Silverbird (album)
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Silverbird is the debut album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by English
English people
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 singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

, Leo Sayer
Leo Sayer
Leo Sayer is a British singer-songwriter, musician, and entertainer whose singing career has spanned four decades. Sayer became a naturalised Australian citizen in 2009. Sayer was a top singles and album act on both sides of the Atlantic in the 1970s...

, which was released in 1973.

Track listing

All songs written by Leo Sayer, except where noted
  1. "Innocent Bystander" – 3:02
  2. "Slow Motion" – 1:44
  3. "Drop Back" – 3:29
  4. "Silverbird" – 1:12
  5. "The Show Must Go On " (David Courtney, Leo Sayer} – 3:32
  6. "Dancer" (David Courtney
    David Courtney (musician)
    David Courtney is a British singer-songwriter and record producer. Courtney's first big break was as a songwriter with Adam Faith and Leo Sayer; Courtney co-wrote several hit songs with them and he co-produced Faith's 1974 album, I Survive...

    , Sayer) – 4:30
  7. "To morrow" – 4:12
  8. "Don't Say It's Over" – 3:15
  9. "Goodnight Old Friend" – 2:50
  10. "Oh Wot a Life" – 2:53
  11. "Why Is Everybody Going Home?" – 4:14


Personnel

  • Leo Sayer - guitar
    Guitar
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    , harmonica
    Harmonica
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    , vocals
    Singing
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  • Russ Ballard
    Russ Ballard
    Russell Glyn Ballard is an English singer, songwriter and musician.-Career:Ballard was initially a guitarist with Buster Meikle & The Day Breakers in 1961, together with Roy Ballard, Russ's older brother on piano and Bob Henrit on drums...

     - guitar, keyboard
    Keyboard instrument
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  • Max Chetwyn - guitar
  • David Courtney
    David Courtney (musician)
    David Courtney is a British singer-songwriter and record producer. Courtney's first big break was as a songwriter with Adam Faith and Leo Sayer; Courtney co-wrote several hit songs with them and he co-produced Faith's 1974 album, I Survive...

     - piano
    Piano
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  • Michael Giles
    Michael Giles
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     - drums
    Drum kit
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  • Robert Henrit - drums
  • Henry Spinetti
    Henry Spinetti
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     - drums
  • Dave Wintour
    Dave Wintour
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     - bass
    Bass guitar
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Production

  • Producers
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    : David Courtney, Adam Faith
  • Engineers
    Audio engineering
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    : Richard Dodd
    Richard Dodd
    Richard Dodd is a cellist, recording artist, musician in Bristol, England.- Biography :Emigrated with his family to the United States at the age of 2 to Long Beach, California. He began studying the cello at age 10 and took his advanced studies at California State University, Northridge.- Career...

    , Keith Harewood, Tom Newman
    Tom Newman (musician)
    Not to be confused with Thomas Newman.Tom Newman is an English record producer and musician...



Album

Billboard
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 (North America
North America
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)
Year Chart Position
1974 Pop Albums
Billboard 200
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209

UK Albums Chart
UK Albums Chart
The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...

 (United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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)
Year Chart
Record chart
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Position
1974 UK Albums Chart 2

Single

UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
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 (United Kingdom)
Year Single Chart Position
1973 "The Show Must Go On
The Show Must Go On (Three Dog Night song)
"The Show Must Go On" is a song co-written by Leo Sayer and David Courtney and first recorded by Sayer. It was released in the United Kingdom in 1973, becoming Sayer's first hit record , and was included on Sayer's debut album Silverbird...

"
UK Singles Chart 2
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