Spare Parts (album)

Spare Parts
Studio album by Status Quo
Released September 1969
Recorded January - September 1969 at Pye Studios
Genre Psychedelic rock, pop rock
Length 41:50
Label Pye Records
Producer John Schroeder
Status Quo chronology

Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo
(1968)		 Spare Parts
(1969)		 Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon
(1970)
Singles from Status Quo
  1. "Are You Growing Tired of My Love"
    Released: 25 April 1969
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Spare Parts is the second album by the English rock band Status Quo, and the final one in the psychedelic vein. It is also the first in which the group's roadie Bob Young began writing and co-writing songs for and with the band.

The album covers a song written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin, "You're Just What I Was Looking for Today". Only one song was slated for a single release. This was the Anthony King written song "Are You Growing Tired of My Love", backed with the Alan Lancaster composition "So Ends Another Life". Released in April 1969 it reached no. 46 in UK singles charts.

The album was released in September 1969 but wasn't a commercial success.

Following the disappointment of the album, the band released a non-album single - the Everly Brothers' "The Price of Love", also released in September 1969, with the Francis Rossi & Rick Parfitt composition "Little Miss Nothing" as the b-side.

Track listing

  1. "Face Without a Soul" (Rossi/Parfitt) - 3:08
  2. "You're Just What I Was Looking for Today" (Goffin/King) - 3:50
  3. "Are You Growing Tired of My Love" (Anthony King) - 3:37
  4. "Antique Angelique" (Lancaster/Young) - 3:22
  5. "So Ends Another Life" (Alan Lancaster) - 3:12
  6. "Poor Old Man" (Francis Rossi/Rick Parfitt) - 3:36
  7. "Mr. Mind Detector" (Anthony King) - 4:01
  8. "The Clown" (Alan Lancaster/Bob Young/Paul Nixon) - 3:22
  9. "Velvet Curtains" (Anthony King) - 2:56
  10. "Little Miss Nothing" (Francis Rossi/Rick Parfitt) - 2:59
  11. "When I Awake" (Alan Lancaster/Bob Young) - 3:49
  12. "Nothing at All" (Alan Lancaster/Lynes/Bob Young) - 3:52

1998 Remaster bonus tracks

  1. "The Price of Love" (Everly/Everly) - 3:41
  2. "Josie" (DiMucci/Fasce) - 3:37
  3. "Do You Live in Fire" (Alan Lancaster) - 2:16
  4. "Hey Little Woman" (Previously unreleased version) (Alan Lancaster) - 3:56
  5. "Are You growing Tired of My Love" (Anthony King) - 3:39

2003 reissue bonus tracks

  1. "Josie" (DiMucci/Fasce) - 3:37
  2. "Do You Live in Fire" (Lancaster) - 2:16
  3. "Nothing At All" (demo) (Lancaster/Young/Lynes)
  4. "The Price of Love" (Everly/Everly) - 3:41

2009 Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks

  1. "Josie (Dion Francis DiMucci/Tony Fasce) - 3:37
  2. "Do You Live in Fire (Alan Lancaster) - 2:16
  3. "Face Without a Soul [Mono Version] (Parfitt/Rossi) - 3:10
  4. "You're Just What I Was Looking for Today [Mono Version] (Goffin/King) - 3:51
  5. "Are You Growing Tired of My Love [Mono Version] (Anthony King) - 3:40
  6. "Antique Angelique [Mono Version] (Lancaster/Young) - 3:25
  7. "So Ends Another Life [Mono Version] (Lancaster) - 3:13
  8. "Poor Old Man [Mono Version] (Parfitt/Rossi) - 3:41
  9. "Mr. Mind Detector [Mono Version] (Anthony King) - 4:03
  10. "The Clown [Mono Version] (Lancaster/Young/Nixson) - 3:25
  11. "Velvet Curtains [Mono Version] (Anthony King) - 3:01
  12. "Little Miss Nothing [Mono Version] (Parfitt/Rossi) - 3:03
  13. "When I Awake [Mono Version] (Lancaster/Young) - 3:54
  14. "Nothing at All [Mono Version] (Lancaster/Lynes/Young) - 3:59
  15. "Nothing at All [Demo Version] (Lancaster/Lynes/Young) - 2:23
  16. "The Price of Love (Don Everly/Phil Everley) - 3:42

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