![]() ![]() For one thing, Sayer was a good, versatile singer with an impressive range and an ability to summon the lung power and also go wispy and tender (as he does at various points within a single track, as on 'Goodnight Old Friend'). He didn't have the monster hooks of Elton John and certainly not the quirky originality and edgy experimentalism of Bowie, but actually this is a better album than many would remember. ![]() ![]() The production screams 1973, with its mainstream pop and hard rock beds and some overlays of symphonic strings, and Sayer sometimes strongly echoes Elton John's early-'70s work, with some hints of David Bowie as well. Leo Sayer's debut album introduced a singer/songwriter (actually he wrote just the lyrics David Courtney did the music) of some talent, though not remarkable talent.
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