''Rockin' All Over the World'' is the tenth studio album by

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band

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. It is their first to be produced by

Pip Williams Philip "Pip" Williams (born 7 October 1947), sometimes spelt Phillip, is an English record producer, arranger, and guitarist. He is best known for producing albums for Status Quo and The Moody Blues, but has also worked with a large number of we ...

. Released in November 1977, it reached #5 in the UK. "A poxy album," said guitarist and singer

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. "There's nothing poxy about ''Rockin' All Over the World''," countered guitarist

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. "It's fucking great. Pip added some class into the production and, from then onwards, we got quite posh – for us." Uncharacteristically, bassist

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agreed with Rossi: "When Pip Williams started producing us was when everything started to go wrong." The title track, written and originally recorded by

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, was released as a single in September 1977, peaking at #3 in the UK. Its b-side was " Ring of a Change", from their previous studio album ''

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''. No other singles were issued from the album, although "

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" was re-recorded by the band for 1991's ''

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'' and issued as a single, reaching #37. The album was reissued by Mercury in 2005 with a bonus track: a cover of the Beatles' "Getting Better", initially recorded in 1976 for the soundtrack of the film ''

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''. This track was omitted from a deluxe edition released in late 2015; however, for this reissue, the entire album was remixed and reordered by original engineer John Eden. Several of the new mixes feature longer play-outs and the overall sound was stripped back to the core of two guitars, bass and drums, with occasional keyboard parts. As a further bonus, four demos were included.

Track listing

The original album release included the tracks: ;Side one # "Hard Time" (

) – 4:45 # "

" (Rossi, Bob Young) – 4:15 # "Let's Ride" (

) – 3:03 # "Baby Boy" (Rossi, Young) – 3:12 # "You Don't Own Me" (Lancaster,

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) – 3:03 # " Rockers Rollin'" (Parfitt, Jackie Lynton) – 4:19 ;Side two # "

Rockin' All Over the World "Rockin' All Over the World" is a rock song written by John Fogerty, formerly of Creedence Clearwater Revival. It made its debut on Fogerty's second solo album in 1975. It was also released as a single, spending six weeks in the US top 40, pe ...

" (

) – 3:36 # "Who Am I" (Pip Williams, Peter Hutchins) – 4:30 # "Too Far Gone" (Lancaster) – 3:08 # "For You" (Parfitt) – 3:01 # "Dirty Water" (Rossi, Young) – 3:51 # " Hold You Back" (Rossi, Parfitt, Young) – 4:30

2005 remaster bonus track

# "

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" ( Lennon/ McCartney) – 2:19

2015 deluxe edition bonus tracks: John Eden Remix

# "Hold You Back" - 5:10 # "Baby Boy" - 3:18 # "Rockers Rollin'" - 4:41 # "Who am I?" - 5:10 # "Rockin' All Over the World" - 3:50 # "Dirty Water" - 4:16 # "Can't Give You More" - 5:26 # "Let's Ride" - 3:04 # "For You" - 3:08 # "Too Far Gone" - 3:09 # "You Don't Own Me" - 3:29 # "Hard Time" - 4:39 # "Dirty Water" (1st Demo 1976) - 4:16 # "Baby Boy" (1st Demo 1976) - 2:49 # "Hard Time" (1st Demo 1976) - 4:47 # "Hold You Back" (Studio Demo 1977) - 3:40

Personnel

Credits from Discogs and SoundOnSound. Status Quo *

– vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar *

– vocals, rhythm guitar, additional lead guitar on "Rockin' All Over the World" *

– vocals, bass guitar * John Coghlan – drums Additional personnel *

Andy Bown Andrew Steven Bown (born 27 March 1946) is an English musician, who has specialised in keyboards and bass guitar. He is a member of the rock band Status Quo. Career Bown's first major band was The Herd, along with Peter Frampton. After The H ...

– backing vocals, keyboards, piano, Hammond organ *

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– percussion * Pip Williams – producer,

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on "Rockin' All Over the World" * John Eden – engineer

Charts

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References

{{Authority control Status Quo (band) albums 1977 albums Capitol Records albums Vertigo Records albums Albums produced by Pip Williams