Just Supposin'
Just Supposin' | ||||
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Studio album by Status Quo | ||||
Released | 17 October 1980 | |||
Recorded | 1980 | |||
Studio | Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin | |||
Genre | Hard rock, boogie rock, new wave[1] | |||
Length | 40:41 | |||
Label | Vertigo | |||
Producer | John Eden, Status Quo | |||
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Singles from 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 Studios, Dublin. Released on 17 October 1980,[2] it entered the UK albums chart at number 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.
"Over the Edge" was co-written by bass player Alan Lancaster and Keith Lamb, lead singer of British bands The Case, Sleepy Talk and Mr. Toad, and founder and lead singer of Australia's successful glam rock band Hush.
The cover art work features the launch phase of a UGM-84 Harpoon submarine missile.[3]
Reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
In their retrospective review, AllMusic mostly praised the album's set of songs, commenting that they "married the expected boogie to a new wave quirkiness that was straight out of the year's hippest fashion guides. It works, as well – for the most part, anyway."[1]
Track listing
- Side one
- "What You're Proposing" (Francis Rossi, Bernie Frost) – 4:18
- "Run to Mummy" (Rossi, Andy Bown) – 3:12
- "Don't Drive My Car" (Rick Parfitt, Bown) – 4:32
- "Lies" (Rossi, Frost) – 3:56
- "Over the Edge" (Alan Lancaster, Keith Lamb) - 4:33
- Side two
- "The Wild Ones" (Lancaster) – 4:02
- "Name of the Game" (Rossi, Lancaster, Bown) – 4:29
- "Coming and Going" (Parfitt, Bob Young) – 6:21
- "Rock 'n' Roll" (Rossi, Frost) – 5:23
2005 reissue bonus track
"AB Blues" (Rossi, Parfitt, Lancaster, John Coghlan, Bown) – 4:28
2017 double album deluxe edition reissue bonus tracks
Disc Two:
- denotes previously unreleased live track.
Personnel
- Status Quo
- Francis Rossi – guitar, vocals
- Rick Parfitt – guitar, vocals
- Alan Lancaster – bass, vocals
- John Coghlan – drums
- Additional personnel
- Andy Bown – keyboards
- Bernie Frost – backing vocals
- Bob Young – harmonica on "Coming And Going"
- Danny Clifford - photography
Charts
Weekly charts
| Year-end charts
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Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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France (SNEP)[14] | Gold | 100,000* |
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[15] | Gold | 50,000^ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[16] | Gold | 25,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[17] | Gold | 100,000^ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ^ a b c "Just Supposin' - Status Quo | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ "Off the Record". NME. London, England: IPC Media: 4. 4 October 1980.
- ^ "Memim.com". Archived from the original on 17 May 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 19. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Austriancharts.at – Status Quo – Just Supposin'..." (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Status Quo – Just Supposin'..." (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Status Quo – Just Supposin'..." (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
- ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Status Quo – Just Supposin'...". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
- ^ Salaverri, Fernando (2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
- ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Status Quo – Just Supposin'...". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
- ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
- ^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. 1981. Archived from the original on 19 October 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ "French album certifications – Status Quo – Just Supposing" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved 4 February 2021. Select STATUS QUO and click OK.
- ^ Sólo Éxitos 1959–2002 Año A Año: Certificados 1979–1990 (in Spanish). Iberautor Promociones Culturales. 2005. ISBN 8480486392.
- ^ "Tooveys: Status Quo: a Swiss 'Gold' sales award for the album 'Just Supposin". 20 December 2020.
- ^ "British album certifications – Status Quo – Just Supposin'". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
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- Francis Rossi
- Andy Bown
- John 'Rhino' Edwards
- Leon Cave
- Richie Malone
- Alan Lancaster
- John Coghlan
- Roy Lynes
- Rick Parfitt
- Pete Kircher
- Jeff Rich
- Matt Letley
- Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo
- Spare Parts
- Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon
- Dog of Two Head
- Piledriver
- Hello!
- Quo
- On the Level
- Blue for You
- Rockin' All Over the World
- If You Can't Stand the Heat...
- Whatever You Want
- Just Supposin'
- Never Too Late
- 1+9+8+2
- Back to Back
- In the Army Now
- Ain't Complaining
- Perfect Remedy
- Rock 'til You Drop
- Thirsty Work
- Don't Stop
- Under the Influence
- Famous in the Last Century
- Heavy Traffic
- Riffs
- The Party Ain't Over Yet
- In Search of the Fourth Chord
- Quid Pro Quo
- Bula Quo!
- Aquostic
- Aquostic II
- Backbone
- Live!
- Live at the NEC
- Live Alive Quo
- Live at the BBC
- "Pictures of Matchstick Men"
- "Ice in the Sun"
- "Are You Growing Tired of My Love"
- "The Price of Love"
- "Down the Dustpipe"
- "In My Chair"
- "Paper Plane"
- "Mean Girl"
- "Caroline"
- "Break the Rules"
- "Down Down"
- "Roll Over Lay Down"
- "Rain"
- "Mystery Song"
- "The Wild Side of Life"
- "Rockin' All Over the World"
- "Rockers Rollin' / Hold You Back"
- "Again and Again"
- "Accident Prone"
- "Whatever You Want"
- "Living on an Island"
- "What You're Proposing"
- "Lies" / "Don't Drive my Car"
- "Something 'Bout You Baby I Like"
- "Rock 'n' Roll"
- "Dear John"
- "She Don't Fool Me"
- "Ol' Rag Blues"
- "A Mess of Blues"
- "Marguerita Time"
- "Going Down Town Tonight"
- "The Wanderer"
- "Rollin' Home"
- "Red Sky"
- "In the Army Now"
- "Dreamin'"
- "Ain't Complaining"
- "Who Gets the Love?"
- "Running All Over the World"
- "Burning Bridges"
- "Not at All"
- "Little Dreamer"
- "The Anniversary Waltz (Parts One and Two)"
- "Can't Give You More"
- "Rock 'til You Drop"
- "Roadhouse Medley"
- "Come On You Reds"
- "I Didn't Mean It"
- "Sherri, Don't Fail Me Now!"
- "Restless"
- "When You Walk in the Room"
- "Fun Fun Fun"
- "Don't Stop"
- "All Around My Hat"
- "The Way It Goes"
- "Little White Lies"
- "Twenty Wild Horses"
- "Mony Mony"
- "Old Time Rock and Roll"
- "Jam Side Down"
- "All Stand Up"
- "You'll Come 'Round"
- "Thinking of You"
- "The Party Ain't Over Yet"
- "All That Counts Is Love"
- "Beginning of the End"
- "It's Christmas Time"
- "Forty Five Hundred Times"
- "Bye Bye Johnny"
- "Jump That Rock (Whatever You Want)"
- Discography
- Members
- Bob Young
- Bula Quo!