AlbumE · 2017
Sleep Well Beast
by The National
Sleep Well Beast is a 2017 indie rock album by The National. It runs 12 tracks across 58 minutes on 4AD. It won the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album. Riffiter listeners rate it 4.0/5 from 10 ratings.
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- 4.0 /5
- 10 ratings
- 85 /100
- 9 critics
- 12
- Tracks
- 58 min
- Runtime
- 114 bpm
- Tempo
- A# major
- Key
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Critics
9 publications
- The Independent5/5
- The A.V. ClubA
- Vice (Expert Witness)A−
- The Guardian4/5
- Pitchfork8/10
- Mojo4/5
- NME4/5
- AllMusic4/5
- Rolling Stone4/5
- Metacriticaggregate85/100
- AnyDecentMusic?aggregate8.2/10
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Sleep Well Beast album cover
The Sleep Well Beast cover was designed by Andrea Trabucco-Campos, Elyanna Blaser-Gould, Luke Hayman and Pentagram and photographed by Graham MacIndoe.
- Design
- Andrea Trabucco-Campos, Elyanna Blaser-Gould, Luke Hayman, Pentagram
- Photography
- Graham MacIndoe
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Tracklist
12 tracks · 58 min
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Awards
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About
"Sleep Well Beast" is the seventh studio album by The National. The album was released on September 8, 2017, on 4AD. The seventh full-length studio release for the indie rock band was produced by band member Aaron Dessner with co-production by Bryce Dessner and Matt Berninger. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 85, based on 25 reviews, indicating "Universal acclaim ".
In brief
- Is Sleep Well Beast good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Sleep Well Beast 4.0/5 from 10 ratings.
- When was Sleep Well Beast released?
- Sleep Well Beast was released in 2017 on 4AD.
- How many tracks are on Sleep Well Beast?
- Sleep Well Beast has 12 tracks, with a runtime of 58 minutes.
- What genre is Sleep Well Beast?
- Sleep Well Beast is catalogued under Indie Rock, Rock.
- What BPM is Sleep Well Beast?
- Sleep Well Beast runs at a median tempo of 114 BPM across its tracks, most often in A# major, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Sleep Well Beast?
- Listeners of Sleep Well Beast also rate In Rainbows by Radiohead, AM by Arctic Monkeys, Funeral by Arcade Fire.
- Who produced Sleep Well Beast?
- Sleep Well Beast was produced by Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, Matt Berninger and Peter Katis. Aaron Dessner produced all of them.
Credits
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Sean O’Brien- Played by
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Ariadna TeyssierBarbara Le LiepvreBastien NouriBen LanzBenachir BoukhatemCharlotte JuillardCédric BonnetDomitille GilonElla JarrigeEmilie Duch-SauzeauEmma LandarrabilcoEric Cha-BeachErwan CastexGrégoire DubruelJan St. WernerJason TreutingJuliette SalmonaKatia LabèqueKyle ResnickLeslie Boulin-RauletLouise LapierreMaaike van der LindeMarc DesjardinsMarine GandonMatthias PiccinNick LloydNikolai SpassovPauline HauswirthRenaud Guy-RousseauRomain BlyRyan OlsonSarah ChenafThomas GarocheWalter MartinDavid Chalmin- Vocals by
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