''Smart'' is the debut studio album by English
Britpop
Britpop was a mid-1990s British-based music culture movement that emphasised Britishness. It produced brighter, catchier alternative rock, partly in reaction to the popularity of the darker lyrical themes of the US-led grunge music and to the ...
band
Sleeper, released on 13 February 1995
by
Indolent Records
Indolent Records was a British record label established up in 1993 as a subsidiary of RCA Records and BMG. The label roster included Sleeper
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. It was mixed by
Stephen Street
Stephen Brian Street (born 29 March 1960 in Hackney, London) is an English music producer best known for his work with The Smiths, The Cranberries and Blur. Street collaborated with Morrissey on his debut album '' Viva Hate'' following the ...
. The album's sleeve photo is of the
Mercury Seven
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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.
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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
* Stephen Street
Stephen Brian Street (born 29 March 1960 in Hackney, London) is an English music producer best known for his work with The Smiths, The Cranberries and Blur. Street collaborated with Morrissey on his debut album '' Viva Hate'' following the ...
– 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
* NASA
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NASA was established in 1958, succeedi ...
– cover picture
* Hulton-Deutsch – cover picture
* Ricky Futura – cover digitally remastered
* Kevin Westenberg – Sleeper photography
References
External links
''Smart''
at YouTube
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(streamed copy where licensed)
1995 debut albums
Sleeper (band) albums
Albums produced by Ian Broudie
Arista Records albums
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