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singer

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

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who went on to become the producer for

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. Unlike the previous Rafferty albums such as ''City to City'' and ''Night Owl'' there is considerable use of synthesisers and drum machine programming, some of the latter done by Christopher Neil, along with contributions from British session musicians including Hugh Burns,

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and

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. Some tracks also feature members of Dire Straits, keyboardist

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and drummer

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; the following year, Rafferty would provide vocals for Dire Straits leader

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'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

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'' album.

Track listing

All tracks written and arranged by Gerry Rafferty Side one #"Standing at the Gates" – 6:51 #"Good Intentions" – 4:15 #"A Change of Heart" – 4:10 #"On the Way" – 4:24 Side two #

"Sleepwalking" – 3:51 #"Cat and Mouse" – 5:03 #"The Right Moment" – 3:24 #"As Wise as a Serpent" – 5:15

Personnel

* Gerry Rafferty – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar (8) *

– acoustic piano (1), synthesizers (1, 3, 8), Hammond organ (1), electric guitars (3), keyboards (5), banjo (8) *

– acoustic piano (2, 7), organ (2), synthesizers (4, 6, 7), Hammond organ (4, 6) * Ian Lynn – synthesizers (2, 4), sequencer (3), string synthesizer (7) * Hugh Burns – electric guitars (1, 4, 5, 6, 8) * Frank Bogie – electric guitars (3) *

– bass (1, 3, 4, 8) *

– drums (1, 3, 5) *

– drum programming (2), backing vocals (3, 5, 6, 8) *

– drums (4, 6) *

– percussion (1, 5, 6, 8) *

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– percussion (4, 6) *

– saxophone (1)

Production

* Christopher Neil – producer * Gerry Rafferty – producer, arrangements * Barry Hammond – recording (1, 3, 5, 8) * Alan O'Duffy – recording (2, 4, 6, 7), overdubbing (3, 5, 8) * Nick Ryan – mixing * Ron McMaster – mastering * Phil Jude – front cover photography, inner sleeve photography *

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– back cover photography Studios * Recorded at Chipping Norton Recording Studios (Oxon, England) and Strawberry Studios South (Dorking, England). * Mixed at Audio International Studios (London, UK). * Mastered at EMI America/Liberty Recording Studios (Hollywood, California).

Charts

References

External links

* Gerry Rafferty albums 1982 albums Albums produced by Christopher Neil United Artists Records albums {{1980s-rock-album-stub