If You Can't Stand the Heat...

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If You Can't Stand The Heat...
Studio album by Status Quo
Released	October 1978
Recorded	1978 at Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Holland
Genre	Hard rock, boogie rock
Length	37:54
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
"Again and Again" Released: 1978 "Accident Prone" Released: 1978

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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, , was used, as well as a backing vocal trio: , Stevie Lange, and .

"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, ) — 3:41
2. "I'm Giving Up My Worryin'" (Francis Rossi, ) — 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, ) — 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[]

• Francis Rossi — guitar, vocals
• Rick Parfitt — Rhythm guitar, vocals
• Alan Lancaster — bass, guitar, vocals
• John Coghlan — drums

Additional musicians[]

• Andy Bown — keyboards, backing vocals
• Frank Ricotti - percussion
• Jacquie Sullivan — backing vocals
• Stevie Lange — backing vocals
• Joy Yates — backing vocals
• The David Katz Horns - horns