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'''''Never Too Late''''' is the fourteenth studio album by English rock band [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]], coproduced by the group and John Eden. Released on 13 March 1981,<ref>{{cite journal |title=Quo: second leg for UK outing |periodical=[[NME]] |publisher=[[IPC Media]] |location=London, England |page=37 |date=28 February 1981}}</ref> it had been recorded at the same sessions – at [[Windmill Lane Studios]], Dublin – as its predecessor ''[[Just Supposin']]''. It entered the UK chart at No.2.
'''''Never Too Late''''' is the fourteenth studio album by English rock band [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]], co-produced by the group and John Eden. Released on 13 March 1981,<ref>{{cite journal |title=Quo: second leg for UK outing |periodical=[[NME]] |publisher=[[IPC Media]] |location=London, England |page=37 |date=28 February 1981}}</ref> it had been recorded at the same sessions – at [[Windmill Lane Studios]], Dublin – as its predecessor ''[[Just Supposin']]''. It reached number 2 in the UK Albums Chart.


Only one single was released from the album: a cover of '[[Something 'Bout You Baby I Like]]' (previously recorded by [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]], and [[Glen Campbell]] with [[Rita Coolidge]]), backed with 'Enough Is Enough'. This was promoted with a [[music video]] directed by [[Godley and Creme]]. Towards the end of 1981, [[Rock 'n' Roll (Status Quo song)|a third single from ''Just Supposin''']] was issued.
Only one single was released from the album: a cover of '[[Something 'Bout You Baby I Like]]' (previously recorded by [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]], and [[Glen Campbell]] with [[Rita Coolidge]]), backed with 'Enough Is Enough'. This was promoted with a [[music video]] directed by [[Godley and Creme]].


This was the last album to feature the 'frantic four' formation of the band as in late 1981 drummer [[John Coghlan (drummer)|John Coghlan]] departed the band, with [[Pete Kircher]] replacing him early the following year.
This was the last album to feature drummer [[John Coghlan (drummer)|John Coghlan]], who departed the band at the end of 1981, bringing an end to Status Quo's classic "frantic four" line-up. Coghlan was replaced by [[Pete Kircher]], while [[Andy Bown]], who had been contibuting to the band for several years, was also made an official member.


"With ''Never Too Late'', we began to lose the plot," recalled singer [[Francis Rossi]]. "''[Songwriter]'' Bob Young was cleverly promoted backwards. I've since learned that he was told the band didn't want him anymore."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Dave|last=Ling|title=Again again again…|magazine=[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]] #36|date=January 2002|p=72}}</ref>
"With ''Never Too Late'', we began to lose the plot," recalled singer and guitarist [[Francis Rossi]]. "[Songwriter] Bob Young was cleverly promoted backwards. I've since learned that he was told the band didn't want him anymore."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Dave|last=Ling|title=Again again again…|magazine=[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]] #36|date=January 2002|page=72}}</ref>


==Reception==
==Reception==
{{Album ratings
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| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}} <ref name="allmusic">{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r50124}}</ref>
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| rev2 = ''[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Boogie bijoux|last=Sutcliffe|first=Phil|date=11 April 1981|magazine=[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]]|page=37}}</ref>
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[[Allmusic]]'s retrospective review was mixed, criticizing the heavy dose of keyboards in the mix but praising most of the individual songs. They commented of the album and its twin, ''[[Just Supposin']]'', that "Neither is what one would describe as a classic Quo disc, but nor are they as disposable as some of the band's later releases."<ref name="allmusic"/>
[[AllMusic]]'s retrospective review was mixed, criticizing the heavy dose of keyboards in the mix but praising most of the individual songs. They commented of the album and its twin, ''[[Just Supposin']]'', that "Neither is what one would describe as a classic Quo disc, but nor are they as disposable as some of the band's later releases."<ref name="allmusic"/>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
'''Side one'''
'''Side one'''
# "Never Too Late" ([[Francis Rossi]], Bernie Frost) - 3:59
# "Never Too Late" ([[Francis Rossi]], Bernie Frost) - 3:59
# "[[Something 'Bout You Baby I Like]]" ([[Richard Supa]]) - 2:51
# "[[Something 'Bout You Baby I Like#Status Quo cover|Something 'Bout You Baby I Like]]" ([[Richard Supa]]) - 2:51
# "Take Me Away" ([[Rick Parfitt]], [[Andy Bown]]) - 4:49
# "Take Me Away" ([[Rick Parfitt]], [[Andy Bown]]) - 4:49
# "Falling in Falling Out" (Parfitt, Bown, [[Bob Young (artist)|Bob Young]]) - 4:15
# "Falling in Falling Out" (Parfitt, Bown, [[Bob Young (artist)|Bob Young]]) - 4:15
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# "Riverside" (Rossi, Frost) - 5:04
# "Riverside" (Rossi, Frost) - 5:04


===2005 reissue bonus track===
===2005 remaster bonus track===

# "[[Rock 'n' Roll (Status Quo song)|Rock 'N' Roll]]" (single version) (Rossi, Frost)
# "[[Rock 'n' Roll (Status Quo song)|Rock 'N' Roll]]" (single version) (Rossi, Frost)


===2017 Deluxe Edition===
===2017 Deluxe Edition===
'''Disc 1'''
'''Disc 1'''
Original album track listing
# "Never Too Late" ([[Francis Rossi]], Bernie Frost)
# "[[Something 'Bout You Baby I Like]]" ([[Richard Supa]])
# "Take Me Away" ([[Rick Parfitt]], [[Andy Bown]])
# "Falling in Falling Out" (Parfitt, Bown, [[Bob Young (artist)|Bob Young]])
# "[[Carol (Chuck Berry song)|Carol]]" ([[Chuck Berry]])
# "Long Ago" (Rossi, Frost)
# "Mountain Lady" ([[Alan Lancaster]])
# "Don't Stop Me Now" (Lancaster, Bown)
# "Enough is Enough" (Rossi, Parfitt, Frost)
# "Riverside" (Rossi, Frost)


'''Disc 2'''
'''Disc 2'''
# Rock N' Roll (7" single version) (Rossi, Frost)
# "Rock N' Roll" (7" single version) (Rossi, Frost)
(Never Too Late Sampler - Austrian Flexi-Disc)
''Never Too Late'' Sampler - Austrian Flexi-Disc
# Don't Stop Me Now (Lancaster, Bown)
# "Don't Stop Me Now" (Lancaster, Bown)
# What You're Proposing (Rossi, Frost)
# "What You're Proposing" (Rossi, Frost)
# LP Overview
# LP Overview
# Something 'Bout You Baby I Like ([[Richard Supa]])
# "Something 'Bout You Baby I Like" ([[Richard Supa]])
# Something 'Bout You Baby I Like (acoustic instrumental demo) ([[Richard Supa]])
# "Something 'Bout You Baby I Like" (acoustic instrumental demo) ([[Richard Supa]])
(Live at St Austell Coliseum, Cornwall on the 7th. March 1981)
Live at St Austell Coliseum, Cornwall on 7 March 1981
# Caroline (Rossi, Young)
# "Caroline" (Rossi, Young)
# Roll Over Lay Down (Rossi, Parfitt, Lancaster, [[John Coghlan (drummer)|John Coghlan]], Young)
# "Roll Over Lay Down" (Rossi, Parfitt, Lancaster, [[John Coghlan (drummer)|John Coghlan]], Young)
# Backwater (Parfitt, Lancaster)
# "Backwater" (Parfitt, Lancaster)
# Little Lady (Parfitt)
# "Little Lady" (Parfitt)
# Don't Drive My Car (Parfitt, Bown)
# "Don't Drive My Car" (Parfitt, Bown)
# Whatever You Want (Parfitt, Bown)
# "Whatever You Want" (Parfitt, Bown)
# Hold You Back (Rossi, Parfitt, Young)
# "Hold You Back" (Rossi, Parfitt, Young)
# Something 'Bout You Baby I Like ([[Richard Supa]])
# "Something 'Bout You Baby I Like" ([[Richard Supa]])
# Rockin' All Over The World ([[John Fogerty]])
# "Rockin' All Over The World" ([[John Fogerty]])
# Over The Edge (Alan Lancaster, [[Keith Lamb (musician)|Keith Lamb]])
# "Over The Edge" (Alan Lancaster, [[Keith Lamb (musician)|Keith Lamb]])


'''Disc 3'''
'''Disc 3'''
(Live at St Austell Coliseum, Cornwall on the 7th. March 1981)
Live at St Austell Coliseum, Cornwall on 7 March 1981
# Rock N' Roll (Rossi, Frost)
# "Rock N' Roll" (Rossi, Frost)
# Dirty Water (Rossi, Young)
# "Dirty Water" (Rossi, Young)
# Forty-Five Hundred Times (Rossi, Parfitt)
# "Forty-Five Hundred Times" (Rossi, Parfitt)
# Big Fat Mama (Rossi, Parfitt)
# "Big Fat Mama" (Rossi, Parfitt)
# Don't Waste My Time (Rossi, Young)
# "Don't Waste My Time" (Rossi, Young)
# Roadhouse Blues ([[Jim Morrison]], [[John Densmore]], [[Robby Krieger]], [[Ray Manzarek]])
# "Roadhouse Blues" ([[Jim Morrison]], [[John Densmore]], [[Robby Krieger]], [[Ray Manzarek]])
# Rain (Parfitt)
# "Rain" (Parfitt)
# Down Down (Rossi, Young)
# "Down Down" (Rossi, Young)
# Bye Bye Johnny ([[Chuck Berry]])
# "Bye Bye Johnny" ([[Chuck Berry]])


== Personnel ==
== Personnel ==
;Status Quo
*[[Francis Rossi]] - [[Guitar]], [[Singing|vocals]]
*[[Rick Parfitt]] - Guitar, vocals
*[[Francis Rossi]] - [[guitar]], [[Singing|vocals]]
*[[Alan Lancaster]] - [[Bass guitar|Bass]]
*[[Rick Parfitt]] - guitar, vocals
*[[John Coghlan (drummer)|John Coghlan]] - [[Drum kit|Drums]]
*[[Alan Lancaster]] - [[Bass guitar|bass]], vocals
*[[John Coghlan (drummer)|John Coghlan]] - [[Drum kit|drums]]


;Additional personnel
;Additional personnel
*[[Andy Bown]] - [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]]
*[[Andy Bown]] - [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]]
*[[Bernie Frost]] - [[Backing vocals]]
*Bernie Frost - [[backing vocals]]

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Chart (1981)
! Peak<br/>position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=19}}</ref>
| align="center"| 33
|-
{{Album chart|Austria|9|artist=Status Quo|album=Never Too Late|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 8, 2023}}
|-
{{Album chart|Netherlands|15|artist=Status Quo|album=Never Too Late|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 8, 2023}}
|-
{{Album chart|Germany4|12|id=9296|artist=Status Quo|album=Never Too Late|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 8, 2023}}
|-
{{album chart|Norway|12|artist=Status Quo|album=Never Too Late|rowheader=true|access-date=November 8, 2023}}
|-
! scope="row"| Spanish Albums ([[Productores de Música de España|AFYVE]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Salaverri|first=Fernando|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|edition=1st|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|location=Spain|year=2005|isbn=84-8048-639-2 | language=es}}</ref>
| align="center"| 12
|-
{{Album chart|Sweden|14|artist=Status Quo|album=Never Too Late|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 8, 2023}}
|-
{{Album chart|UK2|2|date=19810322|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 8, 2023}}
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
!scope="col"|Chart (2017)
!scope="col"|Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|UKRock|25|date=20170602|rowheader=true|access-date=November 8, 2023}}
|}

==Certifications==
{{certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1981|region=France|award=Gold|certyear=1981|source=infodisc|artist=Status Quo|title=Never Too Late |access-date=4 February 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|type=album|artist=Status Quo|title=Never Too Late|relyear=1982|certyear=1982|award=Platinum|certref=<ref name="Spanish certifications 1979-1990">{{cite book|url=http://www.mediafire.com/view/x263f6daopkswo8|title=Sólo Éxitos 1959–2002 Año A Año: Certificados 1979–1990|year=2005|publisher=Iberautor Promociones Culturales|language=es|isbn=8480486392}}</ref>|access-date=12 September 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1981|region=United Kingdom|award=Gold|certyear=1981|artist=Status Quo|title=Never Too Late|id=4520-1538-2|access-date=4 February 2021}}
{{Certification Table Bottom}}


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 19:21, 14 December 2024

Never Too Late
Studio album by
Released13 March 1981
Recorded1980
StudioWindmill Lane Studios, Dublin
GenreRock
Length38:02
LabelVertigo
ProducerJohn Eden & Status Quo
Status Quo chronology
Just Supposin'
(1980)
Never Too Late
(1981)
1+9+8+2
(1982)
Singles from Never Too Late
  1. "Something 'Bout You Baby I Like"
    Released: 20 February 1981

Never Too Late is the fourteenth studio album by English rock band Status Quo, co-produced by the group and John Eden. Released on 13 March 1981,[1] it had been recorded at the same sessions – at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin – as its predecessor Just Supposin'. It reached number 2 in the UK Albums Chart.

Only one single was released from the album: a cover of 'Something 'Bout You Baby I Like' (previously recorded by Tom Jones, and Glen Campbell with Rita Coolidge), backed with 'Enough Is Enough'. This was promoted with a music video directed by Godley and Creme.

This was the last album to feature drummer John Coghlan, who departed the band at the end of 1981, bringing an end to Status Quo's classic "frantic four" line-up. Coghlan was replaced by Pete Kircher, while Andy Bown, who had been contibuting to the band for several years, was also made an official member.

"With Never Too Late, we began to lose the plot," recalled singer and guitarist Francis Rossi. "[Songwriter] Bob Young was cleverly promoted backwards. I've since learned that he was told the band didn't want him anymore."[2]

Reception

[edit]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [3]
Sounds[4]

AllMusic's retrospective review was mixed, criticizing the heavy dose of keyboards in the mix but praising most of the individual songs. They commented of the album and its twin, Just Supposin', that "Neither is what one would describe as a classic Quo disc, but nor are they as disposable as some of the band's later releases."[3]

Track listing

[edit]

Side one

  1. "Never Too Late" (Francis Rossi, Bernie Frost) - 3:59
  2. "Something 'Bout You Baby I Like" (Richard Supa) - 2:51
  3. "Take Me Away" (Rick Parfitt, Andy Bown) - 4:49
  4. "Falling in Falling Out" (Parfitt, Bown, Bob Young) - 4:15
  5. "Carol" (Chuck Berry) - 3:41

Side two

  1. "Long Ago" (Rossi, Frost) - 3:46
  2. "Mountain Lady" (Alan Lancaster) - 5:06
  3. "Don't Stop Me Now" (Lancaster, Bown) - 3:43
  4. "Enough is Enough" (Rossi, Parfitt, Frost) - 2:54
  5. "Riverside" (Rossi, Frost) - 5:04

2005 remaster bonus track

[edit]
  1. "Rock 'N' Roll" (single version) (Rossi, Frost)

2017 Deluxe Edition

[edit]

Disc 1 Original album track listing

Disc 2

  1. "Rock N' Roll" (7" single version) (Rossi, Frost)

Never Too Late Sampler - Austrian Flexi-Disc

  1. "Don't Stop Me Now" (Lancaster, Bown)
  2. "What You're Proposing" (Rossi, Frost)
  3. LP Overview
  4. "Something 'Bout You Baby I Like" (Richard Supa)
  5. "Something 'Bout You Baby I Like" (acoustic instrumental demo) (Richard Supa)

Live at St Austell Coliseum, Cornwall on 7 March 1981

  1. "Caroline" (Rossi, Young)
  2. "Roll Over Lay Down" (Rossi, Parfitt, Lancaster, John Coghlan, Young)
  3. "Backwater" (Parfitt, Lancaster)
  4. "Little Lady" (Parfitt)
  5. "Don't Drive My Car" (Parfitt, Bown)
  6. "Whatever You Want" (Parfitt, Bown)
  7. "Hold You Back" (Rossi, Parfitt, Young)
  8. "Something 'Bout You Baby I Like" (Richard Supa)
  9. "Rockin' All Over The World" (John Fogerty)
  10. "Over The Edge" (Alan Lancaster, Keith Lamb)

Disc 3 Live at St Austell Coliseum, Cornwall on 7 March 1981

  1. "Rock N' Roll" (Rossi, Frost)
  2. "Dirty Water" (Rossi, Young)
  3. "Forty-Five Hundred Times" (Rossi, Parfitt)
  4. "Big Fat Mama" (Rossi, Parfitt)
  5. "Don't Waste My Time" (Rossi, Young)
  6. "Roadhouse Blues" (Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek)
  7. "Rain" (Parfitt)
  8. "Down Down" (Rossi, Young)
  9. "Bye Bye Johnny" (Chuck Berry)

Personnel

[edit]
Status Quo
Additional personnel

Charts

[edit]
Chart (1981) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[5] 33
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6] 9
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[7] 15
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8] 12
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[9] 12
Spanish Albums (AFYVE)[10] 12
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[11] 14
UK Albums (OCC)[12] 2
Chart (2017) Peak
position
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[13] 25

Certifications

[edit]
Region Certification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP)[14] Gold 100,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[15] Platinum 100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[16] Gold 100,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Quo: second leg for UK outing". NME. London, England: IPC Media: 37. 28 February 1981.
  2. ^ Ling, Dave (January 2002). "Again again again…". Classic Rock #36. p. 72.
  3. ^ a b Never Too Late at AllMusic
  4. ^ Sutcliffe, Phil (11 April 1981). "Boogie bijoux". Sounds. p. 37.
  5. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 19. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Status Quo – Never Too Late" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  7. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Status Quo – Never Too Late" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  8. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Status Quo – Never Too Late" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  9. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Status Quo – Never Too Late". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  10. ^ Salaverri, Fernando (2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  11. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Status Quo – Never Too Late". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  12. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  13. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  14. ^ "French album certifications – Status Quo – Never Too Late" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved 4 February 2021. Select STATUS QUO and click OK. 
  15. ^ Sólo Éxitos 1959–2002 Año A Año: Certificados 1979–1990 (in Spanish). Iberautor Promociones Culturales. 2005. ISBN 8480486392.
  16. ^ "British album certifications – Status Quo – Never Too Late". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 4 February 2021.