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Post by snakelady on Feb 3, 2018 8:38:45 GMT
First of all - this is an 80s album in all aspects and a million miles away from Quo, the rock band.
BUT - this is a good album IMO.
Again the weakest songs for me were the singles, the two Bridges songs (I don't remember Who Gets The Love having been a single here), but I didn't even skip these. I'd have skipped the BB single though, as I've always hated its starting with the second verse.
It didn't make me want to see them live again though. I couldn't imagine Quo playing live in that style and I'd not have wanted to witness that either.
The album with its style is a stand alone for me. No other Quo album is remotely similar and I can like it for that, but I'd not have wanted more of it. When I'm in the mood I still like the album for what it is, but not as much as I did back when it was released. I rarely listen to it though. So surprisingly I have to vote 'none', although I do skip a few now.
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Post by mortified on Feb 3, 2018 9:11:22 GMT
An odd album this one. I agree; it's fairly unique in it's style for Quo. Very polished. And, yes, very 80's. THE most 80's album they recorded. And, again, John David was a contributor. I loved the title track when it came out as the single and had high hopes for the album but it was all a bit hit and miss in the end. I wasn't mad on the album at first; I thought it was just OK. And I haven't really changed my mind one way or the other. Which is unusual after nearly 30 years. It was all very keyboard driven. I have almost always had a tendency to skip Another Shipwreck, Don't Mind If I Do, Who Gets The Love, and Magic. Never liked any of them although I much preferred the 12"/CD single version of Who Gets The Love. So that's 4 songs getting binned. Oh, and does anyone else see a comparison between The Loving Game and John Miles' Music? I always did. Probably just me  The tour that year was in the summer in the UK and the gigs were fabulous. They actually stand out across the decades. I have no idea why.
And, again for that time, the extra tracks with the singles shone above the album material, particularly Reason For Goodbye and Lean Machine which I have always rated. Not a great album but let's be fair; there was much worse to come
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Post by snakelady on Feb 4, 2018 8:12:36 GMT
.. I have almost always had a tendency to skip Another Shipwreck, Don't Mind If I Do, Who Gets The Love, and Magic. Never liked any of them although I much preferred the 12"/CD single version of Who Gets The Love. So that's 4 songs getting binned. Oh, and does anyone else see a comparison between The Loving Game and John Miles' Music? I always did. Probably just me .. What is it with you and Quo ballads ..  Wish I had heard WGTL played live ! Oh yep, and I think Magic is one of the best from the album too ..  .. and no, I never noticed a similarity. Maybe because I consider Music rather pompous ? |
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Post by mortified on Feb 4, 2018 9:54:14 GMT
.. I have almost always had a tendency to skip Another Shipwreck, Don't Mind If I Do, Who Gets The Love, and Magic. Never liked any of them although I much preferred the 12"/CD single version of Who Gets The Love. So that's 4 songs getting binned. Oh, and does anyone else see a comparison between The Loving Game and John Miles' Music? I always did. Probably just me .. What is it with you and Quo ballads .. Wish I had heard WGTL played live ! I find they're just not for me. They seem to become a bit schmaltzy when Quo turn their hand to them. Not always but mostly. Or maybe I just don't like ballads as a rule. Which is sort of true. But that is a generalisation. I'm not totally against them but they have to be truly exceptional for me to take any notice. They did play Who Gets The Love on that tour but it was the current single at the time so it was no surprise. I remember Francis jokingly introducing it with "this is a lovely ballad so I don't know what we're doing with it...." Let's just say it was good to get it out of the way and move on |
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Post by craydarr on Feb 4, 2018 10:52:30 GMT
Love this album, always have.
Don't Mid If I Do, Magic and Bridges are my least faves. I actually love Bridges live for the crowd reaction it gets and its a lot more gritty and raw.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2018 20:25:31 GMT
Only bought this album in 2011 after re-finding Quo.
Listen to it now and again....BB is my guilty pleasure and love it live.
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Post by col on Feb 4, 2018 21:12:05 GMT
I only skip three, BB, Another Shipwreck and Don't Mind If I Do. I even like the two ballads, a lot.
It's a very good album, it's just not a very good Quo album.
And that's the rub.
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Post by snakelady on Feb 5, 2018 6:51:30 GMT
.. It's a very good album, it's just not a very good Quo album. And that's the rub. That's what I was trying to say - just in a few more sentences. It didn't make you want to see Quo live. |
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Post by johns on Feb 5, 2018 19:18:28 GMT
Always liked this album. Full of cracking tunes. Why oh why the record company didn't give it another push when BB was high in the charts I'll never know.
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Post by I Ain't Complaining on Feb 6, 2018 12:36:02 GMT
First of all - this is an 80s album in all aspects and a million miles away from Quo, the rock band. BUT - this is a good album IMO. Again the weakest songs for me were the singles, the two Bridges songs (I don't remember Who Gets The Love having been a single here), but I didn't even skip these. I'd have skipped the BB single though, as I've always hated its starting with the second verse. It didn't make me want to see them live again though. I couldn't imagine Quo playing live in that style and I'd not have wanted to witness that either. The album with its style is a stand alone for me. No other Quo album is remotely similar and I can like it for that, but I'd not have wanted more of it. When I'm in the mood I still like the album for what it is, but not as much as I did back when it was released. I rarely listen to it though. So surprisingly I have to vote 'none', although I do skip a few now. Cross that Bridge wasn't a single over here; was it in Germany? Who Gets the Love was only released in Britain and Ireland.
The singles in the UK were
AC - number 19 WGTL - 34 BB - 5
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Post by I Ain't Complaining on Feb 6, 2018 12:59:37 GMT
The tour that year was in the summer in the UK and the gigs were fabulous. They actually stand out across the decades. I have no idea why.
I didn't start going Quoin until 1989, but I thought it was the Army tour that was in the summer and AC was in the winter. I'm sure my mate who started Quoing a year before me went to the G-Mex in Manchester in Nov/Dec 1988. But without looking it up, I could well be wrong. |
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Post by johns on Feb 6, 2018 16:09:31 GMT
I remember seeing them in the June in Edinburgh and then Wembley in the December of 88 in support of the album.
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Post by I Ain't Complaining on Feb 6, 2018 16:27:53 GMT
I remember seeing them in the June in Edinburgh and then Wembley in the December of 88 in support of the album. It seems they did both!
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Ireland, Germany and 11 dates in the UK from May to July, and then 6 more dates in the UK just before Christmas after doing Russia, Austria and Spain. Was a really busy year gig wise by the looks of it.
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Post by mortified on Feb 7, 2018 6:26:13 GMT
The tour that year was in the summer in the UK and the gigs were fabulous. They actually stand out across the decades. I have no idea why.
I didn't start going Quoin until 1989, but I thought it was the Army tour that was in the summer and AC was in the winter. I'm sure my mate who started Quoing a year before me went to the G-Mex in Manchester in Nov/Dec 1988. But without looking it up, I could well be wrong. June '88 in Edinburgh. There were two nights. I blagged a huge poster from the foyer of the Edinburgh Playhouse the day after and got it framed. It's adorned a wall in every house I've lived in since I was probably aware of winter dates but I didn't travel in those days so it's the summer that sticks out for me.  |
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Post by snakelady on Feb 7, 2018 8:30:39 GMT
First of all - this is an 80s album in all aspects and a million miles away from Quo, the rock band. BUT - this is a good album IMO. Again the weakest songs for me were the singles, the two Bridges songs (I don't remember Who Gets The Love having been a single here), but I didn't even skip these. I'd have skipped the BB single though, as I've always hated its starting with the second verse. It didn't make me want to see them live again though. I couldn't imagine Quo playing live in that style and I'd not have wanted to witness that either. The album with its style is a stand alone for me. No other Quo album is remotely similar and I can like it for that, but I'd not have wanted more of it. When I'm in the mood I still like the album for what it is, but not as much as I did back when it was released. I rarely listen to it though. So surprisingly I have to vote 'none', although I do skip a few now. Cross that Bridge wasn't a single over here; was it in Germany? Who Gets the Love was only released in Britain and Ireland.
The singles in the UK were
AC - number 19 WGTL - 34 BB - 5
I had long since stopped to follow music charts (and chart shows) by then, but I'm relatively sure that it were the two Bridges songs that were released as singles here. At least they were the ones played on the radio occasionally. I never noticed any other song from the album being played.  |
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Post by smokie on Feb 7, 2018 9:01:29 GMT
Think I'm with col on this one, I skip the same three songs.
I thought BB was ok at the time but I've gone off since, really don't like it at all now. However, whenever it's played live it always lifts the roof off the place which just goes to show how much I know, about anything .
Saw them at The Edinburgh Playhouse, that summer. Wish the band had played more indoor shows in Scotland but they got on the treadmill of the winter tours.
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Post by I Ain't Complaining on Feb 7, 2018 13:11:02 GMT
Cross that Bridge wasn't a single over here; was it in Germany? Who Gets the Love was only released in Britain and Ireland.
The singles in the UK were
AC - number 19 WGTL - 34 BB - 5
I had long since stopped to follow music charts (and chart shows) by then, but I'm relatively sure that it were the two Bridges songs that were released as singles here. At least they were the ones played on the radio occasionally. I never noticed any other song from the album being played.  Burning Bridges was amazing in this country, the last great Quo single really (excluding the Anniversary Waltz which was a gimmick). It was the 3rd single from the album, and climbed to number 5 in the chart over the Christmas period! So it must have captured the public's imagination, a bit like Marguerita Time which was also a Christmas top 5 hit. No wonder Francis thought Quo could do pop....for a while there they did it fairly successfully! |
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Post by gogs on Feb 19, 2018 14:38:25 GMT
Just 1 for me on AC and that's I know You're Leaving. Francis's voice just doesn't suit this song. I played my vinyl copy of this album to death when I first got it, it was then first Quo album I replaced on CD. When I play it now I skip IKYL and fast forward the end of WGTL; the fade out is far too long for me!
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Post by I Ain't Complaining on Feb 20, 2018 12:48:41 GMT
Just 1 for me on AC and that's I know You're Leaving. Francis's voice just doesn't suit this song. I played my vinyl copy of this album to death when I first got it, it was then first Quo album I replaced on CD. When I play it now I skip IKYL and fast forward the end of WGTL; the fade out is far too long for me! I love the outro/fade out on Who Gets the Love!! I also loved the solo on the 12" version. I actually have the 12" vinyl....has that version appeared anywhere else since then? |
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Post by gogs on Feb 20, 2018 15:09:27 GMT
Just 1 for me on AC and that's I know You're Leaving. Francis's voice just doesn't suit this song. I played my vinyl copy of this album to death when I first got it, it was then first Quo album I replaced on CD. When I play it now I skip IKYL and fast forward the end of WGTL; the fade out is far too long for me! I love the outro/fade out on Who Gets the Love!! I also loved the solo on the 12" version. I actually have the 12" vinyl....has that version appeared anywhere else since then? I'm not aware if it has, and didn't know there was a 12" vinyl version. Mind you I was in Germany at the time and I don't remember it being released there. Loved the tour of this album, opening with WYW and Rick and Andy doing a flying exchange on R&RM. Grugahalle Essen for me on that one., a sweaty gig with loads of Schalke fans singing Na Na Na Na hey hey Hey SQ every time Francis went to speak. Happy days! |
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Post by I Ain't Complaining on Feb 22, 2018 12:33:42 GMT
I love the outro/fade out on Who Gets the Love!! I also loved the solo on the 12" version. I actually have the 12" vinyl....has that version appeared anywhere else since then? I'm not aware if it has, and didn't know there was a 12" vinyl version. Mind you I was in Germany at the time and I don't remember it being released there. Loved the tour of this album, opening with WYW and Rick and Andy doing a flying exchange on R&RM. Grugahalle Essen for me on that one., a sweaty gig with loads of Schalke fans singing Na Na Na Na hey hey Hey SQ every time Francis went to speak. Happy days! This is the 12" version of WGTL. It is a bit different at the beginning, a lot longer, but the bit worth listening to is the new solo at 3.57 As mentioned, I've never come across it anywhere else other than the actual 12" vinyl. Not sure which version appeared on the CD single?? Enjoy.
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Post by mortified on Feb 22, 2018 13:19:56 GMT
I Ain't Complaining, that's the CD single version as well. It was the same as the 12" vinyl. I wasn't keen on the song till I heard the extended version. The solo later on is excellent. There are those who insist it was Pip Williams but I'm not so sure. Sounds like Francis to me. Although admittedly a bit removed from his normal style.
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Post by gogs on Feb 22, 2018 13:46:32 GMT
Thank you I Ain't Complaining , I haven't heard this version before and I agree with mortified , it's preferable to the album version. I can see why Pip Williams is thought to be the soloist by some, it's certainly not a typical Francis solo, but none the worse for that. Thanks again. |
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Post by snakelady on Feb 25, 2018 8:04:33 GMT
I love the outro/fade out on Who Gets the Love!! I also loved the solo on the 12" version. I actually have the 12" vinyl....has that version appeared anywhere else since then? I'm not aware if it has, and didn't know there was a 12" vinyl version. Mind you I was in Germany at the time and I don't remember it being released there. Loved the tour of this album, opening with WYW and Rick and Andy doing a flying exchange on R&RM. Grugahalle Essen for me on that one., a sweaty gig with loads of Schalke fans singing Na Na Na Na hey hey Hey SQ every time Francis went to speak. Happy days! It weren't merely Schalke fans .. it was sung at every Quo gig here as well as soon as Francis went to the mic or even in the quieter parts of songs (ROLD !). Those were the days, loved it ! A few years back some fans tried to start it at a gig - can't remember which one - but it didn't catch on  . gogs - Obviously Pip created the solo, but Francis played it live |
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Post by mortified on Feb 28, 2018 7:19:14 GMT
snakelady, that's actually a different solo. The live version is the original single rendition which has a very obvious Francis lead break in it. However, there's a second solo on the 12"/CD version as the song goes quiet after about 4 minutes. The extended track lasts over 7 minutes. It's this second solo that has caused some debate although, to me, it doesn't matter who played it. It's good and makes the song more interesting in my opinion.
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