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3:36 (Music to Sleep To) is an experimental ambient music album by Poppy, released on October 17th, 2016. The album was specifically designed to help facilitate a full night of sleep and encourage a healthy dream state.
Background and Conception[]
Somewhere near the end of September 2016, Poppy would announce on her Twitter account that new music was coming in October of that same year.[1] On October 10th, 2016 the album cover was revealed along with the release date[2] but the album's name wasn't revealed until October 13th, 2016 which was revealed to be "3:36 (Music to Sleep To)".[3] Later, on October 16th, 2016, a day before the album's release, it was announced that was going to be released exclusively on Poppy's Bandcamp.[4]
The album does not contain any of Poppy's vocals, instead being a set of instrumentals composed and produced by Poppy and Titanic Sinclair. Every song on the album has been used as background music in at least one Poppy video. The album is $10.00 USD.
Poppy later mentioned the album and promoted it in her video titled "Ambient Music". In this video, she claims that her true passion is creating ambient music, as well as that a portion of the proceeds made by the album will go directly to people who suffer from sleep apnea.
On September 18th, 2020, the album was re-released to music streaming services under I'm Poppy Records. However, this re-release features a completely renumbered tracklist, with only "Obnoxious Blocks" and "Phonic" retaining their original positions on the tracklist. It also features a shorter version of "Me Time Me" and completely different versions of "Air People" and "Telepathy".
Tracklist[]
2016 tracklist[]
No. | Title | Artist | Producer | Length |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | "Obnoxious Blocks" | Poppy | Poppy, Titanic Sinclair | 4:42 |
2. | "Mind Aide" | Poppy | Poppy, Sinclair | 4:34 |
3. | "Catholic Camera" | Poppy | Poppy, Sinclair | 3:59 |
4. | "Drop in the Ocean" | Poppy | Poppy, Sinclair | 4:38 |
5. | "Me Time Me" | Poppy | Poppy, Sinclair | 4:46 |
6. | "Phonic" | Poppy | Poppy, Sinclair | 4:32 |
7. | "Glass Milk" | Poppy | Poppy, Sinclair | 4:04 |
8. | "Telepathy" | Poppy | Poppy, Sinclair | 4:06 |
9. | "Air People" | Poppy | Poppy, Sinclair | 4:36 |
10. | "Doctor Bite" | Poppy | Poppy, Sinclair | 4:25 |
2020 tracklist[]
No. | Title | Artist | Producer | Length |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | "Obnoxious Blocks" | Poppy | Poppy, Sinclair | 4:42 |
2. | "Glass Milk" | Poppy | Poppy, Sinclair | 4:04 |
3. | "Air People" | Poppy | Poppy, Sinclair | 3:34 |
4. | "Doctor Bite" | Poppy | Poppy, Sinclair | 4:25 |
5. | "Drop in the Ocean" | Poppy | Poppy, Sinclair | 4:38 |
6. | "Phonic" | Poppy | Poppy, Sinclair | 4:32 |
7. | "Telepathy" | Poppy | Poppy, Sinclair | 3:54 |
8. | "Me Time Me" | Poppy | Poppy, Sinclair | 3:12 |
9. | "Catholic Camera" | Poppy | Poppy, Sinclair | 3:59 |
10. | "Mind Aide" | Poppy | Poppy, Sinclair | 4:34 |
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- The album's title, 3:36, is a reference to Poppy's video of the same name.
- It is speculated that the album's title could also be a reference to the timestamp of Mars Argo's video "Everybody Wants It All".
- When producing the album, the Poppy team sought the help of polysomnographists at the Washington University School of Medicine and later gave them a special thanks for their insights.
- This marked the first album release under Poppy's current stage name. She had previously released music under the name "That Poppy".
- Poppy would follow a similar naming convention for her albums I C U (Music to Read To) and Music to Scream To, which serve as the soundtracks to her graphic novels Genesis 1 and Poppy's Inferno, respectively.
- The cover art for the 2020 re-release is slightly more zoomed-out, and the background is a different shade of white.
- The outfit that Poppy wears on the cover of the album is the same one she wears in her video "Mr Clean".
- She can also be seen wearing this outfit at the 1:29 mark in the music video for "Money".