Leo Sayer (album)

Leo Sayer is the sixth album by 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."

Side one

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

Side two

 * 1) "Something Fine" (Jackson Browne) (Jackson Browne cover)
 * 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 guitar
 * Andy Fairweather-Low – performer
 * Richard Felts – horn
 * Jim Gilstrap – vocals, background vocals
 * Jay Graydon – guitar
 * 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, keyboards
 * Ray Parker Jr. – guitar
 * Dean Parks – guitar
 * Greg Phillinganes – piano, keyboards
 * Jeff Porcaro – drums, percussion
 * Steve Porcaro – synthesizer
 * Chuck Rainey – bass guitar
 * Tom Saviano – saxophone
 * Leland Sklar – bass guitar
 * Tom Snow – piano, background vocals
 * James Stroud – producer, drums, synthesizer programming
 * Fred Tackett – guitar
 * Waddy Wachtel – guitar, electric guitar

Production

 * Record producer: Richard Perry
 * Horn arrangements: Tom Saviano
 * Engineer: Bill Schnee