''Losing Sleep'' is the debut album by

Axle Whitehead Axle Whitehead (born 16 December 1980) is an Australian TV host, singer, musician, and actor. He was a host on '' Video Hits''. In 2008, he released his first studio album '' Losing Sleep'' which debuted outside the ARIA top 50. He also played L ...

, released on 23 August 2008. Whitehead began working on material for his debut album shortly after he resigned as host of '' Video Hits'' with several songwriters and producers in the twelve months preceding the album's release. The album's first single, " I Don't Do Surprises",Whitehead, Axle / I Dont Do Surprises - Sanity.com.au - More Movies - More Music
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Singles Chart, and also reached number two on the Australasian singles chart, and was certified Gold by

. The album's second single was " Anywhere". The album's third single was "Satellite".

Track listing

Personnel

*Axle Whitehead – vocals *Robert Conley – piano, keyboards and programming *Carl Dimitaga – guitar and bass guitar except "Landslide" and additional guitars on "Anywhere" *James Bryan – guitars on "Anywhere" *Reece Turbin – guitars on "I Don't Do Surprises" *

Terepai Richmond Terepai Chalmers Richmond (born 21 February 1971) is an Australian drummer. He joined the Sydney-based rock band The Whitlams in September 1999 and formerly played in acid jazz group Directions in Groove (d.i.g.) (1991–1998, 2008). Biograp ...

– live drums on "Satellite", "You", "Over to You Now", "Face the Music", "Waiting for Something to Happen" and "Mabe I Was Wrong" *Axle Whitehead – live drums on "I Don't Do Surprises" and "Free Man" *George Muranyi – live piano on "You" *Barbara Griffin – co-producer and engineer on "Way Home", live piano on "You" *Joe Hamill – guitars on "Way Home" *Michael "Fingaz" Mugisha – writer, arranger on "You" *Karin Catt – photography *Julian Peploe – art direction *Jane Wallace – packaging design

Charts

Release history

References

{{Authority control Axle Whitehead albums 2008 albums Sony BMG albums