Post by snakelady on May 13, 2019 6:16:11 GMT
In March 1999 (thanx kursaal75 ) UTI was released and in many ways marked a turning point in Quo history.
In this case I've got to put up two album sleeves - the one the band wanted, the bent fork, and the one David Walker wanted for his marketing campaign, the pub sign (we all know who won this conflict ..).
It was the first album containing nearly exclusively material written by the band since TW and it saw the band returning to what used to make the band great: diversity - rock songs, pop songs slow tunes .., many different songwriting partnerships, including Rick with two remarkable tunes (as opposed to TW), and generally a far more quo-ish songwriting quality than on TW and the sound was more quo-ish too.
It also was the last album featuring Jeff Rich on drums and the last that saw Bernie Frost co-writing with Francis. In a way a farewell for a band line-up that had existed for longer than any other line-up before or after and maybe because of that a statement.
Personally it was a turning point for me as well. I discovered the old original mb - it did look different back then and you didn't even have to register - and suddenly I noticed I wasn't the only Quo fan left in the world. I read about the pub tour - wasn't aware they did one here as well - and started considering if maybe the band was still worth seeing live again. That they maybe had it in them to still put on a great show ..
Took me a few more years and another very good studio album to finally verify that though.
20 years since its release. That's longer than most bands exist and Quo has changed considerably since too.
I know, Quo fans can be very narrow-minded in that respect, but IMO it has stood the test of time and can be rightfully called a classic.
In this case I've got to put up two album sleeves - the one the band wanted, the bent fork, and the one David Walker wanted for his marketing campaign, the pub sign (we all know who won this conflict ..).
It was the first album containing nearly exclusively material written by the band since TW and it saw the band returning to what used to make the band great: diversity - rock songs, pop songs slow tunes .., many different songwriting partnerships, including Rick with two remarkable tunes (as opposed to TW), and generally a far more quo-ish songwriting quality than on TW and the sound was more quo-ish too.
It also was the last album featuring Jeff Rich on drums and the last that saw Bernie Frost co-writing with Francis. In a way a farewell for a band line-up that had existed for longer than any other line-up before or after and maybe because of that a statement.
Personally it was a turning point for me as well. I discovered the old original mb - it did look different back then and you didn't even have to register - and suddenly I noticed I wasn't the only Quo fan left in the world. I read about the pub tour - wasn't aware they did one here as well - and started considering if maybe the band was still worth seeing live again. That they maybe had it in them to still put on a great show ..
Took me a few more years and another very good studio album to finally verify that though.
20 years since its release. That's longer than most bands exist and Quo has changed considerably since too.
I know, Quo fans can be very narrow-minded in that respect, but IMO it has stood the test of time and can be rightfully called a classic.