Level 42 discography

Since 1980, British pop musical group Level 42 have released 11 studio albums. The band's latest was Retroglide, released in 2006. The group have one Top 10 hit on the American Billboard Hot 100 chart ("Something About You") and six top 10s on the British UK single charts ("The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up)", "Something About You", "Lessons In Love", "Running in the Family", "To Be With You Again" and "It's Over"). In Canada, they achieved two platinum albums and two gold singles ("Something About You" and "Lessons in Love"). Level 42 have sold 31 million units worldwide.

Level 42 discography
Studio albums11
Live albums8
Compilation albums6
Video albums8
Music videos22
EPs1
Singles33

Albums

Studio albums

Title Release Peak chart positions
[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Certifications
UK CAN GER SWI AUT NLD SWE NOR US NZ
Level 42 20 5 43 UK: Silver
Strategy / The Early Tapes (July/Aug 1980)
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
70
The Pursuit of Accidents
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
17 27 31 UK: Silver
Standing in the Light
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
9 27 31 25 UK: Gold
True Colours
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
14 23 14 12 29 17 UK: Silver
World Machine
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
3 15 12 14 14 11 21 39 18 18 UK: 2x Platinum
CAN: Platinum
Running in the Family
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
2 6 4 4 4 3 6 4 23 6 UK: 2x Platinum
GER: Gold
CAN: Platinum
Staring at the Sun
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
2 8 6 21 1 10 5 128 UK: Gold

MC: Gold

Guaranteed
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
3 31 7 39 UK: Silver
Forever Now
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
8 24
Retroglide 78 92
Sirens (EP)
  • Released: 2013
  • Label: Level 42 Records
  • Formats: CD
78 92

Live albums

  • 1985 – A Physical Presence
  • 1986 – Live at Wembley
  • 2001 – Live 2001 Reading UK (13 tracks) / Re-released in 2006 as Greatest Hits Live in Concert 2001 at the Reading Hall England (17 tracks) / Re-released in 2007 as Live In Concert At The Reading Hall 2001 In England (15 tracks), as Greatest Hits Performed Live in Reading 2001 (15 tracks) and as The Essential Collection (2xCD) (36 tracks) / Re-released in 2013 as Best Of Live (15 tracks)
  • 2003 – Greatest Hits Live (15 tracks) / Re-released in 2005 (10 tracks) and as Greatest Hits Live Tour (14 tracks)
  • 2004 – Live at the Apollo, London (14 tracks) / Re-released in 2005 (16 tracks) / Re-released in 2007 and 2008 as Live at the Apollo (14 tracks) / Re-released in 2008 as Highlights From Live In London (12 tracks)
  • 2004 – The Sun Goes Down – The Best Of Level 42 – Live In Concert
  • 2005 – The River Sessions (Recorded live at the Locarno Ballroom, Glasgow, 18/09/83 by Radio Clyde)
  • 2006 – Level 42
  • 2007 – The Retroglide Tour
  • 2009 – Live in Holland 2009 (Recorded live in Utrecht, Holland, February 2009)
  • 2013 – Live from Metropolis Studio (Recorded live in West London's Metropolis Studio 10/12/11)
  • 2015 – Live – 30th Anniversary Concert (Recorded live 2010 Indigo o2 Arena)
  • 2015 – Sirens Tour Live (Recorded live 05/09/15 Indigo o2 Arena)

Compilation albums

  • 1987 – The Family Edition (Remixes)
  • 1989 – Level Best (A Collection of Their Greatest Hits)
  • 1989 – On the Level
  • 1989 – Level 42 Box Set (4xCD)
  • 1991 – 1980–1989 Complete (9xCD)
  • 1992 – The Remixes
  • 1993 – On a Level
  • 1993 – Lessons in Love – Level 42 Best
  • 1995 – To Be with You Again
  • 1996 – Turn it On
  • 1996 – The Remix Collection
  • 1997 – The Very Best of Level 42 (16 tracks) Re-released in 1998 The Very Best of Level 42 (19 tracks)
  • 1998 – Greatest Hits and More
  • 1999 – Classic Level 42 – The Universal Masters Collection Re-released in 2009
  • 2000 – Physical Presence – Best Level
  • 2000 – The Star Collection – Running in the Family
  • 2000 – Millennium Edition Re-released in 2004 as Popstars of the 20th Century
  • 2002 – The Ultimate Collection (2xCD) (29 tracks) / (3xCD) (38 tracks) / Re-released in 2005 as Gold (2xCD) (29 tracks)
  • 2003 – The Collection (CD 18 tracks) + (DVD 16 tracks)
  • 2003 – The Collection (17 tracks)
  • 2003 – Forever Gold
  • 2003 – 20th Century Masters – The Best of Level 42: The Millennium Collection
  • 2004 – The Ultimate Collection – Sound + Vision Deluxe (2xCD + 1xDVD) (29 tracks + 16 tracks)
  • 2005 – The Ultimate Collection II – B-Sides Remixes & RaritiesI (3xCD) (35 tracks)
  • 2006 – The Definitive Collection
  • 2006 – The Love Collection (3xCD) (39 tracks)
  • 2006 – Something About You – The Best of Level 42
  • 2007 – The Silver Collection
  • 2007 – Past Lives – The Best of the RCA Years
  • 2007 – Best Level
  • 2007 – Weave Your Spell: The Collection (2xCD) (31 tracks)
  • 2008 – Running in the Family
  • 2008 – The Collection (2xCD) (Greatest Studio Hits + Live at the Apollo)
  • 2008 – Classic Level 42
  • 2010 – The Acoustic Album
  • 2010 – Living it Up (4xCD) (56 tracks)
  • 2010 – Lessons in Love: The Collection (2xCD) (31 tracks) Re-released in 2017 as Lessons in Love – The Essential Level 42 (48 tracks)
  • 2013 – Running in the Family – Acoustic Re-Interpretations 25 Years On
  • 2015 – Something About You: The Collection
  • 2016 – Collected (2xLP) (25 tracks) (3xCD) (49 tracks)
  • 2017 – The Ultimate Collection (2xCD) (28 tracks)
  • 2021 – The Complete Polydor Years 1980-1984 (10xCD) (102 Tracks) – Available26-03
  • 2021 – The Complete Polydor Years 1985-1988 Coming Soon

Extended plays

  • A Physical Presence EP (Live) (1985)
  • Sirens (2013)

Singles

Top 40 singles

Between 1980 and 1994, Level 42 had a total of 30 singles, 20 of those reaching the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart. In the US, only two songs made the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Title Year Peak chart positions
UK
[10]!! NLD
US
"Love Games"1981384
"Starchild"198217
"The Chinese Way"19832445
"The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up)"198310
"Micro-Kid"198337
"Hot Water"198418487
"The Chant Has Begun"198438
"Something About You"19856337[11]
"Leaving Me Now"19851527
"Lessons in Love"19863212[12]
"Running in the Family"19876383
"To Be With You Again"19871010
"It's Over"1987108
"Children Say"1987228
"Heaven in My Hands"1988124
"Take a Look"19883215
"Tracie"19892516
"Take Care of Yourself"19893914
"Guaranteed"19911720
"Overtime"199151
"Forever Now"19941925
"All Over You"199426
"Love in a Peaceful World"199431

Complete singles

Year Title Album Peak chart positions
UK
[10]
US US Dance SWI
[13]
GER
[14]
NOR
[15]
SWE
[16]
AUT NLD NZ
[17]
1979 "Sandstorm"A The Early Tapes
1980 "Love Meeting Love" 61
"(Flying on the) Wings of Love"
1981 "Love Games" Level 42 38 7
"Turn It On" 57
"Starchild" 47 60 24
1982 "Are You Hearing (What I Hear)?" The Pursuit of Accidents 49
"Weave Your Spell" 43
1983 "The Chinese Way" 24
"Out of Sight, Out of Mind" Standing in the Light 41
"The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up)" 10
"Micro-Kid" 37
1984 "Hot Water" True Colours 18 87 10 3
"The Chant Has Begun" 41
1985 "A Physical Presence EP" World Machine 87
"Something About You"B 6 7 4 32 10
"Leaving Me Now"B 15 33 35
1986 "World Machine" (remix) 23
"Lessons in Love" Running in the Family 3 12 12 1 1 10 2 4 2 18
1987 "Running in the Family" 6 83 5 12 7 12 12 3 9
"To Be with You Again" 10 29 39 6 20
"It's Over" 10 7
"Children Say" 22 9
1988 "Heaven in My Hands" Staring at the Sun 12 20 22 10 7
"Take a Look" 32 14
1989 "Tracie" 25 14
"Take Care of Yourself" Level Best 39 11
1991 "Guaranteed" Guaranteed 17 51 13
"Overtime" 62
1992 "My Father's Shoes" 55
1994 "Forever Now" Forever Now 19 51 31
"All Over You" 26
"Love in a Peaceful World" 31
2006 "The Way Back Home" Retroglide
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

A – 1100 white label records released commercially – Level 42 provided the B-side. A-side "Journey to...'" (sic) by 'Powerline'. The release was purely commercial, the 'white labels' were used to give the record 'underground' credibility.

B – "Something About You" and "Leaving Me Now" both charted on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart, peaking at #10 and #32 respectively. "Something About You" also hit #45 on the U.S. Album Rock Tracks chart.

Videography

Music videos

YearSonglengthDirectorAlbumNotes
1982"Are You Hearing (What I Hear)?"03:44David G. HillierThe Pursuit of Accidentsunreleased
1982"Weave Your Spell"04:01David G. HillierThe Pursuit of Accidentsunreleased
1983"Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind"04:36M.D. PhillipsStanding in the Lightunreleased
1983"Micro-Kid"03:44David G. HillierStanding in the Light
1983"The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up)"03:47David G. HillierStanding in the Light
1984"Hot Water"03:32David G. HillierTrue Colours
1985"The Chant Has Begun"04:05David G. HillierTrue Colours
1985"Something About You03:46Stuart OrmeWorld Machine
1985"Leaving Me Now"3:26Nigel DickWorld Machine
1986"Lessons in Love"04:04Stuart OrmeRunning in the Family
1987"Running in the Family"03:56Stuart OrmeRunning in the Family
1987"To Be With You Again"04:00Peter ChristophersonRunning in the Family
1987"It's Over04:34The Molotov BrothersRunning in the Family
1987"Children Say"04:41The Molotov BrothersRunning in the Family
1988"Heaven in My Hands"04:08Steve BarronStaring at the Sun
1988"Take a Look"04:35David HoganStaring at the Sun
1988"Tracie"03:21David HoganStaring at the Sun
1989"Take Care of Yourself"04:27David HoganLevel Best
1991"Guaranteed" [version 1]03:56The MillGuaranteed
1991"Guaranteed" [version 2]04:27The MillGuaranteed
1991"Overtime"03:51Steve GrahamGuaranteed
1992"My Father's Shoes"04:12Steve GrahamGuaranteed
1994"Forever Now"04:20Nigel SimpkissForever Now
1994"All Over You"04:07Nigel SimpkissForever Now
1994"Love in a Peaceful World"04:17Jeff BaynesForever Now

Videos

  • 1987 – The Family of Five
  • 2003 – The Collection
  • 2003 – Live at Reading UK
  • 2003 – Live at Reading Concert Hall
  • 2003 – Level 42 Live Apollo 2003
  • 2005 – Live at Wembley (1987)
  • 2005 – Level 42 at Rock Palast (1983/1984)
  • 2006 – Retroglide Tour
  • 2009 – Live in Holland 2009
  • 2011 – 30th Anniversary World Tour
  • 2013 – Live From Metropolis Studios
  • 2015 – Sirens Tour Live
  • 2019 – Eternity Tour 2018

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