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World Radio

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Released
  
May 14, 1982

Length
  
41:26

Genre
  
Soft rock

Producer
  
Arif Mardin

Recorded
  
1981; Sunset Sound, Los Angeles; Atlantic Studios, New York City

Label
  
Chrysalis, Warner Bros.

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.

Contents

Side one

  1. "Heart (Stop Beating in Time)" (Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice 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

Musicians

  • Leo Sayer - guitar, harmonica, vocals
  • Robin Beck - background vocals
  • Harry Bluestone - concert master
  • 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
  • Steve Khan - guitar
  • Abraham Laboriel - bass
  • Will Lee - bass
  • Marcy Levy - background vocals
  • Steve Lukather - guitar
  • Gene Orloff - concert master
  • Richard Page - background vocals
  • Dean Parks - guitar
  • Jeff Porcaro - drums
  • James Stroud - Linn programming, fairlight, synclavier, synth programming

    • Production

  • Producer: Arif Mardin
  • Assistant engineers: Terry Christian, Lewis Hahn, Jay Messina, Michael O'Reilly, Gray Russell
  • Mixing: Jerry Lee Smith
  • Mastering: George Marino

    • References

    World Radio Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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