''Just Supposin is the thirteenth album by

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. Co-produced by the group and John Eden, it was recorded at

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. Released on 17 October 1980, it entered the

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at number 4. The Windmill Lane sessions were highly prolific for the band, resulting in two albums worth of material, ''Just Supposin and its follow-up '' Never Too Late'', released the next year. Initially, two singles were issued from the album, "

What You're Proposing "What You're Proposing" is a single released by the British rock band Status Quo in 1980. It was included on their album '' Just Supposin. The B-side is "A B Blues", a non-album instrumental studio jam. Some later pressings of this single mis ...

", and a double A-side, "Lies"/"Don't Drive My Car". At the end of 1981, after the release of ''Never Too Late'', an edited version of another track from ''Just Supposin, the uncharacteristic ballad "

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", also appeared as a single. "Over the Edge" was co-written by bass player

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 wel ...

and Keith Lamb, lead singer of British bands The Case, Sleepy Talk and Mr. Toad, and founder and lead singer of Australia's successful glam rock band Hush. The cover art work features the launch phase of a UGM-84

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submarine missile.

Reception

In their retrospective review,

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mostly praised the album's set of songs, commenting that they "married the expected boogie to a new wave quirkiness that was straight out of the year's hippest fashion guides. It works, as well – for the most part, anyway."

Track listing

;Side one # "

" ( Francis Rossi, Bernie Frost) – 4:18 # "Run to Mummy" (Rossi,

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) – 3:12 # "Don't Drive My Car" (

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

, Bown) – 4:32 # " Lies" (Rossi, Frost) – 3:56 # "Over the Edge" (

, Keith Lamb) – 4:33 ;Side two

"The Wild Ones" (Lancaster) – 4:02
"Name of the Game" (Rossi, Lancaster, Bown) – 4:29
"Coming and Going" (Parfitt, Bob Young) – 6:21
"
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" (Rossi, Frost) – 5:23

2005 remaster bonus track

"AB Blues" (Rossi, Parfitt, Lancaster, John Coghlan, Bown) – 4:28

2017 deluxe edition bonus tracks

"AB Blues" – B-Side (Rossi, Parfitt, Lancaster, John Coghlan, Bown)

"Coming and Going" - Writing version 1980

"Don't Drive My Car" - Live - Le Mans 1981

"Over the Edge" - Live - Le Mans 1981

"Rock N Roll" - Live - Le Mans 1981

"Something 'bout You Baby I Like" - Live - Le Mans 1981

"What You're Proposing" - Live - Le Mans 1981

Personnel

;Status Quo * Francis Rossi –

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vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

– guitar, vocals *

–

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, vocals * John Coghlan –

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;Additional personnel *

– keyboards *Bernie Frost –

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* Bob Young –

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Track listing

2005 remaster bonus track

2017 deluxe edition bonus tracks

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