Another Year (Leo Sayer album)

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Another Year
Leo Sayer - Another Year.jpg
Studio album by
Released5 September 1975 [1]
Recorded1975
StudioKingsway Recorders, London
Genre Soft rock
Length38:59
Label
Producer Russ Ballard, Adam Faith
Leo Sayer chronology
Just a Boy
(1974)
Another Year
(1975)
Endless Flight
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Christgau's Record Guide B− [2]

Another Year is the third album by English singer-songwriter Leo Sayer, which was released in 1975.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Leo Sayer and Frank Farrell.

Side one

  1. "Bedsitterland" – 4:07
  2. "Unlucky in Love" – 3:27
  3. "The Last Gig of Johnny B Goode" – 3:49
  4. "On the Old Dirt Road" – 4:01
  5. "I Will Not Stop Fighting" – 5:00

Side two

  1. "Moonlighting" – 4:13
  2. "The Streets of Your Town" – 3:02
  3. "The Kid's Grown Up" – 2:52
  4. "Only Dreaming" – 5:15
  5. "Another Year" – 3:13

[3]

Personnel

Musicians

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Technical

Production

Charts

Chart performance for Another Year
Chart (1975–1976)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [4] 3
UK Albums (OCC) [5] 8
US Pop Albums [6] 125

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References

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  3. 1 2 3 Allmusic.com album credits
  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. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  6. "Leo Sayer Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard . Retrieved 29 May 2023.