Quo (Status Quo album)

Quo is the seventh studio vinyl LP album by Status Quo from 1974. Featuring Francis Rossi, Richard Parfitt, Alan Lancaster and John Coghlan. Like the previous albumHello!, it consisted entirely of songs written or co-written by the group. The only guest musicians featured were Bob Young and Tom Parker, who played harmonica andpiano respectively on "Break the Rules".

Despite the band believing the album's opening track, "Backwater", was the most suitable candidate for release as a single, the only track to actually be released as a single was "Break the Rules", in April 1974, and it peaked in the UK at #8.

The album itself was released in May the same year. Its highest position was #2. In retrospect this album is regarded as one of their heaviest, possibly due to the influence of bassist Alan Lancaster, who is credited with co-writing six of the eight tracks.

The UK LP contained a gatefold insert with a picture of the band playing live on one side, backed with the lyrics on the other.

Contents
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 * 1 Track listing
 * 1.1 2005 reissue bonus track
 * 2 Personnel
 * 3 References

Track listing[edit]

 * 1) "Backwater" (Parfitt, Lancaster) - 4:22
 * 2) "Just Take Me" (Rick Parfitt, Alan Lancaster) - 3:31
 * 3) "Break the Rules" (Rossi, Parfitt, Lancaster, Coghlan, Young) - 3:37
 * 4) "Drifting Away" (Rick Parfitt, Alan Lancaster) - 5:00
 * 5) "Don't Think it Matters" (Rick Parfitt, Alan Lancaster) - 4:48
 * 6) "Fine Fine Fine" (Francis Rossi, Bob Young) - 2:31
 * 7) "Lonely Man" (Rick Parfitt, Alan Lancaster) - 5:05
 * 8) "Slow Train" (Francis Rossi, Bob Young) - 7:55

2005 reissue bonus track[edit]

 * 1) "Lonely Night" (Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt, Alan Lancaster, John Coghlan, Bob Young) - 3:26

Personnel[edit]

 * Francis Rossi - guitar, vocals
 * Rick Parfitt - guitar, vocals
 * Alan Lancaster - bass, vocals
 * John Coghlan - drums
 * Bob Young - Harmonica
 * Tom Parker - Keys
 * Status Quo - producers
 * Damon Lyon-Shaw - engineer and mix
 * Richard Manwaring, Andy Miller - assistant engineers