Spare Parts (album)

''Spare Parts'' is the second studio album by the English rock band Status Quo, and their final one in the psychedelic vein. It is the first in which the group's roadie Bob Young wrote and co-wrote songs for and with the band. Released in September 1969, it was not a commercial success.

The album covers a song written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin, "You're Just What I Was Looking for Today".
Only one song was slated for a single release. This was the Anthony King–written song "Are You Growing Tired of My Love", backed with the Alan Lancaster composition "So Ends Another Life". Released in April 1969, it reached no. 46 on the UK singles charts.

Following the album's disappointing reception, the band released a non-album single – the Everly Brothers' "The Price of Love", also released in September 1969, with the Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt composition "Little Miss Nothing" as the B-side.

Track listing

;Side one
#"Face Without a Soul" (Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt) - 3:08
#"You're Just What I Was Looking for Today" ( Gerry Goffin, Carole King) - 3:50
#"Are You Growing Tired of My Love" (Anthony King) - 3:37
#"Antique Angelique" (Alan Lancaster, Bob Young) - 3:22
#"So Ends Another Life" (Lancaster) - 3:12
#"Poor Old Man" (Rossi, Parfitt) - 3:36
;Side two
#"Mr. Mind Detector" (A. King) - 4:01
#"The Clown" (Lancaster, Young, Paul Nixon) - 3:22
#"Velvet Curtains" (A. King) - 2:56
#"Little Miss Nothing" (Rossi, Parfitt) - 2:59
#"When I Awake" (Lancaster, Young) - 3:49
#"Nothing at All" (Lancaster, Roy Lynes, Young) - 3:52

1998 remaster bonus tracks

#"The Price of Love" ( Don Everly, Phil Everly) - 3:41
#"Josie" (Dion Francis DiMucci, Tony Fasce) - 3:37
#"Do You Live in Fire" (Lancaster) - 2:16
#"Hey Little Woman" (Previously unreleased version) (Lancaster) - 3:56
#"Are You Growing Tired of My Love" (A. King) - 3:39

2003 reissue bonus tracks

#"Josie" (DiMucci, Fasce) - 3:37
#"Do You Live in Fire" (Lancaster) - 2:16
#"Nothing At All" (demo) (Lancaster, Young, Lynes)
#"The Price of Love" (D. Everly, P. Everly) - 3:41

2009 Deluxe Edition bonus tracks

#"Josie" (DiMucci, Fasce) - 3:37
#"Do You Live in Fire" (Lancaster) - 2:16
#"Face Without a Soul" ono Version(Parfitt, Rossi) - 3:10
#"You're Just What I Was Looking for Today" ono Version(Goffin, King) - 3:51
#"Are You Growing Tired of My Love" ono Version(A. King) - 3:40
#"Antique Angelique" ono Version(Lancaster, Young) - 3:25
#"So Ends Another Life" ono Version(Lancaster) - 3:13
#"Poor Old Man" ono Version(Parfitt, Rossi) - 3:41
#"Mr. Mind Detector" ono Version(A. King) - 4:03
#"The Clown" ono Version(Lancaster, Young, Nixon) - 3:25
#"Velvet Curtains" ono Version(A. King) - 3:01
#"Little Miss Nothing" ono Version(Parfitt, Rossi) - 3:03
#"When I Awake" ono Version(Lancaster, Young) - 3:54
#"Nothing at All" ono Version(Lancaster, Lynes, Young) - 3:59
#"Nothing at All" emo Version(Lancaster, Lynes, Young) - 2:23
#"The Price of Love" (D. Everly, P. Everley) - 3:42

Personnel

;Status Quo
* Francis Rossi – guitar, vocals
* Rick Parfitt – guitar, vocals
* Alan Lancaster – bass, vocals
* John Coghlan – drums
* Roy Lynes – organ, vocals

References

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Status Quo (band) albums
1969 albums
Pye Records albums
Psychedelic rock albums by English artists