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Post by Victor on Jan 13, 2019 4:15:16 GMT
More evenly split ? Hmmm, I am not so sure of that...alan 5 tracks, francis 3, rick 1 ? Not that that makes QUO a bad album, to the contrary, it's oine of their best for me Alan sings 4 tracks - there's only 8 tracks on the album. Oops my mistake. You're right of course ! I'm getting too damn old ! Have no idea why I counted 5 alan tracks instead of 4
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Post by smq on Jan 13, 2019 16:39:06 GMT
My favourite SQ album. While it is heavy in places it also has that lovely “shade and light” with the ballads, bit of country etc Perhaps a bit more controversially I also like the fact that it’s Rossi light in comparison to so many other albums where he tends to sing the vast majority of tracks. On Quo, the vocals and credits seem more evenly split which to my ears adds to the feel More evenly split ? Hmmm, I am not so sure of that...alan 5 tracks, francis 3, rick 1 ? Not that that makes QUO a bad album, to the contrary, it's oine of their best for me Poorly phrased by me Victor. I was trying to emphasise that the album is less dominated by Rossi’s vocals and songs than many others. I just feel that this gives it more balance and variety even if it’s possible to argue that it’s Lancaster dominated! I love Rossi’s vocals incidentally but prefer that he doesn’t totally dominate (such as on NTL where he sings everything I think)
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Post by Victor on Jan 13, 2019 17:09:54 GMT
More evenly split ? Hmmm, I am not so sure of that...alan 5 tracks, francis 3, rick 1 ? Not that that makes QUO a bad album, to the contrary, it's oine of their best for me Poorly phrased by me Victor. I was trying to emphasise that the album is less dominated by Rossi’s vocals and songs than many others. I just feel that this gives it more balance and variety even if it’s possible to argue that it’s Lancaster dominated! I love Rossi’s vocals incidentally but prefer that he doesn’t totally dominate (such as on NTL where he sings everything I think) Yea NTL is completely Rossi with Parfitt only a minor bit in SYBIL ... But, as I said above I accidently wrote Alan does 5 songs on QUO but that should be 4 of course. So you are right that the album is indeed more evenly mixed...Parfitt should have had one more song
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Post by vivfromcov on Jan 13, 2019 22:26:13 GMT
More evenly split ? Hmmm, I am not so sure of that...alan 5 tracks, francis 3, rick 1 ? Not that that makes QUO a bad album, to the contrary, it's oine of their best for me Alan sings 4 tracks - there's only 8 tracks on the album. Indeed!
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Post by viza on Jan 14, 2019 8:03:50 GMT
Say what you want about the Fine Fine Fine but it's catchy. It's on repeat in my head right now.
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Post by Gaz on Jan 14, 2019 9:07:30 GMT
Say what you want about the Fine Fine Fine but it's catchy. It's on repeat in my head right now. Know what you mean... sometimes that great lead from Francis is on repeat in my head
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Post by dennis on Jan 14, 2019 13:04:09 GMT
I really like this album, although Piledriver just edges it,imo. Over the last couple of weeks I've played the remaster, the deluxe remaster & the culture factory remaster but none of them quite capture the rawness of the sound as I recall it from the original vinyl. In fact, I didn't initially like the sound of the album compared to their other releases back in the '70s, it seemed raw to the point of having a hint of tinniness in comparison to the production on the other albums they produced back in the day - mind you, it could just as easily have been a reflection of the quality of the audio equipment I suffered with in that era.
One thing I've done is to separate Fine Fine Fine & Lonely Man as I've never felt that they complement each other much. I've moved Break The Rules to the start of side 2 & placed Lonely Man on side 1 in it's place. I think the two sides work better, even though all the Rossi songs now end up on the same side. Try it, you might like it!
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Post by dontthinkitmatters on Jan 15, 2019 21:36:34 GMT
Going yo give this album a blast in the car tomorrow. 20 miles with the stationary traffic -should get round it at least twice!
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Post by paradiseflats on Jan 16, 2019 7:33:45 GMT
One of Quo’s finest albums by far. Certainly top five for me. Maybe top three but that changes year to year. It’s never been my favourite but always loved most of it. It’s weakest songs for me are Fine Fine fine. Never loved it. So out of place. Not for me. Break the rules could have been better. I listen to to cover versions and they sound like this should have to me. Much rawer and harder. But neither are dreadful or that weak.
The strength of the album is John’s drumming. A masterclass in power and swing. Such a great sound on most of the songs.
The album is filled with great songs.
Backwater is great with Francis pulling out a corker if a solo. I know it sounds a bit silly but I was glad they didn’t play Slow Train live. As I just don’t think they would have nailed it. Drifting Away would have been a belter but I guess Alan was limited to the number of songs he sang live. Lonely Man great stuff. Quo could do slow stuff so well without drifting towards soft rock stuff. Maybe they decided it’s as far as they wanted to go in that direction. Or the record company pushed them but never would they rock as hard again. Just as well they went on to another level but that’s another months discussion.
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Post by dontthinkitmatters on Jan 16, 2019 15:11:38 GMT
I can never find any TV footage of the single Break The Rules , is there any out there?
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Post by vivfromcov on Jan 16, 2019 21:14:01 GMT
One of Quo’s finest albums by far. Certainly top five for me. Maybe top three but that changes year to year. It’s never been my favourite but always loved most of it. It’s weakest songs for me are Fine Fine fine. Never loved it. So out of place. Not for me. Break the rules could have been better. I listen to to cover versions and they sound like this should have to me. Much rawer and harder. But neither are dreadful or that weak. The strength of the album is John’s drumming. A masterclass in power and swing. Such a great sound on most of the songs. The album is filled with great songs. Backwater is great with Francis pulling out a corker if a solo. I know it sounds a bit silly but I was glad they didn’t play Slow Train live. As I just don’t think they would have nailed it. Drifting Away would have been a belter but I guess Alan was limited to the number of songs he sang live. Lonely Man great stuff. Quo could do slow stuff so well without drifting towards soft rock stuff. Maybe they decided it’s as far as they wanted to go in that direction. Or the record company pushed them but never would they rock as hard again. Just as well they went on to another level but that’s another months discussion. Agree with almost everything you've said but for me, Break the Rules is perfect as it is and I love Fine Fine Fine 😊 I think that maybe this was the last album where they had such songs of diverse styles that reflected their experimental stages during Ma Kelly and Dog. Each song is still Quo but very very different. I think on subsequent albums, even with the light and shade tracks, the 'Quo sound' was more defined.... more typical Quo. And then on later albums the songs increasingly became more watered down, middle of the road pop. 😞
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Post by Detroit on Jan 16, 2019 21:19:48 GMT
...very good, but ,I've never managed the audio/sound on it.
I had it on 8-track at first, same problem.
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Post by Railroad17 on Jan 17, 2019 12:21:29 GMT
No accordion?..total crap!
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Post by 4th Chord on Jan 17, 2019 17:02:29 GMT
Still working towards 'that' sound, but they could have gone off in a slightly different direction off the back of this album.
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Post by Gaz on Jan 18, 2019 7:09:19 GMT
I reckon the actual recorded sound of the album was their best in that, to my ears, it has a clarity which I just couldn’t quite hear on their following albums especially RAOTW.. If you need an example of what I’m getting at, have a listen to any AC/DC album recorded at the iconic Albert Studios in Sydney (all albums up to Highway To Hell were recorded there)... now THAT’S pure rock sound. Geez I wish had Quo recorded there while Alan was still in the mix and living in Sydney.
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