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Post by jamielotustech on Feb 18, 2016 19:43:17 GMT
Never heard it. Never will. Same here!. I'l give it a rating anyway..... pure baws, I just know it, I'm certain.
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Post by johnnymain on Feb 18, 2016 20:09:16 GMT
At the risk of getting slagged off because I actually like this album, I don't think there's a duff song on it.
Sure, it's not FF and it's not heavy rock either but very much an album of its time (production-wise), but this is the album that got me into Quo in the first place so it'll always be a bit special to me.
8/10
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Favourite other bands.: Blackberry Smoke, AC/DC, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Iron Maiden
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Post by sincity on Feb 18, 2016 20:11:26 GMT
Absolute horror show of an album, the band & the music they were producing around this time was totally unrecognizable from the band i loved its utter pish with no redeeming features whatsoever! ITAN,AC,PR,& TW all sit gathering dust in the collection, 0/10
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Post by kursaal75 on Feb 18, 2016 20:19:10 GMT
Since the release of Hello! in the Autumn of '73, this was the first Quo album I didn't buy on the day of release. I think I was put of by the cover as I remember and didn't buy it until around Christmas when Burning Bridges was released as a single. 2/10. If the 12" 7 minute version of Who Gets The Love, was on the album it would have been 3/10
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Post by jamielotustech on Feb 18, 2016 20:31:31 GMT
At the risk of getting slagged off because I actually like this album, I don't think there's a duff song on it. Sure, it's not FF and it's not heavy rock either but very much an album of its time (production-wise), but this is the album that got me into Quo in the first place so it'll always be a bit special to me. 8/10 Right Johnny boy thats you slagged then!, you see in 1988 the album you should have bought instead of that Quo nonsense was Testament - The New Order, then that would have been ultra special 'cos you would have known it from its release and lived it at the time, rather than getting it years later and realising what utter pish you had bought instead back in '88 when there was such a collossal Thrash Metal album that you could have bought with just the most wonderous Alex Skolnick guitar playing on it!, well thats whit ah done, and if I hadn't by fuck I'd be complaining awrite!.
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Post by paul70 on Feb 18, 2016 21:09:21 GMT
Its Status Quo album like it or not. Quo 88. Live shows pure dynamite. Why shit album? Many good tracks. 6
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Post by johnnymain on Feb 18, 2016 21:23:18 GMT
At the risk of getting slagged off because I actually like this album, I don't think there's a duff song on it. Sure, it's not FF and it's not heavy rock either but very much an album of its time (production-wise), but this is the album that got me into Quo in the first place so it'll always be a bit special to me. 8/10 Right Johnny boy thats you slagged then!, you see in 1988 the album you should have bought instead of that Quo nonsense was Testament - The New Order, then that would have been ultra special 'cos you would have known it from its release and lived it at the time, rather than getting it years later and realising what utter pish you had bought instead back in '88 when there was such a collossal Thrash Metal album that you could have bought with just the most wonderous Alex Skolnick guitar playing on it!, well thats whit ah done, and if I hadn't by fuck I'd be complaining awrite!.
In 1988, I'd also just discovered Iron Maiden (via 'Live After Death' and 'Seventh Son'), Metallica (via 'Ride the Lightning' and the 'Justice' albums) and Slayer (via 'Reign In Blood').
Unfortunately, Testament were to elude me for another year until I was loaned a copy of 'The New Order' along with Megadeth's 'Peace Sells' album.
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Post by Whoppa Choppa on Feb 18, 2016 21:24:56 GMT
I'll try and do this from a more analytic side. What do we have here...
"Ain't Complaining" Humorous! Awright, and the error in the mixing... 7/10 "Everytime I Think of You" Not so good 3/10 "One for the Money" I like Rick's stuff from this era. 6/10 "Another Shipwreck" Nope... strained, to use some fishy vocabular. 1/10 "Don't Mind If I Do" Nope... Not my cuppa 1/10 "I Know You're Leaving" Softish, but TAFKAR don't make the song... 2/10 "Cross That Bridge" Something is missing... 2/10 "Cream of the Crop" Yeck, what's your hurry? 1/10 "The Loving Game" A better effort from Rick and the rhythm boys than the TAFKAR -Edwards thing above. 3/10 "Who Gets the Love?" This is the best song on the album! 8/10 and the 12" gets an 9! "Burning Bridges" Bouncy but... no 4/10 "Magic" Pukeable stuff. 1/10
So, for the original album it is a 3.25/10
2006 reissue bonus tracks
"That's Alright" Dreaded synths and a bit of booogie... nope Frossi-Rost by numbers 1/10 "Lean Machine" Can you believe TAFKAR was a co-writer? Phew... This one should be on the original album 6/10 "Halloween" Can you believe TAFKAR was a co-writer? Phew... This one should be on the original album 7/10 "The Reason for Goodbye" Can you believe TAFKAR was a co-writer? Phew... This one should be on the original album 6/10 Three wow in a row... But were they on an album? No! "The Greatest Fighter" The order is restored... crap crap crap 0/10 "Running All Over the World" Holy crap! exciting recycling it is not , and spot the guys further down.... 1/10
So over all... 3,3/10
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Post by jamielotustech on Feb 18, 2016 22:06:00 GMT
Right Johnny boy thats you slagged then!, you see in 1988 the album you should have bought instead of that Quo nonsense was Testament - The New Order, then that would have been ultra special 'cos you would have known it from its release and lived it at the time, rather than getting it years later and realising what utter pish you had bought instead back in '88 when there was such a collossal Thrash Metal album that you could have bought with just the most wonderous Alex Skolnick guitar playing on it!, well thats whit ah done, and if I hadn't by fuck I'd be complaining awrite!.
In 1988, I'd also just discovered Iron Maiden (via 'Live After Death' and 'Seventh Son'), Metallica (via 'Ride the Lightning' and the 'Justice' albums) and Slayer (via 'Reign In Blood').
Unfortunately, Testament were to elude me for another year until I was loaned a copy of 'The New Order' along with Megadeth's 'Peace Sells' album.
Ah well youv'e partially redeemed yersel then Johnny so I'l let you off , but just the once mind, so nae mair big'n up pish albums right! .
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Post by quoboy76 on Feb 18, 2016 23:16:44 GMT
Like Thirsty Work it's an album full of lovely songs but more like love songs on this one...............just not Quo songs I'm one of those who loves Burning Bridges and overall I'd give the album a 4 or maybe 5 depending on my mood
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Post by dennis on Feb 19, 2016 1:31:54 GMT
I wonder who played it - usually it's BJ Cole It's a Spanish guitar played by Pip Williams. Same as on "Magic". Ah, ta for that! I remeber hearing it way back & recall it was even more unlike Quo than the rest of the stuff they were producing, but in a not so bad sort of way.
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Post by kiwipom on Feb 19, 2016 7:36:43 GMT
For the most part.......another gem from that little Austrian alpine village.......
...Uttascheitt
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2016 8:28:00 GMT
At the risk of getting slagged off because I actually like this album, I don't think there's a duff song on it. Sure, it's not FF and it's not heavy rock either but very much an album of its time (production-wise), but this is the album that got me into Quo in the first place so it'll always be a bit special to me. 8/10 I did get into Quo in the 70s, but still I very much agree. It's not rock and the sound is very 80s (well, it is an 80s album ..), but from a songwriting POV it's the best 80s Quo album for me, no matter the line-up and by quite some margin. It's one of the very rare albums I can listen to without skipping a track. It has to be said though, that the singles - the bridges songs - are the weakest tracks. It's a 7/10 for me.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2016 11:13:03 GMT
Although I haven't played it for a few years, I feel more amenable about Ain't Complaining than I do about its predecessor and successor. I really don't think I could stomach ITAN or PR, but I'd quite happily stick AC on. In fact I bought it recently 2nd hand vinyl because I'd only bought it on CD at the time. Have yet to actually play the vinyl, mind. There's some good songs on there. You see, I also like Thirsty Work for the same reasons. There's some really interesting, melodic songs on both albums. So I'd probably give this a 6 out of 10. Its highly subjective as to whether one likes it or not (and many don't) but I think that TW succeeds better as a highly pop orientated album than the late 80's albums do, because it actually does what it says on the tin and sounds exactly as it should (for a pop orientated album). One can argue obviously that the new line-up Quo shouldn't have been making pop orientated albums in the first place, but TW in my opinion sounds like post 85 Quo making a pop album, rather than post 85 Quo trying to make a pop album.
TW suffers in many eyes because it returns to pop material following the much grittier interlude that RTYD provided. But, for what it is, it remains refreshingly free of some of the synthetic and superficial gloss of an album like AC - which tries too hard to sound of its time and ends up sounding contrived. I'm not surprised AC is not liked by many fans against the sharply contrasting backdrop of what Quo used to be in a former time, but I think the contrivance of the album magnifies this impression
Because I've always viewed CQ as a very separate entity to the mighty FF, I have no problem at all with CQ making pop records - and enjoy many of them.....as long as they don't sound contrived. I think that CQ got better at this as time went on - especially as 'sonic' (the hedgehog) balance was found once more from UTI onwards with a welcome return of the grittier sound and rockier material that had been left behind with RTYD
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Post by paradiseflats on Feb 19, 2016 12:10:10 GMT
At the risk of getting slagged off because I actually like this album, I don't think there's a duff song on it. Sure, it's not FF and it's not heavy rock either but very much an album of its time (production-wise), but this is the album that got me into Quo in the first place so it'll always be a bit special to me. 8/10 I did get into Quo in the 70s, but still I very much agree. It's not rock and the sound is very 80s (well, it is an 80s album ..), but from a songwriting POV it's the best 80s Quo album for me, no matter the line-up an0d by quite some margin. It's one of the very rare albums I can listen to without skipping a track. It has to be said though, that the singles - the bridges songs - are the weakest tracks. It's a 7/10 for me. There is not a single song on this album that is the equal of any on JS and NTL. 7/10 I havent laughed at a review in quite some time.
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