World Radio Explained

World Radio
Type:	Album
Artist:	Leo Sayer
Cover:	Worldradio.jpg
Released:	May 14, 1982
Recorded:	1981
Studio:	Sunset Sound, Los Angeles; Atlantic Studios, New York City
Genre:	Soft rock
Length:	41:26
Label:	Chrysalis, Warner Bros.
Producer:	Arif Mardin
Prev Title:	Living in a Fantasy
Prev Year:	1980
Next Title:	Have You Ever Been in Love
Next Year:	1983

World Radio is the ninth album by the English singer-songwriter, Leo Sayer, and was released in May 1982. It was (including the greatest hits compilation album, The Very Best of Leo Sayer) his tenth successive Top 50 chart entry in the UK Albums Chart, in a period of a little over eight years.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Heart (Stop Beating in Time)" (Barry & Robin Gibb) – 4:35
2. "Paris Dies in the Morning" (Leo Sayer, Andrew McCrorie-Shand) – 3:53
3. "Have You Ever Been in Love" (Andy Hill, Peter Sinfield, John Danter) – 3:45
4. "Rumours" (Alan Mark, Ray Smith) – 3:55
5. "Heroes" (Sayer, David Courtney) – 4:21

Side two

1. "'Til You Let Your Heart Win" (Allee Willis, Lauren Wood) – 4:41
2. "End of the Game" (Sayer, Courtney) – 3:28
3. "Wondering Where the Lions Are" (Bruce Cockburn) – 3:28
4. "We've Got Ourselves in Love" (Sayer, Courtney) – 3:54
5. "World Radio" (Sayer, Courtney) – 5:26

Personnel

Musicians

• Leo Sayer – guitar, harmonica, vocals
• Robin Beck – background vocals
• Harry Bluestone – concertmaster
• Michael Boddicker – synthesizer
• Robbie Buchanan – piano
• Bob Christianson – synthesizer
• Sammy Figueroa – percussion
• Steve George – background vocals
• Lani Groves – background vocals
• Ralph Hammer – guitar
• David Hungate – bass guitar
• Steve Khan – guitar
• Abraham Laboriel – bass guitar
• Will Lee – bass guitar
• Marcy Levy – background vocals
• Steve Lukather – guitar
• Gene Orloff – concertmaster
• Richard Page – background vocals
• Dean Parks – guitar
• Jeff Porcaro – drums
• James Stroud – Linn programming, Fairlight, Synclavier, synth programming
• David Sanborn – alto saxophone^[1]

Production

• Record producer: Arif Mardin
• Assistant engineers

Terry Christian, Lewis Hahn, Jay Messina, Michael O'Reilly, Gray Russell

• Mixing

Jerry Lee Smith

• Mastering

George Marino^[1]

Charts

Chart (1982)	Peak Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[2]	14
UK Albums Chart^[3]	30

External links

• • [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r48755/credits|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic.com album credits]

Notes and References

1. Web site: World Radio - Leo Sayer | Album . AllMusic. 27 October 2024.
2. 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.
3. Book: Roberts, David . 2006 . British Hit Singles & Albums . 19th . Guinness World Records Limited . London . 483 . 1-904994-10-5.