''Rock 'til You Drop'' is the twentieth studio album by English

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band

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and their last on the

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label after nearly 20 years. Singer and guitarist

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 ...

produced the album. "Rossi is particularly fond of 1991's ''Rock 'til You Drop''," reported ''

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'' a decade later. " '' uitarist Rick' Parfitt hates the record." The album closes with a version of "Forty Five Hundred Times" that's one verse and three minutes longer than the '' Hello!'' original. "We were trying to make the song current for that incarnation of the band," said Rossi. "Whether or not we were successful in that… well, probably not. Musically speaking, it will have been tidier than the original – the playing would have improved. But, as we discovered on the '' rantic Four's 2013' reunion tour, that's not really what it's all about. After doing it live again three years later, we went, 'What the fuck's this extra verse all about?' – and we got rid of it."

Track listing

# "Like a Zombie" (Francis Rossi, Bernie Frost) 5:03 # "All We Really Wanna Do" (Francis Rossi, Bernie Frost) 3:47 # " Fakin' the Blues" (Francis Rossi, Bernie Frost) 4:29 # "One Man Band" (Rick Parfitt, Pip Williams) 4:31 # "

Rock 'til You Drop ''Rock 'til You Drop'' is the twentieth studio album by English rock band Status Quo and their last on the Vertigo label after nearly 20 years. Singer and guitarist Francis Rossi produced the album. "Rossi is particularly fond of 1991's ''Rock ...

" (Andy Bown) 3:21 # "

Can't Give You More "Can't Give You More" is a single released by the British Rock band Status Quo in 1991. The original version was included on the album '' Rockin' All Over The World''. This single was a re-recorded version which was to be used as an advertising c ...

" (Francis Rossi, Bob Young) 4:27 # "Warning Shot" (Andy Bown, John Edwards) 3:58 # "

Let's Work Together "Let's Stick Together" is a blues-based rhythm and blues song written by Wilbert Harrison. In 1962, Fury Records released it as a single. Harrison further developed the song and in 1969, Sue Records issued it as a two-part single titled "Let's W ...

" (

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) 3:41 # " Bring It On Home" ( Sam Cooke) 3:10 # "No Problems" (Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt) 4:51 # "Good Sign" (Rick Parfitt, Pip Williams) 4:15 * # "Tommy" (Francis Rossi, Bernie Frost) 3:50 * # "Nothing Comes Easy" (Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt, Andy Bown, John Edwards, Jeff Rich) 5:46 * # "Fame or Money" (Francis Rossi, Andy Bown) 4:06 * # "

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" (Don Everly, Phil Everly) 3:39 * # "

Forty Five Hundred Times "Forty Five Hundred Times" is a song by British rock band Status Quo. It is the final track on their 1973 album ''Hello!'', almost ten minutes long and regularly performed live. The group's frontmen, Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt, have said it i ...

" (Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt) 12:56 * : * ''Not on LP version''.

Personnel

;Status Quo *

- vocals, lead guitar *

Rick Parfitt Richard John Parfitt, (12 October 1948 24 December 2016) was an English musician, best known as a singer, songwriter and rhythm guitarist with rock band Status Quo. Parfitt began his career in the early 1960s, playing in pubs and holiday cam ...

- vocals, rhythm guitar * Andy Bown - keyboards, piano *

John Edwards Johnny Reid Edwards (born June 10, 1953) is an American lawyer and former politician who served as a U.S. senator from North Carolina. He was the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2004 alongside John Kerry, losing to incumbents George ...

- bass guitar *

Jeff Rich Jeffrey Dennis Rich (born 8 June 1953) is an English rock drummer, best known for playing with Status Quo between 1985 and 2000. Early life Born in Hackney, London, Rich attended Upton House Comprehensive School, and whilst there he a ...

- drums

Chart positions

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rock 'Til You Drop 1991 albums Status Quo (band) albums Vertigo Records albums