Whatever You Want

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For the song by the same artist, please see Whatever You Want (song)

Whatever You Want
Studio album by Status Quo
Released	October 1979
Length	42:12
Label	Vertigo
Professional reviews
All Music Guide Review
Status Quo chronology
If You Can't Stand the Heat (1978) Whatever You Want (1979) Just Supposin' (1980)

Whatever You Want is a 1979 rock album by the British band Status Quo. It features 10 tracks including the title track and is considered by many fans to be a definitive work by that artist.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Whatever You Want" (Parfitt/Bown) - 4:04
2. "Shady Lady" (Rossi/Young) - 3:00
3. "Who Asked You" (Lancaster) - 4:00
4. "Your Smiling Face" (Parfitt/Bown) - 4:25
5. "Living on an Island" (Parfitt/Young) - 4:48
6. "Come Rock with Me" (Rossi/Frost) - 3:15
7. "Rockin' On" (Rossi/Frost) - 3:25
8. "Runaway" (Rossi/Frost) - 4:39
9. "High Flyer" (Lancaster/Young) - 3:47
10. "Breaking Away" (Rossi/Parfitt/Bown) - 6:44

[edit] Re-Releases

The album was first released in compact disc format in 1991, on a CD also containing Just Supposin'. To make the two albums fit the single disc, the track "High Flyer" was omitted (the track "The Wild Ones" was omitted from Just Supposin').^[1]

The album was digitally remastered and released in compact disc format in 2005. The first release was on March 7, 2005 by Mercury Records in the United Kingdom; the second, on July 12, 2005 by Universal Records International in the United States and elsewhere.

1. ^ CD Albums 1. Status Quo Collectors Page. Retrieved on 2008-01-19.

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