Sleeper Catcher

Sleeper Catcher
Studio album by
Little River Band
ReleasedMay 1978
StudioArmstrong Studios South Melbourne.
GenreRock
LabelEMI
ProducerJohn Boylan, Little River Band
Little River Band chronology
Diamantina Cocktail
(1977) 		Sleeper Catcher
(1978) 		It's a Long Way There (Greatest Hits)
(1978)
Singles from Sleeper Catcher
  1. "Shut Down Turn Off"
    Released: March 1978
  2. "Reminiscing"
    Released: June 1978
  3. "Lady"
    Released: September 1978
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideC−[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

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 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.[citation needed]

  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.