Amazing song ! The middle instrumental part that leads into the guitar solo is great !

Great song and a big thank you to the number generator for picking a song from a great album. I enjoyed the TFF snippet at the end. 👍🏻

I think thats a fair rating. Can't add much more to that. Look forward to next week 😊

Real Quo

Great riff, great driving rhythm, great track. I do struggle with the lyrics - particularly the broken nose bit. Cringey. Great solo 😎

Not one of my favourite Quo albums but not necessarily one of their worst. It's very definitely "of its time" - the promotion & artwork with the pointy-headstock Charvel guitars on the front cover, the very 80's production, the emphasis on polished AOR/soft-rock (with lots of synths & drum machines) and quite a lot of input (some would say too much) from outside songwriters. Burning Bridges is a bit of a marmite, love-it-or-hate it type of song, but it was a massive hit for Quo and remains a live favourite (back in the days of standing at gigs, I even once saw it trigger a bout of crowd-surfing when it appeared during an encore 🤣🤣🤣 ) Having said that, there are positives and enjoyable aspects to it. The title track is quite good (despite the production having not aged well.) There are some flashes of the older, hard-rock stylings (particularly later on in the album.) Cream of the Crop is quite good (and it featured in the live set during the accompanying tour.) Magic is a good track as well (it was used as the B-side to the re-released version of RAOTW.) As a player myself, I also have to tip my hat to Pip Williams and his guitar work on this album (he played quite a lot of additional guitar on Quo albums from the 70's through to the late 80's.) A number of the solos & additional lead parts on the AC album are recognisably him (as opposed to Rossi) he has a very distinctive lead guitar style and he's on great form here.

Again, every time I listen your music I feel, I KNOW , I SEE THAT YOU HAVE WHAT GREAT AND BIG BANDS HAVE !!! Keep on working,keep on playing, STAY ON YOUR WAY !!!

Not terrible but very much the definition of a B-side track.

For me this sounds like something that was destined to be on the Rockin all over the workd album. I actually would prefer You lost the love to Baby boy. I think if some more work was done to polish You lost the love there was actually a single opportunity there, its really quite catchy. But as it is I think the rating is fair.

Never know about Lost to Love, Rain is great, greetings from Ireland

An excellent, rocking version of an 80s classic. 👍🏻

I have to say, this song All around my hat, is actually my favourite song from the album. So I definitely wouldn't skip it. That said I do prefer the original to Quo's version, so I can see why its not a Quo fans favourite. ✌️

It is shite ! I truly hate all the Covers albums !

The Quo-period from '94 up to '98 was bland, music-wise. But some songs were really awful, this one being a prime example of those. I sometime wonder, what audience they were trying to reach, as such stuff p*sses on the fanbase they had.

A truly awful song. I’ve nothing more to add.

Up there with one of the worst covers Quo have down.

A real honest review appreciated 👍

Cracking tune something a bit different from quo at the time

The horns we're meant to make it more attractive to an American audience

I think Lonely night is one of those tracks that was knocked up during the sessions for the Quo album, but for some reason it never felt finished properly. And I think your review was spot on. In fact if it was on the original sequence of the album I would be skipping it, but then we rarely skipped tunes in the days of vinyl, so I would have let it play out while making a brew. Thanks for another great Status Quo Wednesday 😊

I like it. Great bit of drumming by JC. His arms must have been aching after that. Taste is subjective.

O need to listen to this song never heard it. Cheers for the review 👍

I had to listen to this before commenting and I think you gave it a pretty accurate review. It’s a decent song, but there’s definitely something odd about Rossi’s vocals.

Penultimate song on the album and definitely has the feel of filler or a glorified B-Side. Personally I'd say you were overly generous putting this on the same level as Accident Prone and Making Waves - I'd put it in Decent with Safety Dance.

Guys,WTF...! Sucha superb,unique,original band and this shitty planet is not yours? C'mon...do do,do something with rich bustards,they could push you somewhere where you belong!!! On the TOP !!!

This is the only Quo end off please!!!!!!!!

whats the song at the end? Brilliant BTW

For me, it’s a solid Quo song that was ruined with the horns. The drum sound doesn’t bother me too much, but I totally get what you’re saying.

Very good review mate, I thought you explained it well about the horns and arrangement on it, in fact the whole album's production needs remixing to a more rocky standard. But I thibk think Let me me fly was old Quo but with a new sound. So yeah Good Stuff was the correct ranking. Great stuff, looking forward to next week. 👍

Set that generator to 20-120 pal!!! Cheers for video, enjoyed it. Touching on the Acquostic albums, what an opportunity missed - stripped down hard strumming with a touch of harp and they would’ve been pretty tasty I reckon. As they are, they’re horrible.

I have to say I quite like this track, one of the best on the album. Thanks fot another great review mate. Glad you had a great time in London 👍

God this is awful please stop, this is not the Quo Alun Lancaster would have been involved with for fuck sake! !!!!!!!!

Well, we really need to have a word with that number generator. Anyway, it’s not awful, but not something I would choose to listen to. In fact, I much prefer the original. Cool T-shirt 👍🏻

It's shit end of...

Hi mate, enjoyed that very much. Just wondering why there was no Status Quo Wednesday this week. Someone on the message board suggested you were rushed to hospital. Hope you are ok 👍

I wouldn’t say it was a guilty pleasure, but it’s a song I’ve always enjoyed. Nicely done 👍🏻

Is there no Episode 11 this week mate?

In my opinion this album is the best album ever by Quo. Each and every track a masterpiece, my favourite track, SLOW TRAIN, absolutely brilliant.

Another great review mate, I love these, personally I would have rated this as Good stuff, but then everyone is different. 👆

Don't get Quo fans , as soon as they change the same riff they go moody . This was a great album with at last some change to their sound

I like it. The only problem I have with this one are the dynamics. As you said, after the build-up it falls flat. It goes quieter. WTF? Should have been in the live-set at the time.

You won’t be surprised to hear that I had to listen to this one before commenting and having just done so, I would say it was a pretty decent “modern” Quo track.

How fukn boring is this dude

I love GGIAG. The end of it with the solo and the band all locked in is really intense

Wish I had half of your Quo knowledge

I like it and it does remind me of Softer Ride. I like the multi tracked guitars and solo. Not a great album though. Good point about the mix.

Good Job! I remember Fates Warning..... 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

Not a major Quo fan so I have never heard this cover. As soon as this ends I'm going to find it.

I have to say I was never a fan of this song in general, regardless who records it. But I think Quo's version makes it more listenable. But its a skipper really. But thanks for another great review 👍😊

I agree. Quo make it a more engaging and lively listen but it's basically a rather dull song to start off with. I think that I have read or heard somewhere that Quo knew Robert Palmer back in his Vinegar Joe days through touring so the fondness for the guy may have influenced the choice more than they admit when they're trying to big it up as a "real turn on". To such a tight band as Quo, this sort of "almost hypnotic" thing could be done in their sleep. As for the Bryan Ferry version, he sounds as though he is about to croak it. (Thankfully, he was alive and singing well during the recent Roxy Music tour!)