Artist: Level 42
Title: Running In The Family (Super Deluxe Edition)
Year Of Release: 1987/2012
Label: UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)
Genre: New Wave, Synth Pop, Funk
Quality: 320 kbps | FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 02:59:00
Total Size: 416 mb | 1.2 gb
Tracklist:CD1
1. Level 42 - Lessons In Love
2. Level 42 - Children Say
3. Level 42 - Running In The Family
4. Level 42 - It's Over
5. Level 42 - To Be With You Again
6. Level 42 - Two Solitudes (Everyone's Love In The Air)
7. Level 42 - Fashion Fever
8. Level 42 - The Sleepwalkers
9. Level 42 - Freedom Someday
10. Level 42 - Lessons In Love
11. Level 42 - Running In The Family
12. Level 42 - It's Over
CD2
1. Mark King - Lessons In Love
2. Mark King - Children Say (Mark King Home Recording)
3. Mark King - Running In The Family
4. Mark King - It's Over (Mark King Home Recording)
5. Mark King - To Be With You Again
6. Mark King - Two Solitudes (Everyone's Love In The Air)
7. Mark King - Fashion Fever (Mark King Home Recording)
8. Mark King - Sleepwalkers
9. Mark King - Freedom Someday
CD3
1. The Barry Gray Orchestra - Thunderbirds (Main Theme Excerpt)
2. Level 42 - Fashion Fever
3. Level 42 - World Machine (Live At Wembley)
4. Level 42 - Children Say
5. Level 42 - The Chinese Way (Live At Wembley)
6. Level 42 - Love Games (Live At Wembley)
7. Level 42 - Leaving Me Now (Live At Wembley)
8. Level 42 - The Chant Has Begun (Live At Wembley)
9. Level 42 - Lessons In Love
10. Level 42 - The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up) (Live At Wembley)
11. Level 42 - Something About You (Live At Wembley)
12. Level 42 - Hot Water (Live At Wembley)
By Running in the Family, Level 42 had almost completely thinned out their early jazz-funk and soul roots in favor of a radio-friendly keyboard pop with a light R&B vibe. The sound lies somewhere between Kool and the Gang and early Tears for Fears. But if early fans might have felt betrayed by the new direction, the band's newfound aptitude for attention-grabbing hooks and airtight instrumental polish attracted more than enough new fans to replace them. Running in the Family included the band's sole number one hit in the U.K. charts, "Lessons in Love." It also featured a handful of other respectable pop nuggets including "Children Say" and "Fashion Fever." The record is a little uneven, faltering especially when the band indulges its taste for sappy ballads like "It's Over." But for the most part, Level 42 was extremely successful in its attempt to create something that would strike a chord with mainstream pop audiences. And they manage to do it without being obnoxiously derivative. Of course, the whole project reeks of 1987. But the solid craftsmanship of the writing as well as the group's ability to adapt to the popular tastes of the time helped them survive the '80s and become one of the more durable bands to have arisen in that era.
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