Jerusalem and Dopesmoker

Jerusalem and Dopesmoker
Dopesmoker (2003) album cover
Studio album by
Released1999
April 22, 2003
Recorded1996
StudioRecord Two Studio in Comptche, California
Genre
Length52:08
73:07
75:09
LabelRise Above/The Music Cartel
Tee Pee
ProducerBilly Anderson, Sleep
Sleep chronology
Sleep's Holy Mountain
(1992)
''Jerusalem and Dopesmoker''
(1999/2003)
The Sciences
(2018)
Reissue cover
Dopesmoker (2012) album cover
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (1999) album cover

Jerusalem and Dopesmoker are two versions of the third studio album by the American stoner doom band Sleep. The former title was released in 1999 by The Music Cartel and the latter was released by Tee Pee Records in 2003. The music for these albums comprises an extended hour-length piece (either split into multiple shorter tracks or presented as a single track), developed over four years and recorded in 1996 under the auspices of Sleep's label at the time, London Records. When recording had completed, London was unhappy with the finished product and refused to release it, leading to Sleep's disbandment and the album surfacing on bootlegs and unauthorized indie releases in subsequent years. All versions of the album received very positive reception from music critics, who described it as a high-water mark in both the stoner metal and doom metal genres.

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