Quo (Status Quo album)

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Quo
Quo Status Quo album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Status Quo
Released3 May 1974
RecordedSpring 1974
Studio IBC Studios, London
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal
Length36:54
Label Vertigo (UK)
A&M (USA)
Producer Status Quo
Status Quo chronology
Hello!
(1973)		Quo
(1974)		 On the Level
(1975)
Singles from Quo
  1. "Break the Rules"
    Released: 26 April 1974 [1]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Quo is the seventh studio album by the English rock band Status Quo. Issued in May 1974, it features Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt, Alan Lancaster and John Coghlan, and reached #2 in the UK. Like its predecessor Hello! , it consisted entirely of songs written or cowritten by the group. The only guest musicians were Bob Young and Tom Parker, who played harmonica and piano respectively on "Break the Rules".

Contents

The album is regarded as one of their heaviest, possibly due to the influence of bassist Alan Lancaster, who cowrote six of the eight tracks. "When we wrote 'Drifting Away'," recalled Parfitt, "it sounded so, so heavy. That rhythm was constant, right in your face. It was just such a turn-on. That's where my head was at back then. You know: just let it fucking rock." [3]

The UK LP contained a gatefold insert with a picture of the band playing live on one side, and the lyrics on the other. The sleeve art was by British artist Dave Field.

The band believed the opening "Backwater" to be the most suitable candidate for a single. However, the only track released as a single was "Break the Rules", in April 1974. It peaked in the UK at #8. The B-side of the single was "Lonely Night", which was not on an album until it became a bonus track on the 2005 reissue of Quo. Two years after release, "Lonely Night" was plagiarised by Australian band the Angels in their song "Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again", for which Status Quo subsequently received royalties. [4]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Backwater" Rick Parfitt, Alan Lancaster Lancaster4:22
2."Just Take Me"Parfitt, LancasterLancaster3:31
3."Break the Rules" Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt, Alan Lancaster, John Coghlan, Bob Young Rossi3:37
4."Drifting Away"Parfitt, LancasterLancaster5:00
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
5."Don't Think it Matters"Parfitt, LancasterLancaster4:48
6."Fine Fine Fine"Rossi, YoungRossi2:31
7."Lonely Man"Parfitt, LancasterParfitt5:05
8."Slow Train"Rossi, YoungRossi7:55

2005 reissue bonus track

  1. Lonely Night (Rossi, Parfitt, Lancaster, Coghlan, Young) – 3:26

Personnel

Status Quo
Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (1974–1975)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [5] 23
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [6] 10
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) [7] 10
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [8] 11
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [9] 6
UK Albums (OCC) [10] 2
Chart (2015)Peak
position
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [11] 31

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [5] Gold20,000^
France (SNEP) [12] Gold100,000*
Sweden (GLF) [13] Gold25,000 [13]
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [14] Gold25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [15] Gold100,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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