The Very Best of Leo Sayer

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The Very Best of Leo Sayer
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Greatest hits album by
Leo Sayer
ReleasedMay 1979
RecordedVarious Years
GenreSoft rock, disco
LabelChrysalis – CDL 1222
ProducerVarious
Leo Sayer chronology
Leo Sayer
(1978) 		The Very Best of Leo Sayer
(1979) 		Here
(1979)

The Very Best of Leo Sayer was a greatest hits compilation album released in May 1979. His seventh album, it was in the #1 spot in the UK Albums Chart for 3 weeks,[1] and in Australia for 1 week. It is his only chart-topper in the UK Albums Chart.[1] It was never released in the United States.

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 non-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"

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Charts[]

Chart (1979) Peak
Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 1
UK Albums Chart[4] 1

Year-end charts[]

Chart (1979) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 8

Certifications[]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[6] Gold 25,000[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 483. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  2. ^ Allmusic.com album overview
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 265. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. ^ "Number 1 Albums – 1970s". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on February 9, 2008. Retrieved June 24, 2011.
  5. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 431. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "Leo Sayer" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
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