2 a.m. Wakeup Call

2 A.M. Wakeup Call
Studio album by
Tweaker
ReleasedApril 20, 2004
GenreAlternative rock
Industrial rock
Electronica
Progressive rock
Length46:39
LabelWaxploitation
ProducerChris Vrenna, Clint Walsh
Tweaker chronology
The Attraction to All Things Uncertain
(2001) 		2 A.M. Wakeup Call
(2004) 		Call The Time Eternity
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic [1]

2 A.M. Wakeup Call is the second album from the band Tweaker. Opposed to The Attraction to All Things Uncertain, this album captures emotional, human performances and instrumentation - notably live drums, acoustic guitar, piano and glockenspiels. It's a nighttime record about dreams, nightmares, and insomnia—things that keep us up at night.

Vrenna has stated in interviews that the title was inspired by his wife's insomnia. For a period of about a month she would wake up at 2am every single night no matter when they went to bed.[2]

2 a.m. Wakeup Call was subsequently released in 5.1 Surround Sound.

The track "It's Still Happening" was offered to the ACIDplanet community for remixing as a part of the Tweaker 2 Remix contest.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Ruby" (featuring Will Oldham)3:43
2."Cauterized"3:06
3."Worse Than Yesterday" (featuring Jonathan Bates of mellowdrone)4:18
4."Truth Is" (featuring Robert Smith of The Cure)4:03
5."Remorseless"2:37
6."Pure Genius" (featuring David Sylvian)3:52
7."It's Still Happening" (featuring Hamilton Leithauser)3:17
8."2 a.m."3:15
9."Movement of Fear"3:40
10."Sleepwalking Away" (featuring Nick Young)3:57
11."The House I Grew Up In"4:04
12."Crude Sunlight" (featuring Jennifer Charles)6:52

Personnel

  • Chris Vrenna - producer, recording engineer, mixing engineer
  • Clint Walsh - producer
  • Jeff Antebi - executive producer
  • Johnny Marr - guitar on track 11
  • Paul Ill - bass on track 3; fretless bass on track 12
  • Rich Mouser - recorded additional live drums on tracks 1 and 10
  • Ken Lee - mastering engineer

References

  1. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r681679
  2. ^ "Chris Vrenna interviewed about the Tweaker album 2 A.M. Wakeup Call". chaoscontrol.com. Retrieved November 11, 2020.