Leo Sayer

Credit producer Richard Perry for building an album around Leo Sayer's strongest asset, his
voice, rather than catering to his poor little Pierrot sensibility. On Endless Flight, Sayer's
fourth album, his sweet and sour tenor finally emerges as one of the most dynamic voices
in rock, beside which Elton John and David Bowie, who also owe a great deal to the English
music hall, emit the warmth of icebergs. Though Sayer has usually worked for a... More >

Like his great (also greater) exemplar, Leo has abandoned all pretensions mid-career (except on the title cut). And sure enough, Warners has now broken three big singles off this album, which makes 1977 the year of Leo Sayer the way 1976 was the year of Fleetwood Mac. Not quite as gratifying, is it? My pick for number four: "I Think We Fell in Love Too Fast," a natural for the young divorcee crowd. (Grade: B)