Product Description
Level 42 – World Machine (Pink Vinyl)
RELEASE DATE: 25th April 2025
This re-issue of World Machine, Level 42‘s 1985 breakthrough album, is presented with scrupulous attention to the detail of the original UK first pressings and available in audiophile 180g pink vinyl in celebration of the album’s 40th anniversary.
By 1985, Level 42 – bassist and vocalist Mark King, keyboard player/vocalist Mike Lindup, guitarist Boon Gould, drummer/lyricist Phil Gould, and studio-only keyboard player Wally Badarou – were on the verge of breaking big. After a string of well-received albums, such as their pioneering jazz-funk 1981 debut or the Ken-Scott-produced True Colours, the group decided, rather than work up material through jamming, to sit and write some songs for their forthcoming album. Producing themselves, with assistance from engineer Julian Mendelsohn, this new approach meant that World Machine was the quantum commercial leap they craved.
Tracklist:
A1 World Machine
A2 Physical Presence
A3 Something About You
A4 Leaving Me Now
B1 I Sleep On My Heart
B2 It’s Not The Same For Us
B3 Good Man In A Storm
B4 Coup D’Etat
B5 Lying Still
