Awake Is the New Sleep is the fifth album by Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n musician Ben Lee

Ben Lee

Benjamin Michael "Ben" Lee is an ARIA Award winning musician and actor. Lee began his career as a musician at the age of 14 with the Sydney band Noise Addict, but focused on his solo career when the band broke up in 1995. He appeared as the protagonist in the Australian film The Rage in Placid Lake...

, released in 2005

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-Events:*During the year 2005, 12 rock music albums scored number 1 in the USA. This was the first time even ten albums have scored number 1 since 1996.-January:...

. It reached #5 on the Australian ARIA

Australian Recording Industry Association

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 Albums Chart, becoming his most successful album. It contains the top 40 singles "Gamble Everything for Love

Gamble Everything For Love

"Gamble Everything for Love" is a pop song and also an EP by the Australian singer Ben Lee. It was released on 13 December 2004 by Ten Fingers...

" and "Catch My Disease

Catch My Disease

"Catch My Disease" is a single by Australian artist Ben Lee. It is from the album Awake Is the New Sleep, which was produced in U.S. The song gained moderate popularity and went to #27 in Australia, and also came in second place in the Triple J Hottest 100, 2005.The song also got some international...

". "Gamble Everything for Love" was also voted number 15 in the Triple J Hottest 100, 2004

Triple J Hottest 100, 2004

The 2004 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on 26 January 2005. It was the twelfth such countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J....

 while "Catch My Disease" was #2 in the Triple J Hottest 100, 2005

Triple J Hottest 100, 2005

The 2005 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on 26 January 2006. It was the thirteenth such countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J....

. The song "We're All in This Together" was used on several television advertisements in Australia and New Zealand, including Coca-Cola

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 and The Salvation Army

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 Community Services. In October 2010, Awake Is the New Sleep was listed in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums

100 Best Australian Albums

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Track listing

(all songs written by Lee except where noted)

1. "Whatever It Is" – 3:18
2. "Gamble Everything for Love
   Gamble Everything For Love
   "Gamble Everything for Love" is a pop song and also an EP by the Australian singer Ben Lee. It was released on 13 December 2004 by Ten Fingers...
   
   " – 3:21
3. "Begin" – 4:12
4. "Catch My Disease
   Catch My Disease
   "Catch My Disease" is a single by Australian artist Ben Lee. It is from the album Awake Is the New Sleep, which was produced in U.S. The song gained moderate popularity and went to #27 in Australia, and also came in second place in the Triple J Hottest 100, 2005.The song also got some international...
   
   " (Lee, McGowan Southworth) – 4:14
5. "Apple Candy" – 3:22
6. "Ache for You" – 4:05
7. "Into the Dark" – 2:46
8. "No Right Angles" – 3:34
9. "Get Gotten" – 3:07
10. "Close I've Come" – 3:23
11. "The Debt Collectors" – 2:50
12. "We're All in This Together" – 4:39
13. "Light" – 9:48
14. "I'm Willing" – 4:01

Singles

• "Gamble Everything for Love" (2004)
• "Catch My Disease" (2005)
• "We're All in This Together" (2006)

Special guests

• Jason Schwartzman
  Jason Schwartzman
  Jason Francesco Schwartzman is an American actor and musician. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the Hollywood films Rushmore, Spun, I Heart Huckabees, Shopgirl, Marie Antoinette, The Darjeeling Limited, Funny People, and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World...
  
  
• Har Mar Superstar
  Har Mar Superstar
  Sean Matthew Tillmann , better known by his stage names of Har Mar Superstar and Sean Na Na, is an American singer.-Life and career:...
  
  
• Jenny Lewis
  Jenny Lewis
  Jennifer Diane Lewis , is an American singer-songwriter musician and actress. She was the primary vocalist of the indie rock band Rilo Kiley, and has released two solo albums. She currently performs as part of the duo Jenny & Johnny with boyfriend Johnathan Rice...
  
  
• Jason Falkner
  Jason Falkner
  Jason Falkner is an American pop and rock musician. Active since the late 1980s, he has performed with several bands. In addition to releasing several albums as a solo artist, he is a prolific session musician and producer who has contributed to dozens of other recordings by other bands and...