The Very Best of Leo Sayer

The Very Best of Leo Sayer
Greatest hits album by Leo Sayer
Released 1979
Recorded Various Years
Genre Soft rock, disco
Label Chrysalis Records - CDL 1222
Producer Various
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 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]

Track listing

(the order is as listed on the Compact Cassette version: ZCDL 1222)

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"

[2]

Charts

Year Chart Position
1979 UK Albums Chart 1[3]
Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart
Preceded by
Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 by Barbra Streisand		 UK number one album
28 April 1979 – 18 May 1979 (3 weeks) 		Succeeded by
Voulez Vous by Abba
Preceded by
Discovery by Electric Light Orchestra		 Australian Kent Music Report number-one album
6–12 August 1979 		Succeeded by
Get the Knack by The Knack

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[4] gold 25,000[4]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. ↑ "Number 1 Albums – 1970s". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 The first web page presents the sales figures, the second presents the certification limits:

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