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Post by freewilly on Mar 9, 2019 13:19:55 GMT
Listening now...In my opinion...
Is a fucking class song and even though the album is made of Rick's solo album material, it's still good imo.
I get that it was a culture shock without Alan and it was different...I have had my experience with the carry on after 2014 so I get it. But, it's still good imo
Any other band that wasn't called Status Quo, it would be held in better regard.*
*Speechless is fucking horrific
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Post by QuocaQuola1 on Mar 9, 2019 13:55:31 GMT
Overdose is one of Quo's best songs.
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Post by piledriver62 on Mar 9, 2019 14:30:20 GMT
QUO for me finished in 81, but yer ITAM is a decent sounding song , it aint QUO though.
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Post by Quoincidence on Mar 9, 2019 15:02:45 GMT
Recorded from September 1985 to February 1986... Naughty Girl and Rock 'N' Roll Floorboards being the first tracks finished and intended for release on their comeback 7" & 12" Singles, until they were scrapped due to the lawsuit with Alan.
Some great material from the album sessions... the best being Overdose.
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Post by paradiseflats on Mar 9, 2019 15:18:03 GMT
Overdose is one of Quo's best songs. You clearly like very different music to me. From what I remember for me its all filler with a terrible chorus. But each to their own. In the army now... ermmm not a great song and live its terrible. As for the album haven't heard it in years, will play it when it is album of the month. From what I remember it is not very good. Is Red Sky on it ? Not a bad ZZ Top rip off. The rest must be forgettable as I don't know what is on it. |
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Post by bridsparegular on Mar 9, 2019 15:53:33 GMT
Overdose is one of Quo's best songs. You clearly like very different music to me. From what I remember for me its all filler with a terrible chorus. But each to their own. In the army now... ermmm not a great song and live its terrible. As for the album haven't heard it in years, will play it when it is album of the month. From what I remember it is not very good. Is Red Sky on it ? Not a bad ZZ Top rip off. The rest must be forgettable as I don't know what is on it. |
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Post by bridsparegular on Mar 9, 2019 15:54:50 GMT
Agree PF, got me own views on ITAN but will wait until it's nominated as AOTM...
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Post by azza200 on Mar 9, 2019 16:00:22 GMT
Always liked it the best live versions are Live Alive Quo & Knebworth 90. For A cover song and how they made it their own and superior to the B&B original. Most people now think as Army as a Quo song and prob don't realize its a cover song
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Post by freewilly on Mar 9, 2019 18:44:22 GMT
End Of The Line and Overdose are Rick's best "rock" vocal.
Fantastic emotion and power
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Post by daipembs on Mar 9, 2019 19:40:23 GMT
End Of The Line and Overdose are Rick's best "rock" vocal. Fantastic emotion and power Enjoyed End of the Line, that was one of my favourite Quo tracks of that era. |
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Post by frozenhero on Mar 9, 2019 20:15:33 GMT
End Of The Line and Overdose are Rick's best "rock" vocal. Fantastic emotion and power Well put! I'd also mention Halloween. Although I can sing some of Rick's songs, I've never even attempted those.  A shame that they never tried out EOTL live. At least we have a (bootleg) live recording of Overdose. As for the album, it's not of consistent quality (Speechless  ), but it certainly appeals to me more than Back to Back does. It's interesting to note the different producers' attitudes though. I think the Dave Edmunds songs sound more like a natural extension of the Quo style, while Pip's tracks are full of 80s sparkle. It works well on the title track, but songs like Save Me or Invitation could have done with some earthier production. |
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Post by dontthinkitmatters on Mar 9, 2019 20:58:36 GMT
Hmmm . In the Army Now. Yep, hmmm. two members of the band I used to like play on it, but apart from that, I can't honestly think of anything poitivee to say about it, so in an old fashioned way, if you haven't got out to say , say nowt! That's the single done, not really heard the album .
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Post by markquo on Mar 11, 2019 14:33:41 GMT
A travesty of an album
Cheers
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Post by Gaz on Mar 12, 2019 10:36:54 GMT
Was brought up in Quo live gigs 75-78 plus albums of that era so, well .. maybe I’m a dinosaur of Quo, but In The Army is definitely not from the band that hooked me. Spot on time for a piss break and maybe get another beer.
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Mar 12, 2019 11:25:25 GMT
I always liked the song, and the album was a decent enough pop album, the Dave Edmunds things the best, but I like the country songs too. But when I played it alongside Piledriver, I was very sad. It was not so much the songs, as the "sound" that was missing, it had become production-line, anonymous. It was their first clear step back to the pop band they had been in the 60s, and better, really, than the albums that followed. I would not have bought it if I wasn't already a fan.
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), but it certainly appeals to me more than Back to Back does.
