World Radio

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World Radio
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 14, 1982
Recorded1981
Studio Sunset Sound, Los Angeles; Atlantic Studios, New York City
Genre Soft rock
Length41:26
Label Chrysalis, Warner Bros.
Producer Arif Mardin
Leo Sayer chronology
Living in a Fantasy
(1980)
World Radio
(1982)
Have You Ever Been in Love
(1983)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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World Radio is the ninth album by the English singer-songwriter, Leo Sayer, and was released in May 1982. It was (including the greatest hits compilation album, The Very Best of Leo Sayer ) his tenth successive Top 50 chart entry in the UK Albums Chart, in a period of a little over eight years. [2]

Contents

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Heart (Stop Beating in Time)" (Barry & Robin Gibb) – 4:35
  2. "Paris Dies in the Morning" (Leo Sayer, Andrew McCrorie-Shand) – 3:53
  3. "Have You Ever Been in Love" (Andy Hill, Peter Sinfield, John Danter) – 3:45
  4. "Rumours" (Alan Mark, Ray Smith) – 3:55
  5. "Heroes" (Sayer, David Courtney) – 4:21

Side two

  1. "'Til You Let Your Heart Win" (Allee Willis, Lauren Wood) – 4:41
  2. "End of the Game" (Sayer, Courtney) – 3:28
  3. "Wondering Where the Lions Are" (Bruce Cockburn) – 3:28
  4. "We've Got Ourselves in Love" (Sayer, Courtney) – 3:54
  5. "World Radio" (Sayer, Courtney) – 5:26

Personnel

Musicians

Production

Charts

Chart (1982)Peak
Position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [3] 14
UK Albums Chart [2] 30

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. 1 2 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 483. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.
  3. 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.