''Permanent Sleep'' is the debut studio album by
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post-punk
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band
Lowlife
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. It was released in 1986 in
Scotland
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by the
independent music
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record label
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Nightshift Records.
Background
''Permanent Sleep'' was recorded at Palladium Studios in
Edinburgh
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, Scotland during June–July 1986.
Track listing
Reissue
The 2006 reissue by
LTM Recordings
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was augmented by seven bonus tracks: the six-song
EP ''Rain'' (1985) and a slightly different version of the track "From Side to Side", taken from the band's 1987 ''
Diminuendo'' album.
Personnel
; Lowlife
* Craig Lorentson – vocals,
production
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* Stuart Everest – guitar, production
*
Will Heggie
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– bass guitar, production
* Grant McDowall – drums, production
; Technical
* Keith Mitchell – production
References
External links
*
Trouser Press summary of ''Permanent Sleep''
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Lowlife (band) albums
1986 debut albums