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Post by roadhouse on Feb 18, 2024 14:28:33 GMT
Yes. The first two singles were pushed and had good promo. Little dreamer even came with a sew on patch if I remember right. I think the RC decided to cut its losses so didnt spend a penny promoting the album. I had to ask for it when I bought it. It's probably just as well not many fans bought it I think bad choices were made in terms of single choices, especially as there were catchier songs on the album. Even my mum used to love Throw her a line when I played the album, she used to ask me to turn the volume up on that track. Address book, another opportunity lost there I feel.
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Post by mortified on Feb 18, 2024 15:22:55 GMT
Yes. The first two singles were pushed and had good promo. Little dreamer even came with a sew on patch if I remember right. I think the RC decided to cut its losses so didnt spend a penny promoting the album. I had to ask for it when I bought it. It's probably just as well not many fans bought it I think bad choices were made in terms of single choices, especially as there were catchier songs on the album. Even my mum used to love Throw her a line when I played the album, she used to ask me to turn the volume up on that track. Address book, another opportunity lost there I feel. That was another song that reminded me of something else; Throw Her A Line. It started off like Virginia Plain then morphed into a sort of Sailor soundalike. Funnily enough, Address Book is one of the successes I think. OK, not every Quo fan's cup of tea. Far from it. But it's lyrically and melodically catchy and I think would have made a good single. Problem is, it probably strayed too far from what Quo fans wanted to hear that too much success for it could have let to repetitive disaster. You know what Quo have been like for doing something more than once because the first time proved lucrative. Especially with David Walker calling the shots (see what I did there? )
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Post by roadhouse on Feb 18, 2024 16:08:00 GMT
I think bad choices were made in terms of single choices, especially as there were catchier songs on the album. Even my mum used to love Throw her a line when I played the album, she used to ask me to turn the volume up on that track. Address book, another opportunity lost there I feel. That was another song that reminded me of something else; Throw Her A Line. It started off like Virginia Plain then morphed into a sort of Sailor soundalike. Funnily enough, Address Book is one of the successes I think. OK, not every Quo fan's cup of tea. Far from it. But it's lyrically and melodically catchy and I think would have made a good single. Problem is, it probably strayed too far from what Quo fans wanted to hear that too much success for it could have let to repetitive disaster. You know what Quo have been like for doing something more than once because the first time proved lucrative. Especially with David Walker calling the shots (see what I did there? ) Oddly enough I think Address book was almost released as a single because Rick & Francis was on the Richard Digense show doing a kind of unplugged version with an orchestra in the background. The audience mainly old women really loved it, as the roar of approval at the end of the song was very high energy stuff. Would have made a nice Christmas single I always thought. Not necessarily a Christmas song, but would have done well during a Christmas period.
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Post by mortified on Feb 18, 2024 16:24:15 GMT
That was another song that reminded me of something else; Throw Her A Line. It started off like Virginia Plain then morphed into a sort of Sailor soundalike. Funnily enough, Address Book is one of the successes I think. OK, not every Quo fan's cup of tea. Far from it. But it's lyrically and melodically catchy and I think would have made a good single. Problem is, it probably strayed too far from what Quo fans wanted to hear that too much success for it could have let to repetitive disaster. You know what Quo have been like for doing something more than once because the first time proved lucrative. Especially with David Walker calling the shots (see what I did there? ) Oddly enough I think Address book was almost released as a single because Rick & Francis was on the Richard Digense show doing a kind of unplugged version with an orchestra in the background. The audience mainly old women really loved it, as the roar of approval at the end of the song was very high energy stuff. Would have made a nice Christmas single I always thought. Not necessarily a Christmas song, but would have done well during a Christmas period. Which sort of emphasises the point. A big hit at Christmas with that and someone would be saying, " oh, you need to be doing more stuff like that"I'm probably wrong but I get the impression they went along with David Walker because of the hole he got them out of. Although Francis once said they didn't realise he didn't have an 'off' button Maybe the lack of success for Perfect Remedy led to the reverse direction with Rock 'til You Drop, who knows? All thrown in the bin of course with Thirsty Work.Probably not Quo's poorest album, Perfect Remedy, but it's in the bottom three for me. Of self-penned material that is.
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Post by roadhouse on Feb 18, 2024 16:50:54 GMT
Oddly enough I think Address book was almost released as a single because Rick & Francis was on the Richard Digense show doing a kind of unplugged version with an orchestra in the background. The audience mainly old women really loved it, as the roar of approval at the end of the song was very high energy stuff. Would have made a nice Christmas single I always thought. Not necessarily a Christmas song, but would have done well during a Christmas period. Which sort of emphasises the point. A big hit at Christmas with that and someone would be saying, " oh, you need to be doing more stuff like that"I'm probably wrong but I get the impression they went along with David Walker because of the hole he got them out of. Although Francis once said they didn't realise he didn't have an 'off' button Maybe the lack of success for Perfect Remedy led to the reverse direction with Rock 'til You Drop, who knows? All thrown in the bin of course with Thirsty Work.Probably not Quo's poorest album, Perfect Remedy, but it's in the bottom three for me. Of self-penned material that is. I think Address book being a hit at Christmas would have been okay because once Christmas came and went it could have created a clean slate for Quo to return to what the fans want. In the army now is one of Quo's most popular song even to this day, but it was never a Quo song, but they got away with it somehow. Its currently their most streamed song, when ideally you would think its Caroline or Paper plane or something. Personally I think Address book being a hit wouldn't have been any worse than Marguerita time, they got away with that too somehow. But yeah I see your point. I think looking back over Quos hits, quite a lot of them were bought from non Quo fans, or we're hits due to guilty pleasure type fans, they heard the song on the radio and bought it and hid it quickly behind the single they really went into the shop for. There was always enough fans who bought the singles to get them into the top 30 or 40,then as the exposure grew, they had major hits on their hands. Off the top of my head quickly I think What you're proposing, Marguerita time, In the army now, Anniversary waltz, some of Quo's biggest hits became so from people who really would be otherwise a non Quo fan, but because Quo had the knack of coming up with such catchy tunes, people couldn't put them down. I remember my mate at school or when we were still at school, he said he asked his mother to buy him the single Rock n Roll as he loved it that much, but otherwise can't stand Quo, yet another top ten hit Rock n Roll became, and I am certain it wasn't bought largely by Quo fans. I think this sort of thing has been going on in most of Quo's career. I think the only solid true to fans period was probably Dog of two head to Blue for you. Then Rockin all over the world came out as a single and the face of Quo had changed forever. Even my parents loved Rockin all over the world, and they only really bought Jim Reeves, or The New Seekers, ABBA, Glen Campbell, that kind of thing, but a few Quo songs rattling out of my bedroom I heard them whistling or humming to afterwards.
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Post by railroad007 on Feb 18, 2024 17:03:38 GMT
Man Overboard....why Rick? His voice is awful. The 'Oh no' lyric sums it up for me. The title track and Little Dreamer are the best of this woeful effort.
"There's a hole in my bed where I ain't seen you for days" Fcuking big bed is all can say.
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Post by railroad007 on Feb 18, 2024 17:10:59 GMT
Perfect remedy marked the beginning of my most intense period of being a quo fan which probably lasted till around 1999. Which is a shame as it was their shittest period. I enjoyed the album as a 12 year old. I always liked the Melodies of Perfect remedy, address book, GDFTFT, and a few others although even back then I used to wonder where the guitars were. Hindsight and age is a great leveller. It’s pretty crap isn’t it? Although I still enjoy the title track. Haven’t heard the album in probably ten years That's funny Matt, it's the point where Quo and I parted company for a while. I bought Heavy Traffic when I spotted it in a record shop and then bought Don't Stop and thought 'really'. It was only because they played at Greenwich in 2010 that I went again, it was in walking distance of my home and not the usual trek on TFL Underground into West London. I thought they were a lot better than Wembley in 88.
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Post by gav on Feb 19, 2024 19:18:38 GMT
Heart On Hold was my fave from the off as a 14 year old, something a bit different from them, but still had crunchy enough guitars.
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Post by tqontq on Feb 20, 2024 5:14:14 GMT
Power of Rock always grabbed me as a clever track and a modern sounding Quo that they got right, so respect where deserved. I also love the solo/fade out to Man Overboard. Lead guitar play and the drums are fantastic. I am not sure if anyone has really pointed this out. I get the feeling it is Pip playing this rather than Rossi but who knows.
So that's 1 and half tracks I really like. The rest ... well, there could be children on here reading this so best not say anything. Shockingly bad comes to mind. Rossi taking his crap way too far.
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Post by MrWaistcoat on Feb 20, 2024 20:52:13 GMT
Power of Rock always grabbed me as a clever track and a modern sounding Quo that they got right, so respect where deserved. I also love the solo/fade out to Man Overboard. Lead guitar play and the drums are fantastic. I am not sure if anyone has really pointed this out. I get the feeling it is Pip playing this rather than Rossi but who knows. Good shout, yeah it doesn't sound like Francis at the end of man overboard. I love the simplicity of the riff during the chorus, pure Quo and so effective. I'm now wondering if Francis plays the fast bit on throw her a line? The sound on man overboard is the best on the album, similar to heavy Daze. I will never understand why that track wasnt a single, nevermind not on an album Power of rock frustrates me. I'm back to talking again about Oomph. It just doesn't have enough. If it did it could have been a classic.
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Post by iamcomplaining88 on Feb 20, 2024 21:03:14 GMT
The Way I Am is my favourite, but shouldn't this topic be in the Songs & Records forum?
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Post by 4th Chord on Feb 20, 2024 21:45:18 GMT
Being the best track on Perfect Remedy is a bit like being the bonniest girl in Dundee.
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Post by matt on Feb 28, 2024 22:44:32 GMT
Perfect remedy marked the beginning of my most intense period of being a quo fan which probably lasted till around 1999. Which is a shame as it was their shittest period. I enjoyed the album as a 12 year old. I always liked the Melodies of Perfect remedy, address book, GDFTFT, and a few others although even back then I used to wonder where the guitars were. Hindsight and age is a great leveller. It’s pretty crap isn’t it? Although I still enjoy the title track. Haven’t heard the album in probably ten years That's funny Matt, it's the point where Quo and I parted company for a while. I bought Heavy Traffic when I spotted it in a record shop and then bought Don't Stop and thought 'really'. It was only because they played at Greenwich in 2010 that I went again, it was in walking distance of my home and not the usual trek on TFL Underground into West London. I thought they were a lot better than Wembley in 88. It was youthful exuberance. 😂 Of course I think now by 1989 it was all over really for the band in terms of new stuff. They never had a big single after that that wasn’t a medley, and probably didn’t have a new album that lasted more than 4 weeks in the chart. Abracadignance really sticks in my mind. It was on the night I travelled to Paris Ona school trip and I had made myself a quo tale for the Walkman. Ain’t complaining and perfect remedy best of.
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Post by backwater67 on Feb 29, 2024 9:30:16 GMT
Which sort of emphasises the point. A big hit at Christmas with that and someone would be saying, " oh, you need to be doing more stuff like that"I'm probably wrong but I get the impression they went along with David Walker because of the hole he got them out of. Although Francis once said they didn't realise he didn't have an 'off' button Maybe the lack of success for Perfect Remedy led to the reverse direction with Rock 'til You Drop, who knows? All thrown in the bin of course with Thirsty Work.Probably not Quo's poorest album, Perfect Remedy, but it's in the bottom three for me. Of self-penned material that is. I think Address book being a hit at Christmas would have been okay because once Christmas came and went it could have created a clean slate for Quo to return to what the fans want. In the army now is one of Quo's most popular song even to this day, but it was never a Quo song, but they got away with it somehow. Its currently their most streamed song, when ideally you would think its Caroline or Paper plane or something. Personally I think Address book being a hit wouldn't have been any worse than Marguerita time, they got away with that too somehow. But yeah I see your point. I think looking back over Quos hits, quite a lot of them were bought from non Quo fans, or we're hits due to guilty pleasure type fans, they heard the song on the radio and bought it and hid it quickly behind the single they really went into the shop for. There was always enough fans who bought the singles to get them into the top 30 or 40,then as the exposure grew, they had major hits on their hands. Off the top of my head quickly I think What you're proposing, Marguerita time, In the army now, Anniversary waltz, some of Quo's biggest hits became so from people who really would be otherwise a non Quo fan, but because Quo had the knack of coming up with such catchy tunes, people couldn't put them down. I remember my mate at school or when we were still at school, he said he asked his mother to buy him the single Rock n Roll as he loved it that much, but otherwise can't stand Quo, yet another top ten hit Rock n Roll became, and I am certain it wasn't bought largely by Quo fans. I think this sort of thing has been going on in most of Quo's career. I think the only solid true to fans period was probably Dog of two head to Blue for you. Then Rockin all over the world came out as a single and the face of Quo had changed forever. Even my parents loved Rockin all over the world, and they only really bought Jim Reeves, or The New Seekers, ABBA, Glen Campbell, that kind of thing, but a few Quo songs rattling out of my bedroom I heard them whistling or humming to afterwards. Quo have always tapped into the neutral market. That’s how generally they get new fans on board. It just takes one song on the radio & it sets the ball rolling. They had the rock, pop & general market all wrapped into one. After checking them out live there hooked. The Power of rock is the stand out track on the album for me. It deserves a better place than Perfect remedy. I was at the NEC when they filmed the video, pure class. Should’ve been a single.
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Post by ant on Feb 29, 2024 13:43:25 GMT
It's got to be Power of Rock and Roll. Should've been an all time Quo classic!
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