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.[ allmusic.com - Sleeper Catcher > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums] The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA in May 1979.RIAA Gold & Platinum Searchable Database
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 "Fall from Paradise" (Beeb Birtles/Graham Goble) - 3:59 "Lady" (Goble) - 4:50 "Red-Headed Wild Flower" (Birtles/Ed Nimmervoll) - 4:35 "Light of Day" (Birtles) - 8:03 Side B "So Many Paths" (Glenn Shorrock/Idris Jones) - 4:24 "Reminiscing" (Goble) - 4:13 "Sanity's Side" (Shorrock/Chris Dawes) - 4:14 "Shut Down Turn Off" (Shorrock) - 3:51 "One for the Road" (Birtles/Goble) - 4:01
American version Side A "Shut Down Turn Off" (Shorrock) - 3:51 "Reminiscing" (Goble) - 4:13 "Red-Headed Wild Flower" (Birtles/Nimmervoll) - 4:35 "Light of Day" (Birtles) - 8:03
Side B "Fall from Paradise" (Birtles/Goble) - 3:59 "Lady" (Goble) - 4:50 "Sanity's Side" (Shorrock/Dawes) - 4:14 "So Many Paths" (Shorrock/Jones) - 4:24 "One for the Road" (Birtles/Goble) - 4:01 Bonus tracks in the 1996 reissue "Take Me Home" (Birtles) - 3:49 "Changed and Different" (Goble) - 4:02
Bonus track on the 2022 remaster "Recordando" (Goble) - 4:12
Personnel Glenn Shorrock - lead vocals David Briggs - lead and Roland synthesizer guitars Beeb Birtles - electric and acoustic guitars, vocals Graham Goble - electric and acoustic guitars, vocals, vocal arrangements George McArdle - bass Derek Pellicci - Sonor and Syndrums drums, percussion
Additional musicians Vernon Hill - flute Bob Venier - flugelhorn Pam Raines - harp Peter Sullivan - electric and acoustic pianos Peter Jones - electric piano (2) Mal Logan - Hammond organ Ric Formosa - conductor, orchestral arrangements
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1978/79) PeakpositionAustralia (Kent Music Report) 4US Billboard 200 16
Year-end charts Chart (1978) Position Australia (Kent Music Report) 18 US Billboard 200 92 Chart (1979) Position US Billboard 200 66
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