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REVIEW BY JOHNNY BLACK IN HI FI NEWS, 2000...
Status Quo know that, having crossed the dividing line between being a rock band and being a brand-name, there's as much money to be made by parodying yourself as there is by trying to create something new. It's also easier. So here we have a parade of undeniable rock classics ('Rave On', 'Roll Over Beethoven', 'Memphis Tennessee', 'Mony Mony' etc) done exactly the way you'd expect Status Quo to do them. Displaying all the conviction of those early 70s MFP/Top OF The Pops cover-version albums that used to challenge buyers to spot the difference between the covers and the original versions, these are the depths to which my dad hoped I'd never sink. I didn't. They have.
Johnny Black
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Status Quo know that, having crossed the dividing line between being a rock band and being a brand-name, there's as much money to be made by parodying yourself as there is by trying to create something new. It's also easier. So here we have a parade of undeniable rock classics ('Rave On', 'Roll Over Beethoven', 'Memphis Tennessee', 'Mony Mony' etc) done exactly the way you'd expect Status Quo to do them. Displaying all the conviction of those early 70s MFP/Top OF The Pops cover-version albums that used to challenge buyers to spot the difference between the covers and the original versions, these are the depths to which my dad hoped I'd never sink. I didn't. They have.
Johnny Black