If You Can't Stand the Heat... explained

If You Can't Stand The Heat...
Type:Album
Artist:Status Quo
Cover:IfYouCantStandTheHeat_StatusQuo.jpg
Released:27 October 1978[1]
Recorded:1978
Studio:Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Holland
Genre:Hard rock, boogie rock
Length:37:54
Label:Vertigo
Producer:Pip Williams
Prev Title:Rockin' All Over the World
Prev Year:1977
Next Title:Whatever You Want
Next Year:1979

If You Can't Stand the Heat... is the eleventh studio album by English rock band Status Quo. Recordedat Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Holland, and produced by Pip Williams, it was released in October 1978 and reached number three in the UK Albums Chart. The sleeve notes that Aphex Aural Exciter was used in the recording process, thus contributing to a more atmospheric sound than its predecessor, Rockin' All Over The World. Unusually for a Status Quo record, a brass section, the David Katz Horns, was used, as well as a backing vocal trio: Jacquie Sullivan, Stevie Lange, and Joy Yates.

"Again and Again" was the first single to be released from the album and managed to reach number 13 in the UK Singles Chart.

The second single to be released from the album was an edited version of "Accident Prone" which peaked at number 36 in the UK.

Track listing

  1. "Again and Again" (Rick Parfitt, Andy Bown, Jackie Lynton) — 3:41
  2. "I'm Giving Up My Worryin'" (Francis Rossi, Bernie Frost) — 3:02
  3. "Gonna Teach You to Love Me" (Alan Lancaster, Michael Green) — 3:11
  4. "Someone Show Me Home" (Rossi, Frost) — 3:49
  5. "Long Legged Linda" (Bown) — 3:29
  6. "Oh, What a Night" (Parfitt, Bown) — 3:46
  7. "Accident Prone" (Pip Williams, Peter Hutchins) — 5:08
  8. "Stones" (Lancaster) — 3:53
  9. "Let Me Fly" (Rossi, Frost) — 4:25
  10. "Like a Good Girl" (Rossi, Robert Young) — 3:26

2005 reissue bonus track

  1. "Accident Prone" (single version) (Williams, Hutchins)

Personnel

Status Quo

Additional musicians

Charts

Chart (1978-1979)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[2] 21
French Albums (SNEP)[3] 20

Notes and References

  1. Web site: UK Albums 2 . 2022-10-21 . Statusquo.org.uk.
  2. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6.
  3. Web site: Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artiste – S . Infodisc.fr . fr . 9 June 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141022124902/http://infodisc.fr/Album_A.php . 22 October 2014 . Select Status Quo from the menu, then press OK.