Sleeper Catcher Explained

Sleeper Catcher
Type:	studio
Artist:	Little River Band
Cover:	Sleepercatcher.jpg
Released:	May 1978
Studio:	Armstrong Studios South Melbourne.
Genre:	Rock
Label:	EMI
Producer:	John Boylan, Little River Band
Prev Title:	Diamantina Cocktail
Prev Year:	1977
Next Title:	It's a Long Way There (Greatest Hits)
Next Year:	1978

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.^[1] The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA in May 1979.^[2]

At the Australian 1978 King of Pop Awards the album won Most Popular Australian Album.^[3]

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.

It is 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" (Graham Goble) - 4:50
3. "Red-Headed Wild Flower" (Beeb Birtles/Ed Nimmervoll) - 4:35
4. "Light of Day" (Beeb Birtles) - 8:03

Side B

1. "So Many Paths" (Glenn Shorrock/Idris Jones) - 4:24
2. "Reminiscing" (Graham Goble) - 4:13
3. "Sanity's Side" (Glenn Shorrock/Chris Dawes) - 4:14
4. "Shut Down Turn Off" (Glenn Shorrock) - 3:51
5. "One for the Road" (Beeb Birtles/Graham Goble) - 4:01

American version

Side A

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

Side B

1. "Fall from Paradise" (Beeb Birtles/Graham Goble) - 3:59
2. "Lady" (Graham Goble) - 4:50
3. "Sanity's Side" (Glen Shorrock/Chris Dawes) - 4:14
4. "So Many Paths" (Glen Shorrock/Idris Jones) - 4:24
5. "One for the Road" (Beeb Birtles/Graham Goble) - 4:01

Bonus tracks in the 1996 reissue

10. "Take Me Home" (Beeb Birtles) - 3:49
11. "Changed and Different" (Graham Goble) - 4:02

Bonus track on the 2022 remaster

10. "Recordando" (Graham 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
• Rick Formosa - conductor, orchestral arrangements

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1978/79)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[4]	4
United States (Billboard 200)	16

Year-end charts

Notes and References

1. allmusic.com - Sleeper Catcher > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums
2. 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
3. Web site: Australian Music Awards . Ron Jeff . 16 December 2010 .
4. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 179.
5. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 430.