Pleased to Meet You is the third studio album by English Britpop band Sleeper. The album was released on 13 October 1997 in the UK, peaking at #7 on the UK Album Chart. Two singles were released from this album, "She's a Good Girl", which reached #28, and "Romeo Me", which scraped in at #39 on the UK Top 40 singles chart. Remixes of "Motorway Man" by producer Steve Osbourne were released on 12" vinyl.
In a review for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine stated that Pleased to Meet You "demonstrates that [Louise] Wener's songwriting has strengthened, as her melodies have more weight and her lyrics have more depth," and gave the record a three-star review. It was recorded in summer 1997 in London.
Track listing Credits per booklet.
Personnel Personnel per booklet.
Sleeper Louise Wener – vocals, guitar Andy Maclure – drums, percussion, guitar, keyboard, string arranger (track 11) Jon Stewart – guitar
Additional musicians Chris Giammalvo – electric bass, double bass John Green – keyboards, string arrangement Stephen Street – programming John Metcalf – string arranger (track 10) The Duke String Quartet – strings The Kick Horns – brass (track 2)
Production and design Stephen Street – producer, mixing Cenzo Townsend – producer (track 12), mixing, engineer Sleeper – producer (track 12) John Smith – engineer Gerrard Navarro – assistant engineer Tom Girling – assistant engineer Andy Green – assistant engineer Laurence Stevens – design & art direction
Certifications
References
External links Sleeper Greatest Hits music videos on YouTube