The Pursuit of Accidents
The Pursuit of Accidents is the third studio album released by the jazz/funk British musical group Level 42, in 1982. It was issued on CD in 1985. It was re-issued on CD in 2000 as part of a two disc set with the album "Standing In The Light", and again in 2007 as a stand-alone disc. The album reached #17 on the UK album charts.
The album features three singles. The first single "Are You Hearing (What I Hear)?" peaked at #49; the second, "Weave Your Spell", peaked at #43. The third single was "The Chinese Way", and became the band's first top thirty hit when it reached #24 in 1983. It was issued in six countries beyond the United Kingdom, including Ireland, Germany, Spain and United States of America.
Track listing
- "Weave Your Spell" – 5:30
- "The Pursuit Of Accidents" – 7:44
- "Last Chance" – 4:30
- "Are You Hearing (What I Hear)?" – 4:58
- "You Can't Blame Louis" – 5:05
- "Eyes Waterfalling" – 5:58
- "Shapeshifter" – 5:09
- "The Chinese Way" – 5:53
- "The Chinese Way" 7:23 – included on the 1985 CD issue
- "You Can't Blame Louis" 6:14 – included on the 1985 CD issue
Personnel
Level 42- Mark King – vocals, additional keyboards, bass guitar, percussion
- Mike Lindup – vocals, acoustic piano, electric piano, Prophet-5, Minimoog, percussion
- Boon Gould – guitars
- Phil Gould – drums, percussion, Roland TR-808, backing vocals
- Wally Badarou – Prophet-5, Solina String Ensemble
- Pete Wingfield – clavinet on "Are You Hearing ?"
- Pete Jacobsen – Roland Jupiter-4 on "Last Chance"
Production
- Mike Vernon – producer
- Jerry Boys – engineer, mixing
- Nick Launay – rhythm track recording
- Dick Plant – recording
- David Bascombe – additional engineer
- Gordon Milne – additional engineer
- Alwyn Clayden – sleeve design
- Bruce Gill – sleeve design
- Jay Myrdal – photography