World Machine

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Level 42
Studio album by Level 42
Released	September, 1985 October, 1985 [1]
Recorded	1985 at Maison Rouge Studios
Genre	Rock
Label	Polydor - POLH 25
Producer	Wally Badarou & Level 42
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Level 42 chronology
True Colours (1984) World Machine (1985) Running in the Family (1987)

"World Machine" is a studio album, released in 1985, by the British pop group Level 42. It peaked at #3 on the UK album charts, and stayed for 72 weeks. It was the band's first disc to enter the Billboard 200 (peaking at number 18), and stayed in the top 20 for 36 weeks.

The record featured pop hits such as "Something About You" (the band's only American top 10 hit, peaking at number 7), "Leaving Me Now", and "Physical Presence", the song from which the name for their first live record was taken.

The album was re-released in 2000 along with the "True Colours" album on a 2CD set. In 2007, World Machine has been re-released as a 2cd Deluxe Edition. Album sales have reached past three million copies.

[edit] Track listing

1. "World Machine" (Badarou / P. Gould / King / Lindup) – 4:24
2. "A Physical Presence" (P. Gould / King) – 5:27
3. "Something About You" (Lindup / P. Gould / King / Badarou / R. Gould) – 4:24
4. "Leaving Me Now" (Baradou / King / P. Gould) – 5:00
5. "I Sleep On My Heart" (Badarou / R. Gould / P. Gould / King) – 4:55
6. "It's Not The Same For Us" (Baradou / King / P. Gould / Lindup) – 4:36
7. "Dream Crazy" (R. Gould / King / Lindup) – 5:11
8. "Good Man In A Storm" (P. Gould / King) – 4:36
9. "Coup D'Etat" (P. Gould / King) – 4:40
10. "Lying Still" (Baradou / R. Gould / King) – 5:39

Bonus tracks, released 2000

11. "I Slept On My Heart" (remix) – 6:02
12. "World Machine" (dub mix) – 7:25
13. "Something About You" (Sisa remix) – 7:41

Bonus tracks (deluxe edition), released 2007;

1. World Machine (Live Hammersmith Odeon 1.2.86) *
2. Leaving Me Now (Live Hammersmith Odeon 1.2.86) *
3. Something About You (Live Hammersmith Odeon 1.2.86) *
4. Coup D’Etat (Backwards Mix)
5. Something About You (Shep Pettibone Mix)
6. I Sleep On My Heart (Liveat Ryde Theatre, Isle of Wight Nov 2000)
7. Dream Crazy (Live at Ryde Theatre, Isle of Wight Nov 2000)
8. Lying Still (Live at Ryde Theatre, Isle of Wight Nov 2000)
9. Physical Presence (Live at Hammersmith Apollo, London, Nov 2003)
10. Leaving Me Now (Live at Hammersmith Apollo, London, Nov 2003)
11. World Machine (Phunk Investigation Club Mix) – Electrokingdom featuring Mark King

[edit] Credits

• Mark King – Bass and Vocals
• Mike Lindup – Keyboards and Vocals
• Boon Gould – Guitars
• Phil Gould – Drums

with

• Wally Badarou – Keyboards, Vocals and Co-writer/Producer
• Gary Barnacle – Saxophone

2007 Re-issue

• Gary Husband – Drums (Deluxe edition CD2, tracks 6-10)
• Nathan King – Guitars and vocals (Deluxe edition CD2, tracks 6-10)
• Lyndon Connah – Keyboards and Vocals (Deluxe edition CD2, tracks 6-10)
• Sean Freeman – Saxophone and Vocals (Deluxe edition CD2, tracks 9,10)

[edit] References

1. ^ Amazon.com