Status Quo: The Best & Worst Albums
Status Quo have a fine body of work, and in this video I explore what I consider to be their best albums. But they have also produced a few stinkers, and I also look at those, as well as considering someof their better later albums.
If you like my channel and appreciate the work that goes into my videos, please support my channel. You can –
Become a Patron! – Be part of a Classic Rock Community!
There is a fine body of work on there now. https://www.patreon.com/classicrock
Make a one-time donation!
Help me to make more videos or buy stuff to annoy my wife with and unbox on my channel: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=46G7795CU9VBA&source=url
Gift me something to unbox from my Amazon Wish List: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/1T8FFB9GS4H25?ref_=wl_share
Buy me a coffee.
All that talk is thirsty work: https://ko-fi.com/classicalbum
Like the Facebook page:
I add stuff on a daily basis: https://www.facebook.com/1968rock#
All music used in my videos come from the Free Music Archive: http://freemusicarchive.org/
#statusquo #ranking #classicalbum
@N6-vn6ps
April 8, 2026 at 1:08 am
My least favorite Quo album is 'Ain't Complaining'. It doesn't have a single track on it that I particularly like. Even 'In The Army Now' has at-least one great rock song ('Red Sky').
@aerotube7291
April 8, 2026 at 1:08 am
Cool vid. Never too late is quite good imo
@jamesw4895
April 8, 2026 at 1:08 am
Did you dip the bottom of your beard in whiteout.
@glennmarks2975
April 8, 2026 at 1:08 am
Totally agree great reviews
@Darren-l1k7m
April 8, 2026 at 1:08 am
For me PILEDRIVER
@PaulKenney-c4s
April 8, 2026 at 1:08 am
Quo – okay but any whole album is hard to listen to , rather too same sounding . I thought Army now was a good album , with save me , calling , invitation , overdose and Army itself . Backbone was pretty good, to add I love Liberty lane, that is a great track
@jamesknight9654
April 8, 2026 at 1:08 am
Quo in the 70s was all pretty much the same sound , Some songs like little lady, whatever you want, don't waste my time, Caroline and Roll over lay down I liked . Songs like bye bye johnny , paper plane and all the other songs bored me to bits same sound different words . I preferred the late 80s which Quoers hate I know , perfect remedy is my fav ha ha – at least there was some better guitar playing .
@andyellis1128
April 8, 2026 at 1:08 am
Forget the same old 3 chord label. They, and many bands, are only remembered for the singles.
If people actually listen to their albums, they would understand they knew 5 or 6 chords!!
@neilh7195
April 8, 2026 at 1:08 am
You can put Piledriver to Blue For You in any order depending on what mood I am in. I've put Bula Quo in with the covers as technically it was a soundtrack. Agree with Perfect Remedy being the worst although does have a few good songs on it. Why on earth they re-recorded Tommy for Rock 'Til You Drop always astounded me as that possibly goes down as their worst song for me.
@richardevison7444
April 8, 2026 at 1:08 am
Live
Ma Kelly
Quo
Blue for you
On the level
The live album is in my opinion part of a trilogy of live albums in the 70s that will NEVER be equalled, the others being Made in Japan and Live and dangerous Dangerous,
@dunaif
April 8, 2026 at 1:08 am
I agree with the selection, but you experience the real Quo live, so for me, Live! is Status Quo's best album!"
@therealjamesbaker9138
April 8, 2026 at 1:08 am
“Best” is a very close call between Hello, On the Level or Blue For You. In truth you could make a case for any of the 5 studio albums from 72-76.
Worst – probably one of Back to Back, Thirsty Work or 1+9+8+2.
I haven’t included Perfect Remedy because although it’s very weak overall, it does have “The Power of Rock” on it (which is a mid-late period Quo highlight and should have been a single)
@burkezillar
April 8, 2026 at 1:08 am
Heavy Traffic got me in to Quo as a teenager, then Search For The Fourth Chord, and to be honest it's all been a bit shit after that until Backbone. And unfortunately Rossi gets more money doing the talking tours now than he does anything else, so I think Backbone will be the last album we'll get from them.
@hayzeebloke
April 8, 2026 at 1:08 am
I agree with your best and worst, all the cover albums too are not Quo. Spot on fella. 👍
@TomBartram-b1c
April 8, 2026 at 1:08 am
Wow funny how people have different opinions.
I discovered Quo with Aint Complaining which is my fave album ever by anyone. That guy on keyboards joined about that time improved the music 1000%.
I agree that Backbone some bangers too … completamente inconocidos to the rest of mankind, unfortunately.
@erniewoodhall7337
April 8, 2026 at 1:08 am
Agreed about "Perfect Remedy" but I have a soft spot for most of the others. Worst Quo album from the Frantic Four was "If you can't stand the heat". Heavy Traffic was brilliant!
@simonwood992
April 8, 2026 at 1:08 am
Piledriver for me is best and Thirsty Work the very worst. I rather like In the army now
@glerp10000000000
April 8, 2026 at 1:08 am
The sad thing is, those worst albums are the best of the reformed era.
@groovedohg
April 8, 2026 at 1:08 am
Biggest disappointment of all for me was In thr Army now. I was totally let down
@MrValentyne
April 8, 2026 at 1:08 am
For me Quo took 2/3 albums to find there feet. When they finally did around Piledriver they went on a run of around 5/6 albums that were top notch, I also think they were one of the best live bands around. I was a huge fan and used to get stick off my mates because they used to look down their noses at them🤣But at the end of the 70s and into the 80s it changed. Lancaster and Coghlan leaving was a huge blow. And then a new radio friendly smoother sound turned me off. So much so I haven’t listened to any new stuff since the mid 80s. I still love the 70s stuff and listen to it to this day.
@KennethHill-x4l
April 8, 2026 at 1:08 am
Great review. Personally the only tracks I like on hello are Claudia . And it better now . I thought it was way behind piledriver and quo . That’s just my opinion though