Quo (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Quo
Type = Album
Artist = Status Quo

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Released = May 1974
Recorded = Spring 1974 at IBC Studios, London
Genre = Hard rock
Length = 36:54
Label = Vertigo
Producer = Status Quo
Reviews = Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gcfpxq95ldhe~T0 Review]

| Last album = "Hello!"
(1973)
This album = "Quo"
(1974)
Next album = "On the Level"
(1975)

Quo is a Vertigo album by Status Quo featuring Francis Rossi, Richard Parfitt, Alan Lancaster and John Coghlan. Like the previous album Hello, it consisted entirely of songs written or co-written by the group. The only guest musicians featured were Bob Young and Tom Parker, who played harmonica and piano respectively on "Break the Rules". This was the only track to be released as a single, and peaked in the UK at No. 8. The album's highest position reached was No. 2.

In retrospect this album is regarded as one of their heaviest, possibly due to the influence of bassist Alan Lancaster, who is credited with co-writing six of the eight tracks.

Track listing

# "Backwater" (Parfitt/Lancaster) - 4:22
# "Just Take Me" (Parfitt/Lancaster) - 3:31
# "Break the Rules" (Rossi/Young/Parfitt/Lancaster/Coghlan) - 3:37
# "Drifting Away" (Parfitt/Lancaster) - 5:00
# "Don't Think it Matters" (Parfitt/Lancaster) - 4:48
# "Fine Fine Fine" (Rossi/Young) - 2:31
# "Lonely Man" (Parfitt/Lancaster) - 5:05
# "Slow Train" (Rossi/Young) - 7:55