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Snakes and Ladders (1980)
  
Sleepwalking (1982)

Release date
  
1980

Label
  
EMI Electrola

Artist
  
Gerry Rafferty

Producer
  
Gerry Rafferty

Genre
  
Rock music

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Released
  
April 1980 (UK), May 1980 (US)

Similar
  
Gerry Rafferty albums, Rock music albums

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Snakes and Ladders is the fourth album by Gerry Rafferty. It was released in 1980, following the success of his previous two albums, City to City and Night Owl. The album charted at No. 15 in the UK but only reached No. 61 in the US. The album was released on CD in 1998 [EMI 7 46609-2] but deleted soon after that, and it got reissued on CD on August 2012 as a 2-CD set with "Sleepwalking." Some of the songs are available on compilation albums. One of the songs, "The Garden Of England", was recorded at Beatles producer George Martin's AIR studio in Montserrat. All the songs were original Rafferty compositions, though one – "Johnny's Song" – was a remake of a song which had been previously released by his former band Stealers Wheel, and another – "Didn't I" – was a remake of a song from Rafferty's 1971 album Can I Have My Money Back.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by Gerry Rafferty

  1. "The Royal Mile (Sweet Darlin')"
  2. "I Was a Boy Scout"
  3. "Welcome to Hollywood"
  4. "Wastin' Away"
  5. "Look at the Moon"
  6. "Bring It All Home"
  7. "The Garden of England"
  8. "Johnny's Song"
  9. "Didn't I"
  10. "Syncopatin Sandy"
  11. "Cafe Le Cabotin"
  12. "Don't Close the Door"

Personnel

  • Gerry Rafferty – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Mo Foster – bass
  • Ian Lynn – keyboards
  • Jerry Donahue – guitar
  • Richard Harvey – synthesiser, penny whistle
  • Bryn Haworth – guitar, slide guitar
  • Richard Brunton – guitar
  • Mel Collins – saxophone
  • Betsy Cook – backing vocals
  • Liam Genockey – drums
  • Billy Livsey – piano, keyboards
  • Raphael Ravenscroft – saxophone
  • Frank Ricotti – percussion
  • Pete Wingfield – organ
  • Pete Zorn – bass
  • Billy Wingfield – piano, Moog synthesiser

    • Charts

    Album

    Single

    Songs

    1The Royal Mile3:52
    2I Was a Boy Scout4:15
    3Welcome to Hollywood5:17

    References

    Snakes and Ladders (Gerry Rafferty album) Wikipedia
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