''Smart'' is the debut studio album by English

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band

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, released on 13 February 1995 by

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. It was mixed by

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. The album's sleeve photo is of the

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astronauts. A 25th anniversary deluxe edition was released in 2020 on both vinyl and CD. The CD version has 10 extra tracks.

Track listing

Credits per booklet.

Personnel

Personnel per booklet. Sleeper * Louise Wener – vocals, guitar * Jon Stewart – guitars * Andy Maclure – drums, percussion * Diid Osman – bass Production and design * Paul Corkett – producer (all except track 3), mixing (tracks 5 and 8) * Sleeper – producer, design *

– mixing (all except tracks 3, 5 and 8) *

Ian Broudie Ian Zachary Broudie (born 4 August 1958) is an English musician and singer-songwriter from Liverpool. After emerging from the post-punk scene in Liverpool in the late 1970s as a member of Big in Japan, Broudie went on to produce albums (somet ...

– producer (track 3), mixing (track 3) * T&CP Associates – design *

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– cover picture *

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– cover picture * Ricky Futura – cover digitally remastered * Kevin Westenberg – Sleeper photography

References

External links

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