Artist: STATUS QUO
Album: BLUE FOR YOU REMASTERED (CD)

Year: 1976/ 2005
Media type: CD

Blue for You is the ninth studio album by English rock band Status Quo, released in March 1976 and is both the last album to feature the 'Frantic Four' lineup (due to Andy Bown officially joining the band as keyboardist following its release), and the last one they produced themselves, which resulted in subsequent albums having a noticeably lighter, more pop oriented sound.

Parfitt's "Rain", the first single from the album, reached #7 in the UK charts after its release in February 1976. Its b-side was the non-album track "You Lost the Love", written by Rossi and Young.

The album was released the following month. It entered the British album chart at #1 and stayed there for three weeks, making it one of their most successful long players.

TRACKLIST:

    "Is There a Better Way" (Rossi, Lancaster) - 3:31
    "Mad About the Boy" (Francis Rossi, Young) - 3:31
    "Ring of a Change" (Francis Rossi, Bob Young) - 4:15
    "Blue for You" (Alan Lancaster) - 4:08
    "Rain" (Parfitt) - 4:24
    "Rolling Home" (Francis Rossi, Alan Lancaster) - 3:01
    "That's a Fact" (Francis Rossi, Bob Young) - 4:20
    "Ease Your Mind" (Alan Lancaster) - 3:12
    "Mystery Song" (Rick Parfitt, Bob Young) - 6:44

2005 reissue bonus tracks

    "You Lost the Love" (Francis Rossi, Bob Young)
    "Mystery Song [Single Version]" (Rick Parfitt, Bob Young) - 4:00
    "Wild Side of Life" (Artie Carter, William Warren) - 3:17
    "All Through the Night" (Francis Rossi, Alan Lancaster)
    "Wild Side of Life [Demo Version]" (Artie Carter, William Warren)

LINE-UP:

    John Coghlan - Drums
    Alan Lancaster - Bass, Guitar, Vocals
    Rick Parfitt - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
    Francis Rossi - Guitar, Vocals