Quo/Blue for You (1998)

About this title: Part of Vertigo's chronologically impaired "Back 2 Back/2 for 1" series, this offers up a straightforward repackaging of Status Quo's seventh and ninth albums, from 1974 and 1976, respectively (Blue for You was released as Status Quo in America). Beyond the obvious value for your money, the package offers little in the way of frills -- the booklet opens up to track listings alone, and the absence of either remastering or bonus tracks renders it a very poor substitute for the Repertoire label's subsequent forays into the mid-period Status Quo catalog. Nevertheless, a pair of albums that are ... read more

Tracks:

1. Backwater [Parfitt/Lancaster]
2. Just Take Me [Parfitt/Lancaster]
3. Break the Rules [Coghlan/Lancaster]
4. Drifting Away [Parfitt/Lancaster]
5. Don't Think It Matters [Parfitt/Lancaster]
6. Fine Fine Fine [Rossi/Young]
7. Lonely Man [Lancaster/Parfitt]
8. Slow Train [Rossi/Young]
9. Is There a Better Way [Lancaster/Rossi]
10. Mad About the Boy [Rossi/Young]
11. Ring of a Change [Rossi/Young]
12. Blue for You [Young]
13. Rain [Parfitt]
14. Rolling Home [Lancaster/Rossi]
15. That's a Fact [Rossi/Young]
16. Ease Your Mind [Lancaster]
17. Mystery Song [Parfitt/Young]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.