''Sleepless'' is the sixth

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by Peter Wolf, released in 2002. The album ranked 427 on

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. Wolf told ''The

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'' in 2002 that he had a "pessimistic sensibility" in his approach to making the album with no great expectations about the album’s commercial viability after watching his previous record "die on the vine" due to his then label (along with several others) being "swallowed up in (a) big corporate conglomerate". He explained that he "made this record figuring, ‘I have a lot of different interests, a lot of different roots, and this is the painting I feel like painting right now.’ And what’s the single? There is no single. I wasn’t thinking of hooks."Music , My dinner with Peter
The album features notable guest appearances by

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Keith Richards Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943), often referred to during the 1960s and 1970s as "Keith Richard", is an English musician and songwriter who has achieved international fame as the co-founder, guitarist, secondary vocalist, and co-princi ...

, Wolf's former J. Geils bandmate,

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, and Steve Earle.

Track listing

#"Growin' Pain" (

Angelo Petraglia Angelo Petraglia (born May 5, 1954) is an American record producer and songwriter. He was a member of the new wave band Face to Face and is best known for his work with Kings of Leon. Early life He was born in the Bronx and grew up in Pelham, N ...

, Wolf) – 3:12 #" Nothin' but the Wheel" (

John Scott Sherrill John Scott Sherrill is an American songwriter whose work is primarily in the field of country music. His brother, Donn Sherrill, was a Vanderbilt student. He introduced John Scott to his fraternity brother, Scott Siman who recorded demos of his ...

) – 4:34 #"A Lot of Good Ones Gone" (

Will Jennings Wilbur H. "Will" Jennings (born June 27, 1944) is an American lyricist. He is popularly known for writing the lyrics for the songs " Tears in Heaven" and " My Heart Will Go On". He has been inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame and has wo ...

, Wolf) – 3:33 #"Never Like This Before" ( Isaac Hayes,

Booker T. Jones Booker Taliaferro Jones Jr. (born November 12, 1944) is an American musician, songwriter, record producer and arranger, best known as the frontman of the band Booker T. & the M.G.'s. He has also worked in the studios with many well-known art ...

, David Porter) – 3:21 #"Run Silent, Run Deep" (Timothy S. Mayer, Wolf) – 4:13 #"Homework" (Dave Clark,

Al Perkins Al Perkins (born January 18, 1944) is an American guitarist known primarily for his steel guitar work. The Gibson guitar company called Perkins "the world's most influential dobro player" and began producing an "Al Perkins Signature" Dobro in 2 ...

, Otis Rush) – 2:39 #"Five O'Clock Angel" (Jennings, Wolf) – 3:00 #"Hey Jordan" (Jennings, Wolf) – 3:03 #"Too Close Together" ( Sonny Boy Williamson) – 2:24 #"Some Things You Don't Want to Know" (Jennings, Wolf) – 2:31 #"Oh Marianne" (Jennings, Wolf) – 4:19 #"Sleepless" (Jennings, Wolf) – 4:05

Personnel

* Peter Wolf – vocals *

Kenny White Kenny White is a New York City–based singer-songwriter, studio musician, and writer. For many years, White was a fixture in the NY studio scene, writing and producing hundreds of commercials for TV and radio. In this capacity, he worked with ...

– organ (1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 11, 12), backing vocals (1, 4, 5), acoustic piano (2, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12), acoustic guitar (2, 10, 12),

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(5, 8, 10) * Brian Mitchell – accordion (11) *

Larry Campbell Larry W. Campbell (born 28 February 1948) is a Canadian politician that served as the 37th mayor of Vancouver, Canada from 2002 until 2005 and since 2005 has been a member of the Senate of Canada. Before he was mayor, Campbell worked for th ...

– guitars (1, 2, 3), mandolin (1, 10), fiddle (1, 2, 5, 6, 10), backing vocals (1), pedal steel guitar (2, 5, 12),

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(4, 6), acoustic guitar (12) * Duke Levine – guitar solo (1), mandolin (2, 6), electric guitar (7, 10, 12), baritone guitar (12) *

– acoustic guitar (1, 4, 10) *

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– guitar solo (4), guitars (12) * Stuart Kimball – electric guitar (4, 10) *

– electric guitar (9), vocals (9) * Tony Garnier –

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(1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12) * Warren McRae – electric bass (3, 7) * John Conte – electric bass (8, 11) * Paul Ossola – acoustic bass (9) *

Shawn Pelton Shawn Pelton is an American drummer and percussionist. He has recorded with a wide range of artists and has been a first call player since moving to New York in the late 1980s. Shawn has recorded with artists such as Sheryl Crow, Shawn Colvin, ...

– drums (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8-12),

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(12) * Kevin Shurtleff – additional drums (1), percussion (3) *

Charley Drayton Charles Leslie Drayton (born May 9, 1965) is an American multi-instrumentalist and producer, known primarily as a drummer. Artists he has recorded or performed with include The Cult, Keith Richards, The Rolling Stones, Paul Simon, Neil Young, Mi ...

– drums (3, 7) * Dan Reiser – drums (11) * Sammy Merendino – additional percussion (12) *

– harmonica (2), vocals (2) *

– harmonica (9) * Crispin Cioe – alto saxophone (12) * Arno Hecht – tenor saxophone (12) * Bob Funk –

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(12) * Larry Etkin – trumpet (12) * Rob Eaton – backing vocals (1) * Teresa Williams – backing vocals (2, 10) * Ada Dyer – backing vocals (3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12) * Cire Jones – backing vocals (3, 11) * Catherine Russell – backing vocals (3-8, 11, 12) * Steve Earle – vocals (10) * Milt Grayson – bass vocals (11) * Fred Griffith – backing vocals (11)

Production

* Peter Wolf – producer * Kenny White – producer * Rob Eaton – recording (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12), mixing (1, 5, 6, 12) * Ben Wisch – mixing (2, 3, 7, 8, 11), recording (3, 7, 8, 11) * Phil Greene – mixing (4, 9, 10) * Dave Westner – additional engineer (1), mixing (4, 12) * Chris Rival – additional engineer (12) * Tom Waltz – additional engineer (12) * John Weston – additional engineer (12) * Steve Mazur – assistant engineer * Jacques Obadia – assistant engineer * Bob Ludwig – mastering at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine) * Karen Rome – project coordinator * Jill Dell'Abate – session coordinator * Frank Olinsky – design, cover photography * Joe Greene – photography

References

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