On the Level

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On the Level
OnTheLevel StatusQuo.jpg
Studio album by
Status Quo
Released14 February 1975
RecordedLate 1974
Studio
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal, blues rock
Length37:55
Label Vertigo
Capitol (USA and Canada)
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: 29 November 1974
Professional ratings
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On the Level is the eighth studio album by English rock band Status Quo, released by Vertigo Records on 14 February 1975. [2] 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.

Contents

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".

The album entered the UK Albums Chart at number one. 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.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Little Lady" Rick Parfitt Parfitt3:03
2."Most of the Time" Francis Rossi, Bob Young Rossi3:22
3."I Saw the Light"Rossi, YoungRossi3:40
4."Over and Done" Alan Lancaster Rossi3:55
5."Nightride"Parfitt, YoungParfitt and Rossi3:54
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
6."Down Down"Rossi, YoungRossi5:25
7."Broken Man"LancasterLancaster4:14
8."What to Do"Rossi, YoungRossi3:07
9."Where I Am"ParfittParfitt2:45
10."Bye Bye Johnny" Chuck Berry Lancaster5:21

2005 remaster bonus tracks

  1. "Down Down" [single version] (Rossi, Young) – 3:50
  2. "Roll Over Lay Down" [live] (Rossi, Parfitt, Lancaster, Coghlan, Young) – 5:41
  3. "Gerdundula" [live] (Manston, James) – 2:35
  4. "Junior's Wailing" [live] (White, Pugh) – 3:57
  5. "Roadhouse Blues" [live] (Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek) – 12:24

Personnel

Status Quo

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [3] 3× Platinum150,000^
France (SNEP) [18] Gold100,000*
Netherlands (NVPI) [19] Gold25,000 [19]
Sweden (GLF) [20] Gold25,000 [20]
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [21] Gold25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [22] Gold100,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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