title: Don't Throw Stones
text: # Don't Throw Stones
  
  Don't Throw Stones is the second studio album by Australian rock and pop band The Sports, released in February 1979; a limited edition with a bonus 7" promotional single of "Reckless". The album peaked at number 9 on the Australian Kent Music Report and was certified gold.
  
  In 2010, the album was listed at number 51 on the 100 Best Australian Albums.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  
  Luis Feliu from The Canberra Times felt "plenty of admiration for their punchy and melodic rockabilly sound, [he] found the change to the more diverse, bigger-breath songs of new a wee strange but acceptable."
  
  ## 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:
  
  * Wilbur Wilde - saxophone
  * Peter Solley - additional keyboards
  * M. Burns - synthesiser
  * G. Hyde - percussion
  
  ## Charts
  
  | Chart (1979) | Peak position |
  | - | - |
  | Australian Kent Music Report | 9 |
  | United States Billboard Hot 200 | 194 |
  