For the Bucks Fizz

Bucks Fizz (band)

Bucks Fizz are an English pop group who achieved success in the 1980s, most notably for winning the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Making Your Mind Up". The group was formed in January 1981 specifically for the contest and comprised four vocalists: Bobby G, Cheryl Baker, Mike Nolan and...

 song of the same name, see If You Can't Stand the Heat (song) 

If You Can't Stand the Heat... is the eleventh studio album by English rock band Status Quo. Recorded
at Wisseloord Studios

Wisseloord Studios

The Wisseloord Studio is a recording studio in Hilversum, Netherlands. It was officially opened on 19 January 1978 by Prince Claus.The studios were founded by electronics company Philips, to enable their PolyGram artists to record in a professional environment. Initially there were three studios,...

, Hilversum, Holland, and produced by Pip Williams

Pip Williams

Pip Williams, is a record producer, arranger and guitarist, best known for producing albums for Status Quo and The Moody Blues.-Career:...

, it was released in October 1978 and reached #3 in the UK album chart. The sleeve notes that Aphex Aural Exciter was used in the recording process, thus contributing to a more atmospheric sound than its predecessor, "Rockin' All Over The World". Unusually for a Status Quo record, a brass section, The David Katz Horns, was used, as well as a backing vocal trio, Jacquie O'Sullivan, later a member of Bananarama

Bananarama

Bananarama are an English female pop duo who have had success on the pop and dance charts since 1982. Rather than relying on a two part harmony, the duo generally sings in unison, as do their background vocalists. Although there have been line-up changes, the group enjoyed their most popular...

, Stevie Lange and Joy Yates.

"Again and Again" was the first single to be released from the album and managed to reach #15.

The second single to be released from the album was an edited version of "Accident Prone" which stalled at #36.

Track listing

1. "Again and Again" (Parfitt
   Rick Parfitt
   Richard John Parfitt, OBE is best known for being a singer and the rhythm guitarist in the English rock band Status Quo.-Career:...
   
   /Bown
   Andy Bown
   Andy Bown is an English musician, who has specialised in keyboards and bass guitar. He is a member of the rock band Status Quo.-Career:...
   
   /Lynton) - 3:41
2. "I'm Giving Up My Worryin'" (Rossi
   Francis Rossi
   Francis Dominic Nicholas Michael Rossi, OBE is a British musician best known for being a co-founder of the English rock band Status Quo, in which he sings lead vocals and plays lead guitar.- Career :...
   
   /Frost) - 3:02
3. "Gonna Teach You to Love Me" (Lancaster
   Alan Lancaster
   Alan Lancaster is a bassist and a founding ex-member of the English rock band, Status Quo...
   
   /Green) - 3:11
4. "Someone Show Me Home" (Rossi/Frost) - 3:49
5. "Long Legged Linda" (Bown) - 3:29
6. "Oh, What a Night" (Parfitt/Bown) - 3:46
7. "Accident Prone" (Williams/Hutchins) - 5:08
8. "Stones" (Lancaster) - 3:53
9. "Let Me Fly" (Rossi/Frost) - 4:25
10. "Like a Good Girl" (Rossi/Young
    Bob Young (artist)
    Robert Keith Young is an English musician and author, who became famous for being the unofficial fifth member of the rock band Status Quo.- Collaborations with Status Quo :...
    
    ) - 3:26

Personnel

• Francis Rossi
  Francis Rossi
  Francis Dominic Nicholas Michael Rossi, OBE is a British musician best known for being a co-founder of the English rock band Status Quo, in which he sings lead vocals and plays lead guitar.- Career :...
  
   - guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  , vocals
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
  
• Rick Parfitt
  Rick Parfitt
  Richard John Parfitt, OBE is best known for being a singer and the rhythm guitarist in the English rock band Status Quo.-Career:...
  
   - Rhythm guitar, vocals
• Alan Lancaster
  Alan Lancaster
  Alan Lancaster is a bassist and a founding ex-member of the English rock band, Status Quo...
  
   - bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , guitar, vocals
• John Coghlan
  John Coghlan (drummer)
  John Robert Coghlan was an original member of the English rock band, Status Quo.The son of a Glasgow-born father and a London born half-French mother, Coghlan grew up in Dulwich, and was educated at Kingsdale Comprehensive school until leaving school at 15 to begin an apprenticeship as a...
  
   - drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
  

Additional musicians

• Andy Bown
  Andy Bown
  Andy Bown is an English musician, who has specialised in keyboards and bass guitar. He is a member of the rock band Status Quo.-Career:...
  
   - keyboards
• Jacquie O'Sullivan
  Jacquie O'Sullivan
  Jacquie O'Sullivan is a singer and songwriter.-Early years:O'Sullivan was originally a member of the country/punk/rockabilly group Shillelagh Sisters. In 1978 she was one of three backing vocalists on Status Quo's album "If You Can't Stand the Heat". In 1982 O'Sullivan appeared in the videoclip of...
  
  - backing vocals
• Stevie Lange - backing vocals
• Joy Yates - backing vocals