Here (Leo Sayer album)

Here
Studio album by Leo Sayer
Released	21 September 1979 [1]
Recorded	1979
Studio	Sunset Sound Studios, Los Angeles and Davlen Sound Studios, Hollywood
Genre	Disco, soft rock
Length	41:25
Label	Chrysalis (UK) Warner Bros. (US)
Producer	David Courtney
Leo Sayer chronology
The Very Best of Leo Sayer (1979) Here (1979) Living in a Fantasy (1980)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Music Week	[3]

Here is the seventh original album by the English singer-songwriter, Leo Sayer, and was released in 1979. Less commercially successful than previous collections, but AllMusic noted that it "remains a quality product that has been largely forgotten over the years". ^[2]

Track listing

Side one

1. "The World Has Changed" (Leo Sayer, Billy Livsey, Sergio Cuevas) – 3:54
2. "When the Money Runs Out" (Sayer, Ray Parker Jr.) – 3:39
3. "The End" (Sayer, David Courtney) – 3:52
4. "Lost Control" (Al Kooper) – 4:30
5. "An Englishman in the U.S.A." (Sayer, Les Davidson) – 4:40

Side two

1. "Who Will the Next Fool Be" (Sayer, David Courtney) – 4:15
2. "Work" (Sayer, Tom Snow, Johnny Vastano) – 3:31
3. "Oh Girl" (Eugene Record) – 3:47
4. "Ghosts" (Sayer, Frank Farrell, Les Nicol) – 4:29
5. "Takin' the Easy Way Out" (Sayer, David Courtney) – 4:48

Personnel

• Leo Sayer – guitar, harmonica, vocals
• John Barnes – keyboards
• Jeff Baxter, Steve Cropper, Mark Doyle, Mitch Holder, Steve Lukather, Fred Tackett – guitar
• Michael Boddicker – synthesizer
• Arnell Carmichael – vocals, background vocals
• David Courtney – piano, tambourine
• Chris Desmond – finger snaps
• Donald Dunn, Bob Glaub, Chuck Rainey – bass guitar
• Paulinho Da Costa, Victor Feldman, Bobbye Hall – percussion
• Ed Greene, Rick Shlosser – drums
• Jerry Jumonville – saxophone
• Al Kooper – organ, synthesizer, keyboards, performer
• Billy Livsey – piano, keyboards, Wurlitzer
• David Luell – saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Steve Madaio – trumpet, flugelhorn, horn
• Bill Payne – organ, synthesizer, keyboards
• Eugene Record – performer
• Tom Snow – piano
• James Stroud – Fairlight CMI programming, synthesizers, drums

Charts

Chart (1979/80)	Peak Position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [4]	65
UK Albums Chart [5]	44

References

1. "Award". BPI. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
2. "Here — Leo Sayer | Album". AllMusic . Retrieved 26 October 2024.
3. "Album Reviews: Leo Sayer — something different. Leo Sayer — Here" (PDF). Music Week . Gwent: Pensord Press Ltd. 29 September 1979. p. 26. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 May 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2025– via WorldRadioHistory.com.
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. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 483. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.

External links

• Here at Discogs (list of releases)