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

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. Recorded at Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Holland, and produced by

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, it was released in October 1978 and reached #3 in the UK album chart. The sleeve notes that

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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,

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, was used, as well as a backing vocal trio:

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, Stevie Lange, and

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. " 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" (

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, Jackie Lynton) — 3:41 # "I'm Giving Up My Worryin'" ( Francis Rossi, Bernie Frost) — 3:02 # "Gonna Teach You to Love Me" ( Alan Lancaster, 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,

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) — 3:26

2005 reissue bonus track

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

Personnel

;Status Quo * Francis Rossi — guitar, vocals *

— rhythm guitar, vocals * Alan Lancaster —

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, guitar, vocals * John Coghlan —

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;Additional musicians *

— keyboards, backing vocals * Frank Ricotti - percussion * Jacquie Sullivan — backing vocals * Stevie Lange — backing vocals * Joy Yates — backing vocals * The David Katz Horns - horns

Chart positions

Certifications

References

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