Just Supposin'
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Just Supposin' is the thirteenth album by Status Quo. Co-produced by the group and John Eden, it was recorded at Windmill Lane Studio, Dublin. Released in October 1980, it entered the album chart at No 4.
Three tracks were issued as singles the same year, "What You're Proposing
", and a double A-side, "Lies"/"Don't Drive My Car"
. At the end of 1981 an edited version of another track, the uncharacteristic ballad "Rock 'n' Roll
", appeared as a single after the release of Quo's subsequent album Never Too Late. It was a prolific recording session, which included enough material for Never Too Late, released only five months later.
Three tracks were issued as singles the same year, "What You're Proposing
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 the album Just Supposin.The B-side is "A B Blues", a non-album instrumental studio jam. Some later pressings of this single mis-credited Andy Bown as Andy BROWN on the B-side composers credit...
", and a double A-side, "Lies"/"Don't Drive My Car"
Lies (Status Quo song)
"Lies" / "Don't Drive My Car" is a double A-side single released by the British Rock band Status Quo in 1980. "Lies" was considered to be the most commercial of the two. It was included on the album Just Supposin....
. At the end of 1981 an edited version of another track, the uncharacteristic ballad "Rock 'n' Roll
Rock 'n' Roll (Status Quo song)
"Rock 'n' Roll" is a single released by the British Rock band Status Quo in 1981. It was included on the album Just Supposin. It was written in Ireland by Francis Rossi and Bernie Frost during a stay in the country, and was not originally intended to be recorded by Status Quo themselves.- Track...
", appeared as a single after the release of Quo's subsequent album Never Too Late. It was a prolific recording session, which included enough material for Never Too Late, released only five months later.
Track listing
- "What You're ProposingWhat You're Proposing"What You're Proposing" is a single released by the British Rock band Status Quo in 1980. It was included on the album Just Supposin.The B-side is "A B Blues", a non-album instrumental studio jam. Some later pressings of this single mis-credited Andy Bown as Andy BROWN on the B-side composers credit...
" (Rossi/Frost) - 4:15 - "Run to Mummy" (Rossi/Bown) - 3:08
- "Don't Drive My Car" (Parfitt/Bown) - 4:30
- "LiesLies (Status Quo song)"Lies" / "Don't Drive My Car" is a double A-side single released by the British Rock band Status Quo in 1980. "Lies" was considered to be the most commercial of the two. It was included on the album Just Supposin....
" (Rossi/Frost) - 3:56 - "Over the Edge" (Lancaster/Lamb) - 4:29
- "The Wild Ones" (Lancaster) - 3:53
- "Name of the Game" (Rossi/Lancaster/Bown) - 4:26
- "Coming and Going" (Parfitt/Young) - 6:20
- "Rock 'n' RollRock 'n' Roll (Status Quo song)"Rock 'n' Roll" is a single released by the British Rock band Status Quo in 1981. It was included on the album Just Supposin. It was written in Ireland by Francis Rossi and Bernie Frost during a stay in the country, and was not originally intended to be recorded by Status Quo themselves.- Track...
" (Rossi/Frost) - 5:23
Personnel
- Francis RossiFrancis RossiFrancis 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 :...
- GuitarGuitarThe 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...
, vocalsSingingSinging 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 ParfittRick ParfittRichard John Parfitt, OBE is best known for being a singer and the rhythm guitarist in the English rock band Status Quo.-Career:...
- Guitar, vocals - Alan LancasterAlan LancasterAlan Lancaster is a bassist and a founding ex-member of the English rock band, Status Quo...
- BassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, vocals - John CoghlanJohn 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...
- drumsDrum kitA 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 .... - Andy BownAndy BownAndy Bown is an English musician, who has specialised in keyboards and bass guitar. He is a member of the rock band Status Quo.-Career:...
- keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments... - Bernie Frost - backing vocalsBacking vocalistA backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
- Bob YoungBob 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 :...
- HarmonicaHarmonicaThe harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...
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