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{{Infobox album
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| name = Don't Close Your Eyes
{{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Don't Close Your Eyes
| type = EP
| Type = EP
| artist = [[Parkway Drive]]
| Longtype =
| cover = pwddcyeep.jpg
| caption = Cover for the original 2004 release
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| Artist = [[Parkway Drive]]
| Cover = pwddcyeep.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1 June 2004<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Bandcamp]]|url=https://parkwaydriveresist.bandcamp.com/album/dont-close-your-eyes|title=Don't Close Your Eyes {{!}} Parkway Drive|accessdate=8 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Apple Music]]|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/dont-close-your-eyes/1367851845|title=Don't Close Your Eyes by Parkway Drive|accessdate=8 April 2021}}</ref><br/>2006 (reissue)
| Released = 2004<br/>2006 (reissue)
| Recorded =
| recorded =
| Genre = [[Metalcore]],[[Hardcore Punk]]
| venue =
| Length = 26:19<br/>45:27 (re-release)
| studio =
*Modern Music Studios, [[Brisbane|Brisbane, QLD]]
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| Label = [[Resist Records|Resist]]
*Topcat Studios, [[Alstonville, New South Wales|Alstonville, NSW]]
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| Reviews =
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| genre = [[Metalcore]]
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| Last album = ''[[I Killed The Prom Queen / Parkway Drive: Split CD|I Killed the Prom Queen / Parkway Drive]]'' <br />(2003)
| This album = '''''Don't Close Your Eyes'''''<br />(2004)
| length = 26:19<br/>45:27 (re-release)
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| label =
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| Next album = ''[[Killing with a Smile]]''<br />(2005)
*Golf
| Alternate Cover = Images.jpg
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*[[Resist Records|Resist]]
| producer =
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| prev_title = [[I Killed the Prom Queen / Parkway Drive: Split CD|I Killed the Prom Queen / Parkway Drive]]
| prev_year = 2003
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| next_title = [[Killing with a Smile]]
| next_year = 2005
}}
}}
'''Don't Close Your Eyes''' is an EP released by Australian [[metalcore]] band [[Parkway Drive]] in 2004. It was later re-released with the addition of tracks included from both their [[I Killed the Prom Queen / Parkway Drive: Split CD|split album]] with [[I Killed the Prom Queen]] and from the compilation albums ''What We've Built'' and ''True Till Death, Volume I''. Two songs, "Smoke 'Em If Ya Got 'Em" and "Hollow Man", were re-recorded and released on Parkway Drive's debut album ''[[Killing with a Smile]]'' and 2010 album [[Deep Blue (album)|''Deep Blue'']], respectively. "Hollow Man" is released as just "Hollow" on Deep Blue, and features Marshall Lichtenwaldt, the vocalist from the American [[hardcore punk]] band [[The Warriors (band)|the Warriors]].
'''''Don't Close Your Eyes''''' is an EP by Australian [[metalcore]] band [[Parkway Drive]], released on 1 June 2004. It was later re-released with the addition of tracks included from both [[I Killed the Prom Queen / Parkway Drive: Split CD|their split album]] with [[I Killed the Prom Queen]] and from the compilation albums ''What We've Built'' and ''True Till Death, Volume I''. Two songs, "Smoke 'Em If Ya Got 'Em" and "Hollow Man", were re-recorded and released on Parkway Drive's debut album ''[[Killing with a Smile]]'' and 2010 album [[Deep Blue (Parkway Drive album)|''Deep Blue'']], respectively. "Hollow Man" is released as just "Hollow" on ''Deep Blue'', and features Marshall Lichtenwaldt, the vocalist of American [[hardcore punk]] band [[The Warriors (American band)|the Warriors]].

This is the band's last release with bassist Brett "Lagg" Versteeg.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
{{Tracklist
| all_writing = [[Parkway Drive]]
| all_writing = Parkway Drive
| headline = Don't Close Your Eyes
| headline = Don't Close Your Eyes
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{{Track listing
{{Tracklist
| headline = 2006 re-release bonus tracks
| headline = 2006 re-release bonus tracks
| title9 = I Watched
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==Personnel==
==Personnel==
;Parkway Drive
'''Parkway Drive'''
* Winston McCall – [[lead vocals]]
* Winston McCall – lead vocals
* Jeff Ling – [[electric guitar|guitar]]
* Jeff Ling – lead guitar
* Luke Kilpatrick – guitar
* Luke "Pig" Kilpatrick – rhythm guitar
* Brett Versteeg – [[bass guitar|bass]], [[clean vocals]] on tracks 4 and 10
* Brett "Lagg" Versteeg – bass guitar, clean vocals on tracks 4 and 10
* Ben Gordon – [[drum kit|drums]]
* Ben "Gaz" Gordon – drums


;Additional personnel
'''Additional musicians'''
* Jessica Turman – [[guest vocals]]
* Jessica Turman – guest vocals

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* Stuart Nevin – mixer (tracks 1–8)
'''Additional personnel'''
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* Brad Wann – mixer (tracks 9–14)
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* Stuart Nevin – mixing (tracks 1–8)
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* Brad Wann – mixing (tracks 9–14)
* William Bowden – re-mastering
* William Bowden – re-mastering
* Ash Pederick – graphic designer
* Ash Pederick – graphic design
* Andian Martin – photography
* Andian Martin – photography

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for ''Don't Close Your Eyes''
! scope="col"| Chart (2023)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
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|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/albums-chart/2023-08-28|title=ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|date=28 August 2023|access-date=25 August 2023}}</ref>
| 32
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|72|id=522950|artist=Parkway Drive|album=Don't Close Your Eyes|rowheader=true|access-date=25 August 2023}}
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Parkway Drive}}
{{Parkway Drive}}
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Latest revision as of 22:24, 31 October 2024

Don't Close Your Eyes
Cover for the original 2004 release
EP by
Parkway Drive
Released1 June 2004[1][2]
2006 (reissue)
Studio
GenreMetalcore
Length26:19
45:27 (re-release)
Label
Parkway Drive chronology
I Killed the Prom Queen / Parkway Drive
(2003) 		Don't Close Your Eyes
(2004) 		Killing with a Smile
(2005)

Don't Close Your Eyes is an EP by Australian metalcore band Parkway Drive, released on 1 June 2004. It was later re-released with the addition of tracks included from both their split album with I Killed the Prom Queen and from the compilation albums What We've Built and True Till Death, Volume I. Two songs, "Smoke 'Em If Ya Got 'Em" and "Hollow Man", were re-recorded and released on Parkway Drive's debut album Killing with a Smile and 2010 album Deep Blue, respectively. "Hollow Man" is released as just "Hollow" on Deep Blue, and features Marshall Lichtenwaldt, the vocalist of American hardcore punk band the Warriors.

This is the band's last release with bassist Brett "Lagg" Versteeg.

Track listing

[edit]

All tracks are written by Parkway Drive

Don't Close Your Eyes
No.TitleLength
1."..." (taken from the movie The End of Evangelion)1:12
2."Smoke 'Em If Ya Got 'Em"3:45
3."Dead Dreams"3:20
4."Flesh, Bone and Weakness"5:13
5."The Cruise"1:56
6."You're Over"3:16
7."Looks Like Yoda"2:55
8."Don't Close Your Eyes"4:42
Total length:26:19
2006 re-release bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
9."I Watched" (taken from the split CD)3:29
10."Swallowing Razorblades" (taken from the split CD)4:14
11."Emotional Breakdown" (taken from What We've Built)2:32
12."Hollow Man" (taken from What We've Built)2:22
13."The Negotiator" (taken from What We've Built)3:39
14."Hopeless" (taken from True Till Death, Volume I)2:52
Total length:45:27

Personnel

[edit]

Parkway Drive

  • Winston McCall – lead vocals
  • Jeff Ling – lead guitar
  • Luke "Pig" Kilpatrick – rhythm guitar
  • Brett "Lagg" Versteeg – bass guitar, clean vocals on tracks 4 and 10
  • Ben "Gaz" Gordon – drums

Additional musicians

  • Jessica Turman – guest vocals

Additional personnel

  • Stuart Nevin – mixing (tracks 1–8)
  • Brad Wann – mixing (tracks 9–14)
  • William Bowden – re-mastering
  • Ash Pederick – graphic design
  • Andian Martin – photography

Charts

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Chart performance for Don't Close Your Eyes
Chart (2023) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[3] 32
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[4] 72

References

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  1. ^ "Don't Close Your Eyes | Parkway Drive". Bandcamp. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Don't Close Your Eyes by Parkway Drive". Apple Music. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  3. ^ "ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Parkway Drive – Don't Close Your Eyes" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
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