Team Sleep was supposed to be released in 2003 but was scrapped due to the premature leakage of demos from the album onto the internet. The band split for a brief period of time before joining and making material for a new album. Issues with Maverick Records as well as commitments with other projects (most specifically singer Chino Moreno and his band Deftones) delayed the release of the album numerous times. In early 2005, the official May 10 release was announced for the States with the announcement of a new track list and a band site on Maverick's web site.
Some of the songs presented on the new album are altered or re-recorded versions of older Team Sleep songs. For example, "Ever" is actually one of Team Sleep's oldest songs, originally titled "Cambodia" and later "Foreign Flag". "Live from the Stage" is a restructured version of the original Team Sleep song "Natalie Portman". "King Diamond" appears remastered, with Mary Timony contributing extensive call-and-response vocals. "Tomb of Liegia" is a little-changed update of leaked song "Ligeia", also featuring Timony. The title of the song references Edgar Allan Poe's short story, "Ligeia", and its Roger Corman/Vincent Price film adaptation, while the lyrics are more broadly Poe-esque.
On May 9, 2024, Team Sleep released the Deluxe Edition of the record with official mixes of previously unreleased tracks "Kool-Aid Party" (retitled "Kool Aide"), featuring Mike Patton, and "Let's Go," featuring Mary Timony.
Artwork The cover photo was shot by Lionel Deluy while the creative direction was led by Frank Maddocks (a Deftones companion since 2000's White Pony).
Commercial performance The album debuted at #52 on the Billboard 200, selling 18,159 copies in its first week.
Track listing
Personnel Team Sleep Chino Moreno – vocals ; guitar ; piano ; keyboards Todd Wilkinson – guitar ; keyboards ; bass Rick Verrett – bass ; guitar ; keyboards CrookOne – drum programming ; turntables ; keyboards Zach Hill – drums ; piano ; bass drum and xylophone
Guests DJ C-Minus – drum programming Greg Wells – piano Dan Elkan – guitar Sonny Mayugba – guitar Rob Crow – vocals Mary Timony – vocals Mike Patton – vocals, synthesizers, and sampler
Technical personnel John Baccigaluppi – additional engineering, production and mixing management CrookOne – engineer and mixing Mike Fraser – engineer Ryan Hadlock – engineer Pete Roberts – engineer Brian Scheuble – engineer Howie Weinberg – mastering Greg Wells – mixing A.J. Wilhelm – mixing , additional engineering Todd Wilkinson – engineer Chris Woodhouse – mixing , engineer , additional engineering Brad Zefferen – engineer Joe Zook – engineer
Release history Region Date Label Europe May 9, 2005 Maverick United States May 10, 2005 Maverick
Charts + Chart performance for Team SleepChart (2005–2024)Peakposition Australian Albums (ARIA) 69 Hungarian Physical Albums (MAHASZ) 9UK Albums (OCC)91US Billboard 20052
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