Biography
Leo Sayer is a British born singer-songwriter musician and entertainer whose singing career has spanned four decades. He is now an Australian citizen and resident.He launched his career in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s, and became a top singles and album act on both sides of the Atlantic in the 1970s.His first seven hit singles in the United Kingdom all reached the Top 10 – a feat first registered by his first manager, Adam Faith. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Sayer
Album & Cover
Living in a Fantasy is the eighth album by the English singer-songwriter, Leo Sayer, and was released in August 1980. 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 #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in December 1980 and January 1981. Sayer’s version of the song was certified a gold record by the RIAA.
According to Aubrey Powell, Leo’s manager Adam Faith asked Hipgnosis to design a cover to reignite Leo Sayer’s career with an image far removed from the clown outfit he was known for in the seventies. They created a collage of torn pieces of Xerox paper, pasted together in the shape of Leo’s head and body, while his face appears in the middle of his chest, like a printed T-Shirt. Unfortunately it didn’t reignite his career.
Cover Location: Hipgnosis Studio, London, UK.
Who Did What: Art Direction – Peter Wagg. Photography – A. Powell with P. Maxon. Artwork [Color Prints] – Maintide.
Label: Warner Bros. BSK3483(US), Chrysalis CDL1297
Source: Vinyl. Album. Cover. Art – The Complete Hipgnosis Catalogue By Aubrey Powell
Hipgnosis | Portraits By Aubrey Powell
Tracklist
| Side One Time Ran Out On You Where Did We Go Wrong You Win-I Lose More Than I Can Say Millionaire |
Side Two Once In A While Living In A Fantasy She’s Not Coming Back Let Me Know Only Foolin’ |
Credits
Drums, Percussion – Trevor Spencer
Guitar, Synthesizer, Backing Vocals, Keyboards, Bass – Alan Tarney
Management – Adam Faith, Colin Berlin
Management [U.S. Representation] – Michael Lippman
Mastered By – John Dent
Mixed By – Ashley Howe, Ashley Howe
Mixed By [Assisted By] – David Kemp
Producer, Arranged By – Alan Tarney
Recorded By [Assisted By] – Rachel Carse
Recorded By, Mixed By [Assisted By] – Nick Glennie-Smith
Vocals, Harmonica – Leo Sayer
