Sleepwalking (Gerry Rafferty album)

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Sleepwalking
Studio album by Gerry Rafferty
Released	September 1982
Genre	Rock
Length	37:20
Label	Liberty
Producer	Gerry Rafferty, Christopher Neil
Gerry Rafferty chronology
Snakes and Ladders (1980) Sleepwalking (1982) First Chapter (1984)

Sleepwalking is the fifth studio album by Gerry Rafferty, released in 1982. It is the follow-up to the 1980 album Snakes and Ladders. It would be Rafferty's last album for Liberty/United Artists, and his last for six years.

Sleepwalking was co-produced by Rafferty and Christopher Neil who went on to become the producer for Mike + The Mechanics. Unlike the previous Rafferty albums such as City to City and Night Owl there is considerable use of synthesisers and drum programming, some of the latter done by Christopher Neil, along with contributions from British session musicians including Hugh Burns, Mo Foster, Liam Genockey, Kenny Craddock, Maurice Pert and Mel Collins.

Some tracks also feature members of Dire Straits, keyboardist Alan Clark and drummer Pick Withers; the following year, Rafferty would provide vocals for Dire Straits leader Mark Knopfler's soundtrack to the film Local Hero.

The album was reissued as a 2-CD set with Snakes and Ladders by EMI in August 2012.

The track "The Right Moment" from this album was later recorded by Olivia Newton-John in 1985 for her Soul Kiss album.

Track listing[]

All tracks written and arranged by Gerry Rafferty

1. "Standing at the Gates" – 6:51
2. "Good Intentions" – 4:15
3. "A Change of Heart" – 4:10
4. "On the Way" – 4:24
5. "Sleepwalking" – 3:51
6. "Cat and Mouse" – 5:03
7. "The Right Moment" – 3:24
8. "As Wise as a Serpent" – 5:15

Charts[]

Personnel[]

Adapted from Sleepwalking vinyl LP liner notes.

• Gerry Rafferty – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitar (track 8)
• Mo Foster – bass guitar (tracks 1, 3, 4, 8)
• Liam Genockey - drums (tracks 1, 3, 5)
• Pick Withers – drums (tracks 4, 6)
• Hugh Burns – electric guitar (tracks 1, 4, 5, 6, 8)
• Frank Bogie - electric guitar (track 3)
• Alan Clark – Hammond organ (track 2, 4, 6), piano (tracks 2, 7), synthesizer (track 4, 6, 7)
• Christopher Neil – drum synthesizer (track 2), programming (track 5), backing vocals (tracks 3, 5, 6, 8)
• Kenny Craddock – piano (track 1), Hammond organ (track 1), keyboards (track 5), synthesizer (tracks 1, 3, 8), electric guitar (track 3), banjo (track 8)
• Ian Lynn – synthesizer (tracks 2, 4), sequencer (track 3), string synthesizer (track 7)
• Mel Collins – saxophone (track 1)
• Morris Pert – percussion (tracks 1, 5, 6, 8)
• Frank Ricotti - percussion (tracks 4, 6)

Technical

• Nick Ryan – engineer
• Phil Jude, Gered Mankowitz – photography

References[]

External links[]

• Sleepwalking at Discogs (list of releases)

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