Sleeper Catcher

Sleeper Catcher is the fourth album by the Little River Band, released during 1978. It reached #16 in the United States on the Billboard Top LPs & Tapes chart.[3] The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA in 1979.[4] From this album, the band earned its first two "top ten" U.S. successes with the songs "Reminiscing" and "Lady". This is the band's last album to feature George McArdle on bass.

Sleeper Catcher
Studio album by
The Little River Band
Released26 May 1978
Recorded1977
StudioArmstrong Studios South Melbourne.
GenreRock
LabelEMI (Australia)
Harvest (US and Canada)
ProducerJohn Boylan and The Little River Band
The Little River Band chronology
Diamantina Cocktail
(1977)		 Sleeper Catcher
(1978)		 First Under the Wire
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideC–[2]

At the Australian 1978 King of Pop Awards the album won Most Popular Australian Album .[5]

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

On 30 July 2010, the album became available for download (in digitally remastered form) at the iTunes Store.

Track listing
  1. "Shut Down Turn Off" (Glenn Shorrock) - 3:51
  2. "Reminiscing" (Graham Goble) - 4:13
  3. "Red-Headed Wild Flower" (Beeb Birtles/Ed Nimmervoll) - 4:35
  4. "Light of Day" (Beeb Birtles) - 8:03
  5. "Fall from Paradise" (Beeb Birtles/Graham Goble) - 3:59
  6. "Lady" (Graham Goble) - 4:56
  7. "Sanity's Side" (Glen Shorrock/Chris Dawes) - 4:14
  8. "So Many Paths" (Glen Shorrock/Idris Jones) - 4:24
  9. "One for the Road" (Beeb Birtles/Graham Goble) - 4:01
Bonus tracks in the 1996 reissue
  1. "Take Me Home" (Beeb Birtles) - 3:49
  2. "Changed and Different" (Graham Goble) - 4:02

Original tracklisting on Australian version
  1. "Fall from Paradise" (Beeb Birtles/Graham Goble) - 3:59
  2. "Lady" (Graham Goble) - 4:56
  3. "Red-Headed Wild Flower" (Beeb Birtles/Ed Nimmervoll) - 4:35
  4. "Light of Day" (Beeb Birtles) - 8:03
  5. "So Many Paths" (Glenn Shorrock/Idris Jones) - 4:24
  6. "Reminiscing" (Graham Goble) - 4:13
  7. "Sanity's Side" (Glenn Shorrock/Chris Dawes) - 4:14
  8. "Shut Down Turn Off" (Glenn Shorrock) - 3:51
  9. "One for the Road" (Beeb Birtles/Graham Goble) - 4:01

Personnel
Additional musicians

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (1978) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] 4
United States (Billboard 200) 16

Year-end charts
Chart (1978) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] 18

References
  1. Allmusic review
  2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: L". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 1 March 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. allmusic.com - Sleeper Catcher > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums
  4. RIAA Gold & Platinum Searchable Database
  5. "Australian Music Awards". Ron Jeff. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
  6. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 179. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  7. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 430. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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