Don't Throw Stones
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{{Infobox album
| name = Don't Throw Stones
| type = Studio
| artist = The Sports
| cover = Don't_Throw_Stones_by_The_Sports.jpg
| alt =
| released = February 1979
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Armstrong Studios, Melbourne
| genre = {{hlist|New wave|rock|pop}}
| length =
| label = Mushroom
| producer = Peter Solley
| prev_title = Reckless
| prev_year = 1978
| next_title = O.K, U.K!
| next_year = 1979
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Don't Throw Stones
| type = Studio
| single1 = Who Listens to the Radio
| single1date = October 1978
| single2 = Don't Throw Stones
| single2date = February 1979
| single3 = Suspicious Minds
| single3date = April 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.{{Cite web|url=https://mushroommusic.com/songwriters/sports/|title=The Sports|publisher=Mushroom Music|accessdate=13 October 2017}}
In 2010, the album was listed at number 51 on the 100 Best Australian Albums.{{Cite web|title=The 100 Best Australian Albums|url=http://www.themusicnetwork.com/music-features/industry/2010/11/03/the-100-best-australian-albums/|last1=Brandle|first1=Lars|work=Music Industry|publisher=The Music Network|date=3 November 2010|accessdate=4 November 2010}}
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/dont-throw-stones-mw0000858840 |title=The Sports - Don't Throw Stones |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=19 October 2017 }}
}}
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."{{cite news | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136981939 | title = Acceptable Change by The Sports | last = Feliu | first = Luis | newspaper = The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) | date = 23 February 1979 | accessdate = 19 October 2017 | page = 7 | publisher = National Library of Australia }}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Vinyl/cassette (L 36844)
Side one
| title1 = Suspicious Minds
| writer1 = Martin Armiger
| length1 = 3:29
| title2 = Live Work & Play
| writer2 = Stephen Cummings, Andrew Pendlebury
| length2 = 2:54
| title3 = Don't Throw Stones
| writer3 = Cummings, Pendlebury
| length3 = 3:40
| title4 = Thru the Window
| writer4 = Cummings, Pendlebury
| length4 = 2:48
| title5 = Who Listens to the Radio
| writer5 = Cummings, Pendlebury
| length5 = 3:13
| title6 = Tired of Me
| writer6 = Cummings, Pendlebury
| length6 = 5:53
}}
{{Track listing
| collapsed =
| headline = Side two
| title1 = Step By Step
| writer1 = Cummings, Bates
| length1 = 3:39
| title2 = Worst Kind
| writer2 = Cummings, Pendlebury, Joe Camilleri
| length2 = 2:46
| title3 = So Obvious
| writer3 = Cummings, Pendlebury
| length3 = 3:02
| title4 = Hit Single
|writer4 = Armiger
|length4 = 3:14
| title5 = Terror Hits
| writer5 = Armiger
| length5 = 3:34
| title6 = Big Sleep
| writer6 = Cummings, Pendlebury
| length6 = 2:42
}}
=Bonus 7" Single=
{{Track listing
| headline = Side three
| title1 = Reckless
| writer1 = Cummings, Bates, Pendlebury
| length1 = 4:13
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side four
| title1 = Mailed It to Your Sister
| writer1 = Cummings, Bates
| length1 = 2:48
}}
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
with:
- Wilbur Wilde - saxophone
- Peter Solley - additional keyboards
- M. Burns - synthesiser
- G. Hyde - percussion