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Status Quo - Ain't Complaining (1988)

2011-12-22T19:18:40Z

Status Quo - Ain't Complaining (1988)


01. Ain't Complaining (Rossi,Williams,Parfitt) 
02. Everytime I Think Of You (Edwards,Rich,Paxman) 
03. One For The Money (Parfitt,Williams) 
04. Another Shipwreck (Bown) 						play
05. Don't Mind If I Do (Rossi/Edwards) 
06. I Know You're Leaving 
07. Cross That Bridge (John David)					play 
08. Cream Of The Crop (Rossi/Frost) 
09. The Loving Game (Parfitt,Edwards/Rich) 
10. Who Gets The Love (Williams/Goodisin) 
11. Burning Bridges (Rossi/Bown) 
12. Magic (Rossi/Frost)

Francis Rossi - vocals, lead guitar
Rick Parfitt - vocals, guitar
John Edwards - bass
Andy Bown - keyboards
Jeff Rich - drums
Bernie Frost - additional vocals

With the strength of In the Army Now still fresh in the ears, Status Quo's next album surely ranks among their most disappointing, a directionless hodgepodge that was, contrarily, explained away by the band as an attempt to do something different, and appeal to a wider fan base. Forget it! Twelve songs might have represented the band's most generous new offering since Rockin' All Over the World, and "Ain't Complaining" itself is a primo Quo rocker. But from there on in, the album simply swerves across the sonic palette and winds up with its fingers in so many pies that you could be listening to a late-'80s compilation album. Starship, Phil Collins, the theme to Miami Vice, all are granted a stylistic look-in as the album meanders on, while the maddening catchiness of "Burning Bridges" could have been the Chieftains for all it had to do with the Quo we loved. Rossi later admitted that the album's problems were due in part to record company interference, but more to his own lack of interest in the proceedings. He would not, he swore, make that mistake again. ---Dave Thompson, AllMusic Review

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Status Quo - Bula Quo! (2013)

2013-07-07T14:00:56Z

Status Quo - Bula Quo! (2013)

Disc 1:
01 Looking Out For Caroline
02 Gogogo
03 Run And Hide (The Gun Song)
04 Running Inside My Head
05 Mystery Island
06 All That Money
07 Never Leave A Friend Behind
08 Fiji Time
09 Bula Bula Quo (Kua Ni Lega)

Disc 2:
01 Living On An Island (Fiji Style)
02 Frozen Hero
03 Reality Cheque
04 Rockin' All Over The World (Bula Edit)
05 Caroline (Live)
06 Beginning Of The End (Live)
07 Don't Drive My Car (Live)
08 Pictures Of Matchstick Men (Live)
09 Whatever You Want (Live)
10 Down Down (Live)

Personnel
    Francis Rossi - Lead vocals & lead guitar
    Rick Parfitt - Lead vocals & rhythm guitar
    Andy Bown - Keyboards, guitars & backing vocals
    John Edwards - Bass, guitars & backing vocals
    Matt Letley – Drums

Even the disinterested and unfathomable will concede somewhere, no matter how begrudgingly and with fists clenched in anger, that Status Quo must be doing something right to have released 30 albums and over 70 singles. The music that in part defined an era for their fans still has the power to get a broad smile from almost anyone at some point, to nod in agreement should it come on a pub jukebox and enjoy the brief respite the simply crafted songs offer. It is up-beat and sometimes can be shockingly great stuff.

The same can be said for the latest album Bula Quo! the newly released double album by the band for their first film. The album offers a record made up of half new songs of which the same formula goes as before with a few little twists and nods to the films direction and a live set that was captured in 2010. Both C.D.s sound as they should; nothing really shocking, bad or interestingly out there enough to say Quo have really outdone themselves this time. It is just Status Quo, reliable and still enough to make you smile, especially on the new tracks GoGoGo, Never Leave A Friend Behind and Running Inside My head but it is like having unlimited candyfloss, for a while it is sweet and just the best thing on Earth but eventually all that smiling is going to wear you out, the thought of more candyfloss enough to drive you to distraction.

Bula Quo! is one for the long term fan of the Quo and those with a broader acquaintance with rock, the rhythms and reasonably catchy tunes will not appeal to all as unfortunately for the casual listener, the young budding music lover, the busy waiter in the hotel, the young mum at home will dip in and straight back out again. Status Quo do what they do and they do it well but even though they are still a tremendous live act, there is nothing new under the sun that hasn’t been heard before, legends they were, legends they remain but time eventually catches up with the very best, even Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi. ---Ian D. Hall, liverpoolsoundandvision.co.uk

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Status Quo - Don't Stop (1996)

2013-11-15T16:55:03Z

Status Quo - Don't Stop (1996)


01 - Fun, Fun, Fun
02 - When You Walk In The Room
03 - I Can Hear The Grass Grow
04 - You Never Can Tell
05 - Get Back
06 - Safety Dance
07 - Raining In My Heart
08 - Don't Stop
09 - Sorrow
10 - Proud Mary
11 - Lucille
12 - Johnny And Mary
13 - Get Out Of Denver
14 - The Future's So Bright (I Gotta Wear Shades)
15 - All Around My Hat

Musicians:
Francis Rossi - vocals, lead guitar
Rick Parfitt - vocals
Andy Bown - keyboards
John Edwards - bass, backing vocals
Jeff Rich - drums, percussion
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Gary Barnacle – saxophone

Thirty years into their career, and with plenty of cover versions under their belts, Quo celebrated their anniversary by releasing an album of cover versions. The twist here is that you'll find Quo taking their unique rock approach to songs that you wouldn't expect them to cover such as Men Without Hats' "The Safety Dance," the Move's "I Can Hear the Grass Grow," Timbuk 3's "The Future's So Bright (I Gotta Wear Shades)," Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop," and more. Though not all of it is successful, there are some fine moments to be had including "When You Walk in the Room" with Francis Rossi wrapping his smooth, wounded vocals over an extraordinary version of this classic. Robert Palmer's "Johnny and Mary" sounds just as grand as the original, though Rossi's vocals are more personal than Palmer's. Buddy Holly's "Raining in My Heart" features Queen's Brian May (and rumor says that most of the track is actually May with Rossi guesting) and is touching and sweet. There are some duds, including "Lucille," "Get Back," and "Proud Mary," but overall, this is a refreshing and very listenable collection of covers by a band that tends to renew rock & roll every time they enter the studio. --- Steve "Spaz" Schnee, allmusic.com

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Status Quo - Piledriver (1972)

2013-11-06T16:55:54Z

Status Quo - Piledriver (1972)


01 - Don't Waste My Time
02 - O Baby
03 - A Year
04 - Unspoken Words
05 - Big Fat Mama
06 - Paper Plane
07 - All The Reasons
08 - Roadhouse Blues

Musicians:
    Francis Rossi - guitar, vocals
    Rick Parfitt - guitar, keyboards, vocals
    Alan Lancaster - bass, vocals
    John Coghlan - drums
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    Bob Young - Harmonica on 'Roadhouse Blues'
    Jimmy Horowitz - Piano on 'Roadhouse Blues'

Though Status Quo is best known for fast and undistinguished boogie rock, they were quite capable of subtlety when it suited them. Despite the name, most of the music on Piledriver is varied and subtle enough to be interesting. The power boogie is indeed there, as represented by crowd-pleasers like "Don't Waste My Time" and "Paper Plane," but so also are quieter, softer pieces with acoustic textures and progressive structures. The melancholy "A Year" is a standout track, a stark, melancholy song about carrying on after a loved one has died. The soft rock intro gradually shifts to a more powerful guitar piece in a way that is reminiscent of early Fleetwood Mac and has that band's delicate sense of dynamics. Elsewhere on Piledriver the band turns in a very credible slow blues piece and a folk-inflected duet for 12-string guitars. Still, most of the Status Quo fans wanted power rock, and the band obliged with one of their best pieces, the tempo-shifting "Big Fat Mama," which actually managed some U.S. airplay, though no actual chart position. The only major misstep is a version of "Roadhouse Blues" that only serves to remind the listener what a good vocalist Jim Morrison was. On the whole Piledriver is still an enjoyable listen, one that has aged much better than later albums by the same band or much other hard rock from this period. ---Richard Foss, allmusic.com

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Status Quo – Heavy Traffic (2002)

2011-03-21T19:38:28Z

Status Quo – Heavy Traffic (2002)


   1. Blues and Rhythm (Rossi/Bown) 4:29
   2. All Stand Up (Never Say Never) (Rossi/Young) 4:08
   3. The Oriental (Rossi/Edwards) 4:29
   4. Creepin' Up On You (Parfitt/Edwards) 5:01
   5. Heavy Traffic (Rossi/Young/Edwards) 4:23            play
   6. Solid Gold (Rossi/Young) 4:14
   7. Green (Bown) 3:35
   8. Jam Side Down (Britten/Dore) 3:27
   9. Diggin' Burt Bacharach (Rossi/Young) 2:32
  10. Do It Again (Edwards/Bown) 3:40                    play
  11. Another Day (Rossi/Young) 3:47
  12. I Don't Remember Anymore (Bown) 3:38
  13. Rhythm of Life (Rossi/Young) 5:05

Personnel:
    * Francis Rossi - Vocals & lead guitar
    * Rick Parfitt - Vocals & guitar
    * John Edwards - Bass
    * Andy Bown - Keyboards
    * Matt Letley - Drums

Although Status Quo's commercial status has never been in doubt, few long-time fans have truly rated their '80s-'90s era output alongside the bedazzling blues boogie classics that they unleashed earlier in their lifespan -- that peerless run of albums that stretched between Piledriver and Rockin' All Over the World. Too many clichés, too much fuss, too little heads-down, no-nonsense rock & roll. If you gave up on Quo any time in the past 20 years, you're not alone. But, if you return to the fold for Heavy Traffic, you won't be alone either.

Quite simply, Heavy Traffic is Quo's finest studio album since Blue for You -- bar none. Recorded with all five bandmembers simply standing together in the studio and playing -- exactly like they used to work, before producers and computers and technology came along -- it offers nothing more or less than Quo ever should have represented. Crunchy rhythms, driving tempos, a blue-collar barroom barrage that doesn't even let up for the ballads -- because there aren't any!

Neither are there any cover versions and, if a few of the band's own old ghosts do filter through, that's only to be expected; there are, after all, only so many things you can do with the trademark Quo sound. So "Creepin' Up on You" has a hint of "Roll Over Lay Down" playing around its fringes, and "All Stand Up" is a bit like "Down Down." One might also detect a distinctly Free-esque edge to "Rhythm of Life," but that's no bad thing either. Indeed, it serves only to remind us just how closely affiliated the two bands were during their early-'70s prime -- and this is the sound of Quo re-establishing their half of the balance. Beyond the realm of any expectation -- a masterpiece! ---Dave Thompson, AllMusic Review

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