Higher Than High

The album was released in June 1979 on Pye Records. It featured four singles, "Middle of the Night", "Goodbye Goodbye", "Papa Louis" and "Taxi".^[6][7] This was the group's sixth studio album under this line-up but unlike their two previous albums, it failed to chart.^[8] "Middle of the Night" had already appeared on the group's Greatest Hits compilation released some months earlier and was the only single to chart,^[9] although both "Goodbye Goodbye" and "Papa Louis" had appeared on combined sales and airplay charts. At the time the group had a weekly spot on the Rolf Harris show, Rolf on Saturday, OK?, where they sang several songs from the album (namely "Papa Louis" (twice),^[10] "Middle of the Night", "Taxi", "Sleeping Beauty" and "Olé Olé").^[11]

The style of the album was in the group's familiar pop mould, but with a shift towards more lightweight themes. The single "Goodbye Goodbye" was a more sombre affair and its failure in the charts led to the next two singles being aimed more at the children's market. "Papa Louis" was about a circus, while "Taxi" was a tale of a man and woman meeting in a taxi. The album, like the group's others was produced by manager Tony Hiller, it continued his trend for short songs, with many of the tracks being less than three minutes, a largely outdated concept at the time given the rise of disco music which was at its peak at the time, which favoured longer-length songs. Music Week said of "Goodbye Goodbye" that it was a change in pace from their previous single, calling it a brave "slow-pounder with the line music almost that of 'Hey Jude'. Should do fairly well or disappear."^[12]

According to member Sandra Stevens, the group had undertaken many photo shoots for the album cover, but ultimately, a painting of the group (in a hot air balloon) was used. The artwork was by Dawson Thomas.

The album has never been released on Compact disc, but was released as a digital download in July 2019. It was released along with the previous album B for Brotherhood and several bonus tracks.^[13]

All tracks composed by Hiller, Sheriden and Lee

Side One

1. "Papa Louis" – 2:27
2. "Sleeping Beauty" – 2:29
3. "Light from Your Window" – 2:57
4. "Tell Me How" – 3:01
5. "Taxi" – 2:33
6. "Middle of the Night" – 3:07

Side Two

1. "Olé Olé" – 2:32
2. "Higher Than High" – 3:06
3. "Part of My Life" – 3:00
4. "Lonely One" – 2:42
5. "Gypsy" – 2:36
6. "Goodbye Goodbye" – 3:25

• Martin Lee – Vocals (no lead vocals)
• Lee Sheriden – Musical Director, Vocals (no lead vocals)
• Nicky Stevens – Joint lead vocals on "Light from Your Window", "Taxi", "Middle of the Night"
• Sandra Stevens – Lead vocals on "Gypsy" and joint lead vocals on "Light from Your Window", "Taxi", "Middle of the Night"
• Tony Hiller - Producer

• 15 September 1978 — "Middle of the Night" / "When Summer's Gone"
• 5 January 1979 — "Goodbye Goodbye" / "Better to Have Loved"
• 13 April 1979 — "Papa Louis" / "For You"
• 29 June 1979 — "Taxi" / "Hi Ho (Together We Go)"

None of the B-sides were featured on the album. "When Summer's Gone" had featured on the group's previous studio album, B for Brotherhood. An alternate recording of "Hi Ho (Together We Go)" was released in countries outside the UK. Release dates from the New Releases booklets.^[14]