The Party Ain't Over Yet was titled to mark the celebrations surrounding Status Quo's 40th anniversary -- and very well-titled it was.
The first decade of the new century had so far seen the band vacillate between some genuinely powerful all-new albums, and a pair of covers collections that, apparently, the record company insisted upon.
Party falls into the former category, and it does the old firm proud, building upon the dynamism of Heavy Traffic with another album chock-full of drop-dead gorgeous rockers.
The title track sets the mood, confident and crunching, and bulldozing any lingering past specters by never allowing the energy to flag.
True, the band's now-entrenched fascination with country-rock does raise its head occasionally, but there's also a fine nod in the direction of Quo's roots in the early '70s prog boom, "Nevashooda," while "This Is Me" is as unselfconsciously psychedelic as anything they've done since the days of "Matchstick Men." Possibly the album is not as all-round powerful as Heavy Traffic, but that is only to be expected -- Quo wasn't as good as Hello!, either.
But with 40 years under their belt, Quo really should know what they're doing now, and The Party Ain't Over Yet is a promise to savor.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Party Ain't Over YetJohn David | Status Quo | Play | 03:51 | 8 MB | 28 MB |
| 2 | Gotta Get Up and Go | Status Quo | Play | 04:18 | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| 3 | All That Counts Is LoveJohn David | Status Quo | Play | 03:41 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 4 | Familiar Blues | Status Quo | Play | 05:09 | 11 MB | 34 MB |
| 5 | The Bubble | Status Quo | Play | 05:36 | 12 MB | 37 MB |
| 6 | Nevashooda | Status Quo | Play | 03:52 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 7 | Velvet Train | Status Quo | Play | 03:33 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 8 | Goodbye Baby | Status Quo | Play | 04:08 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 9 | You Never Stop | Status Quo | Play | 04:33 | 10 MB | 32 MB |
| 10 | Kick Me When I'm DownJohn David, Webb Wilder | Status Quo | Play | 03:17 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 11 | Cupid Stupid | Status Quo | Play | 03:51 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 12 | This Is Me | Status Quo | Play | 04:47 | 10 MB | 30 MB |
| 13 | belavista_man | Status Quo | Play | 04:21 | 10 MB | 29 MB |
| 55 mins | 126 MB | |||||
| 55 mins | 378 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam Bell | Assistant, Engineer |
| 2 | Denis Blackham | Mastering |
| 3 | George Bodnar | Sleeve Photo |
| 4 | Andrew Bown | Guitar, Harmonica, Keyboards, Vocals |
| 5 | Willem "Wim" Calluy | Bass, Keyboards |
| 6 | John David | Composer |
| 7 | Andy May | Live Sound |
| 8 | Steve Murray | Cover Design, Sleeve Photo |
| 9 | Rick Parfitt | Guitar, Vocals |
| 10 | Mike Paxman | Producer |
| 11 | Geoff Pesche | Mastering |
| 12 | Francis Rossi | Guitar, Vocals |
| 13 | Jeany Savage | Sleeve Photo |
| 14 | Status Quo | Primary Artist |
| 15 | Webb Wilder | Composer |
| 16 | Lyane Worsfold | Personal Assistant |
| 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). |