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Level 42 - Guaranteed (1991)

Posted By: Designol

Date: 5 Dec 2023 23:52:25

After nine albums on the Polydor label, the band moved to RCA for "Guaranteed", which was released in September 1991 and peaked at # 3 in the UK album charts. It was accompanied by three hit singles in "Guaranteed", "Overtime" and "My Father's Shoes".

After several hit albums in the U.K., Level 42 finally found American success with the 1986 album World Machine and its hit single, "Something About You." When 1987's follow-up release Running in the Family also scored on this side of the Atlantic, it seemed Level 42 was here to stay. But 1988's Staring at the Sun was an artistic catastrophe and a commercial failure, and Level 42 would never again reach the artistic and commercial peak of its two U.S. successes. Guaranteed was a considerably better album than Staring at the Sun – not that the band could do much worse – but it went virtually unnoticed in America. The departure of founding members and primary songwriters Phil and Boon Gould in late 1987 began a series of major setbacks for Level 42. The Staring at the Sun album was misguided and flat, and replacement members Alan Murphy and Gary Husband didn't seem to gel. To throw the band into further disarray, Murphy died of AIDS in late 1989 and Level 42 was dropped from Polydor after almost a decade. Apart from a 1989 greatest-hits album, the band had not released a new album in three years. The group recruited guitarists Alan Holdsworth and Dominic Miller and signed with RCA, which released Guaranteed in 1991. Guaranteed boasts a number of catchy, if unremarkable, pop tunes; the title track (a Top 20 hit in the U.K.) is pleasant enough, and the almost-country number "My Father's Shoes" is unlike anything else the band ever recorded. Vocalist and bassist Mark King, who sounded nearly comatose on Staring at the Sun, is rejuvenated and energetic here, particularly on the upbeat "Overtime" and the funky "Her Big Day." Keyboardist Mike Lindup leads on one of the album's best tracks, the ballad "Lasso the Moon," and "With a Little Love" is a simple but engaging plea for (what else) love, peace, and happiness. Unfortunately, many of the songs here are dull and forgettable. The band itself is in top form, but even the best musicians can't do much with lifeless material. A couple of tracks are downright awful; "The Ape" is as silly as the title, and the overblown "If You Were Mine" is the album's worst song, proving drummer Gary Husband isn't much of a songwriter. It's nice that Level 42 was able to regain some of its credibility with this album; Staring at the Sun was so mind-bogglingly awful, anything the band had recorded afterward would have been an improvement. But compared to the rest of the band's output, Guaranteed barely registers. It isn't necessarily a bad album, but one listen makes it painfully obvious that Level 42 was on its last legs. The band would release one more album (1995's very good Forever Now) before disbanding.

Review by William Cooper, Allmusic.com

Level 42 at Allmusic
Level 42 Website
Level 42 at Wiki

Tracklist:

01. Guaranteed (04:51)
02. Overtime (04:47)
03. Her Big Day (05:09)
04. Seven Years (04:42)
05. Set Me Up (04:27)
06. The Ape (04:14)
07. My Father's Shoes (05:14)
08. A Kinder Eye (05:45)
09. She Can't Help Herself (05:23)
10. If You Were Mine (04:59)
11. Lasso The Moon (04:01)
12. With A Little Love (04:09)

EAC log

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 from 4. May 2009

Отчёт EAC об извлечении, выполненном 8. ноября 2010, 12:58

Level 42 / Guaranteed

Дисковод: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7585H Adapter: 0 ID: 1

Режим чтения : Достоверность
Использование точного потока : Да
Отключение кэша аудио : Да
Использование указателей C2 : Нет

Коррекция смещения при чтении : 6
Способность читать области Lead-in и Lead-out : Нет
Заполнение пропущенных сэмплов тишиной : Да
Удаление блоков с тишиной в начале и конце : Нет
При вычислениях CRC использовались нулевые сэмплы : Да
Интерфейс : Встроенный Win32-интерфейс для Win NT/2000

Выходной формат : Внутренние WAV-операции
Формат сэмплов : 44.100 Гц; 16 бит; стерео

TOC извлечённого CD

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Характеристики диапазона извлечения и сообщения об ошибках

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Имя файла C:\Музыка\02.1991 Level 42 - Guaranteed\Level 42 - Guaranteed.wav

Пиковый уровень 100.0 %
Качество диапазона 100.0 %
CRC теста 28AA1B08
CRC копии 28AA1B08
Копирование… OK

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AccurateRip: сводка

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DR log

foobar2000 1.2 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2014-11-28 16:36:06

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Analyzed: Level 42 / Guaranteed
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR14 -1.68 dB -17.15 dB 4:52 01-Guaranteed
DR13 0.00 dB -16.75 dB 4:47 02-Overtime
DR15 -0.51 dB -17.19 dB 5:09 03-Her Big Day
DR13 -1.69 dB -16.42 dB 4:43 04-Seven Years
DR13 -2.17 dB -16.99 dB 4:27 05-Set Me Up
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DR13 -0.32 dB -16.80 dB 5:45 08-A Kinder Eye
DR13 -1.71 dB -17.41 dB 5:23 09-She Can't Help Herself
DR12 -0.88 dB -15.31 dB 4:59 10-If You Were Mine
DR14 -0.66 dB -16.55 dB 4:02 11-Lasso The Moon
DR14 -0.60 dB -17.71 dB 4:10 12-With A Little Love
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Number of tracks: 12
Official DR value: DR14

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 942 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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