Comments on: Level 42 – Retroglide – Album Review! http://blog.alism.com/level-42-retroglide-album-review/ Movie reviews and general geekiness Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:20:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: C http://blog.alism.com/level-42-retroglide-album-review/comment-page-1/#comment-55 C Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:22:07 +0000 http://blog.alism.com/level-42-retroglide-album-review/#comment-55 Thanks for your comments, I'm glad you liked the album and gig! I saw them on Sunday at Cambridge, so I'll be hopefully posting a few pictures and stuff from the show very soon. Thanks for your comments, I’m glad you liked the album and gig! I saw them on Sunday at Cambridge, so I’ll be hopefully posting a few pictures and stuff from the show very soon.

]]> By: Peter79 http://blog.alism.com/level-42-retroglide-album-review/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Peter79 Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:14:46 +0000 http://blog.alism.com/level-42-retroglide-album-review/#comment-54 I, like many people, have waited for what seems like an eternity for the latest Level 42 album release and I was a little slow on the uptake in getting my copy! However, any initial worries about the new material were soon put to bed when I heard them perform some of the new tracks live in Folkestone on 16 Oct. Amongst the usual collection of classic songs were "Dive Into The Sun", "Retroglide" & "Rooted", and all were met with a very positive response. I'm not so certain about the album version, but "Dive Into The Sun" live is a very welcome retort back to the heady old days. I also think having Mike Lindup back in the saddle has breathed fresh life into the band after 12 years away. All in all, people who see Level 42 live on the current European Tour will not be disappointed. Included on Monday's playlist were "Kansas City Milkman" & "World Machine" and both sounded terrific and like they hadn't aged one bit. It was obvious to all that the band were having a great time up on stage and I think their enthusiasm rubbed off on all of us. As usual the instrumentation from all was fantastic with King and Lindup on their usual world-class form. (It was really good to hear the Lindup falsetto again, the crowd loved it!) In addition, saxophonist Sean Freeman was brilliant, adding real flavour to an already superb sound. I've even managed to convert my girlfriend, who now likes Level 42 thanks to this experience!! To end, Retoglide is not a Pursuit Of Accidents or a World Machine, but it does stand up in it's own right. The Way Back Home & Sleep Talking are good tracks as are the ones I have mentioned earlier, but this will take some time to grow on the more pessimistic fans hoping for a return to past glories and former times!! However, this is a welcome addition to the superb catologue of material and it shows Level 42 are prepared to go forward and follow their hearts. I just hope one day the original four will do some kind of tour, I can imagine the surge of tickets for that one! However, Retroglide......bought it, tried it, liked it. Recommended!! I, like many people, have waited for what seems like an eternity for the latest Level 42 album release and I was a little slow on the uptake in getting my copy! However, any initial worries about the new material were soon put to bed when I heard them perform some of the new tracks live in Folkestone on 16 Oct.

Amongst the usual collection of classic songs were “Dive Into The Sun”, “Retroglide” & “Rooted”, and all were met with a very positive response. I’m not so certain about the album version, but “Dive Into The Sun” live is a very welcome retort back to the heady old days. I also think having Mike Lindup back in the saddle has breathed fresh life into the band after 12 years away.

All in all, people who see Level 42 live on the current European Tour will not be disappointed. Included on Monday’s playlist were “Kansas City Milkman” & “World Machine” and both sounded terrific and like they hadn’t aged one bit. It was obvious to all that the band were having a great time up on stage and I think their enthusiasm rubbed off on all of us. As usual the instrumentation from all was fantastic with King and Lindup on their usual world-class form. (It was really good to hear the Lindup falsetto again, the crowd loved it!) In addition, saxophonist Sean Freeman was brilliant, adding real flavour to an already superb sound. I’ve even managed to convert my girlfriend, who now likes Level 42 thanks to this experience!!

To end, Retoglide is not a Pursuit Of Accidents or a World Machine, but it does stand up in it’s own right. The Way Back Home & Sleep Talking are good tracks as are the ones I have mentioned earlier, but this will take some time to grow on the more pessimistic fans hoping for a return to past glories and former times!! However, this is a welcome addition to the superb catologue of material and it shows Level 42 are prepared to go forward and follow their hearts. I just hope one day the original four will do some kind of tour, I can imagine the surge of tickets for that one! However, Retroglide……bought it, tried it, liked it. Recommended!!

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