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Post by I Ain't Complaining on Apr 12, 2018 14:21:20 GMT
Francis also contributes all of the lead vocals other than Queenie. Which, quite unusually, is a Rossi/Frost composition sung by Rick. It's like they were giving him something to do! Or trying to MAKE it sound more like a Quo album by breaking the vocals up a bit. Which is exactly what they were trying to do! I remember the fanzine at the time (it might have been the one before FTMO) and Francis said something along the lines of 'because Rick hadn't written any songs they thought this one would suit him best'.
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Post by johns on Apr 13, 2018 17:12:30 GMT
I know I shouldn't but I love Thirsty Work. I think it is a really good album and I think it rocks more than people give it credit for. Only 3 tracks I'd give a miss. The rest I happily listen to.
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Post by Dark on Apr 17, 2018 11:14:55 GMT
First Quo album I bought on day of its release, had been looking forward to it after loving Rock ‘Til You Drop and expecting another rock album along those lines. Wasn’t too put out by the single, I Didn’t Mean It, which preceded the album. An okay commercial tune and I enjoyed their performance on top of the pops. The accompanying b-sides weren’t much cop, but they were just b-sides, so not too bothered.
Bought the album on CD at lunchtime and was rather dismayed with the cover and the rather paltry booklet with not a lot of information. When I got home I stuck it on the CD player and was a bit dismayed as the intro to Goin Nowhere limped out of the speakers. Unfortunately for me the album just proceeded to get worse. Sail Away I find completely unlistenable, Queenie is a very watered down attempt at a 12 bar rock boogie song, as if they got to the end of the session and decided they didn’t have a either a typical Quo rock song or Rick singing on anything, so they knocked that out in an attempt to pacify any rock fans that might purchase the album.
The whole thing just seemed bland and had a very tame sound. The only track I genuinely like from it is, Soft in the Head, which has a chorus with a great hook. While I think Sherri is actually a very good pop song.
On the other hand, though I don’t actually like the album, I actually respect it, as I think that is genuinely what Rossi wanted to do, and I can’t fault that. I much prefer UTI and Heavy Traffic, but I do sometimes wonder if it was Francis trying to write what he thought people wanted, as opposed to stuff he liked.
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Post by mortified on Apr 17, 2018 11:25:46 GMT
First Quo album I bought on day of its release, had been looking forward to it after loving Rock ‘Til You Drop and expecting another rock album along those lines. Wasn’t too put out by the single, I Didn’t Mean It, which preceded the album. An okay commercial tune and I enjoyed their performance on top of the pops. The accompanying b-sides weren’t much cop, but they were just b-sides, so not too bothered. Bought the album on CD at lunchtime and was rather dismayed with the cover and the rather paltry booklet with not a lot of information. When I got home I stuck it on the CD player and was a bit dismayed as the intro to Goin Nowhere limped out of the speakers. Unfortunately for me the album just proceeded to get worse. Sail Away I find completely unlistenable, Queenie is a very watered down attempt at a 12 bar rock boogie song, as if they got to the end of the session and decided they didn’t have a either a typical Quo rock song or Rick singing on anything, so they knocked that out in an attempt to pacify any rock fans that might purchase the album. The whole thing just seemed bland and had a very tame sound. The only track I genuinely like from it is, Soft in the Head, which has a chorus with a great hook. While I think Sherri is actually a very good pop song. On the other hand, though I don’t actually like the album, I actually respect it, as I think that is genuinely what Rossi wanted to do, and I can’t fault that. I much prefer UTI and Heavy Traffic, but I do sometimes wonder if it was Francis trying to write what he thought people wanted, as opposed to stuff he liked. I'm with you on that to a large extent. It's possibly the only very good track, for me, on the entire album. The only one that might be good enough to fit anywhere else. But it tends to stick out like a sore thumb. It has a bit about it despite the rather limp production. Most of the posts on this thread are negative, including mine, but I have always given the band some leeway. We're into a 50-year+ career here and, in my opinion, there are remarkably few bad albums. A considerable proportion of those that most of us think are poor are squeezed into a 10-year period. Got to allow them a duff recording or two.
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Post by snakelady on May 10, 2018 6:36:47 GMT
With a fascinating 3 votes for 'none' I'll move this album to the past cups now ..
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