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."
AllMusic noted that "this album is one of the artist's most respectable in a large body of good work".
Track listing Side one "Stormy Weather" (Leo Sayer, Tom Snow) - 4:06 "Dancing the Night Away" (Russell Smith, James H. Brown, Jr.) (Amazing Rhythm Aces cover) - 4:05 "I Can't Stop Loving You (Though I Try)" (Billy Nicholls) - 3:29 "La Booga Rooga" (Andy Fairweather Low) (Andy Fairweather Low cover) - 3:40 "Raining in My Heart" (Felice and Boudleaux Bryant) (Buddy Holly cover) - 3:16
Side two "Something Fine" (Jackson Browne) (Jackson Browne cover) - 3:32 "Running to My Freedom" (Tom Snow, Johnny Vastano) - 3:19 "Frankie Lee" (Sayer, Ray Parker Jr.) - 3:19 "Don't Look Away" (Sayer, Snow) - 3:30 "No Looking Back" (Sayer, Snow) - 2:58
Personnel Leo Sayer – guitar, harmonica, vocals, background vocals Ben Benay, Jay Graydon, Davey Johnstone, Ray Parker Jr., Dean Parks, Fred Tackett – 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, Chuck Rainey, Leland Sklar – bass guitar Andy Fairweather-Low – performer Richard Felts – horn Jim Gilstrap – vocals, background vocals Bobby Kimball – vocals, background vocals Russ Kunkel – drums David Lindley – mandolin, violin, steel guitar Steve Lukather, Waddy Wachtel – guitar, electric guitar James Newton Howard – clavinet David Paich – piano, keyboards Greg Phillinganes – piano, keyboards Jeff Porcaro – drums, percussion Steve Porcaro – synthesizer Tom Saviano – saxophone Tom Snow – piano, background vocals James Stroud – producer, drums, synthesizer programming
Production Record producer: Richard Perry Horn arrangements: Tom Saviano Engineer: Bill Schnee
Charts Chart (1978/79)Peak PositionAustralia (Kent Music Report)8UK Albums Chart15US Pop Albums101
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