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  • Audio CD (3 Nov 2008)
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Format: Original recording remastered
  • Label: Commercial Marketing
  • ASIN: B001GYNIC6
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,995 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Disc 1:

Samples
Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Pictures Of Matchstick Men 3:08Album Only
Listen  2. Ice In The Sun 2:09£0.89
Listen  3. Down The Dustpipe 2:02£0.89
Listen  4. In My Chair 3:12£0.89
Listen  5. Paper Plane 2:57£0.89
Listen  6. Mean Girl 3:56£0.89
Listen  7. Caroline 3:46£0.89
Listen  8. Break The Rules 3:38£0.89
Listen  9. Down Down 3:51£0.89
Listen10. Roll Over Lay Down 5:40£0.89
Listen11. Rain 4:33£0.89
Listen12. Mystery Song 3:58£0.89
Listen13. Wild Side Of Life 3:15£0.89
Listen14. Rockin' All Over The World 3:33£0.89
Listen15. Again And Again 3:40£0.89
Listen16. Whatever You Want 3:48£0.89
Listen17. Living On An Island 3:47£0.89
Listen18. What You're Proposing 3:51£0.89
Listen19. Lies 3:53£0.89
Listen20. Don't Drive My Car 4:12£0.89


Disc 2:

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Something 'Bout You Baby I Like 2:39£0.89
Listen  2. Rock 'N' Roll 3:50£0.89
Listen  3. Dear John 3:10£0.89
Listen  4. Ol' Rag Blues 2:46£0.89
Listen  5. A Mess Of Blues 3:20£0.89
Listen  6. Marguerita Time 3:19£0.89
Listen  7. The Wanderer 3:20£0.89
Listen  8. Rollin' Home 3:57£0.89
Listen  9. Red Sky 4:10£0.89
Listen10. In The Army Now 3:40£0.89
Listen11. Ain't Complaining 3:58£0.89
Listen12. Burning Bridges (On And Off And On Again) 3:50£0.89
Listen13. Medley: The Anniversary Waltz Part 1 5:31£0.89
Listen14. I Didn't Mean It 3:22£0.89
Listen15. Fun, Fun, Fun 3:03£0.89
Listen16. Jam Side Down 3:27£0.89
Listen17. You'll Come 'Round 3:24£0.89
Listen18. The Party Ain't Over Yet 3:51£0.89
Listen19. Beginning Of The End 3:16Album Only
Listen20. It's Christmas Time 4:10Album Only


Product Description

BBC Review

From the first fuzztone wail of 'The Quo''s debut hit, Pictures Of Matchstick Men, it must have been obvious that here was a band that cared little for subtlety. Sneered at by journos the world over, from day one Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt and all their fellow travellers have had to put up with a lot of flak. Now, 40 years on, we can all sit back and marvel at what can be created if, frankly, you don't give a damn about so-called critical opinion. Ladies and gentlemen, it's time to get your heads down one more time...

Through the years where, gradually, they went from clodhopping psychedelic fakers to genuine bar room blue jean boogie merchants, and thence to world domination (of a sort). Pictures has it all. As a child of the 70s, this particular reviewer can't help but feel nostalgic for the days when, armed only with a couple of Telecasters (and in the classic format with Alan Lancaster on bass and John Coghlan on drums), they steadfastedly stuck to their three-chord guns and piled out hit after headbanging hit: Down The Dustpipe via Roll Over, Lay Down to Paper Plane, Caroline and the self-explanatory Down Down. These were heady, blue denim days.

The end of the decade brought the monster hit in the shape of John Fogerty's Rockin' All Over The World and the spell was broken. From here it was chartdom that demanded that they suddenly revealed themselves to be crafty songsmiths indeed. In The Army Now, Living On An Island, Marguerita Time: these were classics, but a far cry from what gave them their place in the rock pantheon.

But who could bemoan tyheir days in the platinum sun? In a nation's hearts they remain 'The Quo'. Forever destined to adopt the stance, and bring guitar-driven cheer to millions. Here's to the next 40 years... --Chris Jones

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CD Description

Pictures: 40 Years of Hits is a multi-format collection spanning Quo's incredible chart career which started forty years ago with the "Pictures Of Matchstick Men" single. Almost 75 singles on, Quo have reached a serious milestone and the occasion is truly being marked! The 2CD + 1 DVD Deluxe Edition features 40 of the Quo's greatest singles, including new single "It's Christmas Time". The DVD features interviews with Rick Parffit and Francis Rossi as well as some of their best loved music videos. It also includes the video for their recent collaboration with German dance megastars Scooter, "Jump the Rock (Whatever You Want)".

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
it's an OK cd if you're not a quo fan and just want a taste of their music in your cd collection.
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36 of 39 people found the following review helpful
By Symo
Format:Audio CD
This album isn't aimed at or for Status Quo `diehard' fans, who know every track they've ever record; Nor the sort of person who wants to hear little known B sides, alternative versions of tracks and live performances.

This album is for the occasional fan, the sort of person who enjoys listening to The Quo's better known `commercial' hits.
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35 of 39 people found the following review helpful
new to Quo? 8 Nov 2008
By Me
Format:Audio CD
Ignore the miseries, this is a really good rockin' album. I have kind of mocked these guys for years - yet having heard this CD I am amazed how many of the tunes I actually know and really like. You'll probably be the same. What more can I say? It's cheap as chips. Give it a listen. Hell Yeh!!!!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
very good
got this asa gift for cristmas, and it came on time, so very happy, and the qulity is very good as well.
Published 4 months ago by Mrs. L. Head
Quo:Pictures
Excellent way to listen to Quo throughout the years. Real value. I didn't realise I still knew the words to the early tracks.
Published 7 months ago by drblobby
Status Quo - Pictures: 40 Years of Hits
Brilliant. So nostalgic - all of Quo's hits. This album takes me back to my youth. Totally unforgettable, unlike todays bands.
Published 9 months ago by Bob
Quo! Just keep on rocking!
Great album! It has a good selection of 40 years of Quo. I would have liked to have seen backwate
or roadhouse live on the album with Alan Landcaster singing though. Read more
Published 9 months ago by blokeonbike
KEEP ON ROCKIN!!
Its a bit like being a biker, once you've had a while to get used to it....you ai'nt ever going to want to give it up!!! Read more
Published 11 months ago by Rick
Why does the CD case look like a book??
9 out of 10 for the tracks on the CDs - all the hits from the excellent Status Quo are here, and chronologically sequenced, which is also excellent. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Colin Cramp
I like it! I like it! I like it! I like it! etc.
An overdue anthology from the massively influential Catford band, cited as an influence by such modern luminaries as Devendra Banhart, Kate Bush, and frequently named as the... Read more
Published 19 months ago by R. Viney
WHAT IT SAYS ON THE TIN
THIS IS A CRACKING COMPILATION COVERING QUO FROM ITS PYSCHEDELIC BEGINNINGS THROUGH MA KELLY'S GREASY SPOON TO THE PRESENT. Read more
Published 20 months ago by VON WEBER
Crap.
This is a Quality v Quantity thing, like the old joke where the sergant says " Well lads, the bad news is all we have to eat is camel dung, the good news is, there's plenty of it"... Read more
Published 21 months ago by E. H. Evans
birthday present
This was bought as a birthday present, it arrived in good time and in good order
Published 22 months ago by Pepper Lily
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