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Leo Sayer (album)

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Released
  
September 1978

Genre
  
Disco, soft rock

Producer
  
Richard Perry

Recorded
  
1978

Length
  
36:39

Label
  
Chrysalis Records (UK) Warner Bros. Records (USA)

Leo Sayer is the self-titled sixth album by English singer-songwriter Leo Sayer, and released in 1978.

Contents

The song "I Can't Stop Loving You (Though I Try)" later became a hit when Phil Collins recorded it in 2002.

Side one

  1. "Stormy Weather" (Leo Sayer, Tom Snow)
  2. "Dancing the Night Away" (James Brown, Russell Smith)
  3. "I Can't Stop Loving You (Though I Try)" (Billy Nicholls)
  4. "La Booga Rooga" (Andy Fairweather-Low)
  5. "Raining in My Heart" (Felice and Boudleaux Bryant)

Side two

  1. "Something Fine" (Jackson Browne)
  2. "Running to My Freedom" (Tom Snow, Johnny Vastano)
  3. "Frankie Lee" (Sayer, Ray Parker, Jr.)
  4. "Don't Look Away" (Sayer, Snow)
  5. "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
  • Andy Fairweather-Low - performer
  • Richard Felts - horn
  • Jim Gilstrap - vocals, background vocals
  • Jay Graydon - guitar
  • Bobbye Hall - percussion
  • 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, keyboard
  • Ray Parker, Jr. - guitar
  • Dean Parks - guitar
  • Greg Phillinganes - piano, keyboard
  • Jeff Porcaro - drums
  • Steve Porcaro - synthesizer
  • Chuck Rainey - bass
  • Tom Saviano - saxophone
  • Leland Sklar - bass
  • Tom Snow - piano, background vocals
  • James Stroud - producer, drums, synthesizer programming
  • Fred Tackett - guitar
  • Waddy Wachtel - guitar, electric guitar

    • Production

  • Producer: Richard Perry
  • Horn arrangements: Tom Saviano
  • Engineer: Bill Schnee

    • Album

    UK Albums Chart (United Kingdom)

    Billboard (North America)

    Singles

    UK Singles Chart (United Kingdom)

    Billboard (North America)

    References

    Leo Sayer (album) Wikipedia
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