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• 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 black 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. And most of that was due to the album’s towering lead single, the pop-funk of “Something About You”. With its expensive video seeing the group styled for the 80s, it set radio alight, becoming a Top 10 hit and charting around the world, importantly in the US. Following up with the tender ballad “Leaving Me Now” and then the bouncy funk of the album’s title track as singles, the album’s success was guaranteed; it reached No 3 in the UK charts and spent an amazing 72 weeks on the listings.

• Artist: Level 42 Label: Universal Music Recordings Format: LP Units: 1 Country: Europe Genre: Pop & Rock Style: Synth-Pop

• 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