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The Very Best of Leo Sayer | 
 enlarge | Artist: Leo Sayer
Label: Rhino Records
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 10103
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 399292
UPC: 081227994266
EAN: 0081227994266
ASIN: B0013D8JE2
Release Date: March 25, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | The Show Must Go On | | • | Giving It All Away | | • | One Man Band | | • | Long Tall Glasses | | • | Moonlighting | | • | You Make Me Feel Like Dancing | | • | When I Need You - Leo Sayer, Sager, Carole Bayer | | • | How Much Love | | • | Endless Flight - Leo Sayer, Gold, Andrew | | • | Thunder in My Heart | | • | Easy to Love - Leo Sayer, Hammond, Albert [1] | | • | Raining in My Heart - Leo Sayer, Bryant, Boudleaux | | • | I Can't Stop Loving You (Though I Try) - Leo Sayer, Nicholls, Billy | | • | Living in a Fantasy | | • | More Than I Can Say - Leo Sayer, Curtis, Sonny | | • | Have You Ever Been in Love? - Leo Sayer, Hill, Andrew |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Searching for hits in the '70s, Leo Sayer became a tender balladeer, an Elton John wannabe, a falsetto-voiced disco crooner, and a straightforward pop "entertainer." Remarkably, Sayer was good was at everything-from the Tin Pan Alley pop to the power ballads. While he will certainly be remembered for "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing," Sayer's versatility is what's immediately obvious on this compilation. And aside from its obvious nostalgic charm, The Very Best of Leo Sayer sketches a portrait of a singer not only loaded with talent and ability, but also with resourcefulness, dedication, and an ability to remake himself with a speed that might impress Madonna. Loaded with songs you may have forgotten that you loved, this package, with comprehensive liner notes and hilarious photos, is both a consummate '70s document and a very entertaining listen. --S. Duda
Product Description
Stellar British-born pop singer-songwriter Leo Sayer's earliest successes include writing Giving It All Away, Who frontman Roger Daltrey's first hit as a solo artist. Leo's own version of it is featured on this definitive single-disc retrospective, along with fifteen more classic tracks. Also included are Sayer's 1973 debut single, Why Is Everybody Going Home, the follow-up, The Show Must Go On #1 in the U.K. One Man Band and Long Tall Glasses (I Can Dance)
from 1975's Just A Boy. The latter became his U.S. breakthrough hit, claiming #9 on Billboard 's Pop singles chart. Sayer was a
fixture on the U.S. Top 40 through 81, with hits including More Than I Can Say, Living In A Fantasy, and the #1 singles When I Need You, and You Make Me Feel Like
Dancing, 1977's GRAMMY winner for BestR&B Song, all featured here.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Leo Sayer CD July 19, 2008
Mildred T. Units
I am very pleased with my purchase. I'm also very pleased at the short amount of time it took to receive my order. Thank you!
 When I Need You April 19, 2008
Mega (Brooklyn, NY)
"When I Need You"_ is on my top 10 hits of all time....Can't say I really enjoy this CD though...Enough said..
Catchy UK pop July 8, 2007
Pieter (Johannesburg)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Leo Sayer was an accomplished singer and composer who had a 10-year span of hits in the UK from 1973 to 1983 and also occasionally broke through on the Billboard Hot 100. His first hit was the spectacular The Show Must Go On, a cover version of which was a massive US hit for Three Dog Night. The follow-up was One Man Band, whilst the next one: Long Tall Glasses, made the top 10 in the USA in 1975.
The next year, at the height of the disco era, You Make Me Feel Like Dancing became one of Sayer's biggest hits on both sides of the Atlantic and was soon followed by When I Need You from the same Endless Flight album. Thunder In My Heart was a minor hit in the UK. More Than I Can Say and Living In A Fantasy were hits in 1980 and 1981 respectively, whilst Till You Come Back To Me was a minor UK hit in 1983.
Of the 16 tracks on this album, these were not written or co-written by Sayer: I Can't Stop Loving You, Raining In My Heart, More Than I Can Say, and Have You Ever Been In Love. To my knowledge, only about 11 of these tracks were chart hits in the US or UK. Sayer also wrote Roger Daltrey's hit song Giving It All Away, and his original is included on this CD. The album 20 Greatest Hits is more comprehensive with tracks like Heart, Unchained Melody and Orchard Road.
I Used to Like This Stuff January 5, 2007
Tomato Pie (Yardley, PA USA)
I had a Leo Sayer album in the 70s and really liked it. I never cared for his lite-pop stuff that later made him a star, but it sounds kind of nice now in a nostalgic way. If you enjoy this peewee dynamo, this collection is a great place to hear all his best stuff. If you are a big fan, get his earlier works.
Nice Collection July 1, 2006
David L Hutchins (Mesa, AZ)
I never paid much attention to Leo Sayer. Didn't even really know who he was, but I kept hearing his song "When I Need You" and it is still my favorite. Anyway, I got this album for that song and I was pleased with the remaining songs. Some of them are quite good; others are just not that memorable. Sayer has kind of strange voice and it takes a little getting used to, but it is not unpleasant and he sounds a bit different from song to song, unlike some artists where every song sounds the same. There is enough variety here to please just about anyone.
Can't quite give it 5 stars because it's just not that outstanding. It seems like it is a good intro to Sayer and I may investigate some of his other albums.
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