Jerusalem and Dopesmoker

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Jerusalem and Dopesmoker are two versions of the third studio album by the American stoner doom band Sleep. The former title was released in 1999 by The Music Cartel in a version the band disliked, and the latter was released by Tee Pee Records in 2003 as the band intended. The musical performance that appears on Dopesmoker was recorded live to tape over the summer of 1994, following Sleep’s U.S. tour. When recording had completed, London Records was unhappy with the finished product and refused to release it, leading to Sleep's disbandment and the album surfacing on bootlegs and unauthorized indie releases in subsequent years. All versions of the album received very positive reception from music critics, who described it as a high-water mark in both the stoner metal and doom metal genres.

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