Leo Sayer (album)
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| Released | 11 August 1978[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1978 | |||
| Genre | Country pop | |||
| Length | 36:39 | |||
| Label | Chrysalis (UK) Warner Bros. (US) | |||
| Producer | Richard Perry | |||
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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
[edit]| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | C [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
[edit]Side one
[edit]- "Stormy Weather" (Leo Sayer, Tom Snow)
- "Dancing the Night Away" (Russell Smith, James H. Brown, Jr.) (Amazing Rhythm Aces cover)
- "I Can't Stop Loving You (Though I Try)" (Billy Nicholls)
- "La Booga Rooga" (Andy Fairweather Low) (Andy Fairweather Low cover)
- "Raining in My Heart" (Felice and Boudleaux Bryant) (Buddy Holly cover)
Side two
[edit]- "Something Fine" (Jackson Browne) (Jackson Browne cover)
- "Running to My Freedom" (Tom Snow, Johnny Vastano)
- "Frankie Lee" (Sayer, Ray Parker Jr.)
- "Don't Look Away" (Sayer, Snow)
- "No Looking Back" (Sayer, Snow)[2]
Personnel
[edit]- Leo Sayer – guitar, harmonica, vocals, background vocals
- Ben Benay – guitar
- Ollie E. Brown – percussion
- Jackson Browne – performer
- Lindsey Buckingham – guitar, vocals on "Something Fine"
- Michael Carnahan – horn
- Lenny Castro – percussion, conductor
- Bill Champlin – vocals, background vocals
- Scott Edwards – bass guitar
- Andy Fairweather-Low – performer
- Richard Felts – horn
- Jim Gilstrap – vocals, background vocals
- Jay Graydon – guitar
- Davey Johnstone – guitar
- Bobby Kimball – vocals, background vocals
- Russ Kunkel – drums
- David Lindley – mandolin, violin, steel guitar
- Steve Lukather – guitar, electric guitar
- James Newton Howard – clavinet
- David Paich – piano, keyboards
- Ray Parker Jr. – guitar
- Dean Parks – guitar
- Greg Phillinganes – piano, keyboards
- Jeff Porcaro – drums, percussion
- Steve Porcaro – synthesizer
- Chuck Rainey – bass guitar
- Tom Saviano – saxophone
- Leland Sklar – bass guitar
- Tom Snow – piano, background vocals
- James Stroud – producer, drums, synthesizer programming
- Fred Tackett – guitar
- Waddy Wachtel – guitar, electric guitar
Production
[edit]- Record producer: Richard Perry
- Horn arrangements: Tom Saviano
- Engineer: Bill Schnee
Charts
[edit]| Chart (1978/79) | Peak Position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] | 8 |
| UK Albums Chart[6] | 15 |
| US Pop Albums | 101 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Jingle bells Sayers gigs" (PDF). Record Mirror. 22 July 1978. p. 5. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ a b c "Leo Sayer - Leo Sayer | Album". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ McGrath, Paul (16 August 1978). "Leo Sayer goes country". The Globe and Mail. p. F2.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 483. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
