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Don't Throw Stones
Don't Throw Stones
Studio album by The Sports
Released	February 1979
Studio	Armstrong Studios, Melbourne
Genre	New wave; rock; pop;
Label	Mushroom
Producer	Peter Solley
The Sports chronology
Singles from Don't Throw Stones
	"Who Listens to the Radio"; Released: October 1978; "Don't Throw Stones"; Released: February 1979; "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
Source	Rating
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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Suspicious Minds"	Martin Armiger	3:29
2.	"Live Work & Play"	Stephen Cummings, Andrew Pendlebury	2:54
3.	"Don't Throw Stones"	Cummings, Pendlebury	3:40
4.	"Thru the Window"	Cummings, Pendlebury	2:48
5.	"Who Listens to the Radio"	Cummings, Pendlebury	3:13
6.	"Tired of Me"	Cummings, Pendlebury	5:53

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Step By Step"	Cummings, Bates	3:39
2.	"Worst Kind"	Cummings, Pendlebury, Joe Camilleri	2:46
3.	"So Obvious"	Cummings, Pendlebury	3:02
4.	"Hit Single"	Armiger	3:14
5.	"Terror Hits"	Armiger	3:34
6.	"Big Sleep"	Cummings, Pendlebury	2:42

Bonus 7" Single

Side three
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Reckless"	Cummings, Bates, Pendlebury	4:13

Side four
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Mailed It to Your Sister"	Cummings, Bates	2:48

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:

Wilbur Wilde - saxophone
Peter Solley - additional keyboards
M. Burns - synthesiser
G. Hyde - percussion

Charts

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

References

^ "The Sports". Mushroom Music. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
^ Brandle, Lars (3 November 2010). "The 100 Best Australian Albums". Music Industry. The Music Network. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
^ "The Sports - Don't Throw Stones". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ "The Sports Chart History". Billboard. Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2017.

[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.

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