Have You Ever Been in Love | ||||
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Released | 4 November 1983 [1] | |||
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Length | 56:09 | |||
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Have You Ever Been in Love is the tenth studio album by recording artist Leo Sayer. It was originally released in November 1983 by Chrysalis (UK), and Warner Bros. (US) as the follow-up to his ninth album World Radio (1982). It was co-produced by the Grammy Award-winning Arif Mardin, in association with Alan Tarney, and Christopher Neil producing the other tracks. Sayer is credited as co-writer on the tracks "Don't Wait Until Tomorrow", and "Orchard Road".
The album reached number 15 on the UK Albums Chart, [2] making it (including the compilation album, The Very Best of Leo Sayer ) his eleventh successive Top 50 chart entry in the UK Albums Chart, in a period of over nine years. The album spawned three singles which first two reached the top sixty on the UK Singles Chart, including "Orchard Road", which would become one of Sayer's most popular songs, this would also become the last Sayer single to make the Top 20, peaking at number 16 and spending nine weeks on the chart. [3]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Till You Come Back to Me" |
| 4:05 |
2. | "Sea of Heartbreak" | 3:44 | |
3. | "More Than I Can Say" | 3:41 | |
4. | "Darlin'" | 4:58 | |
5. | "Don't Wait Until Tomorrow" | 2:43 | |
6. | "How Beautiful You Are" | 3:54 | |
7. | "Orchard Road" |
| 4:27 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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8. | "Aviation" | Thurston Clarke | 4:27 |
9. | "Heart (Stop Beating in Time)" | 4:35 | |
10. | "Your Love Still Brings Me to My Knees" |
| 3:01 |
11. | "Have You Ever Been in Love" |
| 3:43 |
12. | "Wounded Heart" | 4:13 | |
13. | "Love Games" | Tom McKay | 3:47 |
14. | "Never Had a Dream Come True" |
| 4:51 |
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. [4]
Chart (1983/84) | Peak Position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report) [5] | 20 |
UK Albums Chart [6] | 15 |
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