''If You Can't Stand the Heat...'' is the eleventh studio album by English rock band Status Quo. Recorded at

Wisseloord Studios The Wisseloord Studio is a recording studio in Hilversum, Netherlands. It was officially opened on 19 January 1978 by Prince Claus. The studios were founded by electronics company Philips, to enable their PolyGram artists to record in a prof ...

, Hilversum, Holland, and produced by

Pip Williams Philip Malcolm "Pip" Williams (born 7 October 1947) is a record producer, arranger and guitarist, best known for producing albums for Status Quo and The Moody Blues and acting as well as supervising the orchestra parts and orchestra arrangem ...

, it was released in October 1978 and reached #3 in the UK album chart. The sleeve notes that Aphex Aural Exciter was used in the recording process, thus contributing to a more atmospheric sound than its predecessor, "Rockin' All Over The World". Unusually for a Status Quo record, a brass section, The David Katz Horns, was used, as well as a backing vocal trio: Jacquie Sullivan,

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, and Joy Yates. " Again and Again" was the first single to be released from the album and managed to reach #13. The second single to be released from the album was an edited version of " Accident Prone" which stalled at #36.

Track listing

# " Again and Again" ( Rick Parfitt, Andy Bown, Jackie Lynton) — 3:41 # "I'm Giving Up My Worryin'" (

Francis Rossi Francis Dominic Nicholas Michael Rossi, (born 29 May 1949) is an English musician, singer and songwriter. He is the co-founder, lead singer, lead guitarist and the sole continuous member of the rock band Status Quo. Early life Rossi was born o ...

, Bernie Frost) — 3:02 # "Gonna Teach You to Love Me" (

Alan Lancaster Alan Charles Lancaster (7 February 1949 – 26 September 2021) was an English musician, best known as a founding member and bassist of the rock band Status Quo, playing with the band from 1967 to 1985, with brief reunions in 2013 and 2014. As we ...

, Michael Green) — 3:11 # "Someone Show Me Home" (Rossi, Frost) — 3:49 # "Long Legged Linda" (Bown) — 3:29 # "Oh, What a Night" (Parfitt, Bown) — 3:46 # " Accident Prone" (

, Peter Hutchins) — 5:08 # "Stones" (Lancaster) — 3:53 # "Let Me Fly" (Rossi, Frost) — 4:25 # "Like a Good Girl" (Rossi, Robert Young) — 3:26

2005 reissue bonus track

# "Accident Prone" (single version) (Williams, Hutchins) #

Personnel

;Status Quo *

—

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vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

* Rick Parfitt — rhythm guitar, vocals *

— bass, guitar, vocals * John Coghlan — drums ;Additional musicians * Andy Bown — keyboards, backing vocals *

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- percussion * Jacquie Sullivan — backing vocals *

— backing vocals * Joy Yates — backing vocals * The David Katz Horns - horns

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References

{{Authority control 1978 albums Status Quo (band) albums Vertigo Records albums