Insomnia (Hed PE album)

Insomnia is the sixth studio album by American rock band (həd) ^p.e.. It was released on July 17, 2007 via Suburban Noize Records. Production was handled by the band's lead singer Jahred. It features guest appearances from Big B, Kottonmouth Kings, Roscoe and Tech N9NE. The album peaked at number 138 on the Billboard 200 and number 16 on the Independent Albums in the United States. The album's lead single, "Suffa", became one of the most requested tracks at Sirius Satellite Radio's Hard Attack, while the song's music video was voted one of the Top 10 of 2007 on MTV's Headbangers Ball.^[6] Hed PE has cited thrash metal bands such as Slayer as an influence on the musical style of Insomnia.^[7]

Insomnia
Studio album by (həd) p.e.
Released	July 17, 2007
Genre	Nu metal[1][2] rap metal[1] punk rock[3]
Length	59:32
Label	Suburban Noize
Producer	Jahred
(həd) p.e. chronology
Back 2 Base X (2006) Insomnia (2007) New World Orphans (2009)
Singles from Insomnia
"Suffa" Released: July 4, 2007 "Comeova2nite" Released: 2007

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Metal Injection	1/10[4]
MetalSucks	1/5[2]
Royal Flush	[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Madhouse"	Paulo Sergio Gomes	2:05
2.	"Walk On By"	Gomes Jackson Lee Benge	4:26
3.	"Game Over"	Gomes Benge	4:58
4.	"Habeus"	Gomes Benge	3:42
5.	"Suffa"	Gomes Benge	2:57
6.	"Comeova2nite" (featuring Roscoe)	Gomes	4:17
7.	"C2GU"	Gomes Benge	1:51
8.	"RTO" (featuring Big B)	Gomes Benge	4:36
9.	"Mirrorballin"	Gomes Benge	4:30
10.	"Tienanman Squared"	Gomes Raymond Ramirez	3:29
11.	"Children"	Stephen Stills	4:01
12.	"Atlantis A.D."	Gomes Benge	5:57
13.	"Wind Me Up" (featuring Kottonmouth Kings and Tech N9NE)	Gomes	5:13
14.	"Don't Let Me Down"	Gomes Benge	7:17
Total length:			59:32

Japanese bonus track

No.	Title	Length
15.	"Get 'Em Up" (featuring SubNoize Souljaz)	4:29

Personnel

(həd) p.e. Paulo Sergio «Jared» Gomes – lead vocals, production, mixing, art direction, cover Jackson Lee «Jaxon» Benge – guitar Mark «Mawk» Young – bass Devin Lebsack – drums Doug «DJ Product 1969 ©» Boyce – turntables

Production Patrick «P-Nice» Shevelin – engineering Tom Baker – mastering Kevin Zinger – executive producer, management Brad «Daddy X» Xavier – executive producer Casey Quintal – art direction, cover, artwork, layout Ivory Daniel – management The Rabbi Michael Zimmerman – various punk rock back ups

Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[8]	138
US Independent Albums (Billboard)	16