Leo Sayer (album) explained
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
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."[2]
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
- 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
Charts
Notes and References
- 22 July 1978. Jingle bells Sayers gigs. Record Mirror. 5. 22 August 2022.
- News: McGrath . Paul . Leo Sayer goes country . The Globe and Mail . 16 Aug 1978 . F2.
- Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 265.
- Book: Roberts, David . 2006 . British Hit Singles & Albums . 19th . Guinness World Records Limited . London . 483 . 1-904994-10-5.
