Quid Pro Quo (album)

Quid Pro Quo
Studio album by Status Quo
Released	27 May 2011 (Europe & World) 30 May 2011 (UK)
Recorded	2010–2011
Genre	Hard rock, blues rock
Length	51:03
Producer	Francis Rossi, Mike Paxman
Status Quo chronology
In Search of the Fourth Chord (2007) Quid Pro Quo (2011) Bula Quo! (2013)
Singles from Quid Pro Quo
"In The Army Now (2010)" Released: 26 September 2010 "Rock 'n' Roll 'n' You" Released: 20 April 2011 "Two Way Traffic" Released: 15 August 2011 "Better Than That" Released: 28 November 2011 "Movin' On" Released: 2 January 2012 "The Winner" Released: 9 July 2012

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
BBC	(favourable)[2]
MusicOMH	[3]

Quid Pro Quo is the twenty-ninth studio album by English rock band Status Quo, released in May 2011. The album debuted at number 10 in the UK charts and features 14 new songs, as well as the 2010 version of their 1986 hit "In The Army Now" which was re-recorded in support of the Help For Heroes and British Forces Foundation charities. The accompanying Official Live Bootleg album features 12 older songs recorded by the band in concert in Amsterdam and Melbourne in 2010. In the UK the album was only available at branches of Tesco stores for its first week before being released conventionally on the band's Fourth Chord label on 6 June 2011.^[3]

The single "Rock 'n' Roll 'n' You" was initially released as a free track download from the band's official website, and was included on BBC Radio 2's 'A' playlist from 14 May 2011 onwards. The album was Radio 2's 'Album Of The Week' for the week commencing 28 May 2011. Subsequent singles "Two Way Traffic", "Better Than That" and "The Winner" were also included on the Radio 2 'A' playlist, and "Movin' On" was placed on the Radio 2 'B' playlist.

Track listing

1. "Two Way Traffic" (Rossi, Edwards) – 4:00
2. "Rock 'n' Roll 'n' You" (Francis Rossi, Bown) – 3:32
3. "Dust to Gold" (Francis Rossi, Andy Bown, John Edwards) – 4:52
4. "Let's Rock" (Parfitt, Wayne Morris) – 4:28
5. "Can't See for Looking" (Rick Parfitt, Andy Bown, John Edwards) – 3:55
6. "Better Than That" (Francis Rossi, Young) – 3:18
7. "Movin' On" (Francis Rossi, Bob Young) – 4:05
8. "Leave a Little Light On" (Rick Parfitt, Wayne Morris) – 4:05
9. "Any Way You Like It" (Andy Bown, Alan Crook, John Edwards) – 3:18
10. "Frozen Hero" (Francis Rossi, Andy Bown) – 4:21
11. "Reality Cheque" (Rick Parfitt, John Edwards) – 4:05
12. "The Winner" (Francis Rossi, Bob Young) – 3:18
13. "It's All About You" (Francis Rossi, Bob Young) – 2:54
14. "My Old Ways" (Francis Rossi, Bob Young) – 3:04
15. "In The Army Now (2010)" (Rob Bolland, Fred Bolland) (UK release only) – 3:53

Official Live Bootleg track listing

1. "Whatever You Want" (Rick Parfitt, Andrew Bown) – 5:12
2. "Down Down" (Francis Rossi, Bob Young) – 5:06
3. "Don't Drive My Car" (Francis Rossi, Bernie Frost) – 3:51
4. "Hold You Back" (Francis Rossi, Bob Young, Rick Parfitt) – 4:38
5. "Pictures of Matchstick Men" (Francis Rossi) – 2:29
6. "Ice in the Sun" (Marty Wilde, Ronnie Scott) – 2:14
7. "Beginning of the End" (Francis Rossi, John 'Rhino' Edwards) – 4:27
8. "Roll Over Lay Down" (Francis Rossi, Bob Young, Alan Lancaster, Rick Parfitt, John Coghlan) – 5:58
9. "Caroline" (Francis Rossi, Bob Young) – 5:08
10. "Rockin' All Over the World" (John Cameron Fogerty) – 4:07

Deluxe Edition bonus tracks

11. "Paper Plane" (Francis Rossi, Bob Young) – 3:38
12. "Softer Ride" (Alan Lancaster, Rick Parfitt) – 3:46

Personnel

• Francis Rossi - Vocals & lead guitar
• Rick Parfitt - Vocals & guitar
• John Edwards - Bass & vocals
• Andy Bown - Keyboards
• Matt Letley - Drums

Additional personnel

• Bob Young - Harmonica on track 13
• Nick Rossi - Backing vocals on tracks 2, 6, 7, 12–14
• Kick Horns - Horns on track 4
  • Simon Clarke - Baritone sax
  • Paul Spong - Trumpet
  • Tim Sanders - Tenor sax
• Corps of Army Music, Kneller Hall, Twickenham & the voice of WO Eliott Drake on track 15

Recorded at ARSIS Studios 2010-2011

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