Leo Sayer (album)
Leo Sayer | ||||
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Studio album by Leo Sayer | ||||
Released | September 1978 | |||
Recorded | 1978 | |||
Genre | Disco, soft rock | |||
Length | 36:39 | |||
Label |
Chrysalis Records (UK) Warner Bros. Records (USA) | |||
Producer | Richard Perry | |||
Leo Sayer chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
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" (James Brown, Russell Smith)
- "I Can't Stop Loving You (Though I Try)" (Billy Nicholls)
- "La Booga Rooga" (Andy Fairweather-Low)
- "Raining in My Heart" (Felice and Boudleaux Bryant)
Side two
- "Something Fine" (Jackson Browne)
- "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
- 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, keyboard
- Ray Parker, Jr. - guitar
- Dean Parks - guitar
- Greg Phillinganes - piano, keyboard
- Jeff Porcaro - drums
- Steve Porcaro - synthesizer
- Chuck Rainey - bass
- Tom Saviano - saxophone
- Leland Sklar - bass
- Tom Snow - piano, background vocals
- James Stroud - producer, drums, synthesizer programming
- Fred Tackett - guitar
- Waddy Wachtel - guitar, electric guitar
Production
- Producer: Richard Perry
- Horn arrangements: Tom Saviano
- Engineer: Bill Schnee
Charts
Album
UK Albums Chart (United Kingdom)
Year | Chart | Position |
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1978 | UK Albums Chart | 15 |
Year | Chart | Position |
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1978 | Pop Albums | 101 |
Singles
UK Singles Chart (United Kingdom)
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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1978 | "I Can't Stop Loving You (Though I Try)" | UK Singles Chart | 6 |
1978 | "Raining In My Heart" | UK Singles Chart | 21 |
Billboard (North America)
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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1978 | "Raining In My Heart" | Pop Singles | 47 |
1978 | "Raining In My Heart" | Country Singles | 63 |
References
- ↑ Allmusic review
- 1 2 3 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.
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