Don't Throw Stones

Don't Throw Stones
Studio album by
The Sports
ReleasedFebruary 1979
StudioArmstrong Studios, Melbourne
Genre
LabelMushroom
ProducerPeter Solley
The Sports chronology
Reckless
(1978) 		Don't Throw Stones
(1979) 		O.K, U.K!
(1979)
Singles from Don't Throw Stones
  1. "Who Listens to the Radio"
    Released: October 1978
  2. "Don't Throw Stones"
    Released: February 1979
  3. "Suspicious Minds"
    Released: 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.[1]

In 2010, the album was listed at number 51 on the 100 Best Australian Albums.[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

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."[4]

Track listing

Vinyl/cassette (L 36844)
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Suspicious Minds"Martin Armiger3:29
2."Live Work & Play"Stephen Cummings, Andrew Pendlebury2:54
3."Don't Throw Stones"Cummings, Pendlebury3:40
4."Thru the Window"Cummings, Pendlebury2:48
5."Who Listens to the Radio"Cummings, Pendlebury3:13
6."Tired of Me"Cummings, Pendlebury5:53
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Step By Step"Cummings, Bates3:39
2."Worst Kind"Cummings, Pendlebury, Joe Camilleri2:46
3."So Obvious"Cummings, Pendlebury3:02
4."Hit Single"Armiger3:14
5."Terror Hits"Armiger3:34
6."Big Sleep"Cummings, Pendlebury2:42

Bonus 7" Single

Side three
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Reckless"Cummings, Bates, Pendlebury4:13
Side four
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Mailed It to Your Sister"Cummings, Bates2:48

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:

Charts

Chart (1979) Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report[5] 9
United States Billboard Hot 200[6] 194

References

  1. ^ "The Sports". Mushroom Music. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  2. ^ Brandle, Lars (3 November 2010). "The 100 Best Australian Albums". Music Industry. The Music Network. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
  3. ^ "The Sports - Don't Throw Stones". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  4. ^ Feliu, Luis (23 February 1979). "Acceptable Change by The Sports". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). National Library of Australia. p. 7. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  5. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 238. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
  6. ^ "The Sports Chart History". Billboard. Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2017.