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.
In 2010, the album was listed at number 51 on the 100 Best Australian Albums.
Reception
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."
Track listing
Bonus 7" Single
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)PeakpositionAustralian Kent Music Report NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.9United States Billboard Hot 200194
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