Ain't Complaining

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Ain't Complaining
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Studio album by
Status Quo
Released6 June 1988 [1]
Studio Chipping Norton Recording Studios and Ridge Farm Studio, UK
Genre Rock
Length52:16
Label Vertigo
Producer Pip Williams
Status Quo chronology
In the Army Now
(1986)		Ain't Complaining
(1988)		 Perfect Remedy
(1989)
Singles from Ain't Complaining
  1. "Ain't Complaining"
    Released: 14 March 1988 [2]
  2. "Who Gets the Love?"
    Released: 9 May 1988 [3]
  3. "Burning Bridges (On and Off and On Again)"
    Released: 21 November 1988 [4]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Ain't Complaining is the eighteenth studio album by British rock band Status Quo. Initially released on the Vertigo label on 6 June 1988, it was the group's first album on that label to fall short of the UK Top 10, breaking a streak of 12 studio albums in the process. It reached no higher than its entry position of number 12 in the UK Albums Chart. The band would re-enter the Top 10 three years later with Rock 'til You Drop .

Contents

Ain't Complaining spawned three singles: the title track, the ballad "Who Gets the Love?" and the only UK Top 10 hit among them, "Burning Bridges", which partially incorporated the melody of the traditional folk song "Darby Kelly" within its distinctive instrumental breaks, without crediting it as such. Band members John Edwards and Jeff Rich contributed compositions for the first time since joining Quo. "Another Shipwreck" had originally been a solo track by fellow band member Andy Bown from his 1978 solo album Good Advice [7] and was released as a single [8] with him singing lead vocals. [9] On Ain't Complaining, Rossi sings the song.

An unusual move by Status Quo on this album was the use and endorsement of Charvel guitars.

"The music was too polite," Rick Parfitt later remarked of the album. "There was no weight behind what we were doing. The edge had gone; we weren't real anymore." [10]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Ain't Complaining"
4:40
2."Everytime I Think of You"
3:49
3."One for the Money"
  • Parfitt
  • Williams
4:52
4."Another Shipwreck" Andy Bown 3:48
5."Don't Mind If I Do"
4:41
6."I Know You're Leaving"
4:45
7."Cross That Bridge" John David 3:31
8."Cream of the Crop"
  • Rossi
  • Bernie Frost
4:03
9."The Loving Game"
  • Parfitt
  • Edwards
  • Rich
4:23
10."Who Gets the Love?"
5:33
11."Burning Bridges"
  • Rossi
  • Bown
4:19
12."Magic"
  • Rossi
  • Frost
3:52

2006 remaster bonus tracks

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."That's Alright"
  • Rossi
  • Frost
  • Parfitt
3:29
2."Lean Machine"
  • Rossi
  • Parfitt
3:37
3."Halloween"
  • Parfitt
  • Rossi
  • Williams
4:59
4."The Reason for Goodbye"
  • Williams
  • Johnny Goodison
  • Parfitt
  • Rossi
3:54
5."The Greatest Fighter"
  • Rossi
  • Frost
3:57
6."Running All Over the World" John Fogerty 3:31

2018 Deluxe Edition

Disc one matched the regular album tracklist.

Disc two

  1. "That's Alright" – B-Side – 12″ version of "Ain’t Complaining"
  2. "Lean Machine" – B-Side – 12″ version of "Ain’t Complaining"
  3. "Halloween" – B-Side – 12″ version of "Who Gets the Love?"
  4. "The Reason for Goodbye" – B-Side – 12″ version of "Who Gets the Love?"
  5. "The Greatest Fighter" – Outtake*
  6. "Running All Over the World" – Single
  7. "Ain’t Complaining" – Extended
  8. "Who Gets the Love" – Extended
  9. "Rockin All Over the World" – 1988 Re-recording
  10. "Burning Bridges" – Extended
  11. "Running All Over the World" – Extended
  12. "The Fighter" – Stand Up and Fight Remix – 4 Track Demo*
  13. "The Fighter" – Army Remix – 8 Track Demo*

Disc three (Live at Wembley, 07/07/1988; from BBC broadcast)

  1. "Whatever You Want"
  2. "Little Lady"
  3. "Roll Over Lay Down"
  4. "Cream of The Crop"
  5. "Who Gets the Love"
  6. "Hold You Back"
  7. "Don't Drive My Car"
  8. "Dirty Water"
  9. "In the Army Now"
  10. "Rockin' All Over the World"
  11. "Don't Waste My Time"
  12. "Bye Bye Johnny"

Personnel

Status Quo

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (1988)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [11] 11
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) [12] 12
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [13] 33
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [14] 13
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [15] 19
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [16] 5
UK Albums (OCC) [17] 12

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [18] Gold100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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