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Level 42: Music, History, Members & Career

Level 42 are an English jazz-funk band formed on the Isle of Wight in 1979. They had a number of UK and worldwide hits during the 1980s and 1990s.

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Level 42 topic overview

The analysis highlights Music, History, Members and Career as prominent areas in the source structure around Level 42.

Related topics
111
Source areas
4
Connected nodes
115
Extracted relationships
264
Concept neighborhoods
27
Bridge connections
115

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 91 topics
Musical style · 13 topics
Overview · 6 topics
Members · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Genres
Jazz-funk · sophisti-pop · dance-rock · new wave · synth-pop
Labels
Polydor · RCA · W14/Universal · Level42
Members
Mark King · Mike Lindup · Nathan King · Pete Ray Biggin · Dan Carpenter
Origin
Isle of Wight, England
Past members
Phil Gould · Rowland 'Boon' Gould · Gary Husband · Alan Murphy
Spinoff of
M

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Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Musical style

Members

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Level 42 connects Entity context

The extracted context around Level 42 shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Level 42 → Alan Murphy, Badarou, Boon Gould, Dominic Miller, Dublin, European, Following, Gary Husband, Go West, He, Heaven, However, In April, It, Kate Bush, King, King's, Level, Lindup, Live At Wembley Another extracted example is Level 42 → All, American DJ John Morales, Build Myself, December, EP, Europe, Germany, In, Italy, King's, Let's Rock Bristol, Level, London's Indigo O2 Arena, Marlee, Mind On You, Mixed, Musically, My Independence Day, Netherlands, October. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Level 42

Top relations

related to 1987–1990: The second line-up (Staring at the Sun) · 36
Level 42 → Alan Murphy, Badarou, Boon Gould, Dominic Miller, Dublin, European, Following, Gary Husband, Go West, He, Heaven, However, In April, It, Kate Bush, King, King's, Level, Lindup, Live At Wembley
related to 2013–present: "Sirens" EP series and re-engagement with contemporary dance pop · 31
Level 42 → All, American DJ John Morales, Build Myself, December, EP, Europe, Germany, In, Italy, King's, Let's Rock Bristol, Level, London's Indigo O2 Arena, Marlee, Mind On You, Mixed, Musically, My Independence Day, Netherlands, October
related to 1990–1993: Third and fourth lineups – Guaranteed album, Allan Holdsworth and Jakko Jakszyk · 30
Level 42 → Allan Holdsworth, Although, American, Annie McCaig, As, Badarou, Dominic Miller, Drew Barfield, Gary Barnacle, Gary Husband, George Green, Guaranteed, Hammersmith Odeon, However, Husband, If You Were Mine, In December, John Thirkell, Kinder Eye, King
related to 1980–1983: Early albums (Level 42, The Early Tapes, The Pursuit of Accidents) · 24
Level 42 → After, Badarou, Elite Records, Europe, Germany, Gould, Having, In, King, King's, Level, Lindup, Lindup's, Love Games, Love Meeting Love, Lyrics, Polydor, Polydor Records, That, The
related to 1995–2001: Mark King's solo years · 21
Level 42 → Bitter Moon, Boon Gould, Grupo Mark King, Husband, In, Jakszyk, Jazz Café, King, Level, London, Lyndon Connah, Mark King, Mark King's, Nathan King, One Man, Sean Freeman, The, The Jazz Café, The Mark King Group, This
related to 1993–1995: Fifth and sixth lineups (including brief return of Phil Gould), Forever Now and disbandment · 20
Level 42 → Although Forever Now, American, Danny Bloom, Danny Blume, Forever Now, Further, Gary Husband, Gavin Harrison, Gould, He, In, Jakko Jakszyk, Jakszyk, Jakszyk's, King Crimson, Level, Phil Gould, Porcupine Tree, TV, When Level
related to 2006–2013: Retroglide and further tours and lineup changes · 18
Level 42 → Although Phil Gould, Boon, Boon Gould, Erstwhile, Gary Husband, However, In February, King, Level, Lyndon Connah, Mike Lindup, Nathan King, Phil, Retroglide, Sean Freeman, Ship, Wally Badarou, While
related to Discography · 17
Level 42 → Accidents, Family, Forever Now, Guaranteed, Level, Light, Retroglide, Running, Standing, Staring, Strategy, Studio, Sun, The Early Tapes, The Pursuit, True Colours, World Machine
related to 2001–2006: Return of Level 42 (seventh lineup) · 16
Level 42 → Although Lindup, Although Mark King, Connah, Essex, Freeman, Husband, In, July, King, Level, Mike Lindup, Nathan King, On, Purfleet, The Circus Tavern, While
related to 1985–1987: Worldwide fame (World Machine and Running in the Family) and split of original line-up · 15
Level 42 → Canada, Europe, Italy, Leaving Me Now, Level, Netherlands, New Zealand, No, Something About You, The, Top, UK Top, United Kingdom, US Top, World Machine

Important terminology

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Important terminology

42 level band album king gould also lindup phil mark uk new played released tour husband boon citation needed band's

Level 42 relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 264 structured relationships around Level 42. Examples in this analysis include Level 42 → Genres → Jazz-funk and Level 42 → Genres → sophisti-pop. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Level 42GenresJazz-funk1.00infobox
Level 42Genressophisti-pop1.00infobox
Level 42Genresdance-rock1.00infobox
Level 42Genresnew wave1.00infobox
Level 42Genressynth-pop1.00infobox
Level 42LabelsPolydor1.00infobox
Level 42LabelsRCA1.00infobox
Level 42LabelsW14/Universal1.00infobox
Level 42LabelsLevel421.00infobox
Level 42MembersMark King1.00infobox
Level 42MembersMike Lindup1.00infobox
Level 42MembersNathan King1.00infobox
Level 42MembersPete Ray Biggin1.00infobox
Level 42MembersDan Carpenter1.00infobox
Level 42MembersSean Freeman1.00infobox
Level 42MembersNichol Thomson1.00infobox
Level 42OriginIsle of Wight, England1.00infobox
Level 42Past membersPhil Gould1.00infobox
Level 42Past membersRowland 'Boon' Gould1.00infobox
Level 42Past membersGary Husband1.00infobox
Level 42Past membersAlan Murphy1.00infobox
Level 42Spinoff ofM1.00infobox
Level 42Websitelevel42.com1.00infobox
Level 42WorksLevel 42 discography1.00infobox
Level 42Years active1979–19941.00infobox
Level 42Years active2001–present1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Level 42 bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include New, Played and Tour. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Level 42
    • New
    • Played
    • Tour
    • Gould
    • Album
    • Citation
    • Needed
    • King
    • Band's
    • Lindup
    • Phil
    • Retroglide
  • level 42
    • New
    • Played
    • Tour
    • Gould
    • Album
    • Citation
    • Needed
    • King
    • Band's
    • Lindup
    • Phil
    • Retroglide
  • uk singles chart
    • Number
    • Netherlands
    • Citation
    • Needed
    • Played
    • Tour
    • Also
    • Level
    • Retroglide
    • First
    • Band
    • Album
  • mark king
    • Mark
    • Lindup
    • Phil
    • Guitar
    • Solo
    • Played
    • Mike
    • Playing
    • Husband
    • Level
    • Also
    • Years
  • boon gould
    • Gould
    • Phil
    • Lindup
    • Solo
    • King
    • Mark
    • Guitar
    • Citation
    • First
    • Needed
    • Mike
    • Level
  • mike lindup
    • Lindup
    • Mike
    • Solo
    • Also
    • Playing
    • Retroglide
    • Citation
    • Needed
    • Phil
    • Mark
    • Guitar
    • Years
  • number one single
    • Single
    • Uk
    • Citation
    • Needed
    • Released
    • Netherlands
    • First
    • Husband
    • Played
    • Early
    • Gould
    • Also
  • self-titled debut album
    • Released
    • Level
    • Band
    • Now
    • Guaranteed
    • Jakszyk
    • Live
    • Pop
    • First
    • Husband
    • Gould
    • Phil

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Level 42, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Level 42 with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Level 42History · splits 24 ⟂ 92
Level 42Musical style · splits 102 ⟂ 14
Level 42Overview · splits 109 ⟂ 7

Map overview Semantic statistics

Level 42

Nodes116
Edges115
Triples264
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.017241
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Level 42 to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Music, History, Members & Career, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Level 42 · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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