With the strength of In the Army Now still fresh in the ears, Status Quo's next album surely ranks among their most disappointing, a directionless hodgepodge that was, contrarily, explained away by the band as an attempt to do something different, and appeal to a wider fan base.
Forget it! Twelve songs might have represented the band's most generous new offering since Rockin' All Over the World, and "Ain't Complaining" itself is a primo Quo rocker.
But from there on in, the album simply swerves across the sonic palette and winds up with its fingers in so many pies that you could be listening to a late-'80s compilation album.
Starship, Phil Collins, the theme to Miami Vice, all are granted a stylistic look-in as the album meanders on, while the maddening catchiness of "Burning Bridges" could have been the Chieftains for all it had to do with the Quo we loved.
Rossi later admitted that the album's problems were due in part to record company interference, but more to his own lack of interest in the proceedings.
He would not, he swore, make that mistake again.
[The 2006 Universal International edition includes bonus tracks.].
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ain't ComplainingRichard John Parfitt | Status Quo | Play | 04:38 | 10 MB | 28 MB |
| 2 | Everytime I Think of YouRhino Edwards | Status Quo | Play | 03:45 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 3 | One for the MoneyMentor Williams | Status Quo | Play | 04:50 | 11 MB | 31 MB |
| 4 | Don't Mind If I DoRhino Edwards, Francis Rossi | Status Quo | Play | 04:38 | 10 MB | 29 MB |
| 5 | I Know You're LeavingJochen Fluitsma | Status Quo | Play | 04:42 | 10 MB | 28 MB |
| 6 | Cross That Bridge | Status Quo | Play | 03:28 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 7 | Cream of the CropFrancis Rossi | Status Quo | Play | 04:01 | 9 MB | 25 MB |
| 8 | The Loving GameRhino Edwards, Richard John Parfitt | Status Quo | Play | 04:22 | 10 MB | 26 MB |
| 9 | MagicFrancis Rossi | Status Quo | Play | 03:49 | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| 10 | Another slupwreck | Status Quo | Play | 03:45 | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| 11 | Burning bridges | Status Quo | Play | 04:18 | 9 MB | 27 MB |
| 12 | Who gets the love | Status Quo | Play | 05:31 | 12 MB | 35 MB |
| 51 mins | 119 MB | |||||
| 51 mins | 326 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Bown | Composer, Group Member |
| 2 | Daryl Easlea | Project Coordinator |
| 3 | Rhino Edwards | Composer, Group Member |
| 4 | Jochen Fluitsma | Composer |
| 5 | Dave Ling | Liner Notes |
| 6 | Richard John Parfitt | Composer, Group Member |
| 7 | Francis Rossi | Composer, Group Member |
| 8 | Tim Smith | Artwork |
| 9 | Status Quo | Primary Artist |
| 10 | Tim Turan | Mastering |
| 11 | Mentor Williams | Composer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |