Backbone (Status Quo album)

Backbone is the 33rd studio album by British rock band Status Quo. It was released worldwide on 6 September 2019 and debuted at no. 6 on the UK albums chart,[1] making it the band's 25th UK top ten album[2] and their highest-charting album of original material since 1982's eponymous 1+9+8+2. Backbone also entered the German and Swiss album charts at positions 6 and 2, respectively.[3] The success of Backbone in Germany rendered its album chart position the band's highest ever in the country, despite a long history of enduring popularity.

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: July 2019
  2. "Liberty Lane"
    Released: August 2019

Backbone is the first album to be released by the band since the death of rhythm guitarist Rick Parfitt, who had been credited on every prior Status Quo album. Speaking about the album, frontman Francis Rossi expressed both pride in the content and sadness regarding Parfitt's lack of involvement, saying "This new material had to be seriously good. Quo have achieved so much and meant so much to too many people for the quality to slip now[...] Losing Rick [Parfitt] was hard to bear but, through Richie Malone, who was inspired to pick up a guitar by him, we can not only keep going but actually pick up the pace." He concluded: "I wasn’t sure I had another album in me but I couldn’t be more proud of Backbone."

The title track was released as the first single, with a promo video.[4] The second single, "Liberty Lane", was released in August 2019[5] and a video was later released in September.[6] The band played "Liberty Lane" and "Cut Me Some Slack" live at various concerts in 2019 to promote the album prior to its release, which is notable for being one of the few times the band have toured new music before release.

Tracklist
  1. "Waiting for a Woman" (Francis Rossi / Robert Keith Young) – 4:28
  2. "Cut Me Some Slack" (Rossi / John "Rhino" Edwards) – 4:22
  3. "Liberty Lane" (Rossi / Edwards) – 3:42
  4. "I See You're in Some Trouble" (Rossi / Young) – 3:47
  5. "Backing Off" (Andy Bown / Rossi) – 4:12
  6. "I Wanna Run Away with You" (Rossi / Young) – 3:23
  7. "Backbone" (Rossi / Edwards) – 3:03
  8. "Better Take Care" (John David) – 3:34
  9. "Falling off the World" (Leon Cave) – 3:29
  10. "Get out of My Head" (Richie Malone) – 3:24
  11. "Running out of Time" (Bown / Rossi) – 3:29

Digipak bonus tracks
  1. "Crazy Crazy" (Rossi) – 3:18
  2. "Face the Music" (Malone) – 3:27

Personnel

Charts
Chart (2019) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7] 23
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8] 31
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[9] 21
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[10] 28
French Albums (SNEP)[11] 114
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12] 6
Irish Albums (IRMA)[13] 76
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[14] 43
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[15] 31
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 2
UK Albums (OCC)[17] 6

References
  1. "backbone - full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  2. "Post Malone on course for second UK Number 1 album". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  3. "Status Quo celebrate great chart success with "Backbone"". Edel - Music, Books & Entertainment. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  4. Munro, Scott (July 2019). "Watch Status Quo show some Backbone in new video". Classic Rock Magazine. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  5. Thorley, Andy (10 August 2019). "QUO: STILL TAKING LIBERTIES". Maximum Volume Music. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  6. Status Quo: Liberty Lane, retrieved 16 July 2020
  7. "Austriancharts.at – Status Quo – Backbone" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  8. "Ultratop.be – Status Quo – Backbone" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  9. "Ultratop.be – Status Quo – Backbone" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  10. "Dutchcharts.nl – Status Quo – Backbone" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  11. "Lescharts.com – Status Quo – Backbone". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  12. "Offiziellecharts.de – Status Quo – Backbone" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  13. "Irish-charts.com – Discography Status Quo". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  14. "Spanishcharts.com – Status Quo – Backbone". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  15. "Swedishcharts.com – Status Quo – Backbone". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  16. "Swisscharts.com – Status Quo – Backbone". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  17. "Status Quo | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
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