Past Lives - The Best of the RCA Years
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Past Lives – The Best of the RCA Years is a compilation released in 2007 by the British musical group Level 42
. The compilation has the greatest songs of the period 1991-1996, in which the band was with the label RCA/BMG. All songs were released in the studio albums Guaranteed
(1991) and Forever Now (1994).
Level 42
Level 42 are an English pop rock and jazz-funk band who had a number of worldwide and UK hits during the 1980s and 1990s.The band gained fame for their high-calibre musicianship—in particular that of Mark King, whose percussive slap-bass guitar technique provided the driving groove of many of the...
. The compilation has the greatest songs of the period 1991-1996, in which the band was with the label RCA/BMG. All songs were released in the studio albums Guaranteed
Guaranteed (Level 42 album)
Guaranteed is the ninth studio album by the British musical group Level 42, released in 1991, their first album of the 1990s. The album was released by RCA records and it was the first Level 42 studio album released by a label other than Polydor....
(1991) and Forever Now (1994).
Track listing
- "Past Lives" (1994) - (M.King/P.Gould) 5:39
- "Guaranteed" (1991) - (Lindup, Husband, King, Badarou) 4:51
- "Overtime" (1991) - (Lindup, King, Barfield) 4:47
- "My Father's Shoes" (1991) - (Lindup, King, Green, Badarou) 5:14
- "Forever Now" (1994) - (Musker/Darbyshire/King) - 4:14
- "All Over YouAll Over YouAll Over You is a song written by Mark King, Mike Lindup, Phil Gould and released in 1994 by the British musical group Level 42, in the last studio album of the decade Forever Now...
" (1994) - (King/Lindup/Gould) - 4:02 - "Love In A Peaceful WorldLove in a Peaceful World"Love in a Peaceful World" is an United Kingdom hit, released in 1994 in the final decade studio album "Forever Now" by the British musical group Level 42....
" (1994) - (Gould/White) - 7:13 - "Model Friend" (1994) - (King/Lindup/P. Gould) - 4:56
- "Romance" (1994) - (King/Lindup/Gould) - 4:55
- "One In A Million" (1994) - (M.Lindup/P.Gould/W.Badarou/M.King) 4:56
- "Don't Bother Me" (1994) - (M.King/P.Gould) 4:57
- "Seven Years" (1991) - (King) 4:42
- "Lasso The Moon" (1991) - (Lindup, Green) 4:02
- "Set Me Up" (1991) - (Lindup, King, Barfield) 4:28
- "If You Were Mine" (1991) - (Husband) 5:01
Personnel
- Mark KingMark King (musician)Mark King is an English musician. He is most famous for being the lead singer and bassist of the band, Level 42. In the early 1980s King popularized the 1970s-era slap and pop style for playing the bass guitar by incorporating it into pop music.-Early life:King was brought up on the Isle of Wight,...
- vocals/bass guitar - Mike LindupMike LindupMike Lindup is best known as the keyboard player and falsetto voiced singer, who joined with Mark King and brothers Phil and Boon Gould to form the 1980s - 1990s British funk/rock/pop band, Level 42....
- keyboards/vocals - Gary HusbandGary HusbandGary Husband is a British jazz and rock drummer, pianist and composer.- Short biography:Gary Husband is an English jazz and rock drummer, pianist and composer...
- drums (tracks 2, 3, 4, 12, 13, 14 and 15) - Phil GouldPhil Gould (musician)Philip Gabriel Gould, also known as Phil Gould is a British professional drummer, song writer, and singer from the Isle of Wight in southern England...
- drums (tracks 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11) - Allan HoldsworthAllan HoldsworthAllan Holdsworth is an English guitarist and composer. He has released twelve studio albums as a solo artist and played many different styles of music over a period of four decades, but first drew attention for his work in jazz fusion...
- guitars (tracks 2, 3, 4, 12, 13, 14 and 15) - Dominic MillerDominic MillerDominic Miller is an Argentine-English guitarist who toured and recorded with World Party and King Swamp, worked on Phil Collins' solo album ...But Seriously and played guitar on every Sting album and tour since 1990...
- guitars (tracks 2, 3, 4, 12, 13, 14 and 15) - Danny Bloom - guitars (tracks 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11)
- Wally BadarouWally BadarouWally Badarou is a musician from Benin.-Biography:A synthesiser specialist, Badarou was the longtime associate of the British band Level 42, known for its blend of funk, pop, soul and rock...
- keyboards