''Rock 'til You Drop'' is the twentieth studio album by English
rock band
Status Quo
is a Latin phrase meaning the existing state of affairs, particularly with regard to social, economic, legal, environmental, political, religious, scientific or military issues. In the sociological sense, the ''status quo'' refers to the curren ...
and their last on the
Vertigo
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label after nearly 20 years. Singer and guitarist
Francis Rossi produced the album.
"Rossi is particularly fond of 1991's ''Rock 'til You Drop''," reported ''
Classic Rock
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'' a decade later. "
Guitarist 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 Frantic 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" (Andy Bown) 3:21
# "
Can't Give You More
"Can't Give You More" is a song by the British Rock band Status Quo
is a Latin phrase meaning the existing state of affairs, particularly with regard to social, economic, legal, environmental, political, religious, scientific or military iss ...
" (Francis Rossi, Bob Young) 4:27
# "Warning Shot" (Andy Bown, John Edwards) 3:58
# "
Let's Work Together" (
Wilbert Harrison
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Biography
Harrison was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He had a Hot 100 number-one hits o ...
) 3:41
# "
Bring It On Home" (
Sam Cooke
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) 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 *
# "
The Price of Love" (Don Everly, Phil Everly) 3:39 *
# "
Forty Five Hundred Times" (Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt) 12:56 *
: * ''Not on LP version''.
Personnel
;Status Quo
*
Francis Rossi - vocals, lead guitar
*
Rick Parfitt - vocals, rhythm guitar
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Andy Bown - keyboards, piano
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John Edwards - bass guitar
*
Jeff Rich - drums
Charts
References
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1991 albums
Status Quo (band) albums
Vertigo Records albums