Backbone (Status Quo album)

Backbone
Studio album by
Status Quo
Released6 September 2019 (2019-09-06)
Recorded2018–2019
StudioARSIS Studios
GenreRock
Length40:54
Label
  • earMusic
  • Fourth Chord Records
ProducerFrancis Rossi
Status Quo chronology
Aquostic II – That's a Fact!
(2016) 		Backbone
(2019)
Singles from Backbone
  1. "Backbone"
    Released: 12 July 2019
  2. "Liberty Lane"
    Released: 9 August 2019
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Classic Rock[1]

Backbone is the 33rd studio album by British rock band Status Quo. It was released on 6 September 2019[2] and debuted at number six on the UK Albums Chart (and at top spot on the Album Sales Chart, which subtracts streaming activity from specific album purchases in all digital and physical formats).[3] It was the band's 25th UK top ten album[4] and their highest-charting album of original material[Note 1] since 1+9+8+2 (1982). Backbone also entered the Swiss album charts at number two, and the German album charts at number six, giving the band their highest album chart position in the latter, despite a long history of enduring popularity.

Frontman Francis Rossi stated in a 2022 interview with Classic Rock magazine that Backbone was likely to be Status Quo's final studio album.[5] Rossi blamed the shift to streaming as the predominant means of consuming music and called out Spotify in particular: "It’s something we’ve sweated over and they’re giving you a quarter of a penny per stream? Fuck you." He described the situation in the industry as "even worse than when we were all getting ripped off in the sixties". However, he did not write off the possibility entirely and made it clear that the band still has "one in us".

  1. ^ Davenport, Rich (September 2019). "Status Quo – Backbone". Classic Rock. p. 86.
  2. ^ Munro, Scott (12 July 2019). "Watch Status Quo show some Backbone in new video". Classic Rock. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference UK albums was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Ainsley, Helen (9 September 2019). "Post Malone on course for second UK Number 1 album". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  5. ^ Everleypublished, Dave (25 November 2022). "Francis Rossi could make another Status Quo album but he won't: you can blame Spotify". Loudersound.com. Retrieved 17 June 2024.


Cite error: There are <ref group=Note> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=Note}} template (see the help page).