Whatever You Want (album)

Whatever You Want
Whatever You Want
Studio album by Status Quo
Released	October 1979
Recorded	December 1978 - March 1979; at Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands
Genre	Hard rock
Length	42:12
Label	Vertigo
Producer	Pip Williams
Status Quo chronology
Singles from Whatever You Want
	"Whatever You Want"; Released: 1979; "Living on an Island"; Released: 1979;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Smash Hits	7½/10^[2]

Whatever You Want is the twelfth studio album by the British rock band Status Quo.

This was the band's third album to be produced by Pip Williams. Recording began in December 1978 at Wisseloord Studios in Hilversum, the Netherlands, with the final mixes being completed in London in March 1979. The album was released on 12 October 1979 and entered the chart on 20 October 1979, reaching as high as no. 4. The first single from the album — "Whatever You Want" — was released on 14 September, with "Hard Ride" as the B-side, and also reached a peak position of no. 4. The second single from the album was "Living on an Island", with the B-side "Runaway". This was released on 16 November 1979 and reached no. 16 in the chart.

The album was remixed for the US market and this version was released in the US with the title Now Hear This in 1980. It was finally released on CD as part of the 2016 deluxe remaster.^[3] However this omitted two songs, "Shady Lady" and "Your Smiling Face". These are therefore only available on the original vinyl/cassette/8-track releases. The tracks "Whatever You Want" and "Living on an Island" were also swapped in the running order of the US remixed version.

Track listing[]

"Whatever You Want" (Rick Parfitt, Andy Bown) — 4:04
"Shady Lady" (Francis Rossi, Bob Young) — 3:00
"Who Asked You" (Alan Lancaster) — 4:00
"Your Smiling Face" (Parfitt, Bown) — 4:25
"Living on an Island" (Parfitt, Young) — 4:48
"Come Rock with Me" (Rossi, Bernie Frost) — 3:15
"Rockin' On" (Rossi, Frost) — 3:25
"Runaway" (Rossi, Frost) — 4:39
"High Flyer" (Lancaster, Young) — 3:47
"Breaking Away" (Rossi, Parfitt, Bown) — 6:44

2005 reissue bonus tracks[]

"Hard Ride" (Lancaster, Mick Green)
"Bad Company" (Pip Williams, Peter Hutchins)
"Another Game in Town" (demo) (Rossi, Frost)
"Shady Lady" (demo) (Rossi, Young)
"Rearrange" (demo) (Rossi, Frost)
"Living on an Island" (single version) (Parfitt, Young)

Re-releases[]

The album was first released in CD format in 1991, on a CD also containing Just Supposin'. To make the two albums fit the single disc, the track "High Flyer" was omitted, while the song "The Wild Ones" was omitted from Just Supposin'.^[4]

The album was digitally remastered and released in CD format in 2005. The first release was on 7 March 2005 by Mercury Records in the UK; the second on 12 July 2005 by Universal Records International in the US and elsewhere.

Personnel[]

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

Additional personnel

Andy Bown — keyboards
Bob Young — harmonica

References[]

^ Allmusic review
^ Starr, Red. "Albums". Smash Hits (1–14 November 1979): 29.
^ "Status Quo - Deluxe Editions#2". Official Status Quo Web Site.
^ "CD Albums 1". Status Quo Collectors Page. Archived from the original on 17 January 2008. Retrieved 19 January 2008.

[1] Allmusic review

[2] Starr, Red. "Albums". Smash Hits (1–14 November 1979): 29.

[3] "Status Quo - Deluxe Editions#2". Official Status Quo Web Site.

[4] "CD Albums 1". Status Quo Collectors Page. Archived from the original on 17 January 2008. Retrieved 19 January 2008.

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show v t Status Quo
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

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