Sleepless in Seattle: The Birth of Grunge is a various artists compilation album released on February 7, 2006, by Livewire Recordings. The album features a sixteen-page booklet of liner notes written by Clark Humphrey that details the history of the Seattle music scene from the mid 80s to early 90s.
Reception
Steve Leggett of AllMusic calls Sleepless in Seattle: The Birth of Grunge "a nice set from a fascinating era." David Browne of Entertainment Weekly praised the remastered music and called the album a "compilation of unruly Northwestern hard rock of the '80s and '90s is a valuable reminder that Seattle gave us more than Nirvana." The Louisville Eccentric Observer claimed "what's here is empirical, historical documentation that a movement had been afoot long before Kurt Cobain's sad, snarling blue eyes looked through you."
Tim Perlich NOW was critical of Sleepless in Seattle'''s the track selection and said "a Seattle grunge comp without Mudhoney's Touch Me I'm Sick is one you don't need." Seattle Weekly criticized the aesthetics of the liner notes but warmly received the music, saying "the whole thing flows like a prized mixtape."
Track listing
Personnel Adapted from the Sleepless in Seattle: The Birth of Grunge'' liner notes.
Colin Cobb – executive-producer Clark Humphrey – production, compiling Emily Lazar – remastering Steve Moriarty – photography Ted Myers – production Charles Peterson – photography Mark Pollock – art director, design
Release history Region Date Label Format Catalog United States 2006 Livewire CD LWR-1012
References
External links Sleepless in Seattle: The Birth of Grunge at Discogs (list of releases)