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Jerusalem and Dopesmoker
''Jerusalem'' and ''Dopesmoker'' are the final albums by the American heavy metal band Sleep. The albums were released in 1999 and 2003 respectively. The music for these albums was written during a four-year period when the group was working on a single song that was around an hour in length. Sleep had signed to London Records, who financed the album. When recording had finished, London Records were unhappy with the finished product and refused to release it. The album was later released in various forms by different record labels. All versions of the album received very positive reception from music critics, who have described it as a high-water mark in both the stoner metal and doom metal genres.
==Production==
After positive reviews from the heavy metal press and the release of the album ''Sleep's Holy Mountain'' (1993) on Earache Records, Sleep's label announced that they would release their follow-up record. Sleep had been touring in Europe with Cathedral and in the United States with Hawkwind in support of ''Sleep's Holy Mountain'' when the group felt they had to write new material.〔〔Bennett, 2009. p.294〕 The new album was going to be an hour-long song.〔 This song was written and practiced at sound checks, motel rooms and in friends' houses.〔Bennett, 2009. p.295〕 Matt Pike said the songwriting process was long and that they were "working on (song ) for like four years. We also had two other songs that were working on that were really long, too—like 15 and 20 minutes. But we never recorded them."〔 Al Cisneros stated that smoking cannabis was important to the song's creative process: "I was really dependent on the space I got into when I was using it, and some of the lyrics are about that...The line, 'Drop out of life (bong in hand ),' was kind of a creed at that point."〔 The song was originally known and performed live under the title "Dopesmoker". After their tour, the group began to be interested in a Middle Eastern desert theme which led to Sleep referring to the song as "Jerusalem" during later practice sessions.〔Bennett, 2009. p.297〕
Sleep were ready to record the album in 1995 but did not record it until 1996 as the band was still contracted with Earache.〔 Cisneros said that there was "about a year and half of legal wrangling between their managers and lawyers at Earache" and that Earache owner Digby Pearson "waited to make the most prime conditions for himself before he let () contract ()."〔 Sleep were in talks with both London Records and Elektra Records to release their next album. They chose to sign to London, as they were promised complete artistic freedom and more money, and since the label did not have any metal bands, Sleep felt they would receive special treatment.〔〔Bennett, 2009. p.293〕 The members of Sleep were poor, and used the majority of money they received from London Records to cover for the debt they were in at that time.〔
The song was recorded at Record Two Studio in Comptche, California.〔Bennett, 2009. p.296〕 While recording the song, it began to develop differently from the original vision.〔 Pike stated that the "song was getting slower and slower and then it got weird. We started tripping out and second guessing ourselves."〔 Recording the album was difficult. Pike recalled that "there was so much to memorize for that album, and we had to do it in like three different sections because a reel-to-reel only holds 22 minutes. It was really cool, but it was one of the hardest things I've ever done in in my life."〔 Sleep were in the studio for one month then went home to rehearse and returned for another month. Pike noted that they ended up with two or three different versions of the song.〔
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