--- product_id: 324023674 title: "Level 42 - The Complete Polydor Years Volume Two" brand: "level 42" price: "₹ 11459" currency: INR in_stock: true reviews_count: 11 url: https://www.desertcart.in/products/324023674-level-42-the-complete-polydor-years-volume-two store_origin: IN region: India --- # Level 42 - The Complete Polydor Years Volume Two **Brand:** level 42 **Price:** ₹ 11459 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Level 42 - The Complete Polydor Years Volume Two by level 42 - **How much does it cost?** ₹ 11459 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.in](https://www.desertcart.in/products/324023674-level-42-the-complete-polydor-years-volume-two) ## Best For - level 42 enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted level 42 brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Level 42 - The Complete Polydor Years Volume Two ## Images ![Level 42 - The Complete Polydor Years Volume Two - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/818LhiSYX7S.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Level 42 In A Peaceful World *by A***E on Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2009* It's hard not to think of the mid 90's music scene and not get a little mixed up. There was trance over here,high NRG over here,new jack swing over here and each seemed to be on these different,crazy collision courses. During the 80's Level 42 were one of the most durable and frankly consistant bands of the era,always based in it's jazz-funk roots but adding dashes of pop and even disco along the way. When their 90's debut  Guaranteed  came out.....things hadn't changed for them. A few years later when Level 42 went back into the studio to record their second album of the decade they decided that,for the first time since the mid 80's to mix it up a bit with some modern elements such as the fuzzy,droning hip-hop beats that pretty much dominated 90's funk as well as some elements of disco revival. But just because they changed their beats doesn't mean they changed their entire approch. Mark King's bass brilliance and Mike Lindup melodic keyboards still hold down the fort.Lyrically there is an interesting tendency here to speak a great deal of the transendant;"Past Lives" with it's quirky grooves actually deals with reincarnation wheras the likeminded "The Bends" even references Samuel Taylor Coleridge's  The Rime of the Ancient Mariner .On "Don't Bother Me" there is some overdo cultural reference to the bands salad days referring to someone "spending the 80's in a trance" and having "led us all on a merry dance". There's still plenty of the bands breezy,humane'lovestruck and poetic mood to go around as "Romance,"Time Will Heal" and "The Sunbed Song" all reveal."Learn To Say No" was a a huge hit off the album and it's no wonder because it has the most strong resemblance to the bands classic sound. One interesting quality here is how much the band draw musically here from 70's R&B/funk. Yes it was the genre that inspired them in the first place but they were never a retro band. Despite the contemporary leanings, between Mike's heavy use of the fender rhodes and horns on a lot of songs this is definately the closest Level 42 ever came to 70's funk-soul revival. At the same time their own sound always came first. Even though it has fanfaring horns and this urban flavor the title song,also a hit maintains the magical musical quality that has sustained Level 42 over the years. Another "hit" song is "Love In A Peaceful World",which sums up perfectly the cultural atmospherics of the period-a need for carefree romance in a world based on paranoia and revisionist history. The album actually opens up with one of it's odder songs "Billy's Gone",a rather dark and mournful song that recalls some of Level 42's earlier instrumental pieces like "Dune Tune" only with that modern fuzzy beat. This album was originally released in 1994 but a couple years later was reissued with a different track listing.For some reason two excellent songs were removed and are on the second CD of this set. One is "Tired Of Waiting",a classic Level 42 jam in every sense of the word. "All Over You",also uptempo is a more "contempo" club track,at least as far as Level 42 could get at that time. In fact four of the remixes that fill out the second disk of this set are remixes of that song that are even more clubby. Ditto for the rest of the remixes here,save for two true-to-the-original mixes of "Love In A Peaceful World". During a time when generic sounds were accepted and even critically acclaimed during this era of pop music Level 42 were still remaining very true to themselves. And even if they weren't releasing albums at all consistantly during this time it was nice to hear them keeping true to the context of their own musical vision. ### ⭐⭐⭐ The Bass is Back *by E***J on Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2000* Initially, I was disappointed. I guess I was listening for some of the sound from my favorite CD "True Colors", which features the driving "Hot Water." Nothing grabbed me the first time through. The tempos of many songs seemed awfully slow to me, and the melodies uninspired. On the plus side, however, the famous Mark King bassline enjoys a richness that it has not had for many albums, although in most songs it still lacks the attack that converts a great bassline into a truly awesome riff. I decided to reserve judgement, however, until I had listened to it a few more times, many of my favorite albums being ones that didn't hit me quite right the first time I listened. Now after three listenings, the album has grown on me alot. The basslines on many of the songs are excellent, as is to be expected, and the melodies have grown on me too. I still find several of the songs to be mediocre, but I think this album parts with industry tradition by putting most of the good songs toward the end. There are several excellent songs with the classic Level 42 sound. If you are a die hard Level 42 fan, you'll relish the return of the prominent bass work. If you're new to Level 42, I'd recommend instead, "True Colors" and "World Machine" (the UK release) as primers to this great band. ### ⭐ a great buy if you feel like getting ripped off *by C***S on Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2015* Don't waste your money, this is a total and complete ripoff.For those of you not up on Level 42's discography, there were two releases of Level 42's Forever Now album. RCA originally released it in 1994, and Resurgence released another version with different mixes and track order in 1996. The cover art and the fact that the title of this product explicitly mentions both "RCA" and "1994" would lead one to think that this is the first version, wouldn't it?It's not. This disc contains a total of four songs. According to the laughable picture at the top of the page for this product, three of those songs are "exclusive bonus tracks"... yippee.I'd give this zero (0) stars if I could. 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