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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Level 42 were among the bands that made a huge success in the 80s and 90s, like Duran Duran, Simple Minds, Alphaville, A-ha, Camouflage, and so on. This double CD is packed with all their hits, digitally remastered with 32 bit for a higher sound quality. "Something About You", "Leaving Me Now", "Lessons In Love", "Running In The Family", "To Be With You Again" are among my favorites. Buy this CD if you are Level 42 or 80's synth pop/new wave fan.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By Kobolt5
Format:Audio CD
I have recently got into Level 42 and now I just can't get enough of the boys from the Isle Of Wight. The boys fusion of jazz and funk has paved the way for exciting, toe-tapping instrumental and vocal tracks.
This album captures all their greatest hits and more, the earlier tracks are just as good if not better than the more commercial tracks of their later days, a good example is Love Games.
The best tracks on the album are: Micro Kid, The Chinese Way (the busiest bass line ever!) Hot Water (Level 42 at their most funky and energetic), Something About You (their biggest hit), Lessons In Love, Running In The Family & Heaven In My Hands.
Each track is polished, extremely well produced and now much brighter and tighter thanks to the digital remastering of each track.
If you are a fan of them, don't hesitate to buy this album, and even if you're not, give it a try, you may become a convert, I certaintly have!
12 of 15 people found the following review helpful
By "richuk123"
Format:Audio CD
Well being a modest 20 years of age, how could i possibly give a review when level 42 formed when i was twinkle in my mummies eye??
Well having stumbled across the "running in the family" album in the loft a few years back i decided to play it and i fell in love with the jazz, funkk, rock fusions made by this group. Its such a shame that there best selling album turned out to be the last of of the orignal quartet.
This albums displays the band talent to fuse different geners and make it sound quite good!!! (flying on the) wings of love has to be the song that gave the inspiration for the soundrack to the arcade classic "out run" (sega 86), Love games stamped Level 42 authority in music back in '81 and then rolled of track like, Starchild, The chinese way and miroc kid. then '84 was the year where i belive that they polished their best track to date, The "long" version of Hot Water. 2 more albums followed and the ever so meaningful to be with you again and its over were products of the multi platiumn album "running in the family" after that it was all a bit on and off, which ulimatly made the group dispand in '94. A shame but highly infulental band in the 80's and with a tour this year, let the good times roll!!!
Well having stumbled across the "running in the family" album in the loft a few years back i decided to play it and i fell in love with the jazz, funkk, rock fusions made by this group. Its such a shame that there best selling album turned out to be the last of of the orignal quartet.
This albums displays the band talent to fuse different geners and make it sound quite good!!! (flying on the) wings of love has to be the song that gave the inspiration for the soundrack to the arcade classic "out run" (sega 86), Love games stamped Level 42 authority in music back in '81 and then rolled of track like, Starchild, The chinese way and miroc kid. then '84 was the year where i belive that they polished their best track to date, The "long" version of Hot Water. 2 more albums followed and the ever so meaningful to be with you again and its over were products of the multi platiumn album "running in the family" after that it was all a bit on and off, which ulimatly made the group dispand in '94. A shame but highly infulental band in the 80's and with a tour this year, let the good times roll!!!
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great album
Bought for hubby and he has had hours of fun listening to this, brought back memories of youth. Good buy
Published 2 months ago by maria
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Great 80's music
If you like the 80's then you'll love this
Definitely worth a try just for the bass playing alone on some tracks like 'the Chinese way'
Definitely worth a try just for the bass playing alone on some tracks like 'the Chinese way'
Published 3 months ago by I. White
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Level 42 The Ultimate Collection - perfect regression
Level 42
The Ultimate Collection
(Polydor 2002)
Spanning two decades from the Early Tapes to Forever Now , this brilliant 2CD goes a long way in improving upon... Read more
The Ultimate Collection
(Polydor 2002)
Spanning two decades from the Early Tapes to Forever Now , this brilliant 2CD goes a long way in improving upon... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Mr. D. P. G. Garrett
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Great music is timeless
Forgot just how many hits these guys had, or how well written they were. In a class of their own
Highly recommend and the best hits package around
Highly recommend and the best hits package around
Published 24 months ago by Mrs. Catherine Darcy
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cheers to the 80's
fantastic brought me back in time, came in the post the next day, well packaged and have been playing it all morning. Read more
Published on 12 Oct 2010 by lotty
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Brillant
Great band from the 80's
Always loved Level 42. A really successful in its time. Was good to get ALL the hits on one 1 double CD. Read more
Always loved Level 42. A really successful in its time. Was good to get ALL the hits on one 1 double CD. Read more
Published on 12 July 2010 by Mrs. Anne Cato
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OLD SKOOL VIBES ! ...
PURCHASED FOR THE TENTH OF THE PRICE OF A CONCERT TICKET ... EXCELLENT VALUE !!!
MARK KING AND MIKE LINDUP STILL, TO THIS DAY, REMAIN AT THE HEART OF THE GROUP ... Read more
MARK KING AND MIKE LINDUP STILL, TO THIS DAY, REMAIN AT THE HEART OF THE GROUP ... Read more
Published on 6 Jun 2010 by D. Patterson
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Almost the ultimate collection and the best released so far...
Essentially this album takes you chronologically through the bands history from the early raw Brit funk grooves of Starchild, Love Games and Love Meeting love. Read more
Published on 18 Sep 2009 by BD
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Level 42 The Ultimate Collection
I wanted to get this collection, mainly to get the Take Care Of Yourself single, which doesn't appear on one of the bands regular album relaeases. Read more
Published on 28 April 2009 by Mr. D. Keiley
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A decent retrospective of the Lev's finally arrives
Level 42 were perhaps the 1980's music scene incarnate, their music synonymous with trendy young executives/wannabe boy racers cruising the boulevards of Milton Keynes and... Read more
Published on 22 Nov 2002 by Chris-Hyams
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