Back to Back (Status Quo album)

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Back To Back
Studio album by Status Quo
Released	November 1983
Length	32:55
Status Quo chronology
Live At The N.E.C. (1982) Back To Back (1983) In The Army Now (1986)

Back To Back is an album by English rock band Status Quo and released in November 1983. For the first time in the group's history, it featured four singles, "Ol' Rag Blues" (highest position No. 9), "A Mess Of Blues", originally a hit for Elvis Presley (No. 15), "Marguerita Time" (No. 3), and "Going Down Town Tonight" (No. 20). The album entered the UK chart at its highest position of No. 9.

It was the last recorded before the group temporarily disbanded in 1984, and therefore the last to feature original bass guitarist Alan Lancaster. Lancaster co-wrote the first single, "Ol' Rag Blues", and was angered when the production company declined to release the version featuring his lead vocal (which has since been made available as a bonus track on the 2005 remastered reissue), in preference to that featuring the voice of Francis Rossi. He also made no secret of his dislike of "Marguerita Time", which he thought was too pop-orientated for the group. When they appeared on BBC's Top of the Pops to mime to the single, his place was taken by Jim Lea of Slade, who were also on the programme that week.

[edit] Track listing

1. "A Mess of Blues" (Pomus/Shuman) - 3:23
2. "Ol' Rag Blues" (Lancaster/Lamb) - 2:51
3. "Can't Be Done" (Rossi/Frost) - 3:07
4. "Too Close to the Ground" (Parfitt/Bown) - 3:43
5. "No Contract" (Parfitt/Bown) - 3:40
6. "Win or Lose" (Rossi/Frost) - 2:35
7. "Marguerita Time" (Rossi/Frost) - 3:27
8. "Your Kind of Love" (Lancaster) - 3:24
9. "Stay the Night" (Rossi/Frost/Miller) - 3:02
10. "Going Down Town Tonight" (Johnson) - 3:33

[edit] 2007 reissue bonus tracks

1. "The Wanderer" (Maresca) - 3:27
2. "Going Down Town Tonight" (Johnson) - 3:38
3. "I Wonder Why" (Rossi/Frost) - 3:59
4. "Ol' Rag Blues" [Extended version] (Lancaster/Lamb) - 4:54
5. "A Mess of Blues" [Extended version] (Pomus/Shuman) - 4:48
6. "Cadillac Ranch" (Parfitt/Bown) - 4:15
7. "Ol' Rag Blues" [Alternate vocal version] (Lancaster/Lamb) - 2:49
8. "The Wanderer" [Sharon the Nag Remix] (Maresca) - 3:34

v • d • e Status Quo Francis Rossi • Rick Parfitt • Andy Bown • John 'Rhino' Edwards • Matt Letley John Coghlan • Alan Lancaster • Pete Kircher • Jeff Rich • Roy Lynes Albums (UK) Picturesque Matchstickable Messages • Spare Parts • Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon • Dog of Two Head • Piledriver • Hello! • Quo • On the Level • Blue for You • Live • Rockin' All Over the World • If You Can't Stand the Heat • Whatever You Want • Just Supposin' • Never Too Late • 1+9+8+2 • Live at the N.E.C. • Back to Back • In the Army Now • Ain't Complaining • Perfect Remedy • Rock 'Til You Drop • Live Alive Quo • Thirsty Work • Don't Stop • Under the Influence • Famous in the Last Century • Heavy Traffic • Riffs • The Party Ain't Over Yet • In Search of the Fourth Chord • More... Hit Singles (UK) "Pictures of Matchstick Men" • "Down the Dustpipe" • "Rockin' All Over the World" • "Whatever You Want" • "In the Army Now" • "The Beginning of the End" See also Status Quo discography