Sleeps Like a Curse

Sleeps Like a Curse
Studio album by The Panics
Released	8 August 2005
Recorded	Sydney, 2005[1]
Genre	Rock
Length	44.48
Label	littleBIGMAN Records
Producer	Tim Whitten and The Panics
The Panics chronology
Crack in the Wall (2004) Sleeps Like a Curse (2005) Cruel Guards (2007)

Sleeps Like a Curse is the second studio album by Australian band, The Panics. It was released on 8 August 2005 by littleBIGMAN Records. The album debuted and peaked at number 40 on the ARIA Charts, becoming the band's first charting album.

At the J Award of 2005, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year.[2]

In May 2020, the album was re-released to streaming media. Laffer said "Recorded in Sydney, this album began in Manchester, England. We had an apartment in this old building, and all the other dwellings were empty. We broke in to one and it was waterlogged and all that was left was a Yothu Yindi CD on the floor. Every day we ordered a black cab because it could fit all 5 of us and we would go to our rehearsal room in this Industrial Estate in Salford that no cab driver would agree to pick us up from, so we had to walk a few blocks, only this boxing gym was open. I think we stayed safe through being too strange to bother with."[1]

Background and release

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Sputnik Music	[3]

The Panics started writing new material for this album late 2004 whilst they were touring the UK. In February 2005, they flew back to start an Australian tour and they went straight into the studio when the tour ended. The album was produced by Tim Whitten (The Clouds, Powderfinger, Art of Fighting, The Go Betweens, The Necks, 78 Saab and The Smiths) and it was completed within a week.[4]

Track listing

All tracks written by Jae Laffer, Paul Otway, Drew Wootton, Myles Wootton and Julian Grigor.[5]

1. "One Too Many Itches" – 4:00
2. "Sleeps Like a Curse" – 3:55
3. "My Best Mistake" – 3:13
4. "Like an Unwelcome Guest" – 3:56
5. "Someone Somewhere Somehow" – 4:54
6. "Twin Sisters" – 3:01
7. "Minor A" – 3:01
8. "Speak It" – 3:25
9. "It's Not a Thing" – 3:21
10. "The General Calling" – 5:13
11. "Keep an Eye on Me" – 5:07
12. [untitled] – 1:40

Personnel

The Panics

• Jae Laffer – vocals, guitars, keyboards, glockenspiel
• Drew Wootton – guitars, bass
• Paul Otway – bass, guitars
• Julian Douglas – guitars, keyboards, vocals
• Myles Wootton – drums, percussion, glockenspiel, samples

Additional musicians

• Wibbeke Rezcek – vocals ("My Best Mistake", "Like an Unwelcome Guest", Keep an Eye on Me")
• Jacinta McCormick – vocals ("One Too Many Itches")
• Kathy Potter – viola ("The General Calling")
• Tristen Parr – cello ("The General Calling")

Charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[6]	40

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label	Catalogue
Australia	8 August 2005[7]	CD	littleBIGMAN	big7
various	May 2020[1]	streaming	littleBIGMAN

References

1. "The Panics Sleeps Like a Curse". Like What Management. 29 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
2. "The J Award 2005". Triple J. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2005. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
3. "The Panics Sleeps Like A Curse". Sputnik Music. 16 July 2005. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
4. "the j award – nominated albums Sleeps Like A Curse: The Panics". ABC. 2005. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
5. "Australasian Performing Right Association". APRA. Retrieved 8 April 2008.
6. "Australiancharts.com – The Panics – Sleeps Like a Curse". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
7. "Sleeps Like a Curse (CD)". JBHiFi. Retrieved 23 May 2020.