Living in a Fantasy

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."

Side one

 * 1) "Time Ran Out on You" (Alan Tarney) – 3:50
 * 2) "Where Did We Go Wrong" (Leo Sayer, Tarney) – 3:55
 * 3) "You Win, I Lose" (Sayer, Tarney) – 3:43
 * 4) "More Than I Can Say" (Jerry Allison, Sonny Curtis) – 3:41
 * 5) "Millionaire" (Sayer, Tarney) – 4:22

Side two

 * 1) "Once in a While" (Tarney) – 3:30
 * 2) "Living in a Fantasy" (Sayer, Tarney) – 4:25
 * 3) "She's Not Coming Back" (Sayer, Tarney) – 3:50
 * 4) "Let Me Know" (Tarney) – 3:55
 * 5) "Only Foolin'" (Sayer, Tarney) – 3:40

Personnel

 * Leo Sayer - guitar, harmonica, vocals
 * Nick Glennie-Smith - keyboard
 * Trevor Spencer - drums
 * Alan Tarney - bass, guitar, keyboard, vocals

Production

 * Producer: Alan Tarney
 * Mixing: Ashley Howe, Assistant: David Kemp
 * Mastering: John Dent
 * Art direction: Peter Wagg