Piledriver

Artist: Status Quo
Label: Repertoire
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 766488685022
EAN: 4009910411926
ASIN: B000006NGC

Release Date: 1990-11-01

Piledriver

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Tracks:

Don't Waste My Time
O Baby
A Year
Unspoken Words
Big Fat Mama
Paper Plane
All The Reasons
Roadhouse Blues
Joanne (b-side of 'Caroline') [BONUS TRACK]
Lonely Night (b-side of 'Break the Rules') [BONUS TRACK]

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Album Description

Reissued 1972 album. A UK No. 5 hit LP in 1972 this was the first of Quo's 28 chart albums and the first they recorded for Vertigo Records. The top 20 hit 'Paper Plane' is included as is their version of the Doors 'Roadhouse Blues'. Two non LP B sides 'Joanne' and 'Lonely Night' have been added as bonus tracks.

Customer Reviews:

Status Quo's Best.......2002-08-31

I was first introduced to the Status Quo way back in 1974 when my dad took the family along on a working vacation to Los Angeles for a couple of weeks. While there, we stayed at a Travel Lodge motel in the Hollywood district. The day after we arrived, we went to the motel pool for a swim and found several pairs of blue jeans floating in the pool and a couple of guys strumming their guitars. They introduced themselves as Francis Rossi and Richard Parfitt and told us they were members of the British rock band "Status Quo." Of course, we had never heard of Status Quo before. Over the next week or so, we talked to them just about every day. They were really decent and made quite an impression on us. One of the things they told us was they didn?t believe in gimmicks - when they appeared in concert they wore t-shirts and faded blue jeans (this is the reason for the jeans floating in the pool - let'em get a bit of chlorine bleaching). We found a couple of their albums ("Piledriver" and "Hello") at a nearby record shop and they autographed them for us (Alan Lancaster and John Coghlan also signed our records). I have been an avid Quo fan ever since.

Of all their albums, I think Piledriver is the best. The album is a nice mix of up-tempo, 70s style hard rockers and slower ballads. Overall, Piledriver is a very good mix of styles. All of the songs on what used to be side A (Don't Waste My Time, O Baby, Year, Unspoken Words) are great. Big Fat Mama and Paper Plane are also great. I can take or leave the bonus tracks that weren't on the original vinyl.

Power-boogie classic.......2002-06-24

Piledriver is very different proposition from the family-friendly, knees-up Status Quo outout of the 1980s and 1990s. Heavy rock was just hitting its stride in 1972, and Quo abandoned their lightweight, twangy pop, bought distortion pedals and let rip. And what songs! Paper Plane, Big Fat Mama and Don't Waste my Time are pedigree up-tempo rockers that really satisfy (Paper Plane was a hit single). Even the ballads are bluesy and highly listenable. The only really weak track here is the cover of Doors' Roadhouse Blues. Power-boogie has never been as good as this.

Their Best Work.......2001-11-21

PileDriver for me represents the best of their work. Apparently recorded virtually live in the studio in just a few days, this album really contrasts the range of style that Quo are capable of. Rossi's lead guitar is just incredible and when combined with Parfit's vocals you have an awesome combo. Shame they went kinda pop a couple of albums later....

Always have loved this album........2000-04-19

First heard the Piledriver album when my brother in law brought it home and cranked it up on his stereo twenty-five years ago. Two years later, I bought my own copy and won't give it up. Every song is a gem, and the addition of the bonus track may not have been needed because this is an album that you play over and over again; multiply with the volume cranked to max. Don't Waste My Time simply pounds into every bone of your body and sends undescribable waves down your spine, then Oh, Baby continues that pleasant torture. These two rockers are followed by the blues--slower but simply ear catching only to take you off guard when Big Fat Mama slams into your ear drums. Then the finale: the tribute to Jim Morrison, Roadhouse Blues has me hopping and singing along in no time. I wanted to be a member of the Status Quo, but unfortunately, couldn't find their address so that I could audition. This album is a classic--in my mind.

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