Leo Sayer is the sixth album by the 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."

AllMusic noted that "this album is one of the artist's most respectable in a large body of good work".

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Stormy Weather" (Leo Sayer, Tom Snow) - 4:06
  2. "Dancing the Night Away" (Russell Smith, James H. Brown, Jr.) (Amazing Rhythm Aces cover) - 4:05
  3. "I Can't Stop Loving You (Though I Try)" (Billy Nicholls) - 3:29
  4. "La Booga Rooga" (Andy Fairweather Low) (Andy Fairweather Low cover) - 3:40
  5. "Raining in My Heart" (Felice and Boudleaux Bryant) (Buddy Holly cover) - 3:16

Side two

  1. "Something Fine" (Jackson Browne) (Jackson Browne cover) - 3:32
  2. "Running to My Freedom" (Tom Snow, Johnny Vastano) - 3:19
  3. "Frankie Lee" (Sayer, Ray Parker Jr.) - 3:19
  4. "Don't Look Away" (Sayer, Snow) - 3:30
  5. "No Looking Back" (Sayer, Snow)

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|UK Albums Chart

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|US Pop Albums

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