- Format: CD
- Label: RPM
- Genre: Rock / Pop
The World has changed
When The Money Runs Out
The End
Lost Control
An Englishman In The USA
Who Will The Next Fool Be
Work Work Work
Oh Girl
Ghosts
Takin' The Easy Way Out
Bonus tracks: Interview the making of the Here album Leo and David Courtney
When The Money Runs Out (demo)
Work Work Work (demo)
Moving on to the seventh album of Leo's career we are now in 1979 and recording with David Courtney again. Courtney, the one time partner of Adam Faith, who had written and recorded the first two albums with Leo.
Following writing Sunset On Sunset together for Tina Turner David and Leo, both based in the US still, assembled an amazing team of players to perform their songs for this next album. It is a testament to Leo's standing in the US at the time that these people wanted to get involved.
The famous Stax guitar & bass pairing of Steve Cropper and Duck Dunn, Steve Lukather from TOTO, Chuck Rainey - bass player with Aretha Franklin, steel guitar whizz David Lindley, Freddie Tackett from Bob Dylans band, drummer Rick Shlosser from Bozz Scaggs band, Al Kooper- who gave a previously unrecorded song to the album, Ray Parker jr, keyboardist from Little Feat Bill Payne, pianist Billy Livsey now writer for Ronan Keating. All Recorded by Humberto Gatica, later producer of Celine Dion and many a film score.
It all added up to an amazing recording, inventive, professional, quality oozing from every vinyl groove. A highlight being When The Money Runs Out, a Memphis vs Detroit soul battle between Ray Parker jr and Steve Cropper on guitars. It comes across very much as Leo's first band album, rather than the solo singer / songwriter plus session guests. This album is also very soulful in the classic way, great rhythm and blues backings and Leo's gospelly vocals. Sales wise at the time it suffered from the prior release of a Greatest Hits which is a pity because it Here remains Leo's most accomplished piece.
The full story of making this incredible album is retold by Leo and David Courtney on the exclusive interview bonus track. This is the only band album of the catalogue - with the best band in the world ever! Plus the most soulful of Leo's catalogue, still with a charge today!
