Snakes and Ladders | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 11 April 1980 [1] | |||
Studio | Chipping Norton Recording Studios (Oxon, England); AIR Studios (Montserrat). | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 48:44 | |||
Label | United Artists | |||
Producer | Gerry Rafferty, Hugh Murphy | |||
Gerry Rafferty chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
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Smash Hits | 8½/10 [3] |
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, while singles achieved number 54 UK ("Bring It All Home"), and number 67UK / number 54 US ("The Royal Mile"). The album was released on CD in 1998 [EMI 7 46609-2] but deleted soon after that, and it got reissued on CD in August 2012 as a two-CD set with "Sleepwalking."
Some of the songs are available on compilation albums. Four of the songs, "The Garden of England", "I Was a Boy Scout", "Welcome to Hollywood" and "Bring It All Home" were 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? .
All tracks composed by Gerry Rafferty
Album
Chart (1980) | Position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report) [4] | 31 |
Germany [5] | 34 |
Netherlands [5] | 17 |
United Kingdom [6] | 15 |
United States [7] | 61 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI) [8] | Silver | 60,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |