Snakes and Ladders (Gerry Rafferty album)

Infobox Album
Name = Snakes and Ladders
Type = studio
Artist = Gerry Rafferty


Released = 1980
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Genre = Rock
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Producer =
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Last album = Night Owl(1979)
This album = Snakes and Ladders(1980)
Next album = Sleepwalking(1982)

"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 #15 in the UK but only crawled to #61 in the US. The album was released on CD in 1998 [EMI 7 46609-2] but deleted soon after that. 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.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Gerry Rafferty

#"Royal Mile (Sweet Darlin')"
#"I Was A Boy Scout"
#"Welcome To Hollywood"
#"Wastin' Away"
#"Look At The Moon"
#"Bring It All Home"
#"The Garden of England"
#"Johnny's Song"
#"Didn't I?"
#"Syncopatin' Sandy"
#"Cafe Le Cabotin"
#"Don't Close The Door"

Personnel

*Gerry Rafferty - vocals, guitar, keyboards
*Mo Foster - bass
*Ian Lynn - keyboards
*Jerry Donahue - guitar
*Richard Harvey - synthesizer, 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 synthesizer

Charts

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