Living in a Fantasy

Living in a Fantasy is the eighth album by the English singer-songwriter Leo Sayer. It was released on 22 August 1980.

Living in a Fantasy
Studio album by
Leo Sayer
Released22 August 1980
Recorded1979–1980
GenreSoft rock
Length38:51
LabelChrysalis (UK)
Warner Bros. (USA)
ProducerAlan Tarney
Leo Sayer chronology
Here
(1979)		 Living in a Fantasy
(1980)		 World Radio
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Smash Hits6/10[2]

Although the album was not a huge commercial success, the single that it spawned, a cover version of Bobby Vee's "More Than I Can Say", spent five weeks at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in December 1980 and January 1981.[3] Sayer's version of the song was certified a gold record by the RIAA.[3] It also spent three weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard adult contemporary chart.[4] In the UK, the song peaked at No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart,[5] while it spent two weeks atop the Kent Music Report in Australia. Sayer has stated that while looking for an "oldie" to record for Living in a Fantasy, he saw a TV commercial for a greatest hits compilation album by Vee, and chose the song on the spot: "We went into a record store that afternoon, bought the record and had the song recorded that night."[4]

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Time Ran Out on You" (Alan Tarney) – 3:50
  2. "Where Did We Go Wrong" (Leo Sayer, Tarney) – 3:55
  3. "You Win, I Lose" (Sayer, Tarney) – 3:43
  4. "More Than I Can Say" (Jerry Allison, Sonny Curtis) – 3:41
  5. "Millionaire" (Sayer, Tarney) – 4:22

Side two
  1. "Once in a While" (Tarney) – 3:30
  2. "Living in a Fantasy" (Sayer, Tarney) – 4:25
  3. "She's Not Coming Back" (Sayer, Tarney) – 3:50
  4. "Let Me Know" (Tarney) – 3:55
  5. "Only Foolin'" (Sayer, Tarney) – 3:40

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Personnel

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Production

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Charts
Chart (1980/81) Peak
Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] 12
UK Albums Chart[8] 15
US Albums Chart 36

References
  1. Allmusic review
  2. Hepworth, David. "Albums". Smash Hits (21 August – 3 September 1980): 30.
  3. Whitburn, Joel (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition (Billboard Publications)
  4. Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of No. 1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications)
  5. Sayer UK chart info at Official Charts Company
  6. Allmusic.com album credits
  7. 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.
  8. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 483. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
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