Riffs (album)

Riffs

Studio album by Status Quo

Released

23 December 2003

Genre

Rock

Length

57:32

Status Quo chronology

Heavy Traffic
(2002)

Riffs
(2003)

The Party Ain't Over Yet
(2005)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

"Riffs" is the twenty-sixth studio album by the English rock group Status Quo, released in 2003. Ten tracks were cover versions of pop and rock standards, the other five were re-recordings of songs they had previously issued during the 1970s. The initial release also included a bonus 9-track DVD, featuring footage recorded for television programmes and also the video for the 2002 Top 20 hit 'Jam Side Down', recorded on HMS Ark Royal.

The booklet includes studio (non-performing) pictures of the group taken at Powderham Castle, Devon, where they played a gig shortly before completing the album.

UK Track listing

Caroline (Rossi, Young) 4:54
I Fought The Law (Curtis) 3:04
Born To Be Wild (Bonfire) 4:31
Takin' Care of Business (Bachman) 5:07
Wild One (O'Keefe, David Owens, Johnny Greenan) 3:47
On The Road Again (Floyd Jones, Wilson) 5:22
Tobacco Road (Loudermilk) 2:39
Centerfold (Seth Justman) 3:48
All Day And All Of The Night (Davies) 2:28
Don't Bring Me Down (Lynne) 3:57 *
Junior's Wailing (Kieran White, Martin Pugh) 3:28
Pump It Up (Costello) 3:30
Down the Dustpipe (Carl Grossman) 2:21
Whatever You Want (Parfitt, Bown) 4:32
Rockin' All Over The World (Fogerty) 3:56

* Only on UK version.

UK Track listing Bonus DVD

Caroline (Francis Rossi, Bob Young)
Roll Over Lay Down (Francis Rossi, Bob Young, Alan Lancaster, Rick Parfitt, John Coghlan)
Whatever You Want (Rick Parfitt, Andrew Bown)
Forty-Five Hundred Times-Rain (Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt) (Live at Heitere Open Air, Zofingen, Switzerland - August 2003)
Solid Gold (Francis Rossi, Bob Young) (Live at Heitere Open Air, Zofingen, Switzerland - August 2003)
Paper Plane (Francis Rossi, Bob Young) (Top of the Pops 2 Status Quo Special)
All Stand Up (Francis Rossi, Bob Young) (Top of the Pops)
Rockin All Over The World (John Cameron Fogerty) (Top of the Pops 2000th Edition)
Jam Side Down (Terry Britten, Charlie Dore) (Video)

Personnel

Francis Rossi - Vocals & lead guitar
Rick Parfitt - Vocals & guitar
John Edwards - Bass & vocals
Andy Bown - Keyboards
Matt Letley - Drums

Recorded at Ridge Farm Studios and State Of The Ark Studios

References

↑ Riffs (album) at AllMusic

Status Quo

Francis Rossi Rick Parfitt Andy Bown John 'Rhino' Edwards Leon Cave Alan Lancaster Jess Jaworski Alan Key John Coghlan Roy Lynes Pete Kircher Jeff Rich Matt Letley

Studio albums (UK)	Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo Spare Parts Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon Dog of Two Head Piledriver Hello! Quo On the Level Blue for You Rockin' All Over the World If You Can't Stand the Heat... Whatever You Want Just Supposin' Never Too Late 1+9+8+2 Back to Back In the Army Now Ain't Complaining Perfect Remedy Rock 'Til You Drop Thirsty Work Don't Stop Under the Influence Famous in the Last Century Heavy Traffic Riffs The Party Ain't Over Yet In Search of the Fourth Chord Quid Pro Quo Bula Quo! Aquostic (Stripped Bare)

UK Top 20 singles	"Pictures of Matchstick Men" "Ice in the Sun" "Down the Dustpipe" "Paper Plane" "Mean Girl" "Caroline" "Break the Rules" "Down Down" "Roll Over Lay Down" "Rain" "Mystery Song" "The Wild Side of Life" "Rockin' All Over the World" "Again and Again" "Whatever You Want" "Living on an Island" "What You're Proposing" "Lies" / "Don't Drive my Car" "Something 'Bout You Baby I Like" "Rock 'n' Roll" "Dear John" "Ol' Rag Blues" "A Mess of Blues" "Marguerita Time" "Going Down Town Tonight" "The Wanderer" "Rollin' Home" "Red Sky" "In the Army Now" "Dreamin'" "Ain't Complaining" "Running All Over the World" "Burning Bridges" "The Anniversary Waltz (Parts One and Two)" "Come on You Reds" "Jam Side Down" "You'll Come 'Round" "The Party Ain't Over Yet"

Other singles	"Black Veils of Melancholy" "Make Me Stay a Bit Longer" "Are You Growing Tired of My Love" "The Price of Love" "In My Chair" "Tune to the Music" "Gerdundula" "Rockers Rollin' / Hold You Back" "Accident Prone" "She Don't Fool Me" "Who Gets the Love?" "Not at All" "Little Dreamer" "Can't Give You More" "Rock 'til You Drop" "Roadhouse Medley" "I Didn't Mean It" "Sherri, Don't Fail Me Now!" "Restless" "When You Walk in the Room" "Fun Fun Fun" "Don't Stop" "All Around My Hat" "The Way It Goes" "Little White Lies" "Twenty Wild Horses" "Mony Mony" "Old Time Rock and Roll" "All Stand Up" "Thinking of You" "All That Counts Is Love" "Beginning of the End" "It's Christmas Time" "Jump That Rock (Whatever You Want)"

See also	Status Quo discography Bob Young

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