| On the Level is the eighth studio album by English rock band Status Quo. 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.
Track listing
Side one
1. "Little Lady" Rick Parfitt Parfitt 3:03
2. "Most of the Time" Francis Rossi, Bob Young Rossi 3:22
3. "I Saw the Light" Rossi, Young Rossi 3:40
4. "Over and Done" Alan Lancaster Rossi 3:55
5. "Nightride" Parfitt, Young Parfitt and Rossi 3:54
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length
6. "Down Down" Rossi, Young Rossi 5:25
7. "Broken Man" Lancaster Lancaster 4:14
8. "What to Do" Rossi, Young Rossi 3:07
9. "Where I Am" Parfitt Parfitt 2:45
10. "Bye Bye Johnny" Chuck Berry Lancaster 5:21
2005 reissue bonus tracks
"Down Down" (Rossi, Young) – 3:50
"Roll Over Lay Down" (Rossi, Parfitt, Lancaster, Coghlan, Young) – 5:41
"Gerdundula" (Manston, James) – 2:35
"Junior's Wailing" (White, Pugh) – 3:57
"Roadhouse Blues" (Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek) – 12:24
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 number-one 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 and long-term collaborator Bob Young, apart from "Bye Bye Johnny", which was a Chuck Berry composition Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply. |
