- sophisti-pop, pop, funk
- 43 min
- 9 tracks
- Polydor
World Machine is the sixth studio album by the English jazz-funk band Level 42, released on 18 October 1985 by Polydor Records. It was the band's breakthrough album internationally and features one of their most successful singles, "Something About You".
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Spare, classical in form, grave and warm.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- cooloverwhelming
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Tracks
- A1Something About You4:23
- A2World Machine5:12
- A3Physical Presence5:25
- A4Leaving Me Now5:00
- B1Hot Water3:38
- B2It’s Not the Same for Us4:35
- B3Good Man in a Storm4:35
- B4The Chant Has Begun4:20
- B5Lying Still5:40
9 tracks, 43 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Level 42
- Label
- Polydor
- Released
- 1985
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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