Don't Throw Stones Explained
| Don't Throw Stones |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | The Sports |
| Cover: | Don't_Throw_Stones_by_The_Sports.jpg |
| Released: | February 1979 |
| Studio: | Armstrong Studios, Melbourne |
| Label: | Mushroom |
| Producer: | Peter Solley |
| Prev Title: | Reckless |
| Prev Year: | 1978 |
| Next Title: | O.K, U.K! |
| Next Year: | 1979 |
Don't Throw Stones is the second studio album by Australian rock and pop band The Sports, released in February 1979; a limited edition with a bonus 7" promotional single of "Reckless". The album peaked at number 9 on the Australian Kent Music Report and was certified gold.[1]
In 2010, the album was listed at number 51 on the 100 Best Australian Albums.[2]
Reception
Luis Feliu from The Canberra Times felt "plenty of admiration for their punchy and melodic rockabilly sound, [he] found the change to the more diverse, bigger-breath songs of new a wee strange but acceptable."[3]
Track listing
Bonus 7" Single
Personnel
- The Sports
- Steve Cummings - vocals
- Martin Armiger - guitar, backing vocals
- Andrew Pendlebury - guitar, backing vocals
- Jim Niven - keyboards, backing vocals
- Robert Glover - bass
- Paul Hitchins - drums
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Charts
Notes and References
- Web site: The Sports. Mushroom Music. 13 October 2017.
- Web site: The 100 Best Australian Albums. Brandle. Lars. Music Industry. The Music Network. 3 November 2010. 4 November 2010.
- News: Acceptable Change by The Sports . Feliu . Luis . The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) . 23 February 1979 . 19 October 2017 . 7 . National Library of Australia .
- Book: Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book. St Ives, NSW. 1993. 238. 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
- Web site: The Sports Chart History. https://web.archive.org/web/20180511113935/https://www.billboard.com/music/the-sports/chart-history/billboard-200. dead. May 11, 2018. Billboard. 14 October 2017.
