Sondra is the fourth and final studio album by Australian

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and pop band

The Sports The Sports were an Australian Rock music, rock group which performed and recorded between 1976 and 1981. Mainstay members were Stephen Cummings on lead vocals and Robert Glover on bass guitar, with long-term members such as Paul Hitchins on dru ...

, released in May 1981. The album peaked at number 20 on the Australian Kent Music Report.

Reception

Steve Schnee from

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questioned the decision to have

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produce the album, believing his skills to be "muddy and lifeless at best," adding that "the production not only reined in the band's considerable talent, it stifled any energy and excitement that they may have had." Schnee said "

Stephen Cummings Stephen Donald Cummings (born 13 September 1954) is an Australian rock singer and songwriter. He was the lead singer of Melbourne-based rock band the Sports from 1976 to 1981, followed by a solo career which has met with critical acclaim but ha ...

still sounded confident, but ultimately seemed detached from the material, as if he was already going through the motions." Perhaps he was already planning his escape to a solo career, which came to fruition when the band split up shortly after this album was released.

Track listing

Personnel

;The Sports * Steve Cummings - vocals * Martin Armiger - guitar, backing vocals * Andrew Pendlebury - guitar, backing vocals * Robert Glover - bass * Freddie Strauks - drums

Charts

References

{{Authority control The Sports albums Mushroom Records albums 1981 albums