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Leo Sayer (album)

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Leo Sayer
Studio album by
Released11 August 1978[1]
Recorded1978
GenreCountry pop
Length36:39
LabelChrysalis (UK)
Warner Bros. (US)
ProducerRichard Perry
Leo Sayer chronology
Thunder in My Heart
(1977)
Leo Sayer
(1978)
The Very Best of Leo Sayer
(1979)

Leo Sayer is the sixth album by English-Australian singer-songwriter Leo Sayer, released in 1978.

The song "I Can't Stop Loving You (Though I Try)" became a hit when Phil Collins recorded it in 2002.

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Christgau's Record GuideC+[3]

The Globe and Mail wrote that Sayer "has fully abandoned the style which pushed him on to the charts, a pop-disco hybrid... In its place, he has recently offered a plate full of mellow tunes, geared primarily to show off his vocal chords, which have in the past played second fiddle to large orchestras."[4]

AllMusic noted that "this album is one of the artist's most respectable in a large body of good work".[2]

Track listing

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Side one

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  1. "Stormy Weather" (Leo Sayer, Tom Snow)
  2. "Dancing the Night Away" (Russell Smith, James H. Brown, Jr.) (Amazing Rhythm Aces cover)
  3. "I Can't Stop Loving You (Though I Try)" (Billy Nicholls)
  4. "La Booga Rooga" (Andy Fairweather Low) (Andy Fairweather Low cover)
  5. "Raining in My Heart" (Felice and Boudleaux Bryant) (Buddy Holly cover)

Side two

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  1. "Something Fine" (Jackson Browne) (Jackson Browne cover)
  2. "Running to My Freedom" (Tom Snow, Johnny Vastano)
  3. "Frankie Lee" (Sayer, Ray Parker Jr.)
  4. "Don't Look Away" (Sayer, Snow)
  5. "No Looking Back" (Sayer, Snow)[2]

Personnel

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Production

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Charts

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Chart (1978/79) Peak
Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 8
UK Albums Chart[6] 15
US Pop Albums 101

References

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  1. ^ "Jingle bells Sayers gigs" (PDF). Record Mirror. 22 July 1978. p. 5. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Leo Sayer - Leo Sayer | Album". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 12 March 2019 – via Robertchristgau.com.
  4. ^ McGrath, Paul (16 August 1978). "Leo Sayer goes country". The Globe and Mail. p. F2.
  5. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 265. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 483. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
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