Piledriver (Status Quo album)

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Piledriver
Studio album by Status Quo
Released	December 1972
Genre	Hard rock
Length	39:52
Label	Vertigo
Professional reviews
All Music Guide Review
Status Quo chronology
Dog of Two Head (1972) Piledriver (1972) Hello! (1973)

Piledriver is the fifth album by the English Rock Band Status Quo, released in December 1972. It was the first to be produced by the group themselves, their first on the Vertigo label after their departure from Pye Records, and the first to reach the UK charts, with a highest position of No. 5 and 37 weeks on the chart.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Don't Waste My Time" (Rossi/Young) - 4:22
2. "O Baby" (Rossi/Parfitt) - 4:39
3. "A Year" (Lancaster/Frost) - 5:51
4. "Unspoken Words" (Rossi/Young) - 5:06
5. "Big Fat Mama" (Rossi/Parfitt) - 5:53
6. "Paper Plane" (Rossi/Young) - 2:52
7. "All the Reasons" (Parfitt/Lancaster) - 3:42
8. "Roadhouse Blues (Morrison/Densmore/Krieger/Manzarek) - 7:26

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