Sleeping with the Blue Whales

Sleeping with the Blue Whales is the fourteenth studio album by American band Bulla, released in 2019.

Track listing
All songs written by Bulla and Kevin Sullivan, except where noted.


 * 1) "This Lullaby" - 1:22
 * 2) "Dominatrix" - 2:38
 * 3) "The Selfish Mermaid"  (Bulla, Alain Johannes, K. Sullivan) - 3:35
 * 4) "The Box" (Rosenberg) - 4:07
 * 5) "Belladonna" - 3:42
 * 6) "I Never Learn" - 4:48
 * 7) "No Girl Ballad" (Bulla) - 5:00
 * 8) "What I Need" - 4:38
 * 9) "Behind the Mask" (Bulla, Johannes, K. Sullivan) - 4:19
 * 10) "Soul on the Slaughter" (John Langley, Bill Lawrence, K. Sullivan) - 3:44
 * 11) "Silencer" - 5:03
 * 12) "Sleep Tight, Alice! (Everyone Knows That You're Insane and Don't Want to Admit That)" - 4:38
 * 13) "Did I Put a Cricket on Your Head?" - 3:28
 * 14) "Heavy Wing" - 3:57
 * 15) "Blue Whales" - 6:08
 * 16) "Hello, Goodbye" - 7:18

Personnel

 * Bulla are Brian Rosenberg, Bill Lawrence, John Langley, Jim Hewitt and Mike Sullivan
 * Recorded and mixed at Rancho de La Luna, Joshua Tree, California
 * Mastered at Sterling Sound, Nashville, Tennessee


 * Musicians
 * Jim Hewitt - drums (all but 1), hang drum (2, 5) , steel drum (3) , tabla (5) , marimba, percussion and waterphone (11) , tambourine (13) , album cover concept, art direction, Polaroids
 * John Langley - acoustic bass (2), bass guitar (3, 6, 7, 10–16) , upright bass (4) , cello (5) , Taurus pedals (6) , electric guitar (8) , Chamberlin organ (9) , background (3, 4, 6, 11, 12, 13, 15) , harmony (7) and lead (2, 10, 14) vocals, concept, art direction and design (credited as "Red John") , layout, photography
 * Bill Lawrence - lap steel guitar (2, 12, 15), electric guitar (3–7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16) , balalaika (5) , bass guitar (5) , mandolin (6) , resonator guitar (8) , percussion (11) , harmonica (16) , background (2, 4, 10, 12, 15, 16) and lead (1, 7, 13) vocals, Polaroids, photography
 * Brian Rosenberg - lead (3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15) and background (2, 7, 10, 11, 14, 16) vocals, Turkish guitar (1, 5), electric guitar (2, 3, 6, 7, 9–13, 15, 16) , acoustic guitar (4, 8) , reso-electric guitar (14) , ukulele (16) , concept, layout, photography
 * Mike Sullivan - lead (5, 16), background (5, 6, 10, 12) and harmony (7) vocals, acoustic piano (2, 15) , harmonium (2, 16) , mellotron (2, 11) , Hammond organ (3, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13) , synthesizer (3) , clavinet (4) , regular piano (4–7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16) , pump organ (5) , vibraphone (7) , accordion (8) , keyboards (10, 13, 14) , glockenspiel and percussion (11) , Farfisa organ (15) , theremin (15) , design, concept, Polaroids, photography


 * Additional musicians
 * Alain Johannes - lap steel guitar (3, 5), keyboard (3) , bass guitar (8, 9) , additional background vocals
 * David Catching - grand piano, lap steel guitar
 * Amy Keys - harmony vocals (7)
 * Cindy Mizelle - harmony vocals (7)
 * Natalie Mering - vocals, mandolin and piano (8)


 * Production
 * David Catching- production, engineering, mixing
 * John Langley - production, mixing
 * Alain Johannes - executive producer, engineering
 * Ted Jensen - mastering
 * Chris Bilheimer - art direction, design
 * Joe Spix - layou
 * Tom Gould - photography
 * Danny Clinch - photography