Piledriver - Status Quo

the ultimate quo album ! its got it all on this album, rock, pop and blues ! theres only one way to play this album and that is loud ! 12 bar quo classics such as paper plane and dont waste my time feature alongside quieter bluesey numbers shuch as unspoken words and a year followed by hard rockin songs like big fat mama and road house blues . many of the rock classics are still featured in quos live set today (paper plane, dont wste my time and big fat mama) whys this the best quo album - purely the mix of songs played by a group of musicians who are clearly having a good time together the stand out track ...  Read the complete review

Performer – Status Quo The Album – Piledriver. Originally released in 1972 on Vertigo. 6360 082 Quo! If ever there was a band that is totally British, a band that has captured the essence of British blue-collar rock music, it’s got to be Status Quo. Maybe they are a bit of a parody of their former selves these days, but the band is still enjoying sell-out tours with the Quo army gathering en masse wherever they play, encompassing age groups from pre school children to your granny. Everybody and his dog knows a bit of Quo. Quo took care of business! But the Quo of 1972 was a very different kind of beast. ...  Read the complete review