Status Quo - Rockin´ All Over The World (LP) (1977) - €10,00

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Rockin' All Over the World is the tenth studio album by British band Status Quo. It is their first to be produced by Pip Williams and the first to feature Andy Bown as a regular contributor to the band; he would later join the band officially in 1982. Released in November 1977, it reached #5 in the UK.

"A poxy album," said guitarist and singer Francis Rossi. "There's nothing poxy about Rockin' All Over the World," countered guitarist Rick Parfitt. "It's fucking great. Pip added some class into the production and, from then onwards, we got quite posh – for us." Uncharacteristically, bassist Alan Lancaster agreed with Rossi: "When Pip Williams started producing us was when everything started to go wrong."

The title track, written and originally recorded by John Fogerty, was released as a single in September 1977, peaking at #3 in the UK. Its b-side was "Ring of a Change", from their previous studio album. No other singles were issued from the album, although "Can't Give You More" was rerecorded by the band for 1991's "Rock 'Til You Drop" and issued as a single, reaching #37.

After releasing the hard and perhaps excessively raw Live! album in March 1977, Status Quo decided it was time to give a new turn to their music, trying to achieve a cleaner and fresher sound. 

Recruiting Pip Williams to produce the new album, this was the first time since 1972 that Quo gave such control to someone outside the band. Subsequently, Williams played an essential part in the British band's evolution. 

A clean, focused, and friendly pop record, Rockin' All Over the World displeased the band's hard rock-oriented fans. Guitars were left in the background and the band's famous wall of sound -- tough guitars and a powerful rhythmic base -- was nowhere to be found, even though it had been an important element of the band's sound during the first half of the '70s. Strangely enough, a lot of the album's songs would become live favorites of the bandmembers and fans alike in the years to come. 

The first single issued from the record, "Rockin' All Over the World," Status Quo's cover of a barely known song from ex-Creedence Clearwater Revival leader John Fogerty, became a huge success all around Europe and, paradoxically, grew to be one of the group's most recognized anthems. 

Indeed, 21 years later, the song, retitled "Runnin' All Over the World," would be released again as the official signature to Sport Aid's Race Against Time event. Other songs that would claim an obligatory presence in the band's live shows over the upcoming decades included the silly but hooky "Dirty Water," the boogie rocker "Hold You Back," and the country-rocker "Can't Give You More" (featured with a different approach in Rock Til You Drop). 

The straightforward and danceable "Baby Boy" and the soft ballad "For You" also stood out among the record's winners.

Side one

1.  Hard Time - 4:45

2.  Can’t Give You More - 4:15

3.  Let’s Ride - 3:03

4.  Baby Boy - 3:12

5.  You Don’t Own Me - 3:03

6.  Rockers Rollin' - 4:19

Side two

1.  Rockin’ All Over the World - 3:36

2.  Who Am I - 4:30

3.  Too Far Gone - 3:08

4.  For You - 3:01

5.  Dirty Water - 3:51

6.  Hold You Back - 4:30

Status Quo

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

Additional personnel

• Andy Bown – keyboards, backing vocals
• Frank Ricotti - percussion

Companies, etc.

• Marketed By – Phonogram
• Marketed By – Phonogram Ltd.
• Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Phonogram Ltd.
• Copyright © – Phonogram Ltd.
• Recorded At – Studio Bohus
• Distributed By – Phonogram Ltd.
• Pressed By – Phonodisc Ltd.
• Lacquer Cut At – I.B.C. Studios
• Produced For – Quarry Productions Ltd.
• Record Company – Phonogram Ltd.
• Published By – Shawbury
• Published By – Eaton Music Ltd.
• Published By – Handle Music
• Published By – Intersong Music Ltd.
• Published By – Essex Music
• Published By – Shawbury Music
• Published By – Essex Music Ltd.

Credits

• Design – Eric Howard Productions
• Engineer – John Eden
• Keyboards – Andy Bown
• Lacquer Cut By – Mely
• Mastered By – Melvyn Abrahams
• Percussion – Frank Ricoti
• Producer – Pip Williams

Notes

Release:  1977

Format:  LP

Genre:  Hard Rock

Label:  Vertigo Records

Catalog#  9102014

Vinyl:  Excellent

Cover:  Excellent

Prijs: €10,00