Spare Parts (album)
Spare Parts | ||||
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Studio album by Status Quo | ||||
Released | 26 September 1969[1] | |||
Recorded | January–September 1969 | |||
Studio | Pye Studios, London | |||
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Length | 41:50 | |||
Label | Pye | |||
Producer | John Schroeder | |||
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AllMusic | Review |
Spare Parts is the second studio album by the English rock band Status Quo, and their final one in the psychedelic vein. It is the first in which the group's roadie Bob Young wrote and co-wrote songs for and with the band. Released in September 1969, it was not a commercial success.
The album covers a song written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin, "You're Just What I Was Looking for Today". Only one song was slated for a single release. This was the Anthony King–written song "Are You Growing Tired of My Love", backed with the Alan Lancaster composition "So Ends Another Life". Released in April 1969, it reached no. 46 on the UK singles charts.
Following the album's disappointing reception, the band released a non-album single – the Everly Brothers' "The Price of Love", also released in September 1969, with the Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt composition "Little Miss Nothing" as the B-side.
Track listing
- Side one
- "Face Without a Soul" (Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt) - 3:08
- "You're Just What I Was Looking for Today" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) - 3:50
- "Are You Growing Tired of My Love" (Anthony King) - 3:37
- "Antique Angelique" (Alan Lancaster, Bob Young) - 3:22
- "So Ends Another Life" (Lancaster) - 3:12
- "Poor Old Man" (Rossi, Parfitt) - 3:36
- Side two
- "Mr. Mind Detector" (A. King) - 4:01
- "The Clown" (Lancaster, Young, Paul Nixon) - 3:22
- "Velvet Curtains" (A. King) - 2:56
- "Little Miss Nothing" (Rossi, Parfitt) - 2:59
- "When I Awake" (Lancaster, Young) - 3:49
- "Nothing at All" (Lancaster, Roy Lynes, Young) - 3:52
1998 remaster bonus tracks
- "The Price of Love" (Don Everly, Phil Everly) - 3:41
- "Josie" (Dion Francis DiMucci, Tony Fasce) - 3:37
- "Do You Live in Fire" (Lancaster) - 2:16
- "Hey Little Woman" (Previously unreleased version) (Lancaster) - 3:56
- "Are You Growing Tired of My Love" (A. King) - 3:39
2003 reissue bonus tracks
- "Josie" (DiMucci, Fasce) - 3:37
- "Do You Live in Fire" (Lancaster) - 2:16
- "Nothing At All" (demo) (Lancaster, Young, Lynes)
- "The Price of Love" (D. Everly, P. Everly) - 3:41
2009 Deluxe Edition bonus tracks
- "Josie" (DiMucci, Fasce) - 3:37
- "Do You Live in Fire" (Lancaster) - 2:16
- "Face Without a Soul" [Mono Version] (Parfitt, Rossi) - 3:10
- "You're Just What I Was Looking for Today" [Mono Version] (Goffin, King) - 3:51
- "Are You Growing Tired of My Love" [Mono Version] (A. King) - 3:40
- "Antique Angelique" [Mono Version] (Lancaster, Young) - 3:25
- "So Ends Another Life" [Mono Version] (Lancaster) - 3:13
- "Poor Old Man" [Mono Version] (Parfitt, Rossi) - 3:41
- "Mr. Mind Detector" [Mono Version] (A. King) - 4:03
- "The Clown" [Mono Version] (Lancaster, Young, Nixon) - 3:25
- "Velvet Curtains" [Mono Version] (A. King) - 3:01
- "Little Miss Nothing" [Mono Version] (Parfitt, Rossi) - 3:03
- "When I Awake" [Mono Version] (Lancaster, Young) - 3:54
- "Nothing at All" [Mono Version] (Lancaster, Lynes, Young) - 3:59
- "Nothing at All" [Demo Version] (Lancaster, Lynes, Young) - 2:23
- "The Price of Love" (D. Everly, P. Everley) - 3:42
Personnel
- Status Quo
- Francis Rossi – guitar, vocals
- Rick Parfitt – guitar, vocals
- Alan Lancaster – bass, vocals
- John Coghlan – drums
- Roy Lynes – organ, vocals
References
- ^ "UK Albums 2". www.statusquo.org.uk. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
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- On the Level
- Blue for You
- Rockin' All Over the World
- If You Can't Stand the Heat...
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- Never Too Late
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- 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
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- The Party Ain't Over Yet
- In Search of the Fourth Chord
- Quid Pro Quo
- Bula Quo!
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- Backbone
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- "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)"
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