| The Very Best of Leo Sayer | |
| Type: | greatest |
| Artist: | Leo Sayer |
| Cover: | Verybestleosayer.jpg |
| Released: | 23 March 1979[1] |
| Recorded: | Various Years |
| Genre: | Soft rock, disco |
| Label: | Chrysalis – CDL 1222 |
| Producer: | Various |
| Prev Title: | Leo Sayer |
| Prev Year: | 1978 |
| Next Title: | Here |
| Next Year: | 1979 |
The Very Best of Leo Sayer was a greatest hits compilation album released in May 1979. His seventh album, it was in the #1 spot in the UK Albums Chart for 3 weeks,[2] and in Australia for 1 week. It is his only chart-topper in the UK Albums Chart.[2] It was never released in the United States.
The album is split with the first side featuring his more recent work with producer Richard Perry and side two featuring his earlier work produced by Adam Faith with David Courtney or Russ Ballard.
Side one has seven of the eight UK singles released from 1976–8 (leaving out the non-charting "There Isn't Anything" and also the US only single "Easy to Love"). Side two features five of the six singles released from 1973–5 (with none-charting debut single "Why Is Everybody Going Home" not included). It also includes two album tracks from 1974's Just a Boy LP; "Train" (which was released as a single in 1979 to promote this album in Australia) and his version of the hit he wrote for Roger Daltrey, "Giving It All Away".
Side 1
Side 2
| Chart (1979) | Position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[5] | 8 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[6] | 11 |