On the Level

On the Level
On the Level
Studio album by Status Quo
Released 21 February 1975[1]
Recorded Winter 1974 at IBC Studios and Phonogram Studios, London
Genre Blues rock
Length 37:55
Label Vertigo (UK)
Capitol Records (USA)
Producer Status Quo
Status Quo chronology
Quo
(1974)		 On The Level
(1975)		 Blue for You
(1976)
Singles from On the Level
  1. "Down Down"
    Released: 1974
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[2]

On The Level is the eighth Status Quo studio album. It features Francis Rossi, Richard Parfitt, Alan Lancaster and John Coghlan. The album's cover art features band members in an Ames room, and on the original vinyl release, the inner gatefold sleeve consisted of informal photos members of the group had taken of each other.

In November 1974 the band released the only single from the album, an edited version of a Rossi/Young song entitled "Down Down". The single gave the band their only #1 hit to date. Its b-side was the Parfitt/Young album track "Nightride".

When the album was released in February 1975, the group were more or less at the peak of their career, record sales-wise. The album entered the chart at #1. All tracks were written or co-written by the group themselves, apart from "Bye Bye Johnny", which was originally a Chuck Berry song.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Little Lady" (Parfitt) - 3:03
  2. "Most of the Time" (Rossi/Young) - 3:22
  3. "I Saw the Light" (Rossi/Young) - 3:40
  4. "Over and Done" (Lancaster) - 3:55
  5. "Nightride" (Parfitt/Young) - 3:54
  6. "Down Down" (Rossi/Young) - 5:25
  7. "Broken Man" (Lancaster) - 4:14
  8. "What to Do" (Rossi/Young) - 3:07
  9. "Where I Am" (Parfitt) - 2:45
  10. "Bye Bye Johnny" (Berry) - 5:21

2005 reissue bonus tracks

  1. "Down Down [Single Version]" (Rossi/Young) - 3:50
  2. "Roll Over Lay Down [Live Version]" (Rossi/Parfitt/Lancaster/Coghlan/Young) - 5:41
  3. "Gerdundula [Live Version]" (Manston/James) - 2:35
  4. "Junior's Wailing [Live Version]" (White/Pugh) - 3:57
  5. "Roadhouse Blues [Live Version]" (Morrison/Densmore/Krieger/Manzarek) - 12:24

Chart positions

Chart Year Peak
position
UK Albums Chart 1975
1[3]

Personnel

Preceded by
His Greatest Hits by Engelbert Humperdinck		 UK number-one album
1–8 March 1975		 Succeeded by
Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin

References

  1. ^ "On the Level". Rate Your Music. http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/status_quo/on_the_level_f3/. Retrieved 24 April 2011. 
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ "Number 1 Albums – 1970s". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080209095720/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/all_the_no1_albums.php?show=3. Retrieved 16 June 2011. 
v · Status Quo

Francis Rossi • Rick Parfitt • Andy Bown • John 'Rhino' Edwards • Matt Letley

John Coghlan • Alan Lancaster • Pete Kircher • Jeff Rich • Roy Lynes
Studio albums (UK)
UK Top 20 singles
"Pictures of Matchstick Men" • "Ice in the Sun" • "Down the Dustpipe" • "Paper Plane" • "Mean Girl" • "Caroline" • "Break the Rules" • "Down Down" • "Roll Over Lay Down" • "Rain" • "Mystery Song" • "The Wild Side of Life" • "Rockin' All Over the World" • "Again and Again" • "Whatever You Want" • "Living on an Island" • "What You're Proposing" • "Lies" / "Don't Drive my Car" • "Something 'Bout You Baby I Like" • "Rock 'n' Roll" • "Dear John" • "Ol' Rag Blues" • "A Mess of Blues" • "Marguerita Time" • "Going Down Town Tonight" • "The Wanderer" • "Rollin' Home" • "Red Sky" • "In the Army Now" • "Dreamin'" • "Ain't Complaining" • "Running All Over the World" • "Burning Bridges" • "The Anniversary Waltz (Parts One and Two)" • "Come on You Reds" • "Jam Side Down" • "You'll Come 'Round" • "The Party Ain't Over Yet"
Other singles
"Black Veils of Melancholy" • "Make Me Stay a Bit Longer" • "Are You Growing Tired of My Love" • "The Price of Love" • "In My Chair" • "Tune to the Music" • "Gerdundula" • "Rockers Rollin' / Hold You Back" • "Accident Prone" • "She Don't Fool Me" • "Who Gets the Love?" • "Not at All" • "Little Dreamer" • "Can't Give You More" • "Rock 'til You Drop" • "Roadhouse Medley" • "I Didn't Mean It" • "Sherri, Don't Fail Me Now!" • "Restless" • "When You Walk in the Room" • "Fun Fun Fun" • "Don't Stop" • "All Around My Hat" • "The Way It Goes" • "Little White Lies" • "Twenty Wild Horses" • "Mony Mony" • "Old Time Rock and Roll" • "All Stand Up" • "Thinking of You" • "All That Counts Is Love" • "Beginning of the End" • "It's Christmas Time" • "Jump That Rock (Whatever You Want)"
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