Dragging my heels, and absolutely with no desire, I come to my last Leo Sayer album to check off my list. I'm at this point specifically to accomplish that task, and not because I have any type of expectation or desire to actually hear it.
The biggest disappointment in all of this is that Leo really does have a good and often unique voice which can and has carved out some amazing tunes. However, the misses are just far to more frequent, and crush the overall legacy he otherwise could have had.
Things start off as expected. Slow paced tempos with dated, even for the year they were released, sounds. Sayer often feels trapped in the 70's. Specifically, in a contemporary soft rock, and sometimes disco driven era.
Frankly, at this point, I wasn't in the mood to be strung along in mediocrity. I gave each song a set period of time to impress, and if it didn't, I moved on. I had no interest in sitting around for an hour with its bloated runtime being subjected to songs that simply weren't resonating.
Sea Of Heartbreak, another slow-paced track was somehow still appealing to my ears, and one of the few tracks I made it from start to finish. In hindsight, I feel I may have been mistaken.
Let's just cut to the chase. I didn't enjoy this album, and I skipped past most of it. Even the songs I did hear were forgettable, and most of those were because I was listening to them while working and didn't get the chance to skip them all.
I'm glad I'm done with my Leo Sayer journey. I'll take the hits that I like but can easily skip the rest. I'm taking a momentary step back to really dig through the remaining albums I have to listen to. Like Pat Benatar, which I recently finished, I want to find something really good. Perfect would be great, but I'll take anything that turns out to be a hidden gem at this point. I guess we'll all find out tomorrow where I landed.
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| THIS WEEK ON THE CHARTS November 28, 1981 |
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| THIS WEEK ON THE CHARTS November 28, 1987 |
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