Single:
Break the Rules was the only single to be released from the album Quo.
Album:
Quo entered the Australian albums chart* on 1 July 1974 and peaked at #23.
Songwriters:
Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt, Alan Lancaster, John Coghlan, Bob Young
Producer:
Status Quo
Record label of Australian release:
Vertigo
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
Quo is the seventh studio album by Status Quo and, like its predecessor Hello!, it consisted entirely of songs written or co-written by the group. The album is regarded as one of their heaviest, possibly due to the influence of bassist Alan Lancaster, who co-wrote six of the eight tracks.
The band believed the opening Backwater to be the most suitable candidate for a single. However, the only track released as a single was Break the Rules, which featured guest musicians Bob Young and Tom Parker, who played harmonica and piano respectively.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quo_(Status_Quo_album)
Lyrics:
Spent a long, long evening in a low down honky-tonk bar
Pulled a low down lady with a long black honky-tonk car
I asked no questions, I got no lies
A one off winner, I didn’t want any ties
And I knew it wasn’t right
Well, everybody has to sometimes break the rules
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