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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
2 A.M. Wakeup Call is the second album from the band Tweaker. Opposed to The Attraction to All Things Uncertain, this album captures emotional, human performances and instrumentation - notably live drums, acoustic guitar, piano and glockenspiels. It's a nighttime record about dreams, nightmares, and insomnia—things that keep us up at night.
Vrenna has stated in interviews that the title was inspired by his wifes insomnia. For a period of about a month she would wake up at 2am every single night no matter when they went to bed.[2]
2 a.m. Wakeup Call was subsequently released in 5.1 Surround Sound.
The track It's Still Happening was offered to the ACIDplanet community for remixing as a part of the Tweaker 2 Remix contest.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ruby" (featuring Will Oldham) | 3:43 |
| 2. | "Cauterized" | 3:06 |
| 3. | "Worse Than Yesterday" (featuring Jonathan Bates of mellowdrone) | 4:18 |
| 4. | "Truth Is" (featuring Robert Smith of The Cure) | 4:03 |
| 5. | "Remorseless" | 2:37 |
| 6. | "Pure Genius" (featuring David Sylvian) | 3:52 |
| 7. | "It's Still Happening" (featuring Hamilton Leithauser) | 3:17 |
| 8. | "2 a.m." | 3:15 |
| 9. | "Movement of Fear" | 3:40 |
| 10. | "Sleepwalking Away" (featuring Nick Young) | 3:57 |
| 11. | "The House I Grew Up In" | 4:04 |
| 12. | "Crude Sunlight" (featuring Jennifer Charles) | 6:52 |
Personnel
- Chris Vrenna: Producer, Performer, Recording Engineer, and Mixing Engineer
- Clint Walsh: Producer and Performer
- Jeff Antebi: Executive Producer
- Johnny Marr: Guitar on track 11
- Paul Ill: Bass on track 3; Fretless Bass on track 12
- Rich Mouser: Recorded additional live drums on tracks 1 and 10
- Ken Lee: Mastering Engineer
References
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r681679
- ^ "Chris Vrenna interviewed about the Tweaker album 2 A.M. Wakeup Call". chaoscontrol.com. Retrieved November 11, 2020.