Back To Back is the sixteenth studio album of the British rock band Status Quo , released in November 1983. This is the first album in the history of the group, four singles separate from which: “Ol 'Rag Blues” (9th place in the charts), “ A Mess of Blues ”, originally performed by Elvis Presley (15th position in the charts), “Marguerita Time” (3 position in the charts [1] ) and "Going Down Town Tonight" (in the rewritten version reached 20 places in the charts [1] ). The album itself took the 9th place in the charts [1] .
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| Studio album Status Quo | |||||||
| Date of issue | November 25, 1983 | ||||||
| Genre | Hard rock , pop rock | ||||||
| Duration | 32:55 | ||||||
| Producer | Status quo | ||||||
| Label | Vertigo | ||||||
| Chronology Status Quo | |||||||
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This is the last album recorded by the band before its “temporary collapse” in 1985, and also the last with the participation of the original bass player Alan Lancaster and the drummer Pete Kircher . The first single, Ol 'Rag Blues, was written by Lancaster with Keith Lamb , lead singer of the British bands The Case, Sleepy Talk and Mr. Toad, as well as the founder and vocalist of the successful Australian glam rock band Hush. Lancaster was outraged when the record company refused to release a version of the song with its vocals (it was later added to the 2005 reissue of the album as a bonus track) and preferred the version with Francis Rossi's vocal. He also did not hide his dislike of the song “Marguerita Time”, which in his opinion was too pop-oriented for the group. When the band played this song on the BBC Top of the Pops , it was replaced by Jim Lee from Slade , who at that time also participated in the show. Especially on this performance, Rick Parfitt distinguished himself, who at the end of the song fell on the Kircher drum set, while the phonogram with the song continued to play. Later on the Hello Quo DVD, Parfitt claimed to have planned this action, while people thought he was drunk. On the same DVD, Alan Lancaster said that he was upset not so much because of “Marguerita Time”, but because of the song “Going Down Town Tonight”, which he said was not a Status Quo song, as none of the musicians besides Francis Rossi himself did not participate in her recording.
Song List
- “ A Mess of Blues ” ( Doc Pomus , Mort Schumann ) - 3:23
- “ Ol 'Rag Blues ” (Alan Lancaster, Keith Lamb ) - 2:51
- "Can't Be Done" (Francis Rossi, Bernie Frost) - 3:07
- "Too Close to the Ground" (Rick Parfitt, Andy Bown) - 3:43
- "No Contract" (Parfitt, Bown) - 3:40
- “Win or Lose” (Rossi, Frost) - 2:35
- “ Marguerita Time ” (Rossi, Frost) - 3:27
- "Your Kind of Love" (Lancaster) - 3:24
- "Stay the Night" (Rossi, Frost, Andrew Miller) - 3:02
- “Going Down Town Tonight” (Guy Johnson) - 3:33
Bonus Tracks for 2006 Reissue
- “ The Wanderer ” ( Ernie Maresca ) - 3:27
- “ Going Down Town Tonight ” (Guy Johnson) - 3:38
- "I Wonder Why" (Rossi, Frost) - 3:59
- “Ol 'Rag Blues” [Extended version] (Lancaster, Lamb) - 4:54
- “A Mess of Blues” [Extended version] (Pomus, Schumann) - 4:48
- Cadillac Ranch ( Bruce Springsteen ) - 4:15
- “Ol 'Rag Blues” [Alternate vocal version] (Lancaster, Lamb) - 2:49
- "The Wanderer" [Sharon the Nag Remix] ( Ernie Maresca ) - 3:34
Bonus Tracks for September 2018 Deluxe Edition (CD2)
- The Wanderer - Single
- Going Down Town Tonight (re-version) - Single
- I Wonder Why - Too Close to the Ground single
- Ol 'Rag Blues - Extended Version -
- A Mess of Blues - Extended Version
- Cadillac Ranch - The Wanderer *
- Ol 'Rag Blues - Original Version.
- FRANCIS ROSSI / BERNARD FROST - Modern Romance - Extended Version
- FRANCIS ROSSI / BERNARD FROST - I Wonder Why - Extended Version
- BERNARD FROST - The House
- BERNARD FROST - What do you want to hear today? - this was recorded in the mid 70s
- FRANCIS ROSSI / BERNARD FROST - Modern Romance
- FRANCIS ROSSI / BERNARD FROST - I Wonder Why?
- FRANCIS ROSSI / BERNARD FROST - Jealousy
- FRANCIS ROSSI / BERNARD FROST - Where Are You Now?
- FRANCIS ROSSI / BERNARD FROST - That's All Right
Record Members
- Status quo
- Francis Rossi - lead guitar, vocals
- Rick Parfitt - guitar, vocals
- Alan Lancaster - bass, vocals
- Andy Bown - keyboards
- Pete Kircher - drums
- Additional staff
- Bernie Frost - background vocals
- Tim Summerhayes - sound engineer
- Steve Churchard - mixing
Charts and certifications
Weekly Chart
Chart (1983) Higher
positionNetherlands ( MegaCharts ) [2] 26 Germany ( Media Control ) [3] 60 Sweden ( Sverigetopplistan ) [4] 38 Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) [5] 20 UK ( UK Albums ) [6] 9 Certification
Region Certification Sales Great Britain ( BPI ) [7] Gold 100 000 ^ ^ batch data based on certification only
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Status Quo | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company
- ↑ " Status Quo - Back to Back" . Dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien.
- Long Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline . Musicline.de. Media Control .
- ↑ " Status Quo - Back to Back" . Swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien.
- ↑ " Status Quo - Back to Back" . Swisscharts.com. Hung Medien.
- ↑ “Status Quo | Artist | Official Charts . UK Albums Chart . The Official Charts Company.
- ↑ British album certifications - Status Quo - Back to Back . British Phonographic Industry . Select albums in the Format field. Select Golden in the Certification field. Enter the field "Search BPI Awards" field.