Level 42 – Running In the Family – CD

This 2CD set celebrates Level 42’s 1987 third Top 10 album “Running In The Family”, produced with Wally Badarou. The Album entered the chart at #2, in a race with U2’s “The Joshua Tree”.

“Running In The Family” features five hit singles, with four of them reaching the UK Top 10, led by ‘Lessons In Love’ which was their highest charting UK single and their biggest hit, reached #1 in five countries including Germany and Spain, ‘Running In The Family’, ‘To Be With You Again’, ‘It’s Over’ and ‘Children Say’.

CD1 contains the original album, while CD2 features a selection of 7” edits, 12” extended versions, remixes and B-sides.

A Foreword has been written by Simon Carson and Paul Waller, with the latter being the author of the book “LEVEL 42: a Worldwide Visual Discography”.

The booklet contains album lyrics, as well as photos of the singles released from the album.

Level 42 remain one of the greatest draws on the live circuit and continue to perform worldwide, 45 years after forming.

Founded in late-1979, Level 42 rose from the burgeoning UK Jazz-Funk scene, to international stardom.

Signed by the small independent label, Elite Records in 1980, whilst still a mainly instrumental group, Level 42 were encouraged to widen their appeal with their song writing and quickly established themselves as a powerful live band on the budding British and European jazz-funk scene.

Their single ‘Love Meeting Love’ attracted the attention of Polydor Records, with whom they signed their second recording contract, which launched their chart success with twenty UK Top 40 Singles and twelve Top 40 Albums.