Suddenly is the third 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 March 1980. The album peaked at number 13 on the Australian Kent Music Report.

Reception

Steve Schnee from

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said "Although they are fully formed three-minute slices of Aussie pop/rock, the melodies aren't as immediate and engaging as before. There are moments that are equal to the previous album, including "Strangers on a Train," "Never Catch Her," "Oh Mama No," and the title track, but those high points don't occur quite as often, adding "through it all,

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 ...

' 'angry young man' vocals are energetic and spirited and the band is tight and inspiring." Luis Feliu from

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, opined that it showed "trimmed up reggae-favoured tunes and souped-up straight, melodic rockers... ndhas its fair share of goodies" while he "had reservations about the overall slickness, and excesses in production for the sake of commercial acceptance" by Solley. Ian McFarlane noticed that it "featured an even slicker, more commercial pop sound."

Track listing

Personnel

;The Sports * Steve Cummings - vocals * Martin Armiger - guitar, backing vocals * Andrew Pendlebury - guitar, backing vocals * Jim Niven - keyboards, backing vocals * Robert Glover - bass * Paul Hitchins - drums with: *

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- string bass on "The Lost and the Lonely" * The Chanter Sisters - backing vocals on "Blue Hearts" and "Perhaps"

Charts

References

{{Authority control The Sports albums Mushroom Records albums 1980 albums