Living in a Fantasy
| Living in a Fantasy | ||||
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| Studio album by Leo Sayer | ||||
| Released | August 22, 1980 | |||
| Recorded | 1979-80 | |||
| Genre | Soft rock | |||
| Length | 38:51 | |||
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Chrysalis (UK) Warner Bros. (USA) |
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| Producer | Alan Tarney | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| Smash Hits | 6/10 |
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. It also spent three weeks at #1 on the Billboard adult contemporary chart. In the UK, the song peaked at #2 on the UK Singles Chart, 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."
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