On the Level
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| Studio album by Status Quo | ||||
| Released | 21 February 1975[1] | |||
| Recorded | Winter 1974 at IBC Studios and Phonogram Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Blues rock | |||
| Length | 37:55 | |||
| Label | Vertigo (UK) Capitol Records (USA) |
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| Producer | Status Quo | |||
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On The Level is the eighth Status Quo studio album. It features Francis Rossi, Richard Parfitt, Alan Lancaster and John Coghlan. The album's cover art features band members in an Ames room, and on the original vinyl release, the inner gatefold sleeve consisted of informal photos members of the group had taken of each other.
In November 1974 the band released the only single from the album, an edited version of a Rossi/Young song entitled "Down Down". The single gave the band their only #1 hit to date. Its b-side was the Parfitt/Young album track "Nightride".
When the album was released in February 1975, the group were more or less at the peak of their career, record sales-wise. The album entered the chart at #1. All tracks were written or co-written by the group themselves, apart from "Bye Bye Johnny", which was originally a Chuck Berry song.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
- "Little Lady" (Parfitt) - 3:03
- "Most of the Time" (Rossi/Young) - 3:22
- "I Saw the Light" (Rossi/Young) - 3:40
- "Over and Done" (Lancaster) - 3:55
- "Nightride" (Parfitt/Young) - 3:54
- "Down Down" (Rossi/Young) - 5:25
- "Broken Man" (Lancaster) - 4:14
- "What to Do" (Rossi/Young) - 3:07
- "Where I Am" (Parfitt) - 2:45
- "Bye Bye Johnny" (Berry) - 5:21
[edit] 2005 reissue bonus tracks
- "Down Down [Single Version]" (Rossi/Young) - 3:50
- "Roll Over Lay Down [Live Version]" (Rossi/Parfitt/Lancaster/Coghlan/Young) - 5:41
- "Gerdundula [Live Version]" (Manston/James) - 2:35
- "Junior's Wailing [Live Version]" (White/Pugh) - 3:57
- "Roadhouse Blues [Live Version]" (Morrison/Densmore/Krieger/Manzarek) - 12:24
[edit] Chart positions
| Chart | Year | Peak position |
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| UK Albums Chart | 1975 |
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[edit] Personnel
- Francis Rossi - guitar, vocals
- Rick Parfitt - guitar, keyboards, vocals
- Alan Lancaster - bass, guitar, vocals
- John Coghlan - drums
| Preceded by His Greatest Hits by Engelbert Humperdinck |
UK number-one album 1–8 March 1975 |
Succeeded by Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin |
[edit] References
- ^ "On the Level". Rate Your Music. http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/status_quo/on_the_level_f3/. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ "Number 1 Albums – 1970s". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080209095720/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/all_the_no1_albums.php?show=3. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
