''Sleeper'' is a studio album by the

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alternative band

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, released in 1993. It was the band's final album. The album was recorded and mixed at Blue Jay Recording Studio in

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, Massachusetts, from December 1992 to January 1993. The album spawned two singles, "Supercollider" and "Red Rover", the former of which also spawned the band's second (and last) music video. The band performed "Supercollider" on ''

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'' in January 1994, marking the band's only ever national television appearance.

Critical reception

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'' deemed the album "an uneven effort, hampered by an often poor sound mix in which Janet LaValley's ... vocals are mixed too low, muting her power and rendering many lyrics inaudible."

Track listing

Band Line-Up

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* Terri Brosius: keyboard, backing vocals (lead vocals on "Mr. Lieber") * Eric Brosius:

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, backing vocals * Greg LoPiccolo:

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, backing vocals * David Penzo:

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References

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