Leo Sayer (album)
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Released | September 1978 | |||
Recorded | 1978 | |||
Genre | Disco, soft rock | |||
Length | 36:39 | |||
Label | Chrysalis (UK) Warner Bros. (USA) | |||
Producer | Richard Perry | |||
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Christgau's Record Guide | C+[2] |
Leo Sayer is the self-titled sixth album by English singer-songwriter Leo Sayer, and released in 1978.
The song "I Can't Stop Loving You (Though I Try)" later became a hit when Phil Collins recorded it in 2002.
Track listing
Side one
- "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
- "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)
Personnel
- 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
- Bobbye Hall – percussion
- 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
- Record producer: Richard Perry
- Horn arrangements: Tom Saviano
- Engineer: Bill Schnee
Charts
Album
Year | Chart | Position |
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1978 | UK Albums Chart[4] | 15 |
Pop Albums | 101 |
Singles
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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1978 | "I Can't Stop Loving You (Though I Try)" | UK Singles Chart | 6 |
"Raining in My Heart" | 21 | ||
Pop Singles | 47 | ||
Country Singles | 63 |
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c Allmusic.com album credits
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 483. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.