Quid Pro Quo (album)


Quid Pro Quo is the twenty-ninth studio album by British rock band Status Quo, released in May 2011. The album debuted at number 10 in the UK Albums Chart and featured 14 new songs, as well as the 2010 version of their 1986 hit "In the Army Now" which was re-recorded in support of the Help for Heroes and British Forces Foundation charities. The re-recorded version had been issued as a single the previous year. The accompanying Official Live Bootleg album features 12 older songs recorded by the band in concert in Amsterdam and Melbourne in 2010. In the UK the album was only available at branches of Tesco stores for its first week before being released conventionally on the band's Fourth Chord label on 6 June 2011.
The single "Rock 'n' Roll 'n' You" was initially released as a free track download from the band's official website, and was included on BBC Radio 2's 'A' playlist from 14 May 2011 onwards. The album was Radio 2's 'Album Of The Week' for the week commencing 28 May 2011. Subsequent singles "Two Way Traffic", "Better Than That" and "The Winner" were also included on the Radio 2 'A' playlist, and "Movin' On" was placed on the Radio 2 'B' playlist.

Track listing

  1. "Two Way Traffic" – 4:00
  2. "Rock 'n' Roll 'n' You" – 3:32
  3. "Dust to Gold" – 4:52
  4. "Let's Rock" – 4:28
  5. "Can't See for Looking" – 3:55
  6. "Better Than That" – 3:18
  7. "Movin' On" – 4:05
  8. "Leave a Little Light On" – 4:05
  9. "Any Way You Like It" – 3:18
  10. "Frozen Hero" – 4:21
  11. "Reality Cheque" – 4:05
  12. "The Winner" – 3:18
  13. "It's All About You" – 2:54
  14. "My Old Ways" – 3:04
  15. "In the Army Now" – 3:53

''Official Live Bootleg'' track listing

  1. "Whatever You Want" – 5:12
  2. "Down Down" – 5:06
  3. "Don't Drive My Car" – 3:51
  4. "Hold You Back" – 4:38
  5. "Pictures of Matchstick Men" – 2:29
  6. "Ice in the Sun" – 2:14
  7. "Beginning of the End" – 4:27
  8. "Roll Over Lay Down" – 5:58
  9. "Caroline" – 5:08
  10. "Rockin' All Over the World" – 4:07

Deluxe Edition bonus tracks


  1. "Paper Plane" – 3:38
  2. "Softer Ride" – 3:46

Personnel

Additional personnel

Recorded at ARSIS Studios 2010–2011