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Post by freewilly on Feb 13, 2021 20:20:39 GMT
I think AC is a really good album. I think the production is top notch and spot on for it’s time. Polished well written album in my opinion. Regarding all the reviews of everything. Nothing new as I read all these back in the day even though some of the members were in denial on here looking back at the threads. But it must have killed all these negative narrow minded reviewers that Quo were deemed important enough to kick off the biggest show staged of all time to create the atmosphere of the day ! Wonder where some of them are now. Probably sticking pins in Quo dolls !!! 😂 The band who built that legacy did not release this rubbish. Whilst I wouldn't call it rubbish for the most part, I do agree it's not the band that built the legacy. You would be very hard pushed to find anyone who follows the band, or even people in the band, deny that Status Quo's legacy was built on the work of Francis, Alan, Rick and John. Andy too, to a certain extent. No disrespect to anyone who has been in the band and no badness meant. If you find someone who thinks the legacy wasn't built by those 4(5), put them in the bin! You don't need those sort of idiots in your life
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Post by blagult on Feb 13, 2021 20:46:58 GMT
My post or indeed the thread wasn't / isn’t a reflection on who built Quo’s legacy or comparisons. If you need it simplifying it has 4 points 1. I actually Like the album 2. Quo had bad as (well as good) reviews as far back as you want to go. 3. Wonder what happened to those second rate journalists. 4. Quo kicked off the biggest show ever staged. There was certainly no digs at any line up of the band. If so please point them out ?
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Post by steveb on Feb 13, 2021 21:48:07 GMT
again ive always liked the record.not a bad word to say about it but again the photos threw me but I just had to accept that this was what we now had. like it or lump it so I liked it. it was around this time alan did a interview with people magazine and referred to francis and rick as dickheads drunks and out of its who were destroying quos reutation.
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Post by freewilly on Feb 13, 2021 22:50:47 GMT
again ive always liked the record.not a bad word to say about it but again the photos threw me but I just had to accept that this was what we now had. like it or lump it so I liked it. it was around this time alan did a interview with people magazine and referred to francis and rick as dickheads drunks and out of its who were destroying quos reutation. Well again, two points... 1. I called them "Status Bi-Quolar" before. The image and on record music vs the image and music in the live setting was two ends of the spectrum. They hadn't a clue what they were and Rick was right when he said in an interview that they lost what they were. 2. Alan was right. By their own admission, they were two drunks who had no idea what to do. People can say he is bitter all they want but, when Francis Rossi says he was a drunk and had no idea what to do with the band (said in several interviews) I'm not sure how you can disagree with him. I mean, I like the album but, Burning Bridges as your lead single and dressing in mid 80s suits that were 5 years out of date at this point? A band recording aged 80s music, who dress like Wall Street yuppies for photoshoots, releasing Irish jigs as their lead single whilst performing heavy blues rock at their gigs... An absolute mess
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Post by jason on Feb 13, 2021 23:48:07 GMT
Lead single? BB was the 3rd single from that album and the 4th of the year.
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Post by freewilly on Feb 14, 2021 0:11:54 GMT
Lead single? BB was the 3rd single from that album and the 4th of the year. I'm mistaken. I meant the biggest hit from the album and used the wrong term
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Post by steveb on Feb 14, 2021 4:06:20 GMT
living in Australia it was hard because we had not seen quo here in 10 years.they had all but disappeared from what few magazines and music shows we had so any new lp was welcomed by me with open arms. I can remember when the knebworth double album came out it was reviewed in juke magazine by a gut called dino scatena. all the artists that played that show were given good and long reviews but when it came to quo all that he wrote was ,ignore. that was it. so all new quo records were welcomed by me.
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Favourite Quo Album: Hello!
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Post by mortified on Feb 15, 2021 7:53:44 GMT
The review is what it is. I'm the same as everyone else; if a journo gives a cracking Quo album a $hit review I reckon they're just a knob. But if it's a $hit review of a less than brilliant Quo album, I tend to think they have a point or two. But most reviews of Quo albums didn't really go into any detail. Few tracks were mentioned and the hack would more often than not say ' oh, it's a Quo album; you know what you're getting'. Thing is, you didn't. Not if you were/are a Quo fan. This is probably one of my least favourite Quo albums but I tend to see it in retrospect as a sign o' the times There's some good things on there (I really like the title track) and some pretty average stuff but nothing generally awful; it's all pretty bland. I think that's the problem for me really. Someone mentioned "Kerrang!". I'd stopped buying it by the late 80's. What was once my top choice of reading material when it first came out in 1981 was naturally reflecting the metal/rock acts of the time by 1988. Out went Michael Schenker and Rush; in came Bon Jovi, Guns 'n' Roses and big hair. I was off
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Post by paradiseflats on Feb 15, 2021 10:01:32 GMT
The review is what it is. I'm the same as everyone else; if a journo gives a cracking Quo album a $hit review I reckon they're just a knob. But if it's a $hit review of a less than brilliant Quo album, I tend to think they have a point or two. But most reviews of Quo albums didn't really go into any detail. Few tracks were mentioned and the hack would more often than not say ' oh, it's a Quo album; you know what you're getting'. Thing is, you didn't. Not if you were/are a Quo fan. This is probably one of my least favourite Quo albums but I tend to see it in retrospect as a sign o' the times There's some good things on there (I really like the title track) and some pretty average stuff but nothing generally awful; it's all pretty bland. I think that's the problem for me really. Someone mentioned "Kerrang!". I'd stopped buying it by the late 80's. What was once my top choice of reading material when it first came out in 1981 was naturally reflecting the metal/rock acts of the time by 1988. Out went Michael Schenker and Rush; in came Bon Jovi, Guns 'n' Roses and big hair. I was off It’s odd really. If I think about it, I can’t remember a single review from a Status Quo album. If I read them in the 80s, unless it said a return to form, I wasn’t interested. Obviously they never did say that. As you say, they had become boring and bland. In many ways, that’s what Francis largely likes writing middle of the road bland country rock. The only time I am interested in a review when it signposts a band by genre or inspiration. As I used to think of Francis and co back then. They want to do melodic pop rock and so many other bands do it so much better.
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Post by iamcomplaining88 on May 20, 2021 14:04:18 GMT
Kerrang review? The Megadeth comparison isn't a bad one. It's certainly how I felt at the time, an album with zero feeling or excitement. Bland. Don't Mind if I Do is half decent. I’m glad looking back, that I didn’t know that this pile of bland rubbish was out. The irony is by ‘88 Megadeth’s best work was already behind them. Not totally true, Rust In Peace and Countdown To Extinction are 2 of their best LPs.
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Post by iamcomplaining88 on May 20, 2021 14:12:35 GMT
I bought the LP on day of release and wasn't sure what to expect, especially after Ain't Complaining being the first single released from it, a single which I really like by the way.
Even though I liked it at the time and played it a lot, I hadn't played it for many years but over the last few years, I've played it quite a bit and have never skipped any tracks.
I really love Who Gets The Love?, I know Your Leaving, Everytime I Think Of You & One For The Money, but still like the rest of the album.
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Post by matt on May 21, 2021 21:51:27 GMT
This was the first album I ever bought with my own money at 11 years old. I remember being disappointed with it because it didn’t sound like 12 gold bars which was on regularly in our car. I played it to death though until I really liked it. I still do.
I accept it is what it is and is a relic of the era but it has a special place for me.
That said the review pretty Much ties with Rossi’s view of the album.
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Post by freewilly on May 22, 2021 1:28:43 GMT
I played it to death though until I really liked it. I still do. 32 years later, probably best to stop playing it to try and force yourself to like it...
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Post by Quoincidence on May 29, 2021 16:30:00 GMT
I do wish that they had played Ain't Complaining live.
They planned to, and even had a stage tape mix done for it - it just never made it past rehearsals, besides being played during a couple of soundchecks.
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Post by swisscheese on May 29, 2021 16:38:23 GMT
I do wish that they had played Ain't Complaining live. They planned to, and even had a stage tape mix done for it - it just never made it past rehearsals, besides being played during a couple of soundchecks. Hi, I wish they had played it too. I am going to write to the band to request it for next year's tour. I don't think they need backing tapes as they are a good live band. Ain't Complaining should have been a very big hit but Radio stations did not seem to like it compared with other tracks like Burning Bridges which was originally going to be left off the album with Greatest Fighter replacing it. I think the tour next year should be great but no backing tapes or stage mixes please! SC
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