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The Very Best of Leo Sayer

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Released
  
1979

Producer
  
Various

Artist
  
Leo Sayer

Label
  
Chrysalis Records

Recorded
  
Various Years

The Very Best of Leo Sayer (1979)
  
Here (1979)

Release date
  
August 1979

Genres
  
Disco, Soft rock

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Similar
  
Leo Sayer albums, Disco albums

The Very Best of Leo Sayer was a greatest hits compilation album released in 1979. His seventh album, it was in the #1 spot in the UK Albums Chart for 3 weeks, and in Australia for 1 week. It is his only chart-topper in the UK Albums Chart.

Contents

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 none-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".

Track listing

Side 1

  1. "When I Need You"
  2. "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing"
  3. "Raining in My Heart"
  4. "How Much Love"
  5. "Dancing the Night Away"
  6. "Thunder in My Heart"
  7. "I Can't Stop Loving You (Though I Try)"

Side 2

  1. "One Man Band"
  2. "Giving It All Away"
  3. "Train"
  4. "Let It Be"
  5. "Long Tall Glasses (I Can Dance)"
  6. "Moonlighting"
  7. "The Show Must Go On"

Songs

1When I Need You4:11
2You Make Me Feel Like Dancing3:40
3Raining in My Heart3:15

References

The Very Best of Leo Sayer Wikipedia
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