| Silverbird | ||||
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| Released | November 1973 | |||
| Recorded | 1971–1972 | |||
| Studio | The Barn, Sussex; Olympic Studios, London; Nova Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Soft rock | |||
| Length | 34:53 | |||
| Label | Chrysalis (UK) Warner Bros. (USA) | |||
| Producer | David Courtney, Adam Faith | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B−[2] |
Silverbird is the debut solo studio album by English singer-songwriter Leo Sayer. It was originally released in November 1973 by Chrysalis (UK), and Warner Bros. (US). It was co-produced by former British pop teen idol Adam Faith and David Courtney.
Sayer began his career as a recording artist under the management guidance of Adam Faith and David Courtney who signed Sayer to the Chrysalis label in the UK and Warner Bros. Records in the USA. His debut single "Why Is Everybody Going Home" failed to chart, but he shot to national prominence in the UK with his second single, the plaintive music hall-styled song "The Show Must Go On", which Sayer memorably performed on British television wearing a pierrot costume and make-up. The single went quickly to No. 2 on the UK chart,[3] as did this debut album, for which Courtney and Sayer wrote all eleven tracks.
- ^ AllMusic review, AllMusic
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 12 March 2019 – via Robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Rice, Jo. The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits, first ed., Guinness Superlatives Ltd, Middlesex, UK, p.181. ISBN 0-85112-250-7