''Don't Close Your Eyes'' is an EP by Australian

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band Parkway Drive. It was released in 2004. It was later re-released with the addition of tracks included from both their

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with

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and from the compilation albums ''What We've Built'' and ''True Till Death, Volume I''. Two songs, "Smoke 'Em If Ya Got 'Em" and "Hollow Man", were re-recorded and released on Parkway Drive's debut album '' Killing with a Smile'' and 2010 album ''Deep Blue'', respectively. "Hollow Man" is released as just "Hollow" on ''Deep Blue'', and features Marshall Lichtenwaldt, the vocalist of American hardcore punk band the Warriors. This is the band's last release with bassist Brett "Lagg" Versteeg.

Track listing

Personnel

;Parkway Drive * Winston McCall –

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* Jeff Ling – lead guitar * Luke "Pig" Kilpatrick –

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* Brett "Lagg" Versteeg –

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, clean vocals on tracks 4 and 10 * Ben "Gaz" Gordon –

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;Additional musicians * Jessica Turman – guest vocals ;Additional personnel * Stuart Nevin – mixing (tracks 1–8) * Brad Wann – mixing (tracks 9–14) * William Bowden – re-mastering * Ash Pederick – graphic design * Andian Martin – photography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Don't Close Your Eyes (Ep) Parkway Drive albums 2004 debut EPs Resist Records albums