Endless Flight
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{{Infobox album
| name = Endless Flight
| type = Album
| artist = Leo Sayer
| cover = Leo Sayer - Endless Flight.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1976|10|29|df=yes}}{{cite magazine|date=9 October 1976|title=Leo Sayer single this week|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/70s/76/Record-Mirror-1976-10-08.pdf|magazine=Record Mirror|page=3|access-date=22 August 2022}}
| recorded = 1976
| studio = Studio 55, Los Angeles, California
| genre = Pop rock, soft rock, blue-eyed soul, disco
| length = 36:44
| label =
- Chrysalis (UK)
- Warner Bros. (US)
| producer = Richard Perry
| prev_title = Another Year
| prev_year = 1975
| next_title = Thunder in My Heart
| next_year = 1977
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Endless Flight
| type = studio
| single1 = You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
| single1date = October 1976
| single2 = When I Need You
| single2date = February 1977
| single3 = How Much Love
| single3date = July 1977
}}
}}
Endless Flight is the fourth album by English singer-songwriter Leo Sayer, which was released in 1976. It was released in the US and Canada by Warner Bros. Records and in the UK by Chrysalis Records.
The album consolidated his international popularity, reaching No. 4 in the UK and No. 10 in the US; it also charted strongly in other countries including Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand, and was certified as a platinum album in both the UK and the US, and double-platinum in Canada. The peak of his career came in 1977, when he scored two consecutive US number one hits, first with the disco-styled "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" (a Grammy Award winner for the year's best Rhythm and Blues Song), followed by the romantic ballad, "When I Need You" (1977), which reached number one in both the UK and US. Written by Albert Hammond and Carole Bayer Sager, it was Sayer's first UK No. 1 single (after three number two hits).{{cite book|first=David|last=Roberts|year=2001|title=British Hit Singles|edition=14th|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited|location=London|page=46|isbn=0-85156-156-X}} It was also the first of two UK chart-toppers in a row for producer Richard Perry.
Reception
This album received critical acclaim upon release, and won a Grammy Award for the hit single "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing."
{{Music ratings
| rev1 =Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|author=Joe Viglione |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/endless-flight-mw0000199631 |title=Endless Flight – Leo Sayer | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=14 July 2014}}
|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide
|rev2Score = B{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: S|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=S&bk=70|accessdate=12 March 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}
}}
Track listing
=Side one=
- "Hold On to My Love" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Sayer) – 3:08
- "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" (Vini Poncia, Sayer) – 3:40
- "Reflections" (Holland-Dozier-Holland) – 3:07
- "When I Need You" (Albert Hammond, Carole Bayer Sager) – 4:08
- "No Business Like Love Business" (Brad Shapiro, Clarence Reid, Steve Alaimo, Willie Clarke) – 3:50
=Side two=
- "I Hear the Laughter" (Johnny Vastano, Sayer) – 3:13
- "Magdalena" (Danny O'Keefe) – 4:20
- "How Much Love" (Barry Mann, Sayer) – 3:35
- "I Think We Fell in Love Too Fast" (Johnny Vastano, Vini Poncia, Sayer) – 3:05
- "Endless Flight" (Andrew Gold){{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/endless-flight-mw0000199631/credits |title=Endless Flight – Leo Sayer | Credits |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=14 July 2014}} – 4:38
Personnel
=Musicians=
- Leo Sayer – guitar, harmonica, vocals
- John Barnes – piano, clavinet
- Bill Bodine – bass
- Paul Buckmaster – synthesizer, cello, string arrangement, conductor
- Auburn Burrell – guitar
- Larry Carlton – rhythm guitar
- Steve Gadd – drums
- Bob Glaub – guitar, bass guitar
- Ed Greene – drums
- Bobbye Hall – percussion
- David Hungate – bass guitar
- John Barlow Jarvis – piano
- Mark T. Jordan – electric piano
- Clydie King – backing vocals
- Trevor Lawrence – horn
- Bobby Keys – saxophone on "When I Need You"
- Becky Lewis – backing vocals
- Steve Madaio – horn
- Sherlie Matthews – backing vocals
- Andy Muson – bass guitar
- Danny O'Keefe – performer
- Nigel Olsson – drums
- Michael Omartian – electric piano
- Ray Parker Jr. – guitar
- Dean Parks – Dobro, guitar, electric guitar
- Bill Payne – electric piano
- Jimmy Phillips – synthesizer, Mellotron
- Jeff Porcaro – drums
- Chuck Rainey – bass guitar
- Lee Ritenour – guitar
- Rick Shlosser – drums
- Earl Slick – guitar on "Reflections", acoustic guitar on "I Hear the Laughter"
- Leland Sklar – bass guitar
- John Vastano – guitar
- Willie Weeks – bass guitar
- Richard Tee – piano
- James Newton Howard – synthesizer
- Gene Page – string arrangements, conductor
=Production=
- Record producer: Richard Perry
- Engineers: Bill Schnee, Howard Steele
- Photography: Elliot Gilbert
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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|+Weekly chart performance for Endless Flight ! scope="col" | Chart (1976–1977) ! scope="col" | Peak |
| scope="row" | Australian Albums (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=265}}
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| {{album chart|Canada|1|chartid=5239a|rowheader=true|access-date=8 November 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Netherlands|15|artist=Leo Sayer|album=Endless Flight|rowheader=true|access-date=8 November 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Germany4|25|artist=Leo Sayer|album=Endless Flight|id=16137|rowheader=true|access-date=8 November 2021}} |
| {{album chart|New Zealand|4|artist=Leo Sayer|album=Endless Flight|rowheader=true|access-date=8 November 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Norway|20|artist=Leo Sayer|album=Endless Flight|rowheader=true|access-date=8 November 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Sweden|27|artist=Leo Sayer|album=Endless Flight|rowheader=true|access-date=8 November 2021}} |
| {{album chart|UK2|4|date=19770220|rowheader=true|access-date=8 November 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Billboard200|10|artist=Leo Sayer|rowheader=true|access-date=8 November 2021}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Discogs master|master=42091|name=Endless Flight|type=album}}
{{Leo Sayer}}
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Category:Albums produced by Richard Perry
Category:Chrysalis Records albums