Under the Influence (Status Quo album)


Under the Influence is the twenty-third studio album by British rock band Status Quo, released in 1999.
To date it is the last album featuring new songs written by Francis Rossi together with Bernie Frost, as Rossi re-established his 1970s songwriting partnership with Bob Young afterwards.

Track listing

  1. "Twenty Wild Horses" 5:00
  2. "Under the Influence" 4:03
  3. "Round and Round" 3:26
  4. "Shine On" 4:49
  5. "Little White Lies" 4:20
  6. "Keep 'Em Coming" 3:26
  7. "Little Me and You" 3:49
  8. "Making Waves" 3:56
  9. "Blessed are the Meek" 4:19
  10. "Roll the Dice" 4:05
  11. "Not Fade Away" 3:09
  12. "The Way It Goes" 4:02

2017 remaster bonus tracks

The original Australian edition included "Sea Cruise" and "Pictures of Matchstick Men 1999". The 2006 Eurotrend budget label reissue includes "Pictures of Matchstick Men", while the Dutch reissue from the same year also adds "Sea Cruise" and "I Knew the Bride".
"Twenty Wild Horses" was included on the 2011 Fourth Chord/earmusic remaster, which also has "Sea Cruise" and "I Knew the Bride", but not "Pictures of Matchstick Men". Finally, the 2017 Edsel Records and 2021 earmusic reissues, have all four bonus tracks.

Personnel

;Status Quo
Recorded at Chippington Studios, "Little White Lies" recorded at Big Ocean Studios and "Blessed Are The Meek" recorded At ARSIS Studios.