Level 42 discography

Main article: Level 42
Level 42 discography
Releases
↙Studio albums 11
↙Live albums 8
↙Compilation albums 6
↙EPs 1
↙Singles 33
↙Video albums 8
↙Music videos 22

Since 1980, British pop musical group Level 42 has released 11 studio albums. The band's latest was Retroglide, released in 2006. The group have one Top 10 hit on the American Billboard Hot 100 chart ("Something About You") and six top 10s on the British UK single charts ("The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up)", "Something About You", "Lessons In Love", "Running in the Family", "To Be With You Again" and "It's Over"). Level 42 have sold 31 million units worldwide.

Contents

Studio albums

Year Album Info Chart positions[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
UK GER SWI AUT NLD SWE NOR US NZ
1981 Level 42 20 — — — — 43 — — —
1982 Strategy / The Early Tapes 46 — — — — — — — —
1982 The Pursuit of Accidents 17 — — — — — 31 — —
1983 Standing in the Light 9 27 — — — 25 — — —
1984 True Colours 14 23 14 — — 29 — — 17
1985 World Machine 3 12 14 14 — 21 39 18 18
1987 Running in the Family 2 4 4 4 1 4 4 23 6
1988 Staring at the Sun 2 5 6 21 — 10 5 128 —
1991 Guaranteed 3 — 31 — — 39 — — —
1994 Forever Now 8 — — — 30 — — — —
2006 Retroglide 78 — — — 92 — — — —

Live albums

Compilations

Singles

Year Title Album Chart positions
UK[10] U.S. U.S. Dance SWZ[11] DEU[12] NOE[13] SWE[14] AUT NLD IRL BEL NZ[15]
1979 "Sandstorm"A The Early Tapes - - - 8 - - - - 85 - - -
1980 "Love Meeting Love" 61 - - - - - - - - - - -
"(Flying On The) Wings Of Love" - - - - - - - - - - - -
1981 "Love Games" Level 42 38 - - - - - - - 4 - 15 -
"Turn It On" 57 - - - - - - - - - - -
"Starchild" 47 - - - - - - - 17 - - -
1982 "Are You Hearing (What I Hear)?" Pursuit of Accidents 49 - - - - - - - - - - -
"Weave Your Spell" 43 - - - - - - - - - - -
1983 "The Chinese Way" 24 - - - - - - - 45 27 26 -
"Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind" Standing in the Light 41 - - - - - - - - - - -
"The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up)" 10 - - - - - - - - 18 24 -
"Micro Kid" 37 - 25 - - - - - - - - -
1984 "Hot Water" True Colours 18 87 - - - 10 - - 4 - 7 -
"The Chant Has Begun" 41 - - - - - - - 38 - - -
1985 "A Physical Presence" World Machine - - - - - - - - - - - -
"Something About You" 6 7 4 - - - - 46 32 7 - 10
"Leaving Me Now" 15 - - - - - - - 27 9 - 35
1986 "World Machine" (remix) - - 25 - - - - - - - - -
"Lessons in Love" Running in the Family 3 12 12 1 1 10 2 4 2 3 3 18
1987 "Running in the Family" 6 83 - 5 12 7 12 12 3 4 11 9
"To Be With You Again" 10 - - 29 39 - - - 6 6 16 20
"It's Over" 10 - - - - - - - 7 3 16 -
"Children Say" 22 - - - - - - - 8 25 24 -
1988 "Heaven in My Hands" Staring at the Sun 12 - - 20 22 10 - - 4 9 11 -
"Take a Look" 32 - - - - - - - 14 13 23 -
1989 "Tracie" 25 - - - - - - - 14 19 21 -
"Take Care of Yourself" Level Best 39 - - - - - - - 11 - 22 -
1991 "Guaranteed" Guaranteed 17 - - - 51 - - - 13 25 17 -
"Overtime" 62 - - - - - - - 51 - - -
1992 "My Father's Shoes" 55 - - - - - - - - - - -
1994 "Forever Now" Forever Now 19 - - - 51 - - - 25 - - -
"All Over You" 26 - - - - - - - - - - -
"Love In A Peaceful World" 31 - - - - - - - - - - -
2006 "The Way Back Home" Retroglide - - - - - - - - - - - -

A - 1100 white label records released commercially - Level 42 provided the B-side. A-side 'Journey to...'(sic) by 'Powerline'. The release was purely commercial, the 'white labels' were used to give the record 'underground' credibility.

Music videos

Year Song length Director Album Notes
1982 "Are You Hearing (What I Hear)?" 03:44 David G. Hillier The Pursuit of Accidents unreleased
1982 "Weave Your Spell" 04:01 David G. Hillier The Pursuit of Accidents unreleased
1983 "Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind" 04:36 M.D. Phillips Standing in the Light unreleased
1983 "Micro Kid" 03:44 David G. Hillier Standing in the Light -
1983 "The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up)" 03:47 David G. Hillier Standing in the Light -
1984 "Hot Water" 03:32 David G. Hillier True Colours -
1985 "The Chant Has Begun" 04:05 David G. Hillier True Colours -
1985 "Something About You 03:46 Stuart Orme World Machine -
1985 "Leaving Me Now" 3:26 Nigel Dick World Machine -
1986 "Lessons in Love" 04:04 Stuart Orme Running in the Family -
1987 "Running in the Family" 03:56 Stuart Orme Running in the Family -
1987 "To Be With You Again" 04:00 Peter Christopherson Running in the Family -
1987 "It's Over 04:34 The Molotov Brothers Running in the Family -
1987 "Children Say" 04:41 The Molotov Brothers Running in the Family -
1988 "Heaven in My Hands" 04:08 Steve Barron Staring at the Sun -
1988 "Take a Look" 04:35 David Hogan Staring at the Sun -
1988 "Tracie" 03:21 David Hogan Staring at the Sun -
1989 "Take Care of Yourself" 04:27 David Hogan Level Best -
1991 "Guaranteed" [version 1] 03:56 The Mill Guaranteed -
1991 "Guaranteed" [version 2] 04:27 The Mill Guaranteed -
1991 "Overtime" 03:51 Steve Graham Guaranteed -
1992 "My Father's Shoes" 04:12 Steve Graham Guaranteed -
1994 "Forever Now" 04:20 Nigel Simpkiss Forever Now -
1994 "All Over You" 04:07 Nigel Simpkiss Forever Now -
1994 "Love in a Peaceful World" 04:17 Jeff Baynes Forever Now -

Videos

References

  1. ^ "Level 42 – Artist chart history". The Official UK Charts Company. http://www.everyhit.com/searchsec.php. Retrieved 2008-04-06. 
  2. ^ "Level 42 – Album chart history" (in German). Media Control Charts. Archived from the original on 2007-10-29. http://web.archive.org/web/20071029144156/http://charts-surfer.de/musiksearch.php. Retrieved 2008-04-06. 
  3. ^ "Discography Level 42" (in German). Hit parade. http://hitparade.ch/search.asp?search=Level+42&cat=a. Retrieved 2008-04-06. 
  4. ^ "Discography Level 42" (in German). Austrian charts. http://austriancharts.at/search.asp?cat=a&search=Level+42. Retrieved 2008-04-06. 
  5. ^ "Discography Level 42" (in Dutch). Dutch charts. http://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?cat=a&search=Level+42. Retrieved 2008-04-06. 
  6. ^ "Discography Level 42" (in Swedish). Swedish charts. http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?search=Level+42&cat=a. Retrieved 2008-04-06. 
  7. ^ "Discography Level 42" (in Norwegian). Norwegian charts. http://norwegiancharts.com/search.asp?search=Level+42&cat=a. Retrieved 2008-04-06. 
  8. ^ "Level 42 – Artist chart history". Billboard charts. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=5055&model.vnuAlbumId=761675. Retrieved 2008-04-06. 
  9. ^ "Level 42 – Artist chart history". New Zealand Charts. http://charts.org.nz/search.asp?cat=a&artist=level+42&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts. Retrieved 2009-10-15. 
  10. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 318–319. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. 
  11. ^ "Switzerland Charts". Switzerland official music Chart Positions. http://hitparade.ch/. Retrieved 2006-09-16. 
  12. ^ "German Media Control Charts". Germany Charts. http://www.charts-surfer.de/. Retrieved 2007-06-11. 
  13. ^ "Norway Charts". Norway official music Chart Positions. http://norwegiancharts.com/. Retrieved 2007-05-30. 
  14. ^ "Sweden Charts". Sweden official music Chart Positions. http://swedishcharts.com/. Retrieved 2007-05-30. 
  15. ^ "New Zealand Charts". New Zealand official music Chart Positions. http://charts.org.nz/. Retrieved 2009-10-15. 

External links

Level 42
Studio albums
Live albums
Compilations
Videos
  • Live at Wembley 1986
  • Family of Five (Video singles 1980-1987)
  • The Ultimate Collection (Video singles & making of, 1980-1989)
  • Live At The Apollo
  • Retroglide Tour (Live at the New Oxford Theatre, 2006)
Singles
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