''In the Army Now'' is the seventeenth

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by the English

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band

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, released on 29 August 1986 by

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. Recorded at Chipping Norton Recording Studios in Oxfordshire and Jacobs Studios in Surrey, it was the first album with the post-

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lineup, featuring bassist Rhino Edwards and drummer

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, both of whom joined in March 1986. "I was later told that nobody at the label was interested in a Quo featuring bassist

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and

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," recalled frontman

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. "They wanted Parfitt and me. I also learned that unless we did something together, we'd have to pay back a shitload of money... I was adamant that I would never work with Lancaster again, but he warned us that he would injunct us if we tried to do it without him. And when we won he went fucking bananas." The album contains covers of " In the Army Now", first recorded in 1982 by Dutch duo Rob and Ferdi Bolland, and "Speechless", from ex-

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singer Ian Hunter's 1983 album ''

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''. "The title song was great," Parfitt later observed of the album, "but it had too many fillers."

Track listing

September 2018 2CD Deluxe Edition (CD2, bonus material)

# In the Army Now - Remix # Lonely - B-Side - 12" of Rollin' Home # Keep Me Guessing - B-Side - 12" of Rollin' Home # Don't Give It Up - B-Side of Red Sky # Heartburn - B-Side - In the Army Now # Late Last Night - B-Side - In the Army Now # Long Legged Girls - B-Side - Dreamin' # Naughty Girl - Single Edit (aka Dreamin') # Rock N Roll Floorboards - Unreleased B-Side* # Naughty Girl - Extended (aka Dreamin') # Dreamin’ - Wet Mix # In the Army Now -Military Mix # The Cake Mix # Overdose – Live* # Dreamin' – Live* # Blues Jam – Live* # La Grange / Rain – Live*

Personnel

Status Quo

– lead guitar, lead vocals (except 7&11) *

– guitar, background vocals. lead vocals on 7&11 *

– drums * Andrew Bown – keyboards, backing vocals * John "Rhino" Edwards - bass, backing vocals

Technical

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– producer *

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– producer (on "Rollin' Home" and "Red Sky") *Tim 'Ted' Summerhayes – recording engineer (except "Rollin' Home" and "Red Sky") *Simon Sullivan – remix engineer (on "Calling", "In Your Eyes", "Save Me" and "In the Army Now") *Gordon Vicary – mastering (at

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, London) *

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– sleeve design

Chart positions

Certifications

References

{{Authority control Status Quo (band) albums 1986 albums Albums produced by Dave Edmunds Vertigo Records albums