Sleeper Catcher
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. The album was certified Platinum by the Recording [Industry Association of America|RIAA] in May 1979.
At the Australian Australian [pop music awards|1978 King of Pop Awards] the album won Most Popular Australian Album.
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.
Track listing
Australian version
; Side A- "Fall from Paradise" - 3:59
- "Lady" - 4:50
- "Red-Headed Wild Flower" - 4:35
- "Light of Day" - 8:03
- "So Many Paths" - 4:24
- "Reminiscing" - 4:13
- "Sanity's Side" - 4:14
- "Shut Down Turn Off" - 3:51
- "One for the Road" - 4:01
American version
; Side A- "Shut Down Turn Off" - 3:51
- "Reminiscing" - 4:13
- "Red-Headed Wild Flower" - 4:35
- "Light of Day" - 8:03
- "Fall from Paradise" - 3:59
- "Lady" - 4:50
- "Sanity's Side" - 4:14
- "So Many Paths" - 4:24
- "One for the Road" - 4:01
- "Take Me Home" - 3:49
- "Changed and Different" - 4:02
- "Recordando" - 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
- Vernon Hill - flute
- Bob Venier - flugelhorn
- Pam Raines - harp
- Peter Sullivan - electric and acoustic pianos
- Peter Jones - electric piano
- Mal Logan - Hammond organ
- Rick Formosa - conductor, orchestral arrangements