Released September 1988 Staring at the Sun
(1988) Guaranteed
(1991) Release date September 1988 Genres Pop music, Rock music | Length 43:42 Artist Level 42 Label Polydor Records | |
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Recorded Recorded at Miraval, France
Engineered and mixed by Julian Mendelsohn
Engineers assistant - Jean Lamoot Mastered at The Townhouse by Kevin Metcalfe Producers Wally Badarou, Julian Mendelsohn Level 42 albums Standing in the Light, True Colours, The Pursuit of Accidents, The Early Tapes, World Machine |
Staring at the Sun is the eighth studio album released by the British jazz/funk band Level 42, in 1988. The album includes the singles "Heaven in My Hands" (UK No. 12 in 1988), "Take a Look" (UK No. 32) and "Tracie" (UK no. 25).
Contents
This is the first Level 42 album not to feature brothers Phil Gould and Boon Gould, although Boon did write the lyrics to six of the songs. They were replaced by British guitarist Alan Murphy, who had collaborated with Go West and singer Kate Bush, and drummer Gary Husband, who had been a member of the band Morrissey–Mullen. This would be the only Level 42 album on which Murphy would appear, as he died only a year after its release from complications related to HIV/AIDS.
This album was not as successful as its predecessors, reaching again the Top 5 in the U.K. but missing the Billboard 100 in the U.S. Internationally, it reached the Top 10 in several countries, but ultimately had a lesser impact on the charts than the band's two previous albums.
01 heaven in my hands level 42
Track listing
- "Heaven in My Hands" (King, R. Gould) – 4:39
- "I Don't Know Why" (King, R. Gould) – 4.22
- "Take a Look" (King, R. Gould, Lindup, Badarou) – 4:41
- "Over There" (King, Lindup) – 3:59
- "Silence" (Lindup) – 4:56
- "Tracie" (King, Husband) – 4:53
- "Staring at the Sun" (King, R. Gould, Badarou) – 4:39
- "Two Hearts Collide" (King, R. Gould) – 4:10
- "Man" (King, R. Gould, Badarou) – 7:23
- "Gresham Blues" A (King) – 5:43
A Available on the CD and cassette only
Personnel
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Songs
1Heaven in My Hands4:41
2I Don't Know Why4:24
3Take a Look4:42