Sleep Is for the Week is the debut studio album by the English singer-songwriter Frank Turner, released on 15 January 2007 on Xtra Mile Recordings. The album was produced by Turner's guitarist Ben Lloyd, and recorded between August and September 2006 at the Oxford home of Turner's bass guitarist Tarrant Anderson. Drummer Nigel Powell appears throughout the album, with Lloyd, Anderson and Powell all going on to become Turner's regular backing band, later named the Sleeping Souls.
In a 2008 interview, Turner described the album as "a snapshot of pretty much exactly one year of my life". The album's artwork was created by Chris Pell.
Upon its release, the album received a largely positive reception from critics.
In a 2024 interview, Turner reflected on the album stating: "IâÂÂm very fond of this record, in a kind of head-patting way, but thatâÂÂs not quite the same as thinking itâÂÂs amazing. I was working out what I was doing on this album, you can hear it in the songs. ItâÂÂs rough and ready, itâÂÂs occasionally uncertain. But it hits the mark more than it misses, I think, and thereâÂÂs a kind of innocence in your first round of writing that you canâÂÂt get back. It got tepid reviews when it came out; IâÂÂm still playing large chunks of it live 17 years (and counting) later. I win."
On 27 January 2017, Xtra Mile released the 10th anniversary editions of Sleep is for the Week. This included an Xrta Mile exclusive lilac 12", a Banquet Records exclusive gold 12" limited to 500 copies, and a standard black 12".