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[date=January 2024] [date=February 2024] [date=January 2024] {{Infobox album |
name = Level Headed | type = studio | artist = Sweet | cover = Cd level ger
a.jpg | alt = | released = January 1978[1] | recorded = 1977 | venue = |
studio = Château d'Hérouville, France; Kingsway Recorders, London | genre =
[Neo-prog <ref name="allmusic" />] | length = [m=39] (Polydor version)<br
/>38:54 (Capitol version) | label = [Polydor] | producer = Sweet | prev_title
= The Golden Greats | prev_year = 1977 | next_title = Cut Above the Rest |
next_year = 1979 | misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = US release
| type = studio
| cover = Level Headed US album cover.jpg
| border =
| alt =
| caption =
}} {{Singles
| name = Level Headed
| type = studio
| single1 = Love Is Like Oxygen
| single1date = January 1978
| single2 = California Nights
| single2date = July 1978 (US)
}} }}
_LEVEL HEADED_ is the sixth studio album by British glam rock band Sweet.
Different versions were released by Polydor in Europe and by Capitol in the
US, Canada and Japan. The album features "Love Is Like Oxygen", the band's
last single to hit the top 40, peaking at No. 8 in the US and No. 9 in the
UK. The single version of "Love Is Like Oxygen" is substantially shorter than
the album version. A second single, "California Nights", was released from
the album but only reached No. 76 in the US.
This was the last album to feature the classic Sweet line-up, as Brian
Connolly departed around a year after the album's release, in order to embark
on a solo career. The remaining trio of Steve Priest, Andy Scott, and Mick
Tucker continued, and delivered three more albums before breaking up in 1981.
** Reception
{{Album reviews |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = [4][2] |rev2 = _The Encyclopedia
of Popular Music_ |rev2score = [2][3] |rev3 = _(The New) Rolling Stone Album
Guide_ |rev3score = [2][4] }} AllMusic lauded the album in their retrospective
review, praising the wild sampling of styles and the band's shift from their
earlier bubblegum singles to album-driven rock. They concluded: "Certainly,
this is not classic-era Sweet, but that's precisely what's good about _Level
Headed_ – they're off-kilter and adventurous, occasionally stumbling but
always making interesting music on an album that's anything but what the title
promises."<ref name="allmusic" />
** Track listing
All songs written and composed by Brian Connolly, Steve Priest, Andy Scott,
and Mick Tucker except where noted.
*** Polydor release
Side one
1. "Dream On" <small> (Scott) </small> – 2:53
2. "Love Is Like Oxygen " <small> (Scott, Trevor Griffin) </small> – 6:53
3. "California Nights" – 3:45
4. "Strong Love" – 3:28
5. "Fountain" – 4:44
Side two
1. "Anthem No. I (Lady of the Lake)" – 4:11
2. "Silverbird" – 3:26
3. "Lettres D'Amour" – 3:30
4. "Anthem No. II" – 1:02
5. "Air on 'A' Tape Loop" <small> (Priest, Scott, Tucker) </small> – 5:59
**** Bonus tracks on 1991/1997 reissues
1. "Love Is Like Oxygen" <small> (single version) </small> – 3:48
2. "Cover Girl" – 3:34
3. "California Nights" <small> (single version) </small> – 3:22
4. "Show Me The Way" – 3:22
**** Bonus track on 2005 reissue
1. "Love Is Like Oxygen" <small> (single version) </small> – 3:49
*** Capitol release
This version has different artwork and a different running order
Side one
1. "California Nights" – 3:39
2. "Silverbird" – 3:24
3. "Dream On" – 2:50
4. "Fountain" <small> (last part with harpsichord is shorter and no hi-hat cymbals) </small> – 4:12
5. "Love Is Like Oxygen" – 6:49
Side two
1. "Anthem No. I (Lady of the Lake)" – 4:08
2. "Strong Love" – 3:28
3. "Lettres D'Amour" – 3:27
4. "Anthem No. II" – 0:58
5. "Air on 'A' Tape Loop" – 5:59
** Personnel
Sweet
- Brian Connolly – lead vocals <small> (except as noted) </small>
- Steve Priest – bass guitar, synthesizer voice, lead vocals <small> (track 1) </small> , backing vocals
- Andy Scott – guitar, synthesizer, lead vocals <small> (track 4) </small> , backing vocals
- Mick Tucker – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Additional personnel
- Ronnie Asprey – brass
- Richard Harvey – baroque wind
- Stevie Lange – vocals <small> (track 8) </small>
- Geoff Westley – keyboards, string arrangements <small> (tracks 6, 9) </small>
- Louis Austin – engineer
** References
[Reflist]
[Sweet (band)]
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Category:The Sweet albums Category:1978 albums Category:Polydor Records albums
Category:Capitol Records albums Category:Art rock albums by English artists
Category:Neo-progressive rock albums Category:Progressive rock albums by
English artists