On the Level

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Field	Value
name	On the Level
type	studio
artist	Status Quo
cover	OnTheLevel StatusQuo.jpg
released	14 February 1975
recorded	Late 1974
studio	*IBC (London, UK)
length	37:55
producer	Status Quo
prev_title	Quo
prev_year	1974
next_title	Blue for You
next_year	1976
misc	{{Singles
name	On the Level
type	studio
single1	Down Down
single1date	29 November 1974
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| name = On the Level | type = studio | artist = Status Quo | cover = OnTheLevel StatusQuo.jpg | alt = | released = 14 February 1975 | recorded = Late 1974 | studio = *IBC (London, UK)

• Phonogram (London, UK) | genre =
• Hard rock
• heavy metal
• blues rock | length = 37:55 | label =
• Vertigo
• Capitol (US and Canada) | producer = Status Quo | prev_title = Quo | prev_year = 1974 | next_title = Blue for You | next_year = 1976 | misc = {{Singles | name = On the Level | type = studio | single1 = Down Down | single1date = 29 November 1974 |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score =

On the Level is the eighth studio album by British rock band Status Quo, released by Vertigo Records on 14 February 1975. The album's cover art features band members in an Ames room, and on the original vinyl release, the inner gatefold sleeve consisted of informal photos members of the group had taken of each other.

In November 1974, the band released the only single from the album, an edited version of a Rossi/Young song entitled "Down Down". The single gave the band their only number one hit to date. Its b-side was the Parfitt/Young album track "Nightride".

The album entered the UK Albums Chart at number one. All tracks were written or co-written by the group and long-term collaborator Bob Young, apart from "Bye Bye Johnny", which was a Chuck Berry composition.

Track listing

| extra_column = Lead vocals | headline = Side one | title1 = Little Lady | writer1 = Rick Parfitt | extra1 = Parfitt | length1 = 3:03 | title2 = Most of the Time | writer2 = Francis Rossi, Bob Young | extra2 = Rossi | length2 = 3:22 | title3 = I Saw the Light | writer3 = Rossi, Young | extra3 = Rossi | length3 = 3:40 | title4 = Over and Done | writer4 = Alan Lancaster | extra4 = Rossi | length4 = 3:55 | title5 = Nightride | writer5 = Parfitt, Young | extra5 = Parfitt and Rossi | length5 = 3:54 | extra_column = Lead vocals | headline = Side two | title6= Down Down | writer6= Rossi, Young | extra6= Rossi | length6=5:25 | title7= Broken Man | writer7= Lancaster | extra7= Lancaster | length7= 4:14 | title8= What to Do | writer8= Rossi, Young | extra8= Rossi | length8= 3:07 | title9= Where I Am | writer9= Parfitt | extra9= Parfitt | length9= 2:45 | title10= Bye Bye Johnny | writer10= Chuck Berry | extra10= Lancaster | length10= 5:21

2005 remaster bonus tracks

1. "Down Down" [single version] (Rossi, Young) – 3:50
2. "Roll Over Lay Down" [live] (Rossi, Parfitt, Lancaster, Coghlan, Young) – 5:41
3. "Gerdundula" [live] (Manston, James) – 2:35
4. "Junior's Wailing" [live] (White, Pugh) – 3:57
5. "Roadhouse Blues" [live] (Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek) – 12:24

Personnel

;Status Quo

• Francis Rossi – guitar, vocals
• Rick Parfitt – guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Alan Lancaster – bass, guitar, vocals
• John Coghlan – drums

Charts

Weekly charts

::data[format=table] | Chart (1975) | Peak position | Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) | Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) | Spanish Albums (AFYVE) | |---|---|---|---|---| | 2 | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | 15 | | | | | ::

::data[format=table] | Chart (2016) | Peak position | |---|---| ::

Year-end charts

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Chart (1975)	Position	Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)	Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)	German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)	UK Albums (OCC)
3
12
37
28
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Certifications

References

References

1. "On the Level - Status Quo | Album".
2. (18 January 1975). "New Quo album".
3. Kent, David. (1993). "Australian Chart Book 1970–1992". Australian Chart Book.
4. Pennanen, Timo. (2006). "Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972". Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava.
5. Salaverri, Fernando. (2005). "Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002". Fundación Autor-SGAE.
6. "Jaaroverzichten – Album 1975". [[Dutch Charts]].
7. "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts". [[GfK Entertainment]].
8. (27 December 1975). "Top Selling Albums For 1975".
9. "Status Quo: A Dutch "Gold" Sales Award for the Album "On The Level", November 1975". [[Bonhams]].
10. (December 12, 1975). "Above the Status Quo".
11. "Status Quo: A Swiss "Gold" Sales Award for "On The Level", 1975". [[Bonhams]].

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