Description

Original 1989 Dutch pressing

Bearing in mind that almost anything Status Quo chose to do could only be a vast improvement on their last album, Aint Complaining, Perfect Remedy was very well titled — and that despite being far from perfect itself. Indeed, Tommys In Love is arguably the worst song the band had ever recorded, while Not At All only sprang to attention when it became the band’s worst performing 45 since the very early 70s. It’s also worth remembering that, while the album does abandon its predecessor’s attempt to locate a new band sound, that’s only because it thinks it has found one, in the form of producer Pip Williams slick, country-rock approach. It has a little more in common with some of the band’s efforts from the early ’80s (Living On An Island would have fit nicely in here), but still you can’t help wondering what was wrong with the band’s own sound? And how long before they get back to it?

Track list:
1. Little Dreamer
2. Not At All
3. Heart On Hold
4. Perfect Remedy
5. Address Book
6. The Power Of Rock
7. The Way I Am
8. Tommy’s In Love
9. Man Overboard
10. Going Down For The First Time
11. Throw Her A Line
12. 1000 Years