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Post by paradiseflats on Nov 14, 2017 14:47:44 GMT
For me their best album.
From the opening bars of Little Lady to the crowd on Bye Bye Johnny they never sounded so good.
Francis solos are magnificient especially on Most of the time.
Down Down still sounds as good as the first time I heard it.
The guitar interplay on Over and done is majestic.
I saw the light never seemed to work live which surprises me as it had such a classic chug to it.
Night ride is off kilter but all the better for it.
Side one is one of the best side ones in music history.
Side two is great but doesn’t match Side one. Love the lyrics of What to do. It has its classic m9ments though.
Bye Bye johnny is a good cover but the albums weakest song.
If I’m picky it only lacks a longer heavy song. If Slow train rounded out the album instead of Bye Bye Johnny it would have improved the balance of the album but it’s pretty amazing as it is.
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Post by MrWaistcoat on Nov 14, 2017 21:32:07 GMT
Yeah fantastic album. Great sound and great songs. DD is always a pleasure as it's the extended version. BBJ is a crackin cover. I think it would have been a mistake never to have recorded it given it's special place in the live set, then and always.
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Post by scott6 on Nov 14, 2017 21:42:52 GMT
I always stated 'Quo' was my favourite but these days leaning more towards 'On The Level'. A stunning album.
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Post by dennis on Nov 14, 2017 22:02:00 GMT
I would say it's a perfect album, but for the fact that I think Quo & Piledriver are even better. However, with all their output, from Ma Kelly's through to Live!, the quality was superb.
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Post by rockonquo on Nov 15, 2017 7:23:49 GMT
On The Level is a great rock record, turn it up to 11. letsrock
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Post by musiktruhe on Nov 15, 2017 10:46:30 GMT
That´s proper quo.
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Post by kiwipom on Nov 15, 2017 11:14:52 GMT
From Dog to Blue for You, the albums all had quality and class. The only later album that comes close to these is Whatever You Want.
The raw studio vibe of Dog gives way to the growing maturity and confidence of the songs on Piledriver and then Hello. Then the power, drive and grooves of Quo lead onto the more honed songs of On The Level ….and then the contrasts of the songs on Blue For You, where the band demonstrate their further mastery of the studio and their increasing technical abilities.
For me, if I had to pick my favourite album, On The Level just edges it
– it has groove, but the songs are somehow a more “crafted” set where the peaks and troughs are more even and the band seems totally at ease in their mastery of the studio….and where Frame’s playing is just sublime – with a Tele sound that is held on the edge of clean v overdriven - the extra ingredient of the Quo sound in a nutshell.
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Post by Railroad17 on Nov 16, 2017 20:42:54 GMT
Funny thing opinion.I thought that Rossi was on fire from Spinning Wheel Blues right through to his brilliant solo in Slow Train.I thought that during On The Level he began to get lazy or run out of inspiration,it was like he was just knocking the solo's out without any fire in his belly.Could this bloke playing the "Can't wait to get back into the song" solo on What To Do be the same bloke who played with real fire on Unspoken Words?
Did the other lads get so much better that this led to his insecurity within the band,Coghlan,Lancaster and Parfitt certainly became better and better until Parfitt actually became a legend on his instrument whereas Rossi actually went backwards and only seems happy in the company of not lesser but less charismatic musicians than the best known members of Status Quo.
Jeff Rich,Andy Bown,Leon Cave,John Edwards,Pete Kircher,Freddie Edwards,Richie Not-Him and Matt Ledley are fine musicians and maybe technically superior to Lancaster and Coghlan but the fact remains none of these people have found success by any other way than standing on the shoulders of giants.
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Post by charles on Nov 16, 2017 23:05:10 GMT
Decided to play it today, and whipped oot the GG and played along. Great fun. I canny imagine the Quo sound without that tuning. I can't think of another band that uses it... I don't care what you call it but after FW's confession of wanking in a ticket line, it's becoming a trend on this board. I will inform admin! |
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Post by 37 on Nov 17, 2017 16:59:01 GMT
A truly great album. It has some beautiful moments like Over And Done, Broken Man, I saw The Light and What To Do. Also it possesses two out and out Quo rock classics with Little Lady and Down Down. I love the You`ll Never Rock/Walk Alone sung by the Quo choir, I believe Pink Floyd also had this song in one of their albums as well!
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Post by Railroad17 on Nov 17, 2017 19:34:47 GMT
Sad to report that 'You'll Never Walk Alone was recorded at a Brotherhood Of Man gig.
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Post by 37 on Nov 17, 2017 19:57:58 GMT
Sad to report that 'You'll Never Walk Alone was recorded at a Brotherhood Of Man gig. Nah, On The Level came out in 1975. Your beloved Brotherhood Of Man did not become popular until 1976. Could have been a Rubettes gig that you are getting confused with!! |
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Post by Railroad17 on Nov 17, 2017 23:19:09 GMT
Sad to report that 'You'll Never Walk Alone was recorded at a Brotherhood Of Man gig. Nah, On The Level came out in 1975. Your beloved Brotherhood Of Man did not become popular until 1976. Could have been a Rubettes gig that you are getting confused with!! Of course,silly me.Cheers 37. |
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Post by bridsparegular on Nov 18, 2017 16:50:45 GMT
Funny thing opinion.I thought that Rossi was on fire from Spinning Wheel Blues right through to his brilliant solo in Slow Train.I thought that during On The Level he began to get lazy or run out of inspiration,it was like he was just knocking the solo's out without any fire in his belly.Could this bloke playing the "Can't wait to get back into the song" solo on What To Do be the same bloke who played with real fire on Unspoken Words? Did the other lads get so much better that this led to his insecurity within the band,Coghlan,Lancaster and Parfitt certainly became better and better until Parfitt actually became a legend on his instrument whereas Rossi actually went backwards and only seems happy in the company of not lesser but less charismatic musicians than the best known members of Status Quo. Jeff Rich,Andy Bown,Leon Cave,John Edwards,Pete Kircher,Freddie Edwards,Richie Not-Him and Matt Ledley are fine musicians and maybe technically superior to Lancaster and Coghlan but the fact remains none of these people have found success by any other way than standing on the shoulders of giants. |
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