Quo (Status Quo album)

Quo
Quo
Studio album by Status Quo
Released	3 May 1974
Recorded	Spring 1974
Studio	IBC Studios, London
Genre	Hard rock
Length	36:54
Label	Vertigo (UK); A&M (USA)
Producer	Status Quo
Status Quo chronology
Singles from Quo
	"Break the Rules"; Released: 1974;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

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".

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 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."^[2]

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.

Track listing[]

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Backwater"	Rick Parfitt, Alan Lancaster	Lancaster	4:22
2.	"Just Take Me"	Parfitt, Lancaster	Lancaster	3:31
3.	"Break the Rules"	Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt, Alan Lancaster, John Coghlan, Bob Young	Rossi	3:37
4.	"Drifting Away"	Parfitt, Lancaster	Lancaster	5:00

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
5.	"Don't Think it Matters"	Parfitt, Lancaster	Lancaster	4:48
6.	"Fine Fine Fine"	Rossi, Young	Rossi	2:31
7.	"Lonely Man"	Parfitt, Lancaster	Parfitt	5:05
8.	"Slow Train"	Rossi, Young	Rossi	7:55

2005 reissue bonus track[]

Lonely Night (Rossi, Parfitt, Lancaster, Coghlan, Young) - 3:26

Personnel[]

Additional personnel

Bob Young - harmonica
Tom Parker - keyboards
Status Quo - producers
Damon Lyon-Shaw - engineer and mix
Richard Manwaring, Andy Miller - assistant engineers
Dave Field - Illustration and Design

References[]

^ Quo at AllMusic
^ Ling, Dave (March 2017). "R.I.P. Rick Parfitt". Classic Rock #233. p. 51.

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[1] Quo at AllMusic

[2] Ling, Dave (March 2017). "R.I.P. Rick Parfitt". Classic Rock #233. p. 51.

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Francis Rossi Andy Bown John 'Rhino' Edwards Leon Cave Richie Malone Rick Parfitt Alan Lancaster John Coghlan Jess Jaworski Alan Key Pete Kircher Matt Letley Roy Lynes Jeff Rich
Studio albums (UK)	Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo Spare Parts Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon Dog of Two Head Piledriver Hello! Quo On the Level Blue for You Rockin' All Over the World If You Can't Stand the Heat... Whatever You Want Just Supposin' Never Too Late 1+9+8+2 Back to Back In the Army Now Ain't Complaining Perfect Remedy Rock 'til You Drop Thirsty Work Don't Stop Under the Influence Famous in the Last Century Heavy Traffic Riffs The Party Ain't Over Yet In Search of the Fourth Chord Quid Pro Quo Bula Quo! Aquostic (Stripped Bare) Aquostic II: That's a Fact! Backbone
Singles	"Pictures of Matchstick Men" "Ice in the Sun" "Are You Growing Tired of My Love" "The Price of Love" "Down the Dustpipe" "In My Chair" "Paper Plane" "Mean Girl" "Caroline" "Break the Rules" "Down Down" "Roll Over Lay Down" "Rain" "Mystery Song" "The Wild Side of Life" "Rockin' All Over the World" "Rockers Rollin' / Hold You Back" "Again and Again" "Accident Prone" "Whatever You Want" "Living on an Island" "What You're Proposing" "Lies" / "Don't Drive my Car" "Something 'Bout You Baby I Like" "Rock 'n' Roll" "Dear John" "She Don't Fool Me" "Ol' Rag Blues" "A Mess of Blues" "Marguerita Time" "Going Down Town Tonight" "The Wanderer" "Rollin' Home" "Red Sky" "In the Army Now" "Dreamin'" "Ain't Complaining" "Who Gets the Love?" "Running All Over the World" "Burning Bridges" "Not at All" "Little Dreamer" "The Anniversary Waltz (Parts One and Two)" "Can't Give You More" "Rock 'til You Drop" "Roadhouse Medley" "Come On You Reds" "I Didn't Mean It" "Sherri, Don't Fail Me Now!" "Restless" "When You Walk in the Room" "Fun Fun Fun" "Don't Stop" "All Around My Hat" "The Way It Goes" "Little White Lies" "Twenty Wild Horses" "Mony Mony" "Old Time Rock and Roll" "Jam Side Down" "All Stand Up" "You'll Come 'Round" "Thinking of You" "The Party Ain't Over Yet" "All That Counts Is Love" "Beginning of the End" "It's Christmas Time" "Jump That Rock (Whatever You Want)" "Backbone"
Other songs	"Don't Waste My Time" "Forty Five Hundred Times"
Live albums	Live! Live at the N.E.C. Live Alive Quo Live at the BBC
See also	Discography Members Bob Young