Sleepwalkers (Brian Fallon album)

Sleepwalkers is the second solo album by Brian Fallon, singer/guitarist of American rock band the Gaslight Anthem. It was released on February 9, 2018, through Island Records. The album peaked at #42 on the Billboard 200 chart and received "generally favorable reviews" from critics.^[1]

Sleepwalkers
Studio album by Brian Fallon
Released	February 9, 2018 (2018-02-09)
Recorded	August 2017
Studio	The Parlor Recording Studio, New Orleans
Genre	Rock
Length	50:46
Label	Island
Producer	Ted Hutt
Brian Fallon chronology
Georgia (2016) Sleepwalkers (2018) Local Honey (2020)
Singles from Sleepwalkers
"Forget Me Not" Released: October 27, 2017 "If Your Prayers Don't Get to Heaven" Released: December 15, 2017 "See You on the Other Side" Released: January 12, 2018 "My Name Is the Night (Color Me Black)" Released: January 26, 2018

Background

"Sleepwalkers" is notably closer to the Rock and roll sound of the Gaslight Anthem than his previous folk-influenced solo album "Painkillers." In an interview with RollingStone, Fallon said “even though it’s not necessarily [a Gaslight Anthem album], one-fourth of the band’s sound is always whatever I brought to the table. That’s mine, in anything that I do. It’d be like saying, ‘OK, I’m not going to use my left arm,'” says Fallon. “I’m just going to embrace everything I do and not hold anything back, because I like this sound.” ^[2]

Reception

Sleepwalkers received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 69, based on 11 professional reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[1] In a positive review Paste Magazine observed that "Fallon has a knack for crafting sturdy tunes that border on anthemic, and every chorus has fist-pumping potential."

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	69/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
NME	[4]
Paste	7.3/10[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Brian Fallon, except where noted.^[6]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"If Your Prayers Don't Get to Heaven"		4:10
2.	"Forget Me Not"		3:48
3.	"Come Wander with Me"		3:57
4.	"Etta James"		4:49
5.	"Her Majesty's Service"	Brian Fallon Ted Hutt	4:20
6.	"Proof of Life"		3:47
7.	"Little Nightmares"		4:34
8.	"Sleepwalkers"		3:46
9.	"My Name Is the Night (Color Me Black)"		3:49
10.	"Neptune"		5:21
11.	"Watson"		4:21
12.	"See You on the Other Side"		4:04
Total length:			50:46

Personnel

Credits adapted from the physical album liner notes.

Musicians

• Brian Fallon – Guitar, keyboards, piano, vocals, backing vocals
• Ian Perkins – Guitar
• Nick Sailsbury – Bass
• Dave Hidalgo – Drums
• Steve Sidelnyk – additional drum/percussion programming
• Preservation Hall Jazz Band – appear on the song "Sleepwalkers"
  • Clint Maedgen – saxophone
  • Kyle Roussel – piano
  • Branden Lewis – trumpet

Technical personnel

• Ted Hutt – recording, production
• Ryan Mall – engineering
• Nick Guttmann and Gene O'Neill – recording assistance at The Parlor Recording Studio
• Ted Hutt and Ryan Mall – mixing at Kingsize Soundlabs, Eagle Rock, California
• Greg Calbi – mastering
• Joe Spix – art direction
• Ashley Pawlak and Joe Spix – design
• Matt Burnette-Lemon – package production
• Drew Gurian – photography

Charts

Chart (2018)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7]	15
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8]	61
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[9]	55
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[10]	130
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[11]	6
Scottish Albums (OCC)[12]	7
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[13]	32
UK Albums (OCC)[14]	15
US Billboard 200[15]	42
US Folk Albums (Billboard)[16]	4
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[17]	3
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[18]	3

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label
Various	February 9, 2018	Stream, vinyl, download, CD	Island