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Still sealed French 2015 High Definition remastered edition in vinyl replica cover with OBI-strip and 5 bonus tracks

Released in March 1976, Status Quo’s ninth album was, depending upon how one viewed the last six years of relentless boogie, either the last of the band’s “classic” albums or the first step toward absolute household name-dom that the group has enjoyed ever since. In fact, of course, it was both. At its best — the punchy (and almost presciently punkish) “Is There A Better Way,” the sleazy barroom vibe of the title track, and the six-minute closer, “Mystery Song” — Blue For You married vintage Quo with a progressive eye that boded well for at least another few albums worth of quality quo-tations. Elsewhere, however, “Rolling Home,” “That’s A Fact,” and “Rain” suggested a paint-by-numbers approach that hadn’t simply isolated all the ingredients that brought the band its mass appeal, it then boiled them down to the lowest common denominator as well. The arrival, a little more than a year later, of “Rockin’ All Over The World” would unequivocally prove which option they preferred. But Blue For You proves that at least they had a choice.

Track list:
1. Is There A Better Way
2. Mad About The Boy
3. Ring Of A Change
4. Blue For You
5. Rain
6. Rolling Home
7. Thats A Fact
8. Ease Your Mind
9. Mystery Song
10. You Lost The Love
11. Mystery Song
12. Wild Side Of Life
13. All Through The Night
14. Wild Side Of Life-demo