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The Very Best of Leo Sayer

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,[2] and in Australia for 1 week. It is his only chart-topper in the UK Albums Chart.[2] It was never released in the United States.

The Very Best of Leo Sayer
Greatest hits album by
Leo Sayer
Released23 March 1979[1]
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 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

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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

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1979–80) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[4] 1
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[5] 1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[6] 14
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[7] 5
UK Albums (OCC)[8] 1

Year-end charts

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Chart (1979) Position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[9] 8
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[10] 11

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[11] Gold 25,000[11]
United Kingdom (BPI)[12] Gold 100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ "Music Week Fact Sheets" (PDF). Music Week. March 24, 1979. p. 38. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 483. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  3. ^ Allmusic.com album overview
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Charts.nz – Leo Sayer – The Very Best of Leo Sayer". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Leo Sayer – The Very Best of Leo Sayer". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Leo Sayer – The Very Best of Leo Sayer". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  8. ^ "{{{artist}}} | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "Top Selling Albums of 1979 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  11. ^ a b "Leo Sayer" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
  12. ^ "British album certifications – Leo Sayer – The Very Best of Leo Sayer". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
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