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Sleeper Catcher

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{{Infobox album

| name = Sleeper Catcher

| type = studio

| artist = Little River Band

| cover = Sleepercatcher.jpg

| alt =

| released = May 1978

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = Armstrong Studios South Melbourne.

| genre = pop rock, soft rock, yacht rock

| length =

| 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

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Sleeper Catcher

| type = studio

| single1 = Shut Down Turn Off

| single1date = March 1978

| single2 = Reminiscing

| single2date = June 1978

| single3 = Lady

| single3date = September 1978

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r11823|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]

|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide

|rev2Score = Cāˆ’{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: L|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=L&bk=70|accessdate=1 March 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}

|rev3 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

|rev3score = {{rating|2.5|5}}{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |pages=429, 430}}

}}

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.[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r11823|pure_url=yes}} allmusic.com - Sleeper Catcher > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums] The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA in May 1979.[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]

At the Australian 1978 King of Pop Awards the album won Most Popular Australian Album.{{Cite web | url = http://users.ncable.net.au/~ronjeff/top40/oz_king.htm | title = Australian Music Awards | publisher = Ron Jeff | accessdate = 16 December 2010 }}

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.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}

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

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=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (1978/79)

!scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"|Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970ā€“1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=179}}

| 4

{{album chart|Canada|16|chartid=0023a|accessdate=19 December 2024|rowheader=true}}
{{album chart|New Zealand|12|artist=Little River Band|album=Sleeper Catcher|accessdate=17 July 2021|rowheader=true|refname=newzealand}}
scope="row"|US Billboard 200{{cite web|url=https://elpee.jp/album/Sleeper%20Catcher/Little%20River%20Band/|title=Album / Little River Band / Sleeper Catcher|website=Billboard Database|accessdate=19 December 2024}}

| 16

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=Year-end charts=

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! Chart (1978)

! Position

scope="row"| Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970ā€“1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=430}}

| 18

{{album chart|Canada|96|chartid=0069|accessdate=19 December 2024|rowheader=true|refname=CA_YE}}
scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite web|url=https://bestsellingalbums.org/year-end/Billboard_Top_Albums_1978|title=Top US Billboard 200 Albums - Year-end 1978|website=BestSellingAlbums.org|access-date=27 February 2025}}

| 92

Chart (1979)

! Position

scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite web|url=https://bestsellingalbums.org/year-end/Billboard_Top_Albums_1979|title=Top US Billboard 200 Albums - Year-end 1979|website=BestSellingAlbums.org|access-date=19 December 2024}}

| 66

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Certifications

{{Certification Table Top}}

{{Certification Table Entry|title=Sleeper Catcher|artist=Little River Band|type=album|relyear=1978|certyear=1978|region=Australia|award=Platinum|number=2|certref={{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1978/CB-1978-12-30.pdf|magazine=Cash Box|title=Cash Box Newspaper|via=World Radio History|page=38|date=30 December 1978|access-date=13 November 2021}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Little River Band|title=Sleeper Catcher|type=album|award=Platinum|relyear=1978|certyear=1979|accessdate=17 July 2021}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

References

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{{Little River Band}}

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Category:1978 albums

Category:Little River Band albums

Category:Albums produced by John Boylan (record producer)

Category:EMI Records albums

Category:Harvest Records albums