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Post by freewilly on May 20, 2017 16:55:55 GMT
A lot of them.
Tbh, whilst I do enjoy songs from every single album, looking at them as a whole, someone should have stepped in and told him to cop on...
I say him because I highly doubt Rhino, Jeff, Andy and Rick decided to go a "new direction"
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Post by freewilly on May 20, 2017 16:59:25 GMT
In my humble opinion Perfect Remedy had some of the worst and embarrassing songs on it that don't represent the Rock band that I know and love. The album title is the opposite of the outcome. Apart from " The Power of Rock " Parfitt/Rossi/Williams composition, the rest of this album stinks. Ironically, the album was recorded at Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas resort of Nassau, and it lacked direction that a compass should give you  Don't Stop was such a light weight production recorded by a band that's supposed to be a rock band. The songs were diluted down so badly that the originals sounded better and stronger. Johnny and Mary was ok and All Around My Hat was a touch of class. When I told Francis that I had every album except Don't Stop he said " Don't Bother "He didn't like it either, I think it was a contractual obligation due to record company control. It would've sounded much better if Don't Stop was recorded like RIFFS or FAMOUS IN THE..., gutsy and ballsy, not soft and whimpy. Back to Back was very patchy and disappointing for me and Lancaster. Here are the songs I think passed the test of being worthy QUO songs that I and Lancaster would class as good enough to play to your friends and family. A Mess of the Blues, Ol' Rag Blues just scrapes in, Can't be Done, No Contract and Your Kind Of Love coulda/shoulda been singles. Marguerita Time is the Yoko Ono of Status Quo. I never knew that - because of the way it's recorded I assumed he liked it I think there are only two albums they shouldn't have recorded at all - PR and TW. Neither did the band any good at all, and by any standards are poor. All of the other albums have fans and have at least some stuff there that many fans like. With the passing of time, it's the "classic Quo" albums that have stood the test of time, leading to criticism of later albums now by fans who enjoyed some of those later albums at the time. That's the thing... One minute he's saying he just wants to plug into a vox, play it loud as hell and rock out (He said it recently enough) The next minute, he's saying Walk in the room is one of the best things they ever done. Alan had the patience of a Saint. I'd go mad within a month |
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Post by Railroad17 on May 20, 2017 18:09:36 GMT
Everything after Whatever You Want. Did you think they got the mojo back on this one? |
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Post by slowtrain7 on May 23, 2017 12:23:45 GMT
Contrived as in that TPOR was formulaic, yes. They meant to structure the song in that manner, on purpose, so that is contrived. It wasn't impromptu or randomly spontaneous in the studio. I meant to write this reply using these words, how contrived am I???!!!!!
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