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{{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = Quid Pro Quo
| Type = studio
| name = Quid Pro Quo
| Artist = [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]]
| type = studio
| Cover = Status Quo Quid Pro Quo cover.jpg
| artist = [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]]
| cover = Status Quo Quid Pro Quo cover.jpg|border=yes
| Released = 27 May 2011 (Europe & World)<br>30 May 2011 (UK)
| alt =
| Recorded = 2010–2011, ARSIS Studio, [[Lens, Pas-de-Calais|Lens]], France
| released = 27 May 2011
| Genre = [[Hard rock]], [[blues rock]]
| recorded = 2010–2011
| Length = 51:03
| studio = ARSIS Studios, Surrey, England
| Label = [[Eagle Rock Entertainment|Eagle Rock]]
| Producer = [[Francis Rossi]], [[Mike Paxman]]
| genre = [[Hard rock]], [[blues rock]]
| length = 53:15 (UK: 57.08)
| Last album = ''[[In Search of the Fourth Chord]]''<br />(2007)
| label = [[Eagle Rock Entertainment|Eagle Rock]]
| This album = '''''Quid Pro Quo'''''<br />(2011)
| producer = [[Francis Rossi]], [[Mike Paxman]]
| Next album = ''[[Bula Quo! (soundtrack)|Bula Quo!]]''<br />(2013)
| prev_title = [[Live at the BBC (Status Quo album)|Live at the BBC]]
| Misc = {{Singles
| prev_year = 2010
| Name = Quid Pro Quo
| next_title = [[Bula Quo! (soundtrack)|Bula Quo!]]
| Type = studio
| next_year = 2013
| Single 1 = [[In the Army Now (song)|In the Army Now (2010)]]
| Single 1 date = 26 September 2010
| misc = {{Singles
| Single 2 = [[Rock 'n' Roll 'n' You]]
| name = Quid Pro Quo
| Single 2 date = 20 April 2011
| type = studio
| Single 3 = [[Two Way Traffic]]
| single1 = [[In the Army Now (song)|In the Army Now (2010)]]
| single1date = 26 September 2010
| Single 3 date = 15 August 2011
| Single 4 = [[Better Than That (Status Quo song)|Better Than That]]
| single2 = [[Rock 'n' Roll 'n' You]]
| Single 4 date = 28 November 2011
| single2date = 20 April 2011
| Single 5 = [[Movin' On (Status Quo song)|Movin' On]]
| single3 = [[Two Way Traffic]]
| single3date = 15 August 2011
| Single 5 date = 2 January 2012
| single4 = Better Than That
| Single 6 = [[The Winner (Status Quo song)|The Winner]]
| single4date = 28 November 2011
| Single 6 date = 9 July 2012
| single5 = Movin' On
}}
| single5date = 2 January 2012
| single6 = The Winner
| single6date = 9 July 2012
}}
}}
}}


{{Album ratings
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Allmusic |class=album |id=r2220935 |tab=review |first=Jon |last=O'Brien |label=Status Quo: ''Quid Pro Quo'' > Review |accessdate=11 February 2012}}</ref>
|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic |class=album |id=r2220935 |tab=review |first=Jon |last=O'Brien |label=Status Quo: ''Quid Pro Quo'' > Review |access-date=11 February 2012}}</ref>
|rev2 = [[BBC]]
|rev2 = [[BBC]]
|rev2score = (favourable)<ref>{{cite web |first=Mike |last=Diver |title=Review: ''Quid Pro Quo'' |publisher=[[BBC Music]] |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/mxhf |date=26 May 2011 |accessdate=11 February 2012}}</ref>
|rev2score = (favourable)<ref>{{cite web |first=Mike |last=Diver |title=Review: ''Quid Pro Quo'' |publisher=[[BBC Music]] |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/mxhf |date=26 May 2011 |access-date=11 February 2012}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]''
|rev3 = ''[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]''
|rev3score = {{Rating|6|10}}<ref name="classic" >{{cite journal |title=Status Quo - Reissues |journal=[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]] |date=January 2014 |last=Staunton |first=Terry |issue=192 |page=122}}</ref>
|rev3score = {{Rating|6|10}}<ref name="classic" >{{cite journal |title=Status Quo - Reissues |journal=[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]] |date=January 2014 |last=Staunton |first=Terry |issue=192 |page=122}}</ref>
|rev4 = [[MusicOMH]]
|rev4 = [[MusicOMH]]
|rev4score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="Music OMH">{{cite web |first=Farah |last=Ishaq |title=Review: ''Quid Pro Quo |publisher=[[MusicOMH]] |url=http://www.musicomh.com/albums/status-quo_0511.htm |date=6 June 2011 |accessdate=11 February 2012}}</ref>
|rev4score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="Music OMH">{{cite web |first=Farah |last=Ishaq |title=Review: ''Quid Pro Quo'' |publisher=[[MusicOMH]] |url=http://www.musicomh.com/albums/status-quo_0511.htm |date=6 June 2011 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608102653/https://www.musicomh.com/albums/status-quo_0511.htm |archive-date=8 June 2011|access-date=29 March 2024}}</ref>
}}
}}


'''''Quid Pro Quo''''' is the twenty-ninth studio album by English rock band [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]], released in May 2011. The album debuted at number 10 in the UK charts and features 14 new songs, as well as the 2010 version of their 1986 hit "[[In the Army Now (song)|In the Army Now]]" which was re-recorded in support of the [[Help for Heroes]] and [[British Forces Foundation]] charities. The accompanying ''Official Live Bootleg'' album features 12 older songs recorded by the band in concert in [[Amsterdam]] and [[Melbourne]] in 2010. In the UK the album was only available at branches of [[Tesco]] stores for its first week before being released conventionally on the band's Fourth Chord label on 6 June 2011.<ref name="Music OMH" />
'''''Quid Pro Quo''''' is the twenty-ninth studio album by English rock band [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]], released in May 2011. The album debuted at number 10 in the [[UK Albums Chart]] and featured 14 new songs, as well as the 2010 version of their 1986 hit "[[In the Army Now (song)|In the Army Now]]" which was re-recorded in support of the [[Help for Heroes]] and [[British Forces Foundation]] charities. The accompanying ''Official Live Bootleg'' album features 12 older songs recorded by the band in concert in [[Amsterdam]] and [[Melbourne]] in 2010. In the UK the album was only available at branches of [[Tesco]] stores for its first week before being released conventionally on the band's Fourth Chord label on 6 June 2011.<ref name="Music OMH" />


The single "Rock 'n' Roll 'n' You" was initially released as a free track download from the band's official website, and was included on [[BBC Radio 2]]'s 'A' [[playlist]] from 14 May 2011 onwards. The album was Radio 2's 'Album Of The Week' for the week commencing 28 May 2011. Subsequent singles "[[Two Way Traffic]]", "Better Than That" and "The Winner" were also included on the Radio 2 'A' playlist, and "Movin' On" was placed on the Radio 2 'B' playlist.
The single "Rock 'n' Roll 'n' You" was initially released as a free track download from the band's official website, and was included on [[BBC Radio 2]]'s 'A' [[playlist]] from 14 May 2011 onwards. The album was Radio 2's 'Album Of The Week' for the week commencing 28 May 2011. Subsequent singles "[[Two Way Traffic]]", "Better Than That" and "The Winner" were also included on the Radio 2 'A' playlist, and "Movin' On" was placed on the Radio 2 'B' playlist.
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# "[[Down Down]]" (Rossi, Young) – 5:06
# "[[Down Down]]" (Rossi, Young) – 5:06
# "[[Lies (Status Quo song)|Don't Drive My Car]]" (Rossi, Bernie Frost) – 3:51
# "[[Lies (Status Quo song)|Don't Drive My Car]]" (Rossi, Bernie Frost) – 3:51
# "Hold You Back" (Rossi, Young, Parfitt) – 4:38
# "[[Rockers Rollin' / Hold You Back|Hold You Back]]" (Rossi, Young, Parfitt) – 4:38
# "[[Pictures of Matchstick Men]]" (Rossi) – 2:29
# "[[Pictures of Matchstick Men]]" (Rossi) – 2:29
# "[[Ice in the Sun]]" ([[Marty Wilde]], [[Ronnie Scott (songwriter)|Ronnie Scott]]) – 2:14
# "[[Ice in the Sun]]" ([[Marty Wilde]], [[Ronnie Scott (songwriter)|Ronnie Scott]]) – 2:14
# "Beginning of the End" (Rossi, Edwards) – 4:27
# "[[Beginning of the End (Status Quo song)|Beginning of the End]]" (Rossi, Edwards) – 4:27
# "[[Roll Over Lay Down]]" (Rossi, Young, [[Alan Lancaster]], Parfitt, [[John Coghlan (drummer)|John Coghlan]]) – 5:58
# "[[Roll Over Lay Down]]" (Rossi, Young, [[Alan Lancaster]], Parfitt, [[John Coghlan (drummer)|John Coghlan]]) – 5:58
# "[[Caroline (Status Quo song)|Caroline]]" (Rossi, Young) – 5:08
# "[[Caroline (Status Quo song)|Caroline]]" (Rossi, Young) – 5:08
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**Tim Sanders - [[tenor sax]]
**Tim Sanders - [[tenor sax]]
*Corps of Army Music, [[Kneller Hall]], [[Twickenham]] and the voice of WO Eliott Drake on track 15
*Corps of Army Music, [[Kneller Hall]], [[Twickenham]] and the voice of WO Eliott Drake on track 15
Recorded at ARSIS Studios 2010-2011
Recorded at ARSIS Studios 2010–2011


==Charts==
==Chart performance==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
|-
! Chart (2011)
! Chart (2011)
! Peak<br />position
! Peak<br />position
|-
|-
{{Album chart|Austria|26|artist=Status Quo|album=Quid Pro Quo |rowheader=true|accessdate=November 8, 2023}}
|[[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|Austrian Albums Chart]]
| style="text-align:center;"|26
|-
|-
{{album chart|Flanders|61|artist=Status Quo|album=Quid Pro Quo|rowheader=true|access-date=November 8, 2023}}
|[[Ultratop|Belgian Albums Chart]]
| style="text-align:center;"|61
|-
|-
{{album chart|Wallonia|83|artist=Status Quo|album=Quid Pro Quo|rowheader=true|access-date=November 8, 2023}}
|[[MegaCharts|Dutch Albums Chart]]
| style="text-align:center;"|32
|-
|-
{{Album chart|Netherlands|32|artist=Status Quo|album=Quid Pro Quo |rowheader=true|accessdate=November 8, 2023}}
|[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|French Albums Chart]]
| style="text-align:center;"|157
|-
|-
{{Album chart|France|157|artist=Status Quo|album=Quid Pro Quo |rowheader=true|accessdate=November 8, 2023}}
|[[Media Control Charts|German Albums Chart]]
| style="text-align:center;"|13
|-
|-
{{Album chart|Germany4|13|id=157718|artist=Status Quo|album=Quid Pro Quo |rowheader=true|accessdate=November 8, 2023}}
|[[Irish Albums Chart]]
| style="text-align:center;"|57
|-
|-
{{Album chart|Ireland2|37|artist=Status Quo|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 8, 2023}}
|[[Sverigetopplistan|Swedish Albums Chart]]
| style="text-align:center;"|32
|-
|-
{{Album chart|Scotland|8|date=20110605|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 8, 2023}}
|[[Swiss Music Charts|Swiss Albums Chart]]
| style="text-align:center;"|8
|-
|-
{{Album chart|Sweden|32|artist=Status Quo|album=Quid Pro Quo |rowheader=true|accessdate=November 8, 2023}}
|[[UK Albums Chart]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|10
{{Album chart|Switzerland|8|artist=Status Quo|album=Quid Pro Quo |rowheader=true|accessdate=November 8, 2023}}
|-
{{Album chart|UK2|10|date=20110605|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 8, 2023}}
|-
{{Album chart|UKIndependent|4|date=20110605|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 8, 2023}}
|}
|}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry |region=United Kingdom |artist=Status Quo |title=Quid Pro Quo |type=album |award=Silver|relyear=2011|certyear=2012|id=8852-1538-2}}
{{Certification Table Bottom |nosales=true}}


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Status Quo (band) albums|Quid Pro Quo]]
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Latest revision as of 17:09, 26 November 2024

Quid Pro Quo
Studio album by
Released27 May 2011
Recorded2010–2011
StudioARSIS Studios, Surrey, England
GenreHard rock, blues rock
Length53:15 (UK: 57.08)
LabelEagle Rock
ProducerFrancis Rossi, Mike Paxman
Status Quo chronology
Live at the BBC
(2010)
Quid Pro Quo
(2011)
Bula Quo!
(2013)
Singles from Quid Pro Quo
  1. "In the Army Now (2010)"
    Released: 26 September 2010
  2. "Rock 'n' Roll 'n' You"
    Released: 20 April 2011
  3. "Two Way Traffic"
    Released: 15 August 2011
  4. "Better Than That"
    Released: 28 November 2011
  5. "Movin' On"
    Released: 2 January 2012
  6. "The Winner"
    Released: 9 July 2012
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
BBC(favourable)[2]
Classic Rock[3]
MusicOMH[4]

Quid Pro Quo is the twenty-ninth studio album by English rock band Status Quo, released in May 2011. The album debuted at number 10 in the UK Albums Chart and featured 14 new songs, as well as the 2010 version of their 1986 hit "In the Army Now" which was re-recorded in support of the Help for Heroes and British Forces Foundation charities. The accompanying Official Live Bootleg album features 12 older songs recorded by the band in concert in Amsterdam and Melbourne in 2010. In the UK the album was only available at branches of Tesco stores for its first week before being released conventionally on the band's Fourth Chord label on 6 June 2011.[4]

The single "Rock 'n' Roll 'n' You" was initially released as a free track download from the band's official website, and was included on BBC Radio 2's 'A' playlist from 14 May 2011 onwards. The album was Radio 2's 'Album Of The Week' for the week commencing 28 May 2011. Subsequent singles "Two Way Traffic", "Better Than That" and "The Winner" were also included on the Radio 2 'A' playlist, and "Movin' On" was placed on the Radio 2 'B' playlist.

Track listing

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  1. "Two Way Traffic" (Francis Rossi, John Edwards) – 4:00
  2. "Rock 'n' Roll 'n' You" (Rossi, Andy Bown) – 3:32
  3. "Dust to Gold" (Rossi, Bown, Edwards) – 4:52
  4. "Let's Rock" (Rick Parfitt, Wayne Morris) – 4:28
  5. "Can't See for Looking" (Parfitt, Bown, Edwards) – 3:55
  6. "Better Than That" (Rossi, Bob Young) – 3:18
  7. "Movin' On" (Rossi, Young) – 4:05
  8. "Leave a Little Light On" (Parfitt, Morris) – 4:05
  9. "Any Way You Like It" (Bown, Alan Crook, Edwards) – 3:18
  10. "Frozen Hero" (Rossi, Bown) – 4:21
  11. "Reality Cheque" (Parfitt, Edwards) – 4:05
  12. "The Winner" (Rossi, Young) – 3:18
  13. "It's All About You" (Rossi, Young) – 2:54
  14. "My Old Ways" (Rossi, Young) – 3:04
  15. "In the Army Now" (Rob Bolland, Fred Bolland) (UK release only) – 3:53

Official Live Bootleg track listing

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  1. "Whatever You Want" (Parfitt, Bown) – 5:12
  2. "Down Down" (Rossi, Young) – 5:06
  3. "Don't Drive My Car" (Rossi, Bernie Frost) – 3:51
  4. "Hold You Back" (Rossi, Young, Parfitt) – 4:38
  5. "Pictures of Matchstick Men" (Rossi) – 2:29
  6. "Ice in the Sun" (Marty Wilde, Ronnie Scott) – 2:14
  7. "Beginning of the End" (Rossi, Edwards) – 4:27
  8. "Roll Over Lay Down" (Rossi, Young, Alan Lancaster, Parfitt, John Coghlan) – 5:58
  9. "Caroline" (Rossi, Young) – 5:08
  10. "Rockin' All Over the World" (John Cameron Fogerty) – 4:07

Deluxe Edition bonus tracks

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  1. "Paper Plane" (Rossi, Young) – 3:38
  2. "Softer Ride" (Lancaster, Parfitt) – 3:46

Personnel

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Additional personnel

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Recorded at ARSIS Studios 2010–2011

Charts

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Chart (2011) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[5] 26
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[6] 61
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[7] 83
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[8] 32
French Albums (SNEP)[9] 157
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10] 13
Irish Albums (IRMA)[11] 37
Scottish Albums (OCC)[12] 8
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[13] 32
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] 8
UK Albums (OCC)[15] 10
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[16] 4

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[17] Silver 60,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ O'Brien, Jon. Status Quo: Quid Pro Quo > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
  2. ^ Diver, Mike (26 May 2011). "Review: Quid Pro Quo". BBC Music. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
  3. ^ Staunton, Terry (January 2014). "Status Quo - Reissues". Classic Rock (192): 122.
  4. ^ a b Ishaq, Farah (6 June 2011). "Review: Quid Pro Quo". MusicOMH. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Status Quo – Quid Pro Quo" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  6. ^ "Ultratop.be – Status Quo – Quid Pro Quo" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  7. ^ "Ultratop.be – Status Quo – Quid Pro Quo" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  8. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Status Quo – Quid Pro Quo" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  9. ^ "Lescharts.com – Status Quo – Quid Pro Quo". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  10. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Status Quo – Quid Pro Quo" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  11. ^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography Status Quo". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  12. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  13. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Status Quo – Quid Pro Quo". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  14. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Status Quo – Quid Pro Quo". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  15. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  16. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  17. ^ "British album certifications – Status Quo – Quid Pro Quo". British Phonographic Industry.