Subject: Level 42 Digest, #204 ===================== * LEVEL 42 DIGEST * ===================== Digest 204 Sunday, 10/02/94 84 subscribers Today's messages: Re: Best album Fav-or-ite albums?! Re: Best album ------------------------------ From: Synth Oberheim Date: Sat, 1 Oct 1994 10:42:55 -0600 (MDT) Subject: Re: Best album Robert S. Kadel writes: > I'm curious as to what anyone thinks is L42's best album. What a question. That's like asking which one of your children is your favorite ... :-) I'd have to say that _World Machine_ pulls out slightly ahead from the rest -- call it my first-album bias -- but I'd also have to mention _Level 42_, and _Guaranteed_. All three of these seem to have a "cohesiveness" that I don't find in the others. Each album feels like one long work, with each song flowing into the next, instead of a collection of tracks. On another note: I'm still in shock that I won't ever get to see them live in the States either. The world is a cruel place ... Regards, Vince =============================================================================== synth oberheim .:::::. synth @ yuri.abq.nm.us synth @ kitsune.swcp.com =============================================================================== "A dozen pizzas? Oh, it's those damn KIDS!" ------------------------------ From: eric (Eric J. Hansen) Date: Sat, 1 Oct 94 13:16:21 EDT Subject: Fav-or-ite albums?! Well, like someone else said, this is like asking who your favorite child is! Blasphemy! Just kidding. While I won't pick a "favorite" album per se, I will tell that the two that I tend to listen to the most frequently are Level 42 (the first), and Standing in the Light. In fact, I can't quite figure out why S.I.T.L. is not talked about more, since it is really superb. Further, although I'm listenening to Guaranteed now (whilst I type), I don't really listen to it that often. I personally think their newer stuff is overrated (relative to their older stuff, of course, not compared to other groups' albums). I really enjoy the earlier vintage, which include True Colors and World Machine, IMHO. In fact, I just went through about a week of straight World Machine (didn't leave the home CD player), with Level 42 and S.I.T.L on a tape in the car. I'm practically devastated that L42 will be no more after a month or so. To clarify, is this for touring or producing albums, or both?! On the bright side, however, I can't imagine that Mike and Mark et al. will completely stop recording. On the contrary, I'd expect Mark to endeavor on a solo career something like Midge Ure of Ultravox (FYI: Mark played on Midge's first album). This would not be too bad -- I'm sure the whole L42 clan would appear at some point or another. Also, (on another bright side), having more leeway for solo work leaves open the possibility for the "ultimate band album." On this last point, what do people think would be the ultimate band which would of course include at least one L42 member, and other musicians of excellent caliber? I would like to see an album with Herbie Hancock on keys, Mark on bass, perhaps Paul Weller (Jam, Style Council) on vocals/guitar, Bruce Wooley on drums. This is just one great combo, although all these guys are somewhat regarded as "front men". Anyways, just food for thought to avoid L42-breakup depression. Eric ------------------------------ From: lazlo @ RT66.com (Lazlo Nibble) Date: Sat, 1 Oct 1994 20:38:51 -0600 (MDT) Subject: Re: Best album I'm with Vinnie on this one, and I don't think it's first-album bias, either. World Machine works for me from start to finish in a way that none of the other albums do -- a very cohesive effort all around. -- Lazlo (lazlo @ rt66.com)