Shake the Sheets is the fourth studio album by the Washington, D.C. rock band Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, released in 2004 by Lookout! Records. It was the band's last album for the Lookout! label. A music video was filmed for the single "Me and Mia", a song about a friend of frontman Ted Leo who's battled an eating disorder.
Critical reception
Shake the Sheets received positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 79, based on 24 reviews.
Track listing
Personnel
Credits adapted from the album's booklet.
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
- Ted Leo – guitars, vocals, percussion
- Dave Lerner – bass guitar, backing vocals on "Walking to Do"
- Chris Wilson – drums
Additional musicians
- Chris Shaw – glockenspiel on "Counting Down the Hours", piano on "Criminal Piece", backing vocals on "Walking to Do"
- Sarah Field – backing vocals on "Walking to Do"
- Eric Tew – backing vocals on "Walking to Do"
Production
- Chris Shaw – producer, engineering, mixing
- Brian Montgomery – assistant engineering
- Ruddy Lee Cullers – assistant engineering
- Arjan Agerwala – assistant engineering
- Ted Leo – assistant mixing
- Eric Tew – additional editing
- Howie Weinberg – mastering <small>(Masterdisk)</small>
Imagery
- Christopher Appelgren – art direction, design, construction
- Liberty Pierson – additional design, illustrations
- Jason Munn – additional design