Guaranteed es un álbum de Level 42, publicado en 1991 por RCA. El disco incluye 12 canciones, entre ellas «Guaranteed», «Overtime», «Her Big Day» y «Seven Years».
Sobre el álbum
El disco "Guaranteed", de 1991, representa un nuevo capítulo en la discografía de Level 42, con la banda intentando encontrar su lugar en el nuevo paisaje musical de los años 90. El álbum se aleja del sonido tan pulido de los 80 para abrazar un pop-funk más orgánico y con un toque de soul.
El sonido del disco es cálido y con un gran trabajo de la sección rítmica. La canción que da título al álbum, "Guaranteed", es un tema de funk-pop enérgico y optimista que se convirtió en un éxito moderado. La banda demostraba que todavía tenía mucho que ofrecer.
El álbum destaca por la calidad de sus baladas, como "Overtime", donde la voz de Mike Lindup brilla con una especial elegancia. Mientras tanto, Level 42 se reafirmaba como una banda de músicos excepcionales, capaces de crear un "groove" irresistible.
"Guaranteed" es un trabajo de una gran calidad musical, un disco que, aunque no alcanzó el éxito masivo de su época dorada, es muy apreciado por sus seguidores y que muestra a una banda que envejece con una enorme clase.
Listado de Canciones
- Guaranteed4:51
Letra
Don't play this game with me you know you came to be my world when times were bad enough seems I was good enough you run out my door you come back, and beg for more and more just like the times before you'll always be Guaranteed a place inside my heart I would never forget a single thing always be a martyr to your heart then you'll never regret a single thing You think I just don't care (just don't care) the fact is, I could not bear (could not bear) to lose this kind of loving touch (I love your touch) would you be bothered much? you had so much planned (so much planned) so take time to understand (understand) my reasons for pulling you back to me (back to me) you'll always be Guaranteed a place inside my heart I would never forget a single thing always be a martyr to your heart then you'll never regret a single thing You hide so many years (hide away) you cried so many tears (cried away your tears) you think I just don't realise (now I realise) one thing I've come to know (if you stay) this pain will surely go (all the way with me) so soon before your very eyes Guaranteed a place inside my heart I would never forget a single thing always be a martyr to your heart then you'll never regret a single thing Guaranteed a place inside my heart I would never forget a single thing always be a martyr to your heart then you'll never regret a single thing Guaranteed ... - Overtime4:47
Letra
Sometimes the looks I get from people that I've never met it's cruel poor hard done by you sometimes I hear remarks like he's a snake out in the grass it's cruel poor hard done by you Well I beat around the bush a lot don't let my feelings show 'cause if I did I'd surely hit the roof maybe if you'd listened you'd've known something was missing what I say surely is the truth Well I've been working on this overtime you might think that I don't care but if you look inside this heart of mine you'll still be there Some lovers won't admit that all the pieces just won't fit it's cruel poor hard done by you so tell me that I'm blind to let my heart go rule my mind it's cruel poor hard done by you Well I've been working on this overtime you might think that I don't care but if you look inside this heart of mine you'll still be there I've been working on this overtime what's been done I can't repair but if you look inside this heart of mine you'll still be there My wanderlust betrayed your trust don't want forgiving all things must change, it ain't so strange life's for the living (baby baby please) I've been working on this overtime you might think that I don't care but if you look inside this heart of mine you'll still be there I've been working on this overtime what's been done I can't repair but if you look inside this heart of mine you'll still be there I've been working on this overtime you might think that I don't care but if you look inside this heart of mine you'll still be there poor hard done by you - Her Big Day5:09
Letra
Too bad about the weather but something even badder's gonna spoil her big day he stands by the mirror feelin' he's gone fifteen rounds with Cassius Clay He hears a cockney classic get me to the church on time - those stupid Bow Bells she's dressed just like an angel but very soon her heaven's gonna turn into hell She knew all along it was wrong and she'd better, better, better, better give it up with a love so strong, had to carry on better, better, better, better live it up Church yard, he's in the bushes nervous looking people say he must be delayed they drive around in circles she can see her big day slowly slippin' away Down by the river, sanctuary (papa's snipeing, mama's wiping) (tears away ... tears away) deep inside, her father's happy (people leaving, disbelievin') perfect irony Better, better, better, better give it up She knew all along it was wrong and she'd better, better, better, better give it up with a love so strong, had to carry on better, better, better, better live it up You could knock her down with a feather you could knock her way on, way on you could knock her down with a feather you could knock her way on, way on down Who cares about the weather 'cause something so much better happened after that day guess what? they're together the best man put the bride up in the family way - Seven Years4:42
Letra
There's thunder rolling in your eyes it's raining in your heart what lies around the corner you have seen an hundred times but you never thought anything like it would happen to you baby's gone he walked out on you Seven years have come and gone all that time for you and now both our hearts must beat the drum to a different tune send all those dreams away baby You can lose yourself in yourself hurt yourself a little more turn the key and hate the boy forget a soul in distress, leave the real world to others that's not the way he's coming back ever again baby's gone now what are you gonna do Seven years have come and gone all that time for you and now both our hearts must beat the drum to a different tune send all those dreams away baby Each time I see a love, a love that's dying I know what I would do, I know what I would do but you can't see 'cause your heart is the way girl you're blinded and its hurting so bad, and its hurting so bad he's so gone, gone away and you can't find him was there ever a day, just one day you were happy believe in the power of love everlasting to the end of all time, to the end of all time In a funny way I don't feel sorry, you're getting what you served just you remember very well the lesson you have learned and its August now, your seven years are gone all that time for you Send all those dreams away baby - Set Me Up4:28
Letra
Well a thing was said to me time's your enemy it may heal a wound, but it won't hide a scar and the only thing to do is to yourself be true 'cause a head that's in the clouds won't see the stars When I was young I never walked away I'd nail my colours to the wall though black and white soon turned to shades of grey there is one thing that I really know for sure Nobody's gonna set me up nobody's gonna set me up There's a bitterness in you 'cause all you ever do is to drag your spirit screaming to the floor but you gotta make your luck before your time is up and they take you in your box out through the door But I'm not saying I don't care at all I'd rescue you before you drown but if behind my back they start to talk I'm a tougher kind of man this time around Nobody's gonna set me up nobody's gonna set me up When you look back and see what you have done well was it really that much fun to laugh and kick the fallen ones Gonna grow another skin this one's getting thin I've been bitten twice but never lost my nerve well you gotta hide the hurt when people dish the dirt 'cause if you don't try nothing that's what you deserve There are people with their eyes of green smiling when you take a fall maybe a friend or someone never seen but even with my back against the wall Nobody's gonna set me up nobody's gonna set me up People said to me time's your enemy it may heal a wound, but it won't hide a scar Nobody's gonna set me up nobody's gonna set me up And the only thing to do is to yourself be true 'cause a head that's in the clouds won't see the stars - The Ape
Letra
Blue seas red summers long years in slumber deaf ears hear thunder dump lips speak wonders Red eyes burning through the night giant wings rise up in flight on the dark earth choked with life nature's creature stands upright See the beast upon the land kneeling in the burning sand and his heart beats in his hand Dead seas long summers lost years in slumber blind eyes seek wonders old hearts beat thunder - My Father's Shoes5:14
- Kinder Eye
- She Can't Help Herself5:00
- If You Were Mine5:01
Letra
I been waiting here for so long counting all the holes in my shoes you've been singing such a different song I ain't gonna punch you in the eye just 'cause you tell a crazy lie Even so ... I knew how you would go ... I'm always the last to know you're trying to love me too You've been wasting so much time away never seem to get through to you you've been lazy now it's time to pay who's gonna be the one to say who's gonna make the move today I won't stand by ... asking you questions why ... not while you say you're too shy to look me in the eye ... If you were mine I'd never need to wipe the smile from my face it ain't no crime what we'd achieve if we stayed in this place You said once I had a hold on you and I believed you first time around but now you don't know what you're trying to do so when you turn around and realise I'm not around to dry your eyes Then you'll know ... it's crazy to let me go ... you're always the last to know I'm trying to love you too ... If you were mine I'd never need to wipe the smile from my face it ain't no crime what we'd achieve if we stayed in this place If you kept your promise baby everything would stay the same but I can't shake the feeling you're searching maybe for another love to blame If you were mine I'd never need to wipe the smile from my face it ain't no crime what we'd achieve if we stayed in this place - Lasso the Moon4:02
Letra
She carries the water from the well in the morning while the sand burns her feet the sun only stares and the loneliness lingers with slow grasping fingers as the afternoon withers the flowers in her hair Then night fills the sky as she sits on the hillside and memories drift by like clouds past the stars recalling romances and all the bright chances but none of them lasted. they passed through her heart And she says - where is a man who can build a good fire with a passion as wide as the sky at high noon a man whose hand is strong as his longing where is the man who can lasso the moon She falls asleep and her dreams are her blanket and she shares with the moon the secret she knows as the dawn leaves its tears to wash the dry valley the tears of a woman can wash a man's soul And she says - where is a man who can build a good fire with a passion as wide as the sky at high noon a man whose hand is strong as his longing where is the man who can lasso the moon And she says - where is a man who can build a good fire with a passion as wide as the sky at high noon a man whose hand is strong as his longing where is the man who can lasso the moon and I say - I am a man who can build a good fire and my passion's as wide as the sky at high noon come take my hand, it's as strong as your longing just say the word and I'll lasso the moon - With a Little Love4:07
Letra
Would you like to see a world where no one ever hurts live among a people where compassion is the word never see the tears of a thousand children falling on the dirt never hear the cry of a nation's people who's voice will not be heard Calling out an engineer to save the planet earth calling all the dreamers who can help me build a world Don't want it [x6] Listen to the voices of a god before your time it has all the answers to the questions you might find with a little love the hardest heart can be opened to the light with a little love the darkest heart can be opened to the light With a little love ... Calling out an engineer to save the planet earth calling all the dreamers who can help me build a world Don't want it [x6] With a little love ... [x4]