Permanent Sleep was recorded at Palladium Studios in Edinburgh, Scotland during June–July 1986.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Lowlife (Craig Lorentson, Stuart Everest, Will Heggie, Grant McDowall)
Side A
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Coward's Way"
3:54
2.
"As It Happens"
5:04
3.
"Mother Tongue"
3:14
4.
"Wild Swan"
4:40
Side B
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Permanent Sleep"
4:00
2.
"A Year Past July"
3:37
3.
"The Betting and Gaming Act 1964"
3:36
4.
"Do We Party"
4:34
2006 CD reissue bonus tracks
No.
Title
Length
9.
"Sometime: Something" (from Rain EP)
4:34
10.
"Reflections of I" (from Rain EP)
4:05
11.
"Gallery of Shame" (from Rain EP)
5:17
12.
"Sense of Fondness" (from Rain EP)
4:25
13.
"Hail Ye" (from Rain EP)
3:15
14.
"Again and Again" (from Rain EP)
4:04
15.
"From Side to Side (Version)"
4:11
Reissue
The 2006 reissue by LTM Recordings was augmented by seven bonus tracks: the six-song EPRain (1985) and a slightly different version of the track "From Side to Side", taken from the band's 1987 Diminuendo album.