Sleeper Catcher

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FieldValue
nameSleeper Catcher
typestudio
artistLittle River Band
coverSleepercatcher.jpg
releasedMay 1978
studioArmstrong Studios South Melbourne.
genrepop rock, soft rock, yacht rock
labelEMI
producerJohn Boylan, Little River Band
prev_titleDiamantina Cocktail
prev_year1977
next_titleIt's a Long Way There (Greatest Hits)
next_year1978
misc{{Singles
nameSleeper Catcher
typestudio
single1Shut Down Turn Off
single1dateMarch 1978
single2Reminiscing
single2dateJune 1978
single3Lady
single3dateSeptember 1978
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Sleeper Catcher is the fourth studio album by the Little River Band, released in May 1978. It peaked at No. 4 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart and No. 16 on the Billboard 200. The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA in May 1979.

At the Australian 1978 King of Pop Awards the album won Most Popular Australian Album.

The band is shown on the cover of the album playing the Australian gambling game two-up, and the Sleeper Catcher is a participant who retrieves bets left behind by a tardy gambler in the game.

It was the band's last album to feature George McArdle on bass.

Track listing

Australian version

; Side A

  1. "Fall from Paradise" (Beeb Birtles/Graham Goble) - 3:59
  2. "Lady" (Goble) - 4:50
  3. "Red-Headed Wild Flower" (Birtles/Ed Nimmervoll) - 4:35
  4. "Light of Day" (Birtles) - 8:03 ; Side B
  5. "So Many Paths" (Glenn Shorrock/Idris Jones) - 4:24
  6. "Reminiscing" (Goble) - 4:13
  7. "Sanity's Side" (Shorrock/Chris Dawes) - 4:14
  8. "Shut Down Turn Off" (Shorrock) - 3:51
  9. "One for the Road" (Birtles/Goble) - 4:01

American version

; Side A

  1. "Shut Down Turn Off" (Shorrock) - 3:51
  2. "Reminiscing" (Goble) - 4:13
  3. "Red-Headed Wild Flower" (Birtles/Nimmervoll) - 4:35
  4. "Light of Day" (Birtles) - 8:03

; Side B

  1. "Fall from Paradise" (Birtles/Goble) - 3:59
  2. "Lady" (Goble) - 4:50
  3. "Sanity's Side" (Shorrock/Dawes) - 4:14
  4. "So Many Paths" (Shorrock/Jones) - 4:24
  5. "One for the Road" (Birtles/Goble) - 4:01 ;Bonus tracks in the 1996 reissue
  6. "Take Me Home" (Birtles) - 3:49
  7. "Changed and Different" (Goble) - 4:02

;Bonus track on the 2022 remaster

  1. "Recordando" (Goble) - 4:12

Personnel

;Additional musicians

Charts

Weekly charts

::data[format=table] | Chart (1978/79) | Peak position | Australia (Kent Music Report) | US Billboard 200 | |---|---|---|---| | 4 | | | | | 16 | | | | ::

Year-end charts

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Chart (1978)PositionAustralia (Kent Music Report)US Billboard 200Chart (1979)PositionUS Billboard 200
18
92
66
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Certifications

References

References

  1. [{{AllMusic
  2. Christgau, Robert. (1981). "[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]". [[Ticknor & Fields]].
  3. (1992). "The Rolling Stone Album Guide". Random House.
  4. [{{AllMusic
  5. [http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=Sleep%20Catcher&artist=Little%20River%20Band&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2008&sort=Artist&perPage=25 RIAA Gold & Platinum Searchable Database]
  6. "Australian Music Awards". Ron Jeff.
  7. Kent, David. (1993). "Australian Chart Book 1970–1992". Australian Chart Book.
  8. "Album / Little River Band / Sleeper Catcher".
  9. Kent, David. (1993). "Australian Chart Book 1970–1992". Australian Chart Book.
  10. "Top US Billboard 200 Albums - Year-end 1978".
  11. "Top US Billboard 200 Albums - Year-end 1979".
  12. (30 December 1978). "Cash Box Newspaper".

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