Level 42 – Running In The Family (VG+/VG+) – LP, Australasia 1987

Running In The Family is an LP by Level 42 from 1987 released on the Polydor label.

About this album

Running In The Family marked Level 42’s move from jazz-funk musicianship towards slick, radio-ready pop-rock without losing the band’s rhythmic precision. Released in 1987, the album is best known for Lessons In Love, a major international hit that helped define the group’s commercial peak, alongside the title track and To Be With You Again. The record captured Mark King’s sharp bass lines, Mike Lindup’s bright keyboard textures and the band’s polished production style at a time when synth-pop and sophisticated mainstream pop were converging. It became one of Level 42’s most recognisable releases and a key statement of their late-1980s sound.