Sweet
Level Headed
Rare & Collectible Vinyl Records

1978 US gatefold original Los Angeles pressing. Nice VG+ copy. Jacket with small corner crease. Different cover art than the UK edition. “Sweet Struggled To Earn Credibility As Album Artists And/Or Score Hits After Finally Wresting Themselves Free Of Songwriting/Production Team Nicky Chinn And Mike Chapman In The Summer Of 1974. They Turned Out A Few Albums Before Achieving Both Goals With Level Headed. The Album Gave Them Their Final Top Ten Hit With The Dreamy "Love Is Like Oxygen," A Single That Suggested That Its Accompanying Record Was A Trippy Mainstream Pop Record. Instead, It Was One Part Of An Ambitious Sonic Mosaic Where Sweet Tried A Little Bit Of Everything, Cloaking It All In A Neo-Prog Aesthetic. If It Was Hard To Hear The Candy Crunch Of Early Sweet On "Love Is Like Oxygen," It Seems Like "Little Willy" In Comparison To The Rest Of Level Headed, Where The Group Runs Wild In The Studio. ……If Level Headed Didn't Spawn Another Hit, So Be It -- It Remains One Of Sweet's Most Fascinating Albums, Compared To Both What Came Before And After. Yes, It Was "Ballroom Blitz," "Fox On The Run," And Other Early Hits That Influenced The Pop-Metal Of The Late '70s And '80s, But For Hardcore Sweet Fans, Level Headed Is A Gem To Treasure.” All Music Guide - Stephen Thomas Erlewine.