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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.[4] The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA in May 1979.[5]

At the Australian 1978 King of Pop Awards the album won Most Popular Australian Album.[6]

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.[7]

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
  1. “So Many Paths” (Glenn Shorrock/Idris Jones) – 4:24
  2. “Reminiscing” (Goble) – 4:13
  3. “Sanity’s Side” (Shorrock/Chris Dawes) – 4:14
  4. “Shut Down Turn Off” (Shorrock) – 3:51
  5. “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
  2. “Take Me Home” (Birtles) – 3:49
  3. “Changed and Different” (Goble) – 4:02
Bonus track on the 2022 remaster
  2. “Recordando” (Goble) – 4:12

Personnel

Additional musicians

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[16] 2× Platinum 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[17] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 429, 430.
  4. ^ allmusic.com – Sleeper Catcher > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums
  5. ^ RIAA Gold & Platinum Searchable Database
  6. ^ “Australian Music Awards”. Ron Jeff. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
  7. ^ Dasey, Jason (24 December 2022). “‘God told me to quit LRB’: Bassist George McArdle swapped rock ‘n’ roll for religion”. ABC News. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ “Top RPM Albums: Image 0023a“. RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  10. ^ “Charts.nz – Little River Band – Sleeper Catcher“. Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  11. ^ “Album / Little River Band / Sleeper Catcher”. Billboard Database. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ “Top RPM Albums: Image 0069“. RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  14. ^ “Top US Billboard 200 Albums – Year-end 1978”. BestSellingAlbums.org. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  15. ^ “Top US Billboard 200 Albums – Year-end 1979”. BestSellingAlbums.org. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  16. ^ “Cash Box Newspaper” (PDF). Cash Box. 30 December 1978. p. 38. Retrieved 13 November 2021 – via World Radio History.
  17. ^ “American album certifications – Little River Band – Sleeper Catcher”. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 17 July 2021.