No Sleep 'till Bedtime

No Sleep 'till Bedtime
Live album by
ReleasedJune 2, 1998 (1998-06-02)
RecordedOctober 12, 1997
GenreExtreme metal, industrial metal
Length42:32
LabelCentury Media
ProducerDevin Townsend
Strapping Young Lad chronology
City
(1997)
No Sleep 'till Bedtime
(1998)
Strapping Young Lad
(2003)
Devin Townsend chronology
Ocean Machine: Biomech
(1997)
No Sleep 'till Bedtime
(1998)
Infinity
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Chronicles of Chaos9.5/10[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]

No Sleep 'till Bedtime is a live album by Canadian extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad. It was recorded live in Melbourne Australia, on October 12, 1997; however, the live tracks presented here are the only ones recorded before the tape ran out. "Japan" and "Centipede" are new studio tracks that were added by the label as a bonus material. The title is a homage to and parody of Motörhead's No Sleep 'til Hammersmith live album.

"Japan" and "Centipede" are studio recordings, each a Japanese bonus track for Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing and City respectively. The latter samples a percussion loop from "Happiness in Slavery" by Nine Inch Nails.

The Japanese release of this record came in a limited edition box set. It includes four bonus tracks that are demos recorded at one of vocalist/guitarist Devin Townsend's friend's living rooms in LA,[4] which were later added to the 2007 reissue of City.

  1. ^ Bromley, Adrian (August 7, 1998). "CoC : Strapping Young Lad - No Sleep Till Bedtime : Review". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 425. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). "Strapping Young Lad". Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7 (4th ed.). MUZE. p. 791. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.
  4. ^ "Hevydevy Records FAQ". Archived from the original on June 20, 2006. Retrieved January 7, 2012.