In the Army Now (album)

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In the Army Now
In the Army Now (Status Quo album) cover art.jpg
Studio album by
Status Quo
Released29 August 1986
RecordedSeptember 1985 – February 1986
Studio Chipping Norton Recording Studios, Oxfordshire and Jacobs Studios, Surrey
Genre
Length47:13
Label Vertigo
Producer
Status Quo chronology
12 Gold Bars Vol. 2
(1984)		In the Army Now
(1986)		 Ain't Complaining
(1988)
Singles from In the Army Now
  1. "Rollin' Home"
    Released: May 1986
  2. "Red Sky"
    Released: July 1986
  3. "In the Army Now"
    Released: September 1986
  4. "Dreamin'"
    Released: November 1986
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Record Mirror 2/5 [3]
Smash Hits 2/10 [4]

In the Army Now is the seventeenth studio album by the English rock band Status Quo, released on 29 August 1986 by Vertigo Records. Recorded at Chipping Norton Recording Studios in Oxfordshire and Jacobs Studios in Surrey, it was the first album with the post-Live Aid lineup, featuring bassist Rhino Edwards and drummer Jeff Rich, both of whom joined in March 1986. [5]

Contents

"I was later told that nobody at the label was interested in a Quo featuring bassist Alan Lancaster and Rick Parfitt," recalled frontman Francis Rossi. "They wanted Parfitt and me. I also learned that unless we did something together, we'd have to pay back a shitload of money... I was adamant that I would never work with Lancaster again, but he warned us that he would injunct us if we tried to do it without him. And when we won he went fucking bananas." [6]

The album contains covers of "In the Army Now", first recorded in 1982 by Dutch duo Rob and Ferdi Bolland, [7] and "Speechless", from ex-Mott the Hoople singer Ian Hunter's 1983 album All of the Good Ones Are Taken . [8]

Four singles were issued from the album: "Rollin' Home" (UK No. 9), "Red Sky" (UK No. 19), "In the Army Now" (UK No. 2), and "Dreamin'" (UK No. 15). The album itself reached No. 7 in the UK.

"The title song was great," Parfitt later observed of the album, "but it had too many fillers." [9]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Rollin' Home" John David 4:26
2."Calling" Francis Rossi, Bernie Frost4:04
3."In Your Eyes"Rossi, Frost5:08
4."Save Me"Rossi, Rick Parfitt 4:25
5."In the Army Now" Rob Bolland, Ferdi Bolland 4:41
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Dreamin'"Rossi, Frost2:55
7."End of the Line"Ricky Patrick, Parfitt4:59
8."Invitation"Rossi, Bob Young 3:16
9."Red Sky"David4:14
10."Speechless" Ian Hunter 3:41
11."Overdose" Pip Williams, Parfitt5:25
Total length:47:13
2006 remaster bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Lonely" (B-side to the 12" single "Rollin' Home")Parfitt, Rossi5:08
13."Keep Me Guessing" (B-side to the 12" single "Rollin' Home")Parfitt, Rossi, Young4:32
14."Don't Give It Up" (B-side of "Red Sky") Rhino Edwards, Richard Lightman, Parfitt, Rossi4:23
15."Heartburn" (B-side to the 12" single "In the Army Now")Parfitt, Patrick, Rossi4:46
16."Late Last Night" (B-side to the 12" single "In the Army Now")Parfitt, Rossi, Young2:58
17."Long Legged Girls" (B-side of "Dreamin'")Parfitt, Williams5:38
Total length:74:36

2018 Deluxe Edition bonus tracks

  1. In the Army Now - Remix
  2. Lonely - B-Side - 12" of Rollin' Home
  3. Keep Me Guessing - B-Side - 12" of Rollin' Home
  4. Don't Give It Up - B-Side of Red Sky
  5. Heartburn - B-Side - In the Army Now
  6. Late Last Night - B-Side - In the Army Now
  7. Long Legged Girls - B-Side - Dreamin'
  8. Naughty Girl - Single Edit (aka Dreamin')
  9. Rock N Roll Floorboards - Unreleased B-Side*
  10. Naughty Girl - Extended (aka Dreamin')
  11. Dreamin’ - Wet Mix
  12. In the Army Now -Military Mix
  13. The Cake Mix
  14. Overdose – Live*
  15. Dreamin' – Live*
  16. Blues Jam – Live*
  17. La Grange / Rain – Live*

Personnel

Status Quo

Technical

Charts

Chart (1986–1987)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [10] 87
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [11] 12
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [12] 50
Finnish Albums(The Official Finnish Charts) [13] 15
French Albums (SNEP) [14] 16
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [15] 14
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [16] 6
Spanish Albums (AFYVE) [17] 13
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [18] 12
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [19] 1
UK Albums (OCC) [20] 7

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Norway (IFPI Norway) [21] Silver25,000 [22]
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [23] Gold50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [24] Gold100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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