Losing Sleep (Edwyn Collins album)

Losing Sleep
Studio album by Edwyn Collins
Released	13 September 2010
Recorded	West Heath Studios
Genre	Indie, soul
Length	42:29
Label	Heavenly
Producer	Edwyn Collins, Sebastian Lewsley
Edwyn Collins chronology
Home Again (2007) Losing Sleep (2010) Understated (2013)

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Losing Sleep is the seventh solo album by the Scottish singer-songwriter Edwyn Collins, released 13 September 2010 on Heavenly Records.

The album was recorded at Collins' West Heath Studios and features guest appearances from Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos and Nick McCarthy, Aztec Camera's Roddy Frame, Johnny Marr, The Cribs' Ryan Jarman and Jacob Graham, Connor Hanwick and Jonathan Pierce of The Drums.

It reached number 54 in the UK album charts upon its week of release; it is his most successful album since 1994's Gorgeous George and is Collins' return to rock-n-roll sound.

Track listing[]

1. "Losing Sleep" – 3:21
2. "What Is My Role?" (feat. Ryan Jarman) – 4:20
3. "Do It Again" (feat. Alex Kapranos and Nick McCarthy) – 3:12
4. "Humble" – 3:22
5. "Come Tomorrow, Come Today" (feat. Johnny Marr) – 2:58
6. "Bored" – 4:25
7. "In Your Eyes" (feat. The Drums) – 4:07
8. "I Still Believe in You" (feat. Ryan Jarman) – 3:33
9. "Over the Hill" – 3:35
10. "It Dawns on Me" (feat. Romeo Stodart) – 3:53
11. "All My Days" (feat. Roddy Frame) – 3:15
12. "Searching for the Truth" – 2:18

Personnel[]

• Edwyn Collins – vocals, harmonica
• Carwyn Ellis – guitar, bass, backing vocals, moog synthesizer, Univox keyboards, wurlitzer
• Paul Cook – drums
• Barrie Cadogan – guitar, bass
• Sean Read – saxophone, wurlitzer, vibraphone, backing vocals
• Andy Hackett – guitar on track 4
• Dave Ruffy – drums
• Luca Santucci – backing vocals
• Barbara Snow – trumpet
• Richard Sutton – saxophone

Production[]

• Producer: Edwyn Collins, Sebastian Lewsley
• Engineer: Sebastian Lewsley
• Mixing: Sebastian Lewsley, Edwyn Collins
• Arranger: Edwyn Collins

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