Quo (Status Quo album)

Quo

Studio album by

Status Quo

Released

3 May 1974

Recorded

Spring 1974

Studio

IBC Studios, London

Genre

Hard rock, heavy metal

Length

36:54

Label

Vertigo (UK)
A&M (USA)

Producer

Status Quo

Status Quo chronology

Hello!
(1973)

Quo
(1974)

On the Level
(1975)

Singles from Quo

"Break the Rules"
Released: 26 April 1974^[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]

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 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."^[3]

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.

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 B-side of the single was "Lonely Night", which was not on an album until it became a bonus track on the 2005 reissue of Quo. Two years after release, "Lonely Night" was plagiarised by Australian band the Angels in their song "Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again", for which Status Quo subsequently received royalties.^[4]

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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

Status Quo

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

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

Charts

Chart (1974-1975)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[5]	23
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[6]	10
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)^[7]	10
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[8]	11
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[9]	6
UK Albums (OCC)^[10]	2

Chart (2015)	Peak position
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)^[11]	31

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[5]	Gold	20,000^{^}
France (SNEP)^[12]	Gold	100,000^*
Sweden (GLF)^[13]	Gold	25,000^[13]
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)^[14]	Gold	25,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[15]	Gold	100,000^{^}
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "Status Quo singles".
^ Quo at AllMusic
^ Ling, Dave (March 2017). "R.I.P. Rick Parfitt". Classic Rock #233. p. 51.
^ Ling, Dave (30 May 2015). "The Angels: "What happened was sad and stupid"". Classic Rock. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
^ ^a ^b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ "Austriancharts.at – Status Quo – Quo" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Status Quo – Quo" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Status Quo – Quo". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
^ "French album certifications – Status Quo – On The Level" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved 4 February 2021. Select STATUS QUO and click OK.
^ ^a ^b "Above the Status Quo" (PDF). Cash Box. 12 December 1975. p. 42.
^ "Status Gold" (PDF). Record Mirror. 22 February 1975. p. 3. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
^ "British album certifications – Status Quo – Quo". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

v t e Status Quo
Francis Rossi Andy Bown John 'Rhino' Edwards Leon Cave Richie Malone Alan Lancaster John Coghlan Roy Lynes Rick Parfitt Pete Kircher Jeff Rich Matt Letley
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 Aquostic II Backbone
Live albums	Live! Live at the NEC Live Alive Quo Live at the BBC
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"
Other songs	"Forty Five Hundred Times" "Bye Bye Johnny" "Jump That Rock (Whatever You Want)"
See also	Discography Members Bob Young Bula Quo!

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