Spare Parts (album)

Spare Parts

Studio album by Status Quo

Released

September 1969

Recorded

January - September 1969 at Pye Studios

Genre

Length

41:50

Label

Pye

Producer

John Schroeder

Status Quo chronology

Singles from Status Quo
Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo (1968)	Spare Parts (1969)	Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon (1970)
"Are You Growing Tired of My Love" Released: 25 April 1969

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Spare Parts is the second album by the English rock band Status Quo, and the final one in the psychedelic vein. It is also the first in which the group's roadie Bob Young began writing and co-writing songs for and with the band.

The album covers a song written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin, "You're Just What I Was Looking for Today". Only one song was slated for a single release. This was the Anthony King written song "Are You Growing Tired of My Love", backed with the Alan Lancaster composition "So Ends Another Life". Released in April 1969 it reached no. 46 in UK singles charts.

The album was released in September 1969 but wasn't a commercial success.

Following the disappointment of the album, the band released a non-album single - the Everly Brothers' "The Price of Love", also released in September 1969, with the Francis Rossi & Rick Parfitt composition "Little Miss Nothing" as the b-side.

Track listing

"Face Without a Soul" (Rossi/Parfitt) - 3:08
"You're Just What I Was Looking for Today" (Goffin/King) - 3:50
"Are You Growing Tired of My Love" (Anthony King) - 3:37
"Antique Angelique" (Lancaster/Young) - 3:22
"So Ends Another Life" (Alan Lancaster) - 3:12
"Poor Old Man" (Francis Rossi/Rick Parfitt) - 3:36
"Mr. Mind Detector" (Anthony King) - 4:01
"The Clown" (Alan Lancaster/Bob Young/Paul Nixon) - 3:22
"Velvet Curtains" (Anthony King) - 2:56
"Little Miss Nothing" (Francis Rossi/Rick Parfitt) - 2:59
"When I Awake" (Alan Lancaster/Bob Young) - 3:49
"Nothing at All" (Alan Lancaster/Lynes/Bob Young) - 3:52

1998 Remaster bonus tracks

"The Price of Love" (Everly/Everly) - 3:41
"Josie" (DiMucci/Fasce) - 3:37
"Do You Live in Fire" (Alan Lancaster) - 2:16
"Hey Little Woman" (Previously unreleased version) (Alan Lancaster) - 3:56
"Are You growing Tired of My Love" (Anthony King) - 3:39

2003 reissue bonus tracks

"Josie" (DiMucci/Fasce) - 3:37
"Do You Live in Fire" (Lancaster) - 2:16
"Nothing At All" (demo) (Lancaster/Young/Lynes)
"The Price of Love" (Everly/Everly) - 3:41

2009 Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks

"Josie (Dion Francis DiMucci/Tony Fasce) - 3:37
"Do You Live in Fire (Alan Lancaster) - 2:16
"Face Without a Soul [Mono Version] (Parfitt/Rossi) - 3:10
"You're Just What I Was Looking for Today [Mono Version] (Goffin/King) - 3:51
"Are You Growing Tired of My Love [Mono Version] (Anthony King) - 3:40
"Antique Angelique [Mono Version] (Lancaster/Young) - 3:25
"So Ends Another Life [Mono Version] (Lancaster) - 3:13
"Poor Old Man [Mono Version] (Parfitt/Rossi) - 3:41
"Mr. Mind Detector [Mono Version] (Anthony King) - 4:03
"The Clown [Mono Version] (Lancaster/Young/Nixson) - 3:25
"Velvet Curtains [Mono Version] (Anthony King) - 3:01
"Little Miss Nothing [Mono Version] (Parfitt/Rossi) - 3:03
"When I Awake [Mono Version] (Lancaster/Young) - 3:54
"Nothing at All [Mono Version] (Lancaster/Lynes/Young) - 3:59
"Nothing at All [Demo Version] (Lancaster/Lynes/Young) - 2:23
"The Price of Love (Don Everly/Phil Everley) - 3:42

Personnel

Status Quo

Francis Rossi Rick Parfitt Andy Bown John 'Rhino' Edwards Leon Cave Alan Lancaster Jess Jaworski Alan Key John Coghlan Roy Lynes Pete Kircher Jeff Rich Matt Letley

Studio albums (UK)	Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo Spare Parts Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon Dog of Two Head Piledriver Hello! Quo On the Level Blue for You Rockin' All Over the World If You Can't Stand the Heat... Whatever You Want Just Supposin' Never Too Late 1+9+8+2 Back to Back In the Army Now Ain't Complaining Perfect Remedy Rock 'til You Drop Thirsty Work Don't Stop Under the Influence Famous in the Last Century Heavy Traffic Riffs The Party Ain't Over Yet In Search of the Fourth Chord Quid Pro Quo Bula Quo! Aquostic (Stripped Bare) Aquostic II: That's a Fact!

UK Top 20 singles	"Pictures of Matchstick Men" "Ice in the Sun" "Down the Dustpipe" "Paper Plane" "Mean Girl" "Caroline" "Break the Rules" "Down Down" "Roll Over Lay Down" "Rain" "Mystery Song" "The Wild Side of Life" "Rockin' All Over the World" "Again and Again" "Whatever You Want" "Living on an Island" "What You're Proposing" "Lies" / "Don't Drive my Car" "Something 'Bout You Baby I Like" "Rock 'n' Roll" "Dear John" "Ol' Rag Blues" "A Mess of Blues" "Marguerita Time" "Going Down Town Tonight" "The Wanderer" "Rollin' Home" "Red Sky" "In the Army Now" "Dreamin'" "Ain't Complaining" "Running All Over the World" "Burning Bridges" "The Anniversary Waltz (Parts One and Two)" "Come On You Reds" "Jam Side Down" "You'll Come 'Round" "The Party Ain't Over Yet"

Other singles	"Black Veils of Melancholy" "Make Me Stay a Bit Longer" "Are You Growing Tired of My Love" "The Price of Love" "In My Chair" "Tune to the Music" "Gerdundula" "Rockers Rollin' / Hold You Back" "Accident Prone" "She Don't Fool Me" "Who Gets the Love?" "Not at All" "Little Dreamer" "Can't Give You More" "Rock 'til You Drop" "Roadhouse Medley" "I Didn't Mean It" "Sherri, Don't Fail Me Now!" "Restless" "When You Walk in the Room" "Fun Fun Fun" "Don't Stop" "All Around My Hat" "The Way It Goes" "Little White Lies" "Twenty Wild Horses" "Mony Mony" "Old Time Rock and Roll" "All Stand Up" "Thinking of You" "All That Counts Is Love" "Beginning of the End" "It's Christmas Time" "Jump That Rock (Whatever You Want)"

See also	Status Quo discography Bob Young

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