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Sleep

Richter calls it a "personal lullaby for a frenetic world".

Depending on the context, "Sleep" refers to several distinct and influential works of art: ๐ŸŽน Max Richter: Sleep (2015) Richter calls it a "personal lullaby for a frenetic world"

Live performances feature beds instead of seats, allowing the audience to drift off. Richter calls it a "personal lullaby for a frenetic world"

A haunting piano ballad that serves as a staple of melancholic indie rock. A Song for the End โ€“ Review of The Smiths' 'Asleep' Richter calls it a "personal lullaby for a frenetic world"

This is an eight-hour ambient composition designed to be listened to while sleeping.

Poet Charles Anthony Silvestri wrote new lyrics to match the existing music, focusing on the surrender to sleep and the world of dreams. ๐ŸŽธ The Smiths: "Asleep" (1985)