title: Permanent Sleep
text: # Permanent Sleep
  
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  Permanent Sleep is the debut studio album by Scottish post-punk band Lowlife. It was released in 1986 in Scotland by the independent music record label Nightshift Records.
  
  ## Background
  
  Permanent Sleep was recorded at Palladium Studios in Edinburgh, Scotland during June–July 1986.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All tracks are written by Lowlife (Craig Lorentson, Stuart Everest, Will Heggie and Grant McDowall).
  
  ## Reissue
  
  The 2006 reissue by LTM Recordings was augmented by seven bonus tracks: the six-song EP Rain (1985) and a slightly different version of the track "From Side to Side", taken from the band's 1987 Diminuendo album.
  
  ## Personnel
  
  ### Lowlife
  
  * Craig Lorentson – vocals, production
  * Stuart Everest – guitar, production
  * Will Heggie – bass guitar, production
  * Grant McDowall – drums, production
  
  ### Technical
  
  * Keith Mitchell – production
  