On the Level

This article is about the Status Quo album. For the 1917 silent film, see On the Level (1917 film). For the 1930 film, see On the Level (1930 film).

On the Level
Studio album by Status Quo
Released	21 February 1975
Recorded	Winter 1974
Studio	IBC Studios and Phonogram Studios, London
Genre	Hard rock, blues rock
Length	37:55
Label	Vertigo (UK) Capitol (USA)
Producer	Status Quo
Status Quo chronology
Quo (1974) On the Level (1975) Blue for You (1976)
Singles from On the Level
"Down Down" Released: 1974

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On the Level is the eighth studio album of English rock band Status Quo. It features Francis Rossi, Richard Parfitt, Alan Lancaster and John Coghlan. 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 #1 hit to date. Its b-side was the Parfitt/Young album track "Nightride".

When the album was released in February 1975, the group were more or less at the peak of their career, record sales-wise. The album entered the chart at #1. 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

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Little Lady"	Rick Parfitt	Parfitt	3:03
2.	"Most of the Time"	Francis Rossi, Bob Young	Rossi	3:22
3.	"I Saw the Light"	Rossi, Young	Rossi	3:40
4.	"Over and Done"	Alan Lancaster	Rossi	3:55
5.	"Nightride"	Parfitt, Young	Parfitt and Rossi	3:54

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
6.	"Down Down"	Rossi, Young	Rossi	5:25
7.	"Broken Man"	Lancaster	Lancaster	4:14
8.	"What to Do"	Rossi, Young	Rossi	3:07
9.	"Where I Am"	Parfitt	Parfitt	2:45
10.	"Bye Bye Johnny"	Chuck Berry	Lancaster	5:21

2005 reissue bonus tracks

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

Chart positions

Chart	Year	Peak position
UK Albums Chart	1975	1

Personnel

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