In Search of the Fourth Chord

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In Search of the Fourth Chord
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Studio album by
Released17 September 2007
RecordedHear No Evil Studios, London
ARSIS Studios, Surrey
Genre Hard rock, blues rock, boogie rock
Length58:25
Label Fourth Chord Records
Producer Pip Williams
Status Quo chronology
The Party Ain't Over Yet
(2005)
In Search of the Fourth Chord
(2007)
Quid Pro Quo
(2011)
Singles from In Search of the Fourth Chord
  1. "Beginning of the End"
    Released: 10 September 2007
Professional ratings
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In Search of the Fourth Chord is the twenty-eighth studio album by English rock band Status Quo, released on 17 September 2007. The title is a tongue-in-cheek reference to the rumour that the group always plays the same three chords, and a reference to the album In Search of the Lost Chord by British rock band the Moody Blues. The album's artwork is a parody of the Indiana Jones films.

Contents

The album saw the return of producer Pip Williams for the first time since 1996's Don't Stop . [4] It entered the UK album charts at number 15. [5]

The track "Bad News" also marks bassist John "Rhino" Edwards' first lead vocal on an original Status Quo song: his son Freddie also plays the guitar solo on the track. This track and "Gravy Train" (sung by Parfitt) are also the first two Status Quo tracks that were written solely by Rhino.

Track listing

  1. "Beginning of the End" (Francis Rossi, John Edwards) – 4:23
  2. "Alright" (Rick Parfitt, Wayne Morris) – 4:12
  3. "Pennsylvania Blues Tonight" (Rossi, Bob Young) – 3:44
  4. "I Don't Wanna Hurt You Anymore" (Rossi, Young) – 4:00
  5. "Electric Arena" (Rossi, Young) – 5:25
  6. "Gravy Train" (Edwards) – 3:23
  7. "Figure of Eight" (Andy Bown) – 4:08
  8. "You're the One for Me" (Matt Letley) – 3:30
  9. "My Little Heartbreaker" (Rossi, Young) – 3:50
  10. "Hold Me" (Rick Parfitt, Simon Climie, Wayne Morris) – 4:33
  11. "Saddling Up" (Rossi, Bown) – 3:42
  12. "Bad News" (Edwards) – 5:05
  13. "Tongue Tied" (Rossi, Young) – 4:21

UK bonus track

  1. "I Ain't Wastin' My Time" (Rossi, Young) – 3:36

Europe bonus track (excluding France)

  1. "One by One" (Parfitt, Young) – 4:12

Still In Search Of The Fourth Chord (Germany enhanced bonus CD)

  1. "Caroline" (Rossi, Young) - 6:19 Live
  2. "Beginning of the End" (Rossi, Edwards) - 4:14 Live
  3. "In the Army Now" (Rob Bolland, Fred Bolland) - 4:04 Live
  4. "Down Down" (Rossi, Young) - 4:45 Live
  5. "Whatever You Want" (Parfitt, Bown) - 5:34 Live
  6. "Rockin' All Over the World" (John Cameron Fogerty) - 3:50 Live
  7. "Beginning of the End" (Rossi, Edwards) – Video

Personnel

Additional personnel

Recorded at Hear No Evil Studios, London [6] and Francis Rossi's "ARSIS" Studios ("A Roof Somewhere In Surrey"), Surrey

Charts

Chart (2007)Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [7] 71
French Albums (SNEP) [8] 142
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [9] 22
Scottish Albums (OCC) [10] 17
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [11] 13
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [12] 18
UK Albums (OCC) [13] 15
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [14] 39

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