Staring at the Sun
by Level 42
- Type: Album
- Released: 19 September 1988
- Label: Polydor
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 49:37
- Community rating: 2.65/5 from 2 ratings
Artists on this release: Mark King, Wally Badarou, Alan Murphy, Dominic Miller, Steve Sidwell, Gary Husband, Mike Lindup
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Recorded following significant lineup changes that saw the departure of the Gould brothers, the British outfit refines their polished, urban pop aesthetic. The tracks blend Mark King's signature rhythmic bass work with warm, highly melodic sophisti-pop synthesizers and jazz-pop hooks. While achieving substantial European chart success, it reflects a slightly more commercial, adult-contemporary direction for the group.
Genres
Descriptors: rhythmic, melodic
Tracklist
- Heaven In My Hands (4:41)
- I Don't Know Why (4:23)
- Take A Look (4:41)
- Over There (4:01)
- Silence (4:57)
- Tracie (4:51)
- Staring At The Sun (4:44)
- Two Hearts Collide (4:10)
- Man (7:24)
- Gresham Blues (5:45)
Credits
- Mark King - bass, vocals, written-by, vocal
- Gary Husband - drums, written-by, membranophone
- Alan Murphy - guitar
- Dominic Miller - guitar, guest guitar
- Steve Sidwell - horns, guest horn
- Mark Hughes - illustration [illustrations]
- Mike Lindup - keyboards, vocals, written-by, keyboard, vocal
- Krys Mach - saxophone [saxaphones], guest saxophone