Leo Sayer discography
Studio albums16
Live albums4
Compilation albums15
Video albums3
Singles64
Soundtrack albums3
Box sets5

This article is the discography of English-Australian singer Leo Sayer.

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[3]
GER
[4]
NL
[5]
NOR
[6]
NZ
[7]
SWE
[8]
US
[9]
Silverbird 2 14 209
Just a Boy
  • Released: October 1974
  • Label: Chrysalis, Warner Bros.
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
4 3 12 35 16
Another Year
  • Released: 5 September 1975
  • Label: Chrysalis, Warner Bros.
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
8 3 125
Endless Flight
  • Released: 29 October 1976
  • Label: Chrysalis, Warner Bros.
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
4 7 1 25 15 20 4 27 10
Thunder in My Heart
  • Released: 30 September 1977
  • Label: Chrysalis, Warner Bros.
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
8 8 58 14 11 19 37
Leo Sayer
  • Released: 11 August 1978
  • Label: Chrysalis, Warner Bros.
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
15 8 99 12 21 18 101
Here
  • Released: 21 September 1979
  • Label: Chrysalis, Warner Bros.
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
44 65 17 50
Living in a Fantasy
  • Released: August 1980
  • Label: Chrysalis, Warner Bros.
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
15 12 29 9 15 36
World Radio
  • Released: April 1982
  • Label: Chrysalis, Warner Bros.
  • Formats: LP, MC
30 14 4 35
Have You Ever Been in Love
  • Released: 4 November 1983
  • Label: Chrysalis, Warner Bros.
  • Formats: LP, MC
15 20
Cool Touch
  • Released: 9 July 1990
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
Voice in My Head
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Revolver
  • Formats: CD
Don't Wait Until Tomorrow
  • Released: June 2008
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Formats: CD
  • Australia-only release
59
Restless Years
  • Released: 23 January 2015
  • Label: Fanfare, Silverbird
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
39
Selfie
  • Released: 26 April 2019
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
Northern Songs
  • Released: 28 January 2022[13]
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: CD, 2×LP, digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

Title Album details
Live in London
  • Released: 17 October 2000
  • Label: Andrew Brel Music, BMG
  • Formats: CD
The River Sessions
  • Released: January 2005
  • Label: River
  • Formats: CD
Voice in My Head / Live in Melbourne
  • Released: 2006
  • Label: Warner Music Australia
  • Formats: CD
  • Australia-only release
  • Special limited edition bonus live CD included with studio album
Live in 1975
  • Released: September 2009
  • Label: The Store for Music
  • Formats: CD

Soundtrack albums

Title Album details
All This and World War II
  • Released: 5 November 1976
  • Label: Riva, 20th Century
  • Formats: 2×LP, 2×MC, 8-track
  • Various artists soundtrack for which Sayer provides vocals on three tracks
The Missing Link
Lake Freeze – The Raccoons Songtrack
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP
  • Various artists soundtrack taken from two television specials of the Canadian series The Raccoons. Sayer provides vocals on three tracks, taken from The Raccoons on Ice special

Compilation albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[14]
AUS
[2]
FIN
[15]
ICE
[16]
NOR
[6]
NZ
[7]
SWE
[8]
The Very Best of Leo Sayer
  • Released: 23 March 1979
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Formats: LP, MC
1 1 3 14 1 5
The Show Must Go On
  • Released: June 1980
  • Label: Pickwick
  • Formats: LP, MC
Leo Sayer [upper-alpha 1]
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Ellem
  • Formats: 2×LP
1
Leo
Moonlighting
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Formats: CD, LP
  • Australia-only release
The Collection
All the Best
  • Released: 22 February 1993
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
26
The Show Must Go On: The Anthology
  • Released: November 1996
  • Label: Rhino, East West
  • Formats: 2×CD
  • US and Australia-only release
The Definitive Hits Collection
  • Released: 8 February 1999
  • Label: PolyGram TV
  • Formats: CD
35
The Very Best of Leo Sayer
  • Released: 15 February 2000
  • Label: Rhino
  • Formats: CD
  • US-only release
The Best of Leo Sayer
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Formats: CD
54
Endless Journey – The Essential Leo Sayer
  • Released: 8 November 2004
  • Label: DMG TV
  • Formats: CD
52
Leo Sayer: At His Very Best
  • Released: 6 March 2006
  • Label: Universal Music TV
  • Formats: CD
30
The Show Must Go On – The Very Best of Leo Sayer
The Greatest Hits
  • Released: 20 August 2010
  • Label: Warner Music Australia
  • Formats: CD, digital download
  • Australia-only release
The Gold Collection
  • Released: 12 January 2018
  • Label: Crimson
  • Formats: 3×CD, LP, digital download
27
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Video albums

Title Album details
The Very Best of Leo Sayer
All the Best
Live at the Basement – One Night in Sydney
  • Released: 2004
  • Label: Thames/Thompson & T2 Media
  • Formats: DVD

Box sets

Title Album details
Just a Box – The Complete Studio Recordings 1971–2006
  • Released: 28 October 2013
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: 14×CD
The Complete UK Singles Collection 1973–1986
  • Released: 25 March 2016
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: 29xCDS+CD
The London Years 1973–1975
  • Released: 28 September 2018
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: 3×LP
  • Limited release
The Hollywood Years – The Vinyl LP Collection 1976–1978
  • Released: 1 March 2019
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: 3×LP
  • Limited release
The Fantasy Years – The Vinyl LP Collection 1979–1983
  • Released: 11 October 2019
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: 3×LP
  • Limited release

Repackaged sets

Title Album details
Silverbird + Just a Boy
  • Released: 3 August 2009
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: 2×CD
Another Year + Endless Flight
  • Released: 7 September 2009
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: 2×CD
Here + Living in a Fantasy
  • Released: 7 September 2009
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: 2×CD
Thunder in My Heart + Leo Sayer
  • Released: 7 September 2009
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: 2×CD
World Radio + Have You Ever Been in Love
  • Released: 7 September 2009
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: 2×CD

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
BEL (FL)
[18]
CAN
[19]
GER
[4]
IRE
[20]
NL
[21]
NZ
[22][23]
SA
[24]
US
[25]
"Living in America" (as part of the group Patches) 1972 Non-album single
"Why Is Everybody Going Home" 1973 Silverbird
"The Show Must Go On" 2 10 7 3 9 11
"One Man Band" 1974 6 38 12 5 15 96 Just a Boy
"Long Tall Glasses (I Can Dance)" 4 7 3 18 27 4 2 9 9
"Train" [upper-alpha 2] 1975 25 23
"Moonlighting" 2 13 1 14 12 Another Year
"I Will Not Stop Fighting" [upper-alpha 3]
"Let It Be" 55[upper-alpha 4] All This and World War II
"You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" 1976 2 2 21 1 9 5 11 1 3 1 Endless Flight
"When I Need You" 1977 1 8 2 1 1 2 4 2 1
"How Much Love" 10 18 4 21 4 10 17
"Thunder in My Heart" 22 11 11 35 11 12 21 6 38 Thunder in My Heart
"Easy to Love" [upper-alpha 5] 35 19 36
"There Isn't Anything I Wouldn't Do" 55[upper-alpha 4]
"Dancing the Night Away" 1978 15 31 10 Leo Sayer
"Stormy Weather" [upper-alpha 6]
"I Can't Stop Loving You (Though I Try)" 6 37 18
"Raining in My Heart" 21 93 47
"Don't Look Away" [upper-alpha 7] 1979
"When the Money Runs Out" 90 23 Here
"The World Has Changed"
"Oh Girl" [upper-alpha 8]
"More Than I Can Say" 1980 2 1 4 7 8 2 9 5 2 2 Living in a Fantasy
"Takin' the Brakes Off" [upper-alpha 9] The Missing Link
"Once in a While" 87 Living in a Fantasy
"Time Ran Out on You" [upper-alpha 10] 42
"Where Did We Go Wrong"
"Shake the Hand" [upper-alpha 10] The Missing Link
"Bye Bye Now My Sweet Love" 1981 50 Non-album single
"You Win, I Lose" [upper-alpha 11] 11 Living in a Fantasy
"Living in a Fantasy" 18 23
"Tuxedo Body" [upper-alpha 12] 1982 Non-album single[upper-alpha 13]
"Have You Ever Been in Love" 10 4 22 6 33 19 World Radio
"Heart (Stop Beating in Time)" 22 71 17
"Paris Dies in the Morning" [upper-alpha 8]
"Orchard Road" 1983 16 17 8 8 5 18 9 Have You Ever Been in Love
"Till You Come Back to Me" 51 81
"Sea of Heartbreak" 1984 84 35
"Unchained Melody" 1985 54 77 16 44 Car Trouble (soundtrack)
"Real Life" 1986 27 Non-album singles[upper-alpha 14]
"Solo"
"Love Hurts" 1989 Wilt (soundtrack)
"Cool Touch" 1990 43 Cool Touch
"Rely on Me" [upper-alpha 2]
"Paperback Town" [upper-alpha 15]
"The Moth and the Flame (Tu... Sì...)" [upper-alpha 16] Non-album singles[upper-alpha 17]
"I Will Fight for You" [upper-alpha 18] 1991
"When I Need You" (reissue) 1993 65 All the Best
"When I Need You '96" [upper-alpha 18] 1996 Non-album singles
"You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" (The Groove Generation featuring Leo Sayer) 1998 32
"Viva Las Vegas" (Surf Baby featuring Leo Sayer) [upper-alpha 19] 2000
"Thunder in My Heart Again" (Meck featuring Leo Sayer) 2006 1 16 6 46 14 11
"Restless Years"[26] 2015 Restless Years
"How Did We Get So Old?"[27]
"Selfie" 2019 Selfie
"Don't Leave Me"[28]
"Soul Mining"[29]
"My City in Lockdown"[30] 2020 Non-album singles
"How Did We Get Here?"[31]
"Tradewinds" (with Friends of Al Hodge)[32] 2021
"Strawberry Fields Forever"[33] Northern Songs
"Eleanor Rigby"
"Girl"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes

  1. Released by Chrysalis in Iceland as Bestu Kveðjur and in South Africa as The Very Best of Leo Sayer.
  2. 1 2 Only released as a single in Continental Europe.
  3. "I Will Not Stop Fighting" was only released as a single in the Netherlands and Ireland.
  4. 1 2 Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List".
  5. "Easy to Love" was not released as a single in the UK, but was in numerous other territories.
  6. "Stormy Weather" was only released as a single in Japan and Scandinavia.
  7. "Don't Look Away" was only released as a single in the US and Canada.
  8. 1 2 Only released as a single in the US.
  9. "Takin' the Brakes Off" was only released as a single in Germany and the Netherlands.
  10. 1 2 Only released as a single in the Netherlands.
  11. "You Win, I Lose" was only released as a single in Japan and Southern Africa.
  12. "Tuxedo Body" was only released as a single in Japan.
  13. "Tuxedo Body" was included on the Japanese release of World Radio.
  14. From the unreleased album Real Life.
  15. "Paperback Town" was only released as a single in Australia.
  16. "The Moth and the Flame (Tu... Sì...)" was only released as a single in Italy.
  17. "The Moth and the Flame" was a version of Mango's "Tu... sì" and was performed by Sayer at the 1990 Sanremo Music Festival. "I Will Fight for You" was the official song of the 1991 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.
  18. 1 2 Only released a single in Germany.
  19. "Viva Las Vegas" was only released as a single in Sweden.

References

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  2. 1 2 3 Leo Sayer chart positions in Australia:
  3. Leo Sayer album chart positions in Canada:
  4. 1 2 "Offizielle Deutsche Charts - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  5. "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  6. 1 2 "norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  7. 1 2 "charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal". charts.nz. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  8. 1 2 "swedishcharts.com - Swedish Charts Portal". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
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  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "British certifications – Leo Sayer". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 22 August 2022. Type Leo Sayer in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  11. 1 2 3 4 "American certifications – Leo Sayer". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  12. "Canadian certifications – Leo Sayer". Music Canada. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  13. "Leo Sayer, Northern Songs". noise11. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  14. "TOM ROBINSON | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
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  24. "South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1969 - 1989 Acts (S)". www.rock.co.za. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  25. "Leo Sayer". Billboard. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  26. "Leo Sayer - The Restless Years (LIVE on Studio 10)". YouTube. 7 April 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  27. "How did we get so old? We have to stop and wonder". startsat60. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  28. "'Don't Leave Me', the second track from Leo's forthcoming album is available now!". Apple Music. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  29. "New Music from Leo! "Soul Mining" is available now!". Apple Music. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  30. "My City in Lockdown - single". Apple Music. 16 October 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  31. "How Did We Get Here? - single". Apple Music. 13 November 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  32. "Tradewinds - single". Apple Music. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  33. "My brand new cover of The Beatles's "Strawberry Fields Forever" is out now!". Facebook. 15 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
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