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Snakes and Ladders
Studio album by
Gerry Rafferty
ReleasedApril 1980
StudioChipping Norton Recording Studios (Oxon, England); AIR Studios (Montserrat).
GenreRock
Length48:44
LabelUnited Artists
ProducerGerry Rafferty, Hugh Murphy
Gerry Rafferty chronology
Night Owl
(1979) 		Snakes and Ladders
(1980) 		Sleepwalking
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Smash Hits8½/10[2]

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 #54UK ("Bring It All Home"), and #67UK / #54US ("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 2-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?.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Gerry Rafferty

  1. "The Royal Mile" – 3:48
  2. "I Was a Boy Scout" – 4:15
  3. "Welcome to Hollywood" – 5:17
  4. "Wastin' Away" – 3:29
  5. "Look at the Moon" – 2:18
  6. "Bring It All Home" – 4:40
  7. "The Garden of England" – 4:08
  8. "Johnny's Song" – 3:25
  9. "Didn't I" – 4:14
  10. "Syncopatin Sandy" – 4:24
  11. "Café Le Cabotin" – 4:51
  12. "Don't Close the Door" – 3:45

Charts

Album

Chart (1980) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 31

Certifications

Certifications for Snakes and Ladders
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[4] Silver 60,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

Production

References

  1. ^ "Snakes & Ladders Review by Mike DeGagne". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  2. ^ Starr, Ref. "Gerry Rafferty: Snakes and Ladders". Smash Hits (17–30 April 1980): 30.
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 244. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. ^ "British album certifications – Gerry Rafferty – Snakes and Ladders". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 25 July 2022.

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