Awake Is The New Sleep
by Ben Lee
  • Record Label: New West
  • Release Date: Feb 22, 2005
User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 29 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 29
  3. Negative: 5 out of 29

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  1. MattB
    Mar 23, 2006
    0
    Saw this guy live on a late night talk show and honestly thought it was a joke. My garage band in Jr. High was more talented than this guy. He should be opening up before poetry readings at Starbucks.
  2. BenC
    Apr 29, 2005
    0
    I considered giving Ben a point for sharing my name. Then I remembered how awful every minute of this record was. Ben Lee hasn't matured a bit since he broke out with "Cigarettes Will Kill You", and you can't just keep releasing albums filled with 14 year old kid poetry and get away with it. P.S. We know you broke up with Claire Danes. Get over it, you twat.
  3. peters
    Feb 2, 2006
    0
    ben Lee ah Ben who pontificates at the young age of what is is 20 something about spiritual things ...what the f does he know. nothhing he writes songs that always go C F G ba ba black sheep thats the way i like it D G A7 catch my dieeeeeeze. no wonder claire left him he mustve been insufferable to live with. the whiny little accountant from dover heights the shameless self ben Lee ah Ben who pontificates at the young age of what is is 20 something about spiritual things ...what the f does he know. nothhing he writes songs that always go C F G ba ba black sheep thats the way i like it D G A7 catch my dieeeeeeze. no wonder claire left him he mustve been insufferable to live with. the whiny little accountant from dover heights the shameless self promoter......they dont pley mee on the reedio thats the weeey i like eet. pull the other one bbb b b ben… Expand
  4. terry
    Feb 2, 2006
    0
    infantile twat
  5. cyberspace
    Feb 2, 2006
    0
    asleep is the new asleep get a job as an accountant ben or workl as a bearded lady in a circus

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Metascore
57

Mixed or average reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 19
  3. Negative: 3 out of 19
  1. Alternative Press
    80
    He's never sounded more confident. [Mar 2005, p.134]
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    75
    [A] pleasant Sunday drive of an album. [18 Feb 2005, p.78]
  3. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    60
    The songs, engaging as they are, sound cursory, as though Lee wrote them while riding the bus on his way to the studio, staring at his watch and an empty notebook.
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