''Strays Don't Sleep'' is an album by Strays Don't Sleep. It was released in 2006 by

One Little Indian One Little Independent Records (formerly One Little Indian Records) is an English independent record label. It was set up in 1985 by members of various anarcho-punk bands, and managed by former Flux of Pink Indians bassist Derek Birkett. In th ...

. The band made short films to accompany the album.

Critical reception

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called ''Strays Don't Sleep'' "a small gem of an album." '' The Skinny'' wrote: "It's a nice enough collection of songs, drawing on every last trick from the melancholy-acoustic textbook, the only trouble is that not one of the nine songs on offer raises the stakes beyond average." '' Paste'' wrote that "from its dark, understated melodies and instrumentation to its elegant production, this record is an archetype for urban folk music." ''

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'' called the album "a work of fragile, studio-bound electronica."

Track listing

CD

#"Love Don't Owe You Anything" —
Words – Matthew Ryan; Music – Matthew Ryan,

Neilson Hubbard Neilson Hubbard (born October 27, 1972) is an American record producer, film director, film producer, singer-songwriter, and photographer. He produced Mary Gauthier's Grammy-nominated album, ''Rifles & Rosary Beads'', as well as albums for Sam ...

#"Pretty Girl" —
Words – Neilson Hubbard; Music – Neilson Hubbard, Matthew Ryan #"Martin Luther Avenue" —
Words – Matthew Ryan; Music – Matthew Ryan, Neilson Hubbard #"Night Is Still" —
Words – Neilson Hubbard; Music – Matthew Ryan, Neilson Hubbard #"For Blue Skies" —
Words – Matthew Ryan; Music – Neilson Hubbard, Matthew Ryan #"Spirit Fingers" —
Words – Neilson Hubbard; Music – Matthew Ryan, Neilson Hubbard #"April's Smiling At Me" —
Words – Neilson Hubbard; Music – Matthew Ryan, Neilson Hubbard #"Cars And History" —
Words – Matthew Ryan; Music – Neilson Hubbard, Matthew Ryan #"Falling Asleep With You" —
Words – Neilson Hubbard; Music – Matthew Ryan, Neilson Hubbard #"You Belong To Me" onus Track on US edition—
Words, Music –

Pee Wee King Julius Frank Anthony Kuczynski (February 18, 1914 – March 7, 2000), known professionally as Pee Wee King, was an American country music songwriter and recording artist best known for co-writing "Tennessee Waltz". Pee Wee King is credited with ...

Redd Stewart Henry Ellis Stewart (May 27, 1923 – August 2, 2003), better known as Redd Stewart, was an American country music songwriter and recording artist who co-wrote "Tennessee Waltz" with Pee Wee King in 1948. Biography He was born in Ashland City ...

, Shilton Price #"Stay" onus Track on US edition—
Words, Music – Paul Buchanan, Robert Bell

DVD

#"Love Don't Owe You Anything"
Directed by The Barnes Brothers #"Pretty Girl"
Directed by Martin Glenn #"Martin Luther Avenue"
Directed by

, Matthew Ryan; Shot, Edited by

Matt Riddlehoover Matt Riddlehoover (born July 26, 1985) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for the 2020 documentary ''My Darling Vivian''. ''My Darling Vivian'' Riddlehoover produced, directed, and edited ''My Darling Vivian'', a biographical documenta ...

#"Night Is Still"
Directed by Martin Glenn #"For Blue Skies"
Directed by Matthew Ryan, Neilson Hubbard; Shot, Edited by Matt Riddlehoover, Neilson Hubbard, Matthew Ryan; Featuring Mark Cabus
The Film Inside The Film – Directed by Abe Bradshaw, Edited by James "Buddy" Villani #"Spirit Fingers"
Directed by Jared Johnson #"April's Smiling At Me"
Directed by Matt Boyd #"Cars And History"
Directed by

Gorman Bechard Gorman Bechard (born March 15, 1959) is an American film director, screenwriter and novelist best known for his independent feature films ''Psychos in Love,'' ''Friends (With Benefits), Friends (with benefits),'' and ''You Are Alone''; his four r ...

; Featuring scenes from his film ''You Are Alone'' #"Falling Asleep With You"
Directed by Matthew Ryan; Shot by Lauwrence Boothy, Tonie Floyd; Edited by Rich Jegen,

Kenny Bernstein Kenneth Dale Bernstein (born September 6, 1944) is an American drag racer and former NASCAR and IndyCar team owner. He is nicknamed the "Bud King" for his success in the Budweiser King funny car and dragster. He has also been nicknamed the ...

#"Pretty Girl" onus Versionbr/>Directed by Matt Boyd

Personnel

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vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

Guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

synth A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and f ...

Piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

, Loops,

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

* Matthew Ryan – vocals, Guitar, synth, Piano,

Bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: ** Bass (instrument), including: ** Acoustic bass gui ...

, percussion *Brian Bequette – Guitar, Bass,

Accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German ''Akkordeon'', from ''Akkord''—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a reed ...

* Billy Mercer – Bass *Steve Lantanation –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

, percussion,

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...

*Produced by Matthew Ryan, Neilson Hubbard *Recorded by Neilson Hubbard at Mr. Lemons – Eastside, Nashville *Mixed by Neilson Hubbard, Matthew Ryan at Mr. Lemons – Eastside, Nashville *Spirit Fingers – Mixed by Richard McLaurin at Mr. Lemons – Eastside, Nashville *Mastered by Marc Chevalier at Yes Master – Westside, Nashville

Films

*Executive Producer –

*Produced by Matthew Ryan,

*5.1 Surround Sound – Mixed, Mastered by Paul PDub Walton, London *Digitized, Compiled, Sweetened, Authored by Rich Jegen *Menu Page Designed by

Robert Bright Robert Bright (August 5, 1902 – November 21, 1988) was an American writer and illustrator of children's literature who wrote and illustrated over 20 books in his 40-year career. He is best known for ''Georgie'' (1944), a children's classic about ...

*Cover – Self Portrait by Christie Creasy *Back Panel Photo by Sharlene France *Design, Layout by Jay Johnson *Legal Services – Trip Aldredge *Booking – Little Big Man *Contact, Inquiries – info@straysdontsleep.com

Additional musicians

Doug Lancio Doug Lancio is a guitarist and record producer, based in Nashville, Tennessee. He has worked with a wide range of artists including John Hiatt, Nanci Griffith, Patty Griffin and Bob Dylan. Biography Questionnaires Lancio was a member of the 1980 ...

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Baritone A baritone is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the bass and the tenor voice-types. The term originates from the Greek (), meaning "heavy sounding". Composers typically write music for this voice in the r ...

, Guitar, percussion *Jeff Patterson –

Tambourine The tambourine is a musical instrument in the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zills". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, though ...

Garrison Starr Garrison Starr (born Julia Garrison Starr on April 29, 1975) is a Grammy-nominated American singer-songwriter/producer. Her major label debut, "18 Over Me" was released in 1997 (Geffen). Starr's shows have been described as "marrying pop smarts ...

– backing vocals on Spirit Fingers *Clay Steakley – Bass *Kate York – backing vocals on For Blue Skies

References

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