Quid Pro Quo (album)

For the Brett Garsed and TJ Helmerich album, see Brett Garsed.

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]
Classic Rock	^[3]
MusicOMH	^[4]

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.^[4]

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

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

Official Live Bootleg track listing

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

Deluxe Edition bonus tracks

"Paper Plane" (Rossi, Young) – 3:38
"Softer Ride" (Lancaster, 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 and the voice of WO Eliott Drake on track 15

Recorded at ARSIS Studios 2010-2011

Chart performance

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Austrian Albums Chart	26
Belgian Albums Chart	61
Dutch Albums Chart	32
French Albums Chart	157
German Albums Chart	13
Irish Albums Chart	57
Swedish Albums Chart	32
Swiss Albums Chart	8
UK Albums Chart	10

References

↑ O'Brien, Jon. Status Quo: Quid Pro Quo > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
↑ Diver, Mike (26 May 2011). "Review: Quid Pro Quo". BBC Music. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
↑ Staunton, Terry (January 2014). "Status Quo - Reissues". Classic Rock (192): 122.
1 2 Ishaq, Farah (6 June 2011). "Review: Quid Pro Quo". MusicOMH. Retrieved 11 February 2012.

Status Quo

Francis Rossi Rick Parfitt Andy Bown John 'Rhino' Edwards Leon Cave Alan Lancaster Jess Jaworski Alan Key John Coghlan Roy Lynes Pete Kircher Jeff Rich Matt Letley

Studio albums (UK)	Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo Spare Parts Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon Dog of Two Head Piledriver Hello! Quo On the Level Blue for You Rockin' All Over the World If You Can't Stand the Heat... Whatever You Want Just Supposin' Never Too Late 1+9+8+2 Back to Back In the Army Now Ain't Complaining Perfect Remedy Rock 'til You Drop 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 Quid Pro Quo Bula Quo! Aquostic (Stripped Bare) Aquostic II: That's a Fact!

UK Top 20 singles	"Pictures of Matchstick Men" "Ice in the Sun" "Down the Dustpipe" "Paper Plane" "Mean Girl" "Caroline" "Break the Rules" "Down Down" "Roll Over Lay Down" "Rain" "Mystery Song" "The Wild Side of Life" "Rockin' All Over the World" "Again and Again" "Whatever You Want" "Living on an Island" "What You're Proposing" "Lies" / "Don't Drive my Car" "Something 'Bout You Baby I Like" "Rock 'n' Roll" "Dear John" "Ol' Rag Blues" "A Mess of Blues" "Marguerita Time" "Going Down Town Tonight" "The Wanderer" "Rollin' Home" "Red Sky" "In the Army Now" "Dreamin'" "Ain't Complaining" "Running All Over the World" "Burning Bridges" "The Anniversary Waltz (Parts One and Two)" "Come On You Reds" "Jam Side Down" "You'll Come 'Round" "The Party Ain't Over Yet"

Other singles	"Black Veils of Melancholy" "Make Me Stay a Bit Longer" "Are You Growing Tired of My Love" "The Price of Love" "In My Chair" "Tune to the Music" "Gerdundula" "Rockers Rollin' / Hold You Back" "Accident Prone" "She Don't Fool Me" "Who Gets the Love?" "Not at All" "Little Dreamer" "Can't Give You More" "Rock 'til You Drop" "Roadhouse Medley" "I Didn't Mean It" "Sherri, Don't Fail Me Now!" "Restless" "When You Walk in the Room" "Fun Fun Fun" "Don't Stop" "All Around My Hat" "The Way It Goes" "Little White Lies" "Twenty Wild Horses" "Mony Mony" "Old Time Rock and Roll" "All Stand Up" "Thinking of You" "All That Counts Is Love" "Beginning of the End" "It's Christmas Time" "Jump That Rock (Whatever You Want)"

See also	Status Quo discography Bob Young

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