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Album cover of Past Lives - The Best Of The RCA Years
Compilations

Past Lives - The Best Of The RCA Years

Level 42

  • 2007
  • 15 tracks
  • 73 min
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Tracks

Side A 4 tracks · 19:28

  1. 11994Past Lives
    Level 42
    5:35F♯ major
  2. 21991Dutch Top 40: peak position 13 in week 37 of 1991, 6 weeks in the chartGuaranteed
    Level 42
    3:51G♯ minor
  3. 31991Overtime
    Level 42
    4:47B major
  4. 41991My Father's Shoes
    Level 42
    5:14G♯ minor

Side B 3 tracks · 15:29

  1. 11994Dutch Top 40: peak position 31 in week 14 of 1994, 4 weeks in the chartForever Now
    Level 42, Paul Wright III
    4:15D major
  2. 21994All Over You
    Level 42
    4:01E major
  3. 31994Love in a Peaceful World
    Level 42
    7:13F♯ major

Side C 4 tracks · 19:10

  1. 11994Model Friend
    Level 42
    4:57G major
  2. 21994Romance
    Level 42
    4:55C major
  3. 31994One in a Million
    Level 42
    4:28G major
  4. 41994Don't Bother Me
    Level 42
    4:50G major

Side D 4 tracks · 18:11

  1. 11991Seven Years
    Level 42
    4:43A major
  2. 21991Lasso The Moon
    Level 42
    4:02C♯ minor
  3. 31991Set Me Up
    Level 42
    4:27A major
  4. 41991If You Were Mine
    Level 42
    4:59A major

Source of the Dutch Top 40 entries: top40.nl

Sound of Past Lives - The Best Of The RCA Years

Past Lives - The Best Of The RCA Years sounds brighter than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 117 bpm.

Quietest track: Past Lives · most energetic: Seven Years

  • Tempo117 bpm · 122 bpm
  • Energy36% · 38%
  • Mood74% · 63%
  • Acoustic93% · 85%
  • Danceable44% · 47%

Across 15 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.

Timeline of the line-up

All twelve members of Level 42 over the years, without tour members. This is a compilation that spans the whole career, not one moment in time. The thin line is this album and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line for more. A linked name has its own page.

Level 42Mark KingMike LindupPhil GouldBoon GouldGary HusbandAlan MurphyNathan KingSean FreemanLyndon ConnahPete BigginDan CarpenterNichol Thomson1980198519901995200020052010201520202025Past Lives - The Best Of The RCA Years2007Guaranteednumber 13 · 6 weeksForever Nownumber 31 · 4 weeks

Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Still a member

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Frequently asked questions

When was Past Lives - The Best Of The RCA Years by Level 42 released?

Past Lives - The Best Of The RCA Years came out in 2007.

How many tracks are on Past Lives - The Best Of The RCA Years?

Past Lives - The Best Of The RCA Years has 15 tracks, 73 minutes in total, spread over four vinyl sides.

Which tracks from Past Lives - The Best Of The RCA Years made the Dutch Top 40?

Two tracks from this album reached the Dutch Top 40: Guaranteed and Forever Now. The highest was Guaranteed, at number 13 in week 37 of 1991.

Which category is Past Lives - The Best Of The RCA Years in?

Past Lives - The Best Of The RCA Years is filed under compilations. On the home page, sorted by category, the album sits on that shelf, among the other albums by Level 42.

Who was in Level 42 when Past Lives - The Best Of The RCA Years came out?

In 1991 and 1994, Level 42 consisted of Mark King, Mike Lindup, Phil Gould and Gary Husband. That is the line-up of the group in those years, not necessarily who is heard on the album. A linked name has a page of its own.

What do the percentages for the sound of Past Lives - The Best Of The RCA Years mean?

They come from an acoustic analysis of the recordings as they are on Spotify: per track a score from 0 to 100 for energy, danceability, mood and acoustic, plus the tempo and the key. They are the outcome of a model, not a measurement of the music itself; 93% acoustic means the model is fairly sure that mostly acoustic instruments are heard. The sound of the album is the average of its tracks, each track counting equally, and the comparison is with the average of all analysed tracks in the collection.

How do you play Past Lives - The Best Of The RCA Years?

With the round Spotify button after each track, or the whole album at once via the play button next to the cover. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.

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