Rockin' All Over The World - STATUS QUO***

Hard Time/Can’t Give You More/Let’s Ride/Baby Boy/You Don’t Own Me/Rockers Rollin’/Rockin’ All Over The World/Who Am I/Too Far Gone/For You/Dirty Water/Hold You Back

Rockin’ All Over The World maintained the UK fan base of boogie rockers, Status Quo although there were some concerns about the direction the band were heading. Unusually, the dynamic title track UK No. 3 hit single was not one of their own compositions. (UK:5)

“A mix of boogie rock songs and poppier numbers. When both are combined to good effect, the result is surprisingly convincing.”

“A little slip in quality, and not so brilliant. That said, this is Status Quo and they certainly know how to rock. Guitars blazing, they just go rockin’ all over this world.”

“Well this is not a terrible album but it's not particularly good either, and pales in comparison to earlier releases. It just seems a bit lacklustre. So, even those songs that might've rocked hard, just don't.”

“Rockin’ All Over The World, was a lightweight pop offering with everything that made the Quo great removed. The guitars and bass were buried in the mix, the drumming was far too restrained and simply didn’t swing like the best shuffle drumming should, and the vocals seemed to have been grafted on top of the music. Worse was the inclusion of a full time keyboard player to add icy touches of synth to the proceedings.”

“Some people say that their titanic period ended with the 1976 live album, but that's not true. This album includes many great rockers, including an incredible cover of the John Fogerty penned title track.”

“When this album came out it shocked me with it's blandness, and I wondered what had changed. Then some years later I discovered the reason, this was the first album they didn't produce themselves, and it really shows.”

“Fans of the harder rocking releases will like this one less than what came earlier, but it's still a dynamic and fun release. It has a mixture of harder and poppier rock. But Quo do great pop rock, so that is not a problem, and the band were still riding high, at their peak in many ways here.”