Forever Now [Import]

Level 42 | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 9, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Edsel Records UK
• ASIN: B0026J8KSW
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #244,107 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Deluxe expanded two CD edition of the British Funksters' 1994 album. Confusingly, this album was initially issued as an 11 track release, but then reissued two years later with a reworked tracklisting. This double disc set features all 17 tracks from the two releases plus eleven more bonus tracks including remixes and non album tracks, making it the definitive version of Forever Now. Originally from the Isle of Wight, Level 42 racked up 230 weeks in the album charts throughout the '80s and early '90s with many fondly-remembered hit singles. With core members Mark King (bass and vocals) and Mike Lindup (keyboards and vocals), they had hit after hit with their distinctive mix of funky work-outs and plaintive ballads. 28 tracks. Edsel.

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The Bass is Back, February 15, 2000

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epj (Claremont, CA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Forever Now (Audio CD)

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.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Forever Now - Resurgence version, December 26, 1999

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D. Zipf "Don Z" (Raleigh, North Carolina USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Forever Now (Audio CD)

While "All Over You" - a terrific dance track - is missing from this version of Level 42's funky, jazzy pop masterpiece, this Resurgence release has five additional tracks not on the original 1994 RCA release, plus an improved version of "Billy's Gone."

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the last one, December 29, 2000

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Peter Alberts (Edam, Noord Holland, Netherlands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Forever Now (Audio CD)

What must I say. The last album of my favourite group. With the help of drummer Phil Gould, Forever Now is a classic Level 42 album. It's better than the Guarenteed and Staring At The Sun album. Listen to songs as Past Lives, Time Will Heal and The Sunbed Song and you know what I mean. This album hits number 3 after World Machine and True Colours in my Level 42 album list.