Quo albums I've heard

Add (a bit of) Under the Influence and (some songs of) Aquostic 1, and you're all set.

The only things I haven't bought are the Man Utd single and Aquostic 2. Aquostic 2 is the only album I haven't heard ,excluding assorted live stuff

I will stream it when it's album of the month. I did hear the opening seconds to ROLD and it made me grumpy 😁

Generally I'm too curious not to listen ,and there's always stuff I end up really liking. I never intended to own Backbone but I ended up getting the CD for the bonus tracks ,one being very enjoyable and one being a form of torture

I think the first instance of "I heard a Quo album and was not tempted to buy or download it" (not that I download albums. I only purchased my first e-book a couple of weeks ago) ... was Bula Quo. There was just too much on it that I was not interested in listening in. I tend to relate to albums as albums, but there is nothing on that I drop into YouTube for now and then. That was followed by Aquostick 1. Some of those I like, but I worked out quite quickly that I wasn't going to spin the album voluntarily, so I didn't buy it. Aq 2 I was even less interested in PLUS they messed aroun' with Roll Over Lay Down. The real turn up for the books was Backbone, which isn't bad at all. Occasionally I go to YT and run through some of the tracks. The only one I want to run again is Waiting for a Woman. I put it on my Xmas list last year, but none of the nevvies and nieces obliged. This year I haven't put it on. Fact is, Quo still have quality, but they don't do it the way Quo did. I only bought some of the early post-reboot albums because I was still fannish and they were musicassettes so cheap (and there was no YouTube then). I am very happy to have Heavy Traffic and the 3 albums that followed. I actually play them from time to time. I was never really at home with Quid Pro Quo, but there is a lot on it I like, it just doesn't play very well as an album. (And the cover is a nightmare. I made a new one of my own.)

I never bought any of the covers albums. I like it when Quo does a good cover but a whole album full is too many at once. I only have Riffs for the live video tracks. I occasionally look at some of the 12-inch singles I have from the 80s and wonder what I was thinking of ... but I was a fan and I liked seeing new Quo stuff coming out. I don't have the albums before Ma Kelly for the same reason - not what I like Quo for. They have more in common with the 80s albums than anything else.

Funny thing about Aquostic was, I liked the idea of them doing an acoustic album, but when they did it, they fluffed it up too much just like they did the 80s albums. I've finally had to take on board that Francis really DID want it to sound like that, he wants to do quality pop and he's just not a leader in the field.

It probably sounds as if YouTube has cost Quo a sale by being there, but right now, if they produce an album I like and I hear it on YouTube, I will be out ther purchasing it. Once I buy an album unseen that is really disappointing, I don't go back. (Not a plot, just an observation.) HINT QUO! Record something we can dance to!