Artist: STATUS QUO
Album: ROCKIN ALL OVER THE WORLD REMASTERED (CD)

Year: 1977/ 2005
Media type: CD

Rockin' All Over the World is the tenth studio album by the British band Status Quo, released 1977. The record was produced by Pip Williams. It was widely thought by fans that the record's general sound was too clean, in contrast to the more spontaneous, more 'under-produced' feeling of their previous four, self-produced albums.

The title track, originally written and recorded by John Fogerty, was released by Quo as a single in September 1977, reaching a peak position of #3, and remains their best-known and best-selling single to date. Its b-side was "Ring of a Change", from their previous studio album.

The album itself was released in November 1977, and reached #5.

No other singles were issued from the album, although "Can't Give You More" was re-recorded by the band in 1991 for their album "Rock 'Til You Drop" and issued as a single, reaching #37.

Two other tracks, "Dirty Water" and "Hold You Back", soon established themselves as favourites when played live on stage.

It was reissued by Mercury in 2005 with a bonus track - a cover of the Beatles' "Getting Better" (Lennon/McCartney), which they had initially recorded in 1976 for the soundtrack of the film and various artists' album "All This and World War II".

TRACKLIST:

"Hard Time" (Rossi/Parfitt) - 4:45
"Can't Give You More" (Rossi/Young) - 4:15
"Let's Ride" (Lancaster) - 3:03
"Baby Boy" (Rossi/Young) - 3:12
"You Don't Own Me" (Lancaster/Green) - 3:03
"Rockers Rollin'" (Parfitt/Lynton) - 4:19
"Rockin' All Over the World" (Fogerty) - 3:36
"Who Am I" (Williams/Hutchins) - 4:30
"Too Far Gone" (Lancaster) - 3:08
"For You" (Parfitt) - 3:01
"Dirty Water" (Rossi/Young) - 3:51
"Hold You Back" (Rossi/Parfitt/Young) - 4:30

2005 reissue bonus track:
"Getting Better" (Lennon/McCartney) - 2:19

LINE-UP:

Francis Rossi - guitar, vocals
Rick Parfitt - guitar, vocals
Alan Lancaster - bass, vocals
Andy Bown - keyboards
John Coghlan - drums