Leo Sayer (album)

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Leo Sayer is the sixth album by the 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

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."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

AllMusic noted that "this album is one of the artist's most respectable in a large body of good work".<ref name="AMG">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Track listing

Side one

1. "Stormy Weather" (Leo Sayer, Tom Snow) - 4:06
2. "Dancing the Night Away" (Russell Smith, James H. Brown, Jr.) (Amazing Rhythm Aces cover) - 4:05
3. "I Can't Stop Loving You (Though I Try)" (Billy Nicholls) - 3:29
4. "La Booga Rooga" (Andy Fairweather Low) (Andy Fairweather Low cover) - 3:40
5. "Raining in My Heart" (Felice and Boudleaux Bryant) (Buddy Holly cover) - 3:16

Side two

1. "Something Fine" (Jackson Browne) (Jackson Browne cover) - 3:32
2. "Running to My Freedom" (Tom Snow, Johnny Vastano) - 3:19
3. "Frankie Lee" (Sayer, Ray Parker Jr.) - 3:19
4. "Don't Look Away" (Sayer, Snow) - 3:30
5. "No Looking Back" (Sayer, Snow)<ref name="AMG"/> - 2:58

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
• 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

Chart (1978/79)	Peak Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref name=aus>Template:Cite book</ref>	8
UK Albums Chart<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">Template:Cite book</ref>	15
US Pop Albums	101

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