Sleepless
Studio album by
Kate Rusby
Released10 May 1999
GenreEnglish folk
Length43:41
LabelPure Records
ProducerJohn McCusker[1]
Kate Rusby chronology
Hourglass
(1997) 		Sleepless
(1999) 		Little Lights
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

Sleepless is an album by the English folk musician Kate Rusby, released in 1999.[3][4] It was nominated for the Mercury Prize the same year.[5][6] It won the BBC Radio 2 Folk Award 2000 for best album.[7]

Critical reception

The Washington Post wrote that Rusby "often creates ... ambience at the cost of blurring her melodies and stories; her vowels frequently flood the music until the consonants and rhythms are submerged in a tide of poignancy."[1]

Track listing

  1. "The Cobbler's Daughter" (Kate Rusby/Traditional)
  2. "I Wonder What is keeping my True Love This Night" (Traditional)
  3. "The Fairest of all Yarrow" (Kate Rusby/Traditional)
  4. "The Unquiet Grave" (Kate Rusby/Traditional)
  5. "Sho Heen" (Kate Rusby)
  6. "Sweet Bride" (Kate Rusby)
  7. "All God's Angels" (Kate Rusby)
  8. "The Wild Goose" (Traditional)
  9. "The Duke and the Tinker" (Kate Rusby/Traditional)
  10. "Our Town" (Iris DeMent)
  11. "The Sleepless Sailor" (Kate Rusby)
  12. "Cowsong"
  13. "Botany Bay" (Kate Rusby/Traditional)

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b "KATE RUSBY 'Sleepless' Compass". The Washington Post. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  2. ^ Rick Anderson. "AllMusic review". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Kate Rusby Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  4. ^ Dorian, Frederick; Duane, Orla; McConnachie, James (21 September 1999). "World Music: Africa, Europe and the Middle East". Rough Guides – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "Mercury Prize–Previous winners and shortlists". Mercury Prize. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Local girl made good". The Irish Times.
  7. ^ "Radio 2 Folk Awards 2006: Previous Winners" BBC.co.uk (Retrieved: 19 July 2009)


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