Aquostic (Stripped Bare)

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Aquostic (Stripped Bare)
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Studio album by Status Quo
Released 17 October 2014 (2014-10-17)
Genre Acoustic rock
Length 78:39
Label Warner Bros. Records, earMUSIC, Edel Records
Producer Mike Paxman
Status Quo chronology
Bula Quo!
(2013)Bula Quo!2013		 Aquostic (Stripped Bare)
(2014)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Classic Rock (magazine) 8/10 stars[1]

Aquostic (Stripped Bare) is the thirty-first studio album by English rock band Status Quo, first released on 17 October 2014. Produced by Mike Paxman, this is the band's first completely acoustic album & the first recorded with drummer Leon Cave. The album cover features a photograph by Canadian singer Bryan Adams.[2][3]

Performance

To launch the album, the band gave a ninety-minute performance of the songs at The Roundhouse in London on 22 October 2014. The concert was recorded and broadcast live by BBC Radio 2 as part of their In Concert series.[4][5] The band were augmented on stage by guitarist Freddie Edwards, son of bassist John Edwards.[6][7]

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Original album Length
1. "Pictures of Matchstick Men"   Francis Rossi Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo (1968) 3:37
2. "Down the Dustpipe"   Carl Groszman single (1970) 2:41
3. "Na Na Na"   Rossi, Bob Young Dog of Two Head (1971) 2:55
4. "Paper Plane"   Rossi, Young Piledriver (1972) 3:38
5. "All the Reasons"   Rick Parfitt, Alan Lancaster Piledriver (1972) 3:08
6. "Reason for Living"   Rossi, Parfitt Hello! (1973) 3:21
7. "And It's Better Now"   Rossi, Young Hello! (1973) 3:41
8. "Caroline"   Rossi, Young Hello! (1973) 3:13
9. "Softer Ride"   Parfitt, Lancaster Hello! (1973) 2:57
10. "Claudie"   Rossi, Young Hello! (1973) 3:58
11. "Break the Rules"   Rossi, Parfitt, Lancaster, John Coghlan, Young Quo (1974) 3:09
12. "Down Down"   Rossi, Young On the Level (1975) 2:36
13. "Little Lady"   Parfitt On the Level (1975) 1:52
14. "Mystery Song"   Parfitt, Young Blue for You (1976) 2:34
15. "Rain"   Parfitt Blue for You (1976) 3:56
16. "Rockin' All Over the World"   John Fogerty Rockin' All Over the World (1977) 2:40
17. "Again and Again"   Parfitt, Andy Bown, Jackie Lynton If You Can't Stand the Heat... (1978) 3:20
18. "Whatever You Want"   Parfitt, Bown Whatever You Want (1979) 3:25
19. "What You're Proposing"   Rossi, Bernie Frost Just Supposin' (1980) 2:04
20. "Rock 'n' Roll"   Rossi, Frost Just Supposin' (1980) 2:43
21. "Don't Drive My Car"   Parfitt, Bown Just Supposin' (1980) 3:10
22. "Marguerita Time"   Rossi, Frost Back to Back (1983) 3:20
23. "Rollin' Home"   John David In the Army Now (1986) 4:05
24. "Burning Bridges"   Rossi, Bown Ain't Complaining (1988) 3:45
25. "Rock 'til You Drop"   Bown Rock 'til You Drop (1991) 2:48

Tracks 13,14 and 23 are "bonus tracks" and are not on the Spotify version. They are on the version on MP3FREEX with track 23 in the correct place and tracks 13 and 14 at the end but in the reverse order with "Mystery Song" segueing into "Little Lady".

Personnel

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Status Quo

Additional musicians

  • Geraint Watkins − accordion
  • Martin Ditcham − percussion
  • Amy Smith − background vocals
  • Richard Benbow − string arrangements
  • Lucy Wilkins − (leader) violin
  • Howard Gott − violin
  • Natalia Bonner − violin
  • Alison Dods − violin
  • Sophie Sirota − viola
  • Sarah Wilson − cello

Production

  • Mike Paxman − production
  • Gregg Jackman − recording, mixing

Chart performance

Chart (2014) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8] 33
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[9] 123
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[10] 81
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[11] 26
French Albums (SNEP)[12] 183
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13] 15
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[14] 26
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[15] 4
UK Albums (OCC)[16] 5

References

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  8. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Status Quo – Aquostic - Stripped Bare" (in German). Hung Medien.
  9. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Status Quo – Aquostic - Stripped Bare" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  10. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Status Quo – Aquostic - Stripped Bare" (in French). Hung Medien.
  11. ↑ "Danishcharts.com – Status Quo – Aquostic - Stripped Bare". Hung Medien.
  12. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Status Quo – Aquostic - Stripped Bare". Hung Medien.
  13. ↑ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
  14. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Status Quo – Aquostic - Stripped Bare" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  15. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Status Quo – Aquostic - Stripped Bare". Hung Medien.
  16. ↑ "Status Quo | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart
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