If You Can't Stand the Heat...

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If You Can't Stand The Heat...
IfYouCantStandTheHeat StatusQuo.jpg
Studio album by
Released27 October 1978 [1]
Recorded1978
Studio Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Holland
Genre Hard rock, boogie rock
Length37:54
Label Vertigo
Producer Pip Williams
Status Quo chronology
Rockin' All Over the World
(1977)
If You Can't Stand The Heat...
(1978)
Whatever You Want
(1979)
Singles from If You Can't Stand the Heat
  1. "Again and Again"
    Released: 25 August 1978 [2]
  2. "Accident Prone"
    Released: 17 November 1978 [3]
Professional ratings
Review scores
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If You Can't Stand the Heat... is the eleventh studio album by English rock band Status Quo. Recorded at Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Holland, and produced by Pip Williams, it was released in October 1978 and reached #3 in the UK album chart. The sleeve notes that Aphex Aural Exciter was used in the recording process, thus contributing to a more atmospheric sound than its predecessor, "Rockin' All Over The World". Unusually for a Status Quo record, a brass section, the David Katz Horns, was used, as well as a backing vocal trio: Jacquie Sullivan, Stevie Lange, and Joy Yates.

Contents

"Again and Again" was the first single to be released from the album and managed to reach #13.

The second single to be released from the album was an edited version of "Accident Prone" which stalled at #36.

Track listing

  1. "Again and Again" (Rick Parfitt, Andy Bown, Jackie Lynton) — 3:41
  2. "I'm Giving Up My Worryin'" (Francis Rossi, Bernie Frost) — 3:02
  3. "Gonna Teach You to Love Me" (Alan Lancaster, Michael Green) — 3:11
  4. "Someone Show Me Home" (Rossi, Frost) — 3:49
  5. "Long Legged Linda" (Bown) — 3:29
  6. "Oh, What a Night" (Parfitt, Bown) — 3:46
  7. "Accident Prone" (Pip Williams, Peter Hutchins) — 5:08
  8. "Stones" (Lancaster) — 3:53
  9. "Let Me Fly" (Rossi, Frost) — 4:25
  10. "Like a Good Girl" (Rossi, Robert Young) — 3:26

2005 reissue bonus track

  1. "Accident Prone" (single version) (Williams, Hutchins)

Personnel

Status Quo

Additional musicians

Charts

Weekly chart performance for If You Can't Stand the Heat...
Chart (1978-1979)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [5] 21
French Albums (SNEP) [6] 20
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [7] 8
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [8] 11
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [9] 18
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [10] 15
UK Albums (OCC) [11] 3
Chart (2016)Peak
position
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [12] 17

Certifications

Certifications for If You Can't Stand the Heat
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [5] Gold20,000^
France (SNEP) [13] Gold100,000*
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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