Album · Ben Lee
Awake Is the New Sleep by Ben Lee
Awake Is the New Sleep is an album by Ben Lee, released in 2005. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 21 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Catch My Disease”, on 16 lists with a best position of #2.
Awake Is the New Sleep, Ben Lee's fifth album, came out on New West in 2005, and it's the record where the Sydney kid who started out at 14 in Noise Addict made the most successful album of his career. Brad Wood produced it, and the sound is warm, bright and a little starry-eyed, pop songs built around Lee's earnest, boyish voice.
"Catch My Disease" was the big one, a sunny singalong, and "Gamble Everything for Love" made the top 40 too. "We're All in This Together" found a second life in TV ads across Australia and New Zealand, for Coca-Cola and the Salvation Army's community services among others. The album climbed to No. 5 in Australia, earned a J Award nomination for Australian Album of the Year, and later landed in the book 100 Best Australian Albums.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Awake Is the New Sleep on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catch My Disease | 16 | #2 | – | 2005–2022 | |
| 2 | We're All in This Together | 2 | #53 | – | 2005–2007 | |
| 3 | Gamble Everything for Love | 1 | #15 | – | 2004 | |
| 4 | Into the Dark | 2 | #76 | – | 2005 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.