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.
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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.
Side one Title Writer(s) Lead vocals 1. "Little Lady" Rick Parfitt Parfitt 3:03 2. "Most of the Time" Francis Rossi , Bob Young Rossi 3:22 3. "I Saw the Light" Rossi, Young Rossi 3:40 4. "Over and Done" Alan Lancaster Rossi 3:55 5. "Nightride" Parfitt, Young Parfitt and Rossi 3:54
Side two Title Writer(s) Lead vocals 6. "Down Down " Rossi, Young Rossi 5:25 7. "Broken Man" Lancaster Lancaster 4:14 8. "What to Do" Rossi, Young Rossi 3:07 9. "Where I Am" Parfitt Parfitt 2:45 10. "Bye Bye Johnny" Chuck Berry Lancaster 5:21
2005 reissue bonus tracks
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"Down Down" [single version] (Rossi, Young) – 3:50
"Roll Over Lay Down " [live] (Rossi, Parfitt, Lancaster, Coghlan , Young) – 5:41
"Gerdundula " [live] (Manston , James ) – 2:35
"Junior's Wailing " [live] (White, Pugh) – 3:57
"Roadhouse Blues " [live] (Jim Morrison , John Densmore , Robby Krieger , Ray Manzarek ) – 12:24
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