Level Headed

Level Headed
Studio album by Sweet
Released	January 1978
Recorded	Kingsway Recorders, London, Château d'Hérouville, Hérouville, France
Genre	Rock
Length	54:56
Label	Polydor
Producer	Sweet
Sweet chronology
Off the Record (1977) Level Headed (1978) Cut Above the Rest (1979)
Alternative cover
Cover of US version
Singles from Level Headed
"Love Is Like Oxygen" Released: January 1978 "California Nights" Released: July 1978

Level Headed is a 1978 album by British rock band Sweet. It features "Love Is Like Oxygen", the band's last original single to hit the top 40 on both sides of the Atlantic, peaking at #8 in the US and #9 in the UK. The single version of "Love Is Like Oxygen" is substantially shorter than the album version, and the US version having only the first verse, shorter intermezzo and the funky outro. A second single, "California Nights", was released from the album but only reached #76 in the US.

This was the last album to feature the "classic" Sweet line-up of Brian Connolly, Andy Scott, Mick Tucker and Steve Priest. About a year after its release, while working on the next album, Connolly left the band to embark on a solo career. The remaining trio continued as Sweet and delivered three more albums before breaking up in 1982.

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Track listing

All songs written by Andy Scott, Mick Tucker, Steve Priest and Brian Connolly, except where noted.

European version

Side one

1. "Dream On" (Scott) – 2:52
2. "Love Is Like Oxygen" (Scott, Trevor Griffin) – 6:57
3. "California Nights" – 3:42
4. "Strong Love" – 3:27
5. "Fountain" – 4:44

Side two

1. "Anthem No. I (Lady of the Lake)" – 4:12
2. "Silverbird" – 3:27
3. "Lettres D'Amour" – 3:28
4. "Anthem No. II" – 1:04
5. "Air on 'A' Tape Loop" (Scott, Tucker, Priest) – 5:54

US version

An alternate version with different running order and album cover was released in the US on Capitol Records.

Side one

1. "California Nights"
2. "Silverbird"
3. "Dream On"
4. "Fountain" - 4:11 (Last part with harpsichord is shorter and not hi-hat cymbals)
5. "Love Is Like Oxygen"

Side two

1. "Anthem No. I (Lady of the Lake)"
2. "Strong Love"
3. "Lettres D'Amour"
4. "Anthem No. II"
5. "Air on 'A' Tape Loop"

Personnel

Sweet

• Brian Connolly – lead and backing vocals
• Andy Scott – lead vocals on "Dream On" and "Fountain", guitar, synthesizer, backing vocals
• Mick Tucker – drums, percussion, backing vocals
• Steve Priest – lead vocals on "California Nights", bass guitar, synthesizer voice, backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Geoff Westley – keyboards, string arrangements on "Anthem No. I (Lady of the Lake)" and "Anthem No. II"
• Ronnie Asprey – brass
• Richard Harvey – baroque wind
• Stevie Lange – vocals on "Lettres D'Amour"