Level 42 - Guaranteed (1991) {2009, Deluxe Edition}

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Level 42 - Guaranteed (1991) {2009, Deluxe Edition}
2CD | EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 1,05 Gb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 418 Mb
Full Scans | 00:57:52 + 01:19:06 | RAR 5% Recovery
Pop Rock / New Wave / Jazz-Funk / Dance-Rock / Jazz Fusion / Synth-Pop
Edsel Records #EDSD 2037

After several hit albums in the U.K., Level 42 finally found American success with the 1986 album World Machine and its hit single, "Something About You." When 1987's follow-up release Running in the Family also scored on this side of the Atlantic, it seemed Level 42 was here to stay. But 1988's Staring at the Sun was an artistic catastrophe and a commercial failure, and Level 42 would never again reach the artistic and commercial peak of its two U.S. successes. Guaranteed was a considerably better album than Staring at the Sun – not that the band could do much worse – but it went virtually unnoticed in America. The departure of founding members and primary songwriters Phil and Boon Gould in late 1987 began a series of major setbacks for Level 42. The Staring at the Sun album was misguided and flat, and replacement members Alan Murphy and Gary Husband didn't seem to gel. To throw the band into further disarray, Murphy died of AIDS in late 1989 and Level 42 was dropped from Polydor after almost a decade. Apart from a 1989 greatest-hits album, the band had not released a new album in three years. The group recruited guitarists Alan Holdsworth and Dominic Miller and signed with RCA, which released Guaranteed in 1991. Guaranteed boasts a number of catchy, if unremarkable, pop tunes; the title track (a Top 20 hit in the U.K.) is pleasant enough, and the almost-country number "My Father's Shoes" is unlike anything else the band ever recorded. Vocalist and bassist Mark King, who sounded nearly comatose on Staring at the Sun, is rejuvenated and energetic here, particularly on the upbeat "Overtime" and the funky "Her Big Day." Keyboardist Mike Lindup leads on one of the album's best tracks, the ballad "Lasso the Moon," and "With a Little Love" is a simple but engaging plea for (what else) love, peace, and happiness. Unfortunately, many of the songs here are dull and forgettable. The band itself is in top form, but even the best musicians can't do much with lifeless material. A couple of tracks are downright awful; "The Ape" is as silly as the title, and the overblown "If You Were Mine" is the album's worst song, proving drummer Gary Husband isn't much of a songwriter. It's nice that Level 42 was able to regain some of its credibility with this album; Staring at the Sun was so mind-bogglingly awful, anything the band had recorded afterward would have been an improvement. But compared to the rest of the band's output, Guaranteed barely registers. It isn't necessarily a bad album, but one listen makes it painfully obvious that Level 42 was on its last legs. The band would release one more album (1995's very good Forever Now) before disbanding. Edsel's 2009 edition included bonus tracks.

~ William Cooper, All Music


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Track List CD1 - Guaranteed:

01. Guaranteed [04:55]
02. Overtime [04:47]
03. Her Big Day [05:08]
04. Seven Years [04:44]
05. Set Me Up [04:30]
06. The Ape [04:17]
07. My Father's Shoes [05:13]
08. A Kinder Eye [05:47]
09. She Can't Help Herself [05:25]
10. If You Were Mine [05:00]
11. Lasso The Moon [04:03]
12. With A Little Love [04:08]

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EAC extraction logfile from 6. November 2012, 8:29

Level 42 / Guaranteed

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Track List CD2 - Bonus Tracks-Singles, B-Sides, 12'' Mixes, Live Versions:

01. Guaranteed (Single Edit) [03:55]
02. All She Wants [04:29]
03. Guaranteed (The New Avangers Mix) [06:47]
04. Guaranteed (Wheel Spin Warior Mix) [06:27]
05. Overtime (Edit) [03:47]
06. At This Great Distance [04:44]
07. Overtime (The 'Lorimer' Mix) [07:10]
08. Overtime (The Hen Pecked Horns Mix) [05:11]
09. Overtime (The King Mix Radio Version) [04:08]
10. Overtime (Live) [04:48]
11. Guaranteed (Live) [04:02]
12. If You Were Mine (Live) [05:03]
13. My Father's Shoes (Single Edit) [04:10]
14. As Years Go By [04:37]
15. Her Big Day (Live) [04:27]
16. The Sun Goes Down [Living It Up] (Live) [05:27]

Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011

EAC extraction logfile from 6. November 2012, 8:57

Level 42 / Guaranteed

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Personnel:
Bass, Vocals – Mark King
Drums, Vocals, Keyboards – Gary Husband
Guitar – Allan Holdsworth, Dominic Miller
Keyboards, Vocals – Mike Lindup, Wally Badarou
Lead Guitar – Jakko M. Jaksyk* (tracks: 2-6, 2-12, 2-14 to 2-16)
Mixed By – Tom Lord-Alge
Producer, Recorded By – Level 42, Wally Badarou
Saxophone – Gary Barnacle
Trumpet – John Thirkell
Vocals – Annie McCaig



All thanks go to the original ripper(s) …

>>> Level 42 in my Blog <<<

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