Quid Pro Quo (album)

For the Brett Garsed and TJ Helmerich album, see Brett Garsed.

Quid Pro Quo
Studio album by
Status Quo
Released27 May 2011 (Europe & World)
30 May 2011 (UK)
Recorded2010–2011
StudioARSIS Studios, Surrey, England
GenreHard rock, blues rock
Length53:15 (UK: 57.08)
LabelEagle Rock
ProducerFrancis Rossi, Mike Paxman
Status Quo chronology
In Search of the Fourth Chord
(2007) 		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.

  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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)