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On the Level

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{{Infobox album

| name = On the Level

| type = studio

| artist = Status Quo

| cover = OnTheLevel StatusQuo.jpg

| alt =

| released = 14 February 1975

| recorded = Late 1974

| studio =

| genre =

| length = 37:55

| label =

| 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

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/on-the-level-mw0000739983|title=On the Level - Status Quo | Album |website=AllMusic}}

}}

On the Level is the eighth studio album by English rock band Status Quo, released by Vertigo Records on 14 February 1975.{{cite magazine |title=New Quo album |magazine=NME |page=2 |date=18 January 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

{{tracklist

| 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

}}

{{tracklisting

| 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

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"|Chart (1975)

!scope="col"|Peak
position

scope="row"|Australian Albums (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}

|2

{{album chart|Austria|4|artist=Status Quo|album=On the Level|rowheader=true|access-date=November 8, 2023}}
{{album chart|Netherlands|1|artist=Status Quo|album=On the Level|rowheader=yes|access-date=November 8, 2023}}
scope="row"| Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts){{cite book|last=Pennanen|first=Timo|title=Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972|edition=1st|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|location=Helsinki|year=2006|isbn=978-951-1-21053-5 | language= fi}}

| align="center"| 3

{{album chart|Germany4|11|id=12387|artist=Status Quo|album=On the Level|rowheader=yes|access-date=November 8, 2023}}
{{album chart|New Zealand|12|artist=Status Quo|album=On the Level|rowheader=true|access-date=November 8, 2023}}
{{album chart|Norway|4|artist=Status Quo|album=On the Level|rowheader=yes|access-date=November 8, 2023}}
scope="row"| Spanish Albums (AFYVE){{cite book|last=Salaverri|first=Fernando|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|edition=1st|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|location=Spain|year=2005|isbn=84-8048-639-2 | language=es}}

| align="center"| 15

{{Album chart|Sweden|3|artist=Status Quo|album=On the Level|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 8, 2023}}
{{Album chart|Switzerland|11|artist=Status Quo|album=On the Level|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 8, 2023}}
{{album chart|UK2|1|date=19750223|rowheader=true|access-date=November 8, 2023}}

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scope="col"|Chart (2016)

!scope="col"|Peak
position

{{album chart|UKRock|10|date=20160401|rowheader=true|access-date=November 8, 2023}}

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=Year-end charts=

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!scope="col"|Chart (1975)

!scope="col"|Position

scope="row"|Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)

|3

scope="row"| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100){{cite web |url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1975&cat=a |title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 1975 |publisher=Dutch Charts |access-date=30 November 2021 }}

| 12

scope="row"| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100){{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1975 |title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts |publisher=GfK Entertainment |access-date=30 November 2021 }}

| 37

scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC){{cite magazine |date=27 December 1975 |title=Top Selling Albums For 1975 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1975/Music-Week-1975-12-27.pdf |url-status=live |format=PDF |magazine=Music Week |page=10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309074922/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1975/Music-Week-1975-12-27.pdf |archive-date=9 March 2021 |via=worldradiohistory.com |access-date=30 November 2021}}

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1975|region=Australia|award=Platinum|number=3|certyear=1980|certref=}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1975|region=France|award=Gold|certyear=1976|source=infodisc|artist=Status Quo|title=On The Level|access-date=4 February 2021}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1975|region=Netherlands|award=Gold|certyear=1975|certref={{cite web|url=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/19037/lot/292/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201220152612/https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/19037/lot/292/|archive-date=20 December 2020|url-status=dead|title=Status Quo: A Dutch "Gold" Sales Award for the Album "On The Level", November 1975|publisher=Bonhams|access-date=4 February 2021}}|salesamount=25,000|salesref=}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Sweden|award=Gold|certref={{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/70s/1975/CB-1975-07-12-OCR-Page-0042.pdf#search=%22status%20quo%20sweden%22|title=Above the Status Quo|magazine=Cash Box|date=December 12, 1975|page=42}}|salesamount=25,000|salesref=}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1975|region=Switzerland|award=Gold|certyear=1975|certref={{cite web|url=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/19037/lot/291/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201220151550/https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/19037/lot/291/|archive-date=20 December 2020|url-status=dead|title=Status Quo: A Swiss "Gold" Sales Award for "On The Level", 1975|publisher=Bonhams|access-date=4 February 2021}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1975|region=United Kingdom|award=Gold|certyear=1975|artist=Status Quo|title=On The Level|id=4846-1538-2|access-date=4 February 2021}}

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References

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Category:1975 albums

Category:Capitol Records albums

Category:Status Quo (band) albums

Category:Vertigo Records albums

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