The Pursuit of Accidents
The Pursuit of Accidents is the third studio album released by the jazz/funk British musical group Level 42, in 1982. It was issued on CD in 1985. It was re-issued on CD in 2000 as part of a two disc set with the album "Standing In The Light", and again in 2007 as a stand-alone disc. The album reached #17 on the UK album charts.
| The Pursuit Of Accidents | ||||
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| Released | September 1982 | |||
| Recorded | Eden Studios, Battery Studios, Vineyard Studios, Basing Street Studios, Red Bus Studios and Maison Rouge Studios (all London) and Chipping Norton Recording Studios, Chipping Norton; mixed at Red Bus, Maison Rouge and Livingston Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Dance-rock, jazz-funk | |||
| Length | 45:05 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
| Producer | Mike Vernon | |||
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The album features three singles. The first single "Are You Hearing (What I Hear)?" peaked at #49; the second, "Weave Your Spell", peaked at #43. The third single was "The Chinese Way", and became the band's first top thirty hit when it reached #24 in 1983. It was issued in six countries beyond the United Kingdom, including Ireland, Germany, Spain and United States of America.
Track listing
- "Weave Your Spell" (Lindup, King, P. Gould) – 5:30
- "The Pursuit Of Accidents" (Badarou, King, Lindup, P. Gould) – 7:44
- "Last Chance" (P.Gould, King, Lindup) – 4:30
- "Are You Hearing (What I Hear)?" (King, P. Gould, R. Gould) – 4:58
- "You Can't Blame Louis" (King, P. Gould, Badarou) – 5:05
- "Eyes Waterfalling" (King, P. Gould, Lindup, R. Gould) – 5:58
- "Shapeshifter" (King) – 5:09
- "The Chinese Way" (King, P. Gould, Badarou) – 5:53
- "The Chinese Way" (extended John Luongo remix) 7:23 – included on the 1985 CD issue
- "You Can't Blame Louis" (extended remix) 6:14 – included on the 1985 CD issue
Personnel
Level 42
- Mark King – vocals, additional keyboards, bass guitar, percussion
- Mike Lindup – vocals, acoustic piano, electric piano, Prophet-5, Minimoog, percussion
- Boon Gould – guitars
- Phil Gould – drums, percussion, Roland TR-808, backing vocals
with:
- Wally Badarou – Prophet-5, Solina String Ensemble
- Pete Wingfield – clavinet on "Are You Hearing (What I Hear)?"
- Pete Jacobson – Roland Jupiter-4 on "Last Chance"
Production
- Mike Vernon – producer
- Jerry Boys – engineer, mixing
- Nick Launay – rhythm track recording (2)
- Dick Plant – recording (4)
- David Bascombe – additional engineer
- Gordon Milne – additional engineer
- Alwyn Clayden – sleeve design
- Bruce Gill – sleeve design
- Jay Myrdal – photography
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