''Level Best'' is a compilation album featuring the most successful singles by the English band
Level 42
Level 42 are an English jazz-funk band formed on the Isle of Wight in 1979. They had a number of UK and worldwide hits during the 1980s and 1990s.
Their highest-charting single in the UK was " Lessons in Love", which reached number three on th ...
. It was released at the end of 1989, marking a decade since the band's beginnings.
Track listing
Personnel
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Mark King – vocals, bass
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Mike Lindup
Michael David Lindup (born 17 March 1959) is an English musician known as the keyboard player and falsetto-voiced singer who joined Mark King and brothers Phil and Boon Gould to form the British jazz-funk/pop rock band Level 42.
Early life
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– keyboards, vocals
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Boon Gould – guitars (tracks 1–3, 5–7, 10–15, 17, 18)
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Phil Gould – drums (tracks 1–3, 5–7, 10–15, 17, 18)
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Gary Husband
Gary Husband (born 14 June 1960) is an English jazz and rock drummer, pianist, keyboard player and bandleader. He is also a composer, arranger, producer and educator.
Husband was a member for 16 years of John McLaughlin's group The 4th Dimen ...
– drums (tracks 4, 8, 9, 16)
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Alan Murphy
Alan Murphy (18 November 1953 – 19 October 1989) was an English rock session guitarist, best remembered for his collaborations with Kate Bush and Go West. In 1988, he joined the jazz-funk band Level 42 as a full-time band member, and played w ...
– guitars (tracks 4, 8, 9, 16)
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Wally Badarou
Waliou Jacques Daniel Isheola "Wally" Badarou (born 22 March 1955) is a French musician. Born in France with ancestry from Benin, West Africa, Badarou is known for his close association with the English group Level 42, and for his prolific wor ...
– keyboards
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Sales and certifications
References
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Level 42 albums
Albums produced by Mike Vernon (record producer)
Albums produced by Wally Badarou
1989 greatest hits albums
Polydor Records compilation albums