Level Headed by Sweet

Level Headed, Sweet's sixth album, is the sound of a glam band trying on grown-up clothes, and it was the last record by the classic four: Brian Connolly singing, Steve Priest on bass, Andy Scott on guitar and Mick Tucker on drums. Polydor put it out in Europe while Capitol handled the US, Canada and Japan, and the versions weren't identical.

The centerpiece is "Love Is Like Oxygen", which runs a good deal longer on the album than on the single, room enough for the band to stretch out and flirt with art rock. It went top ten on both sides of the Atlantic and proved to be their final top-40 hit. "California Nights" followed as a single and barely dented the US chart. About a year later Connolly walked out to go solo, and the remaining trio carried on for three more albums before calling it quits in 1981.

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