| 12 Gold Bars Volume II | ||||
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| Released | 23 November 1984 | |||
| Recorded | 1980–1984 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Label | Vertigo | |||
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12 Gold Bars Volume II is a 1984 compilation album by English rock band Status Quo, released on Vertigo Records on 23 November 1984. [1] It compiles all their UK hit singles from 1980 to 1984. The album was packaged as a gatefold vinyl LP and double cassette, containing 12 Gold Bars as a bonus album alongside Volume II.
This compilation features all the band's UK hits from 1980 to 1984. Its release was preceded by a new single, "The Wanderer", a cover of the song by the American singer Dion. This was the last song that Status Quo recorded with bassist and founding member Alan Lancaster, who left the band in 1985.
The compilation reached number 12 in the UK charts and was certified gold in the UK. "The Wanderer" reached number seven in the singles chart.
| Chart (1984-1985) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [2] | 80 |
| UK Albums (OCC) [3] | 12 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United Kingdom (BPI) [4] | Gold | 100,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
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Quid Pro Quo is the twenty-ninth studio album by English rock band Status Quo, released in May 2011. The album debuted at number 10 in the UK charts and features 14 new songs, as well as the 2010 version of their 1986 hit "In the Army Now" which was re-recorded in support of the Help for Heroes and British Forces Foundation charities. The accompanying Official Live Bootleg album features 12 older songs recorded by the band in concert in Amsterdam and Melbourne in 2010. In the UK the album was only available at branches of Tesco stores for its first week before being released conventionally on the band's Fourth Chord label on 6 June 2011.