Bula Quo! (album)


Bula Quo is the thirtieth studio album and the first soundtrack album by English rock band Status Quo, it was released on Monday 10 June 2013. It is the last Status Quo album recorded with drummer Matt Letley, who announced his departure from the band before the album had been released.
A double album, its release coincides with the band's first feature film of the same name, and features many of the songs from that movie. In addition to nine new songs, the album also features, on its second disc, studio recordings of four of their previously released songs. One of these – "Living on an Island" – is a remake in a Fijian style, while "Rockin' All Over the World" features in a special edited version. Two further studio recordings, "Frozen Hero" and "Reality Cheque", were culled from the band's previous studio release, Quid Pro Quo.
The album also features live versions of six other previously released songs, spanning the band's entire career from "Pictures of Matchstick Men" from their debut album, Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo to "Beginning of the End". These tracks were recorded in concert during 2009 and 2010.
To promote the album, Status Quo appeared on BBC One's magazine show The One Show on Tuesday 11 June 2013.

Singles

In the June 2013, the first single from the album "Bula Bula Quo" was released as a download only, it also joined BBC Radio 2's playlist.
August features the second single Looking Out For Caroline

Reception

Liverpool Sound and Vision described the album as "reliable and still enough to make you smile" and "one for the long term fan" in a mostly positive review.

Track listing

  1. "Looking Out for Caroline" - 4:00
  2. "GoGoGo" - 4:16
  3. "Run and Hide " - 4:12
  4. "Running Inside My Head" - 3:42
  5. "Mystery Island" - 4:22
  6. "All That Money" - 3:13
  7. "Never Leave a Friend Behind" - 2:51
  8. "Fiji Time" - 3:15
  9. "Bula Bula Quo " - 3:50
  10. "Living on an Island " - 3:45
  11. "Frozen Hero" - 4:20
  12. "Reality Cheque" - 4:05
  13. "Rockin' All Over the World" " - 4:27
  14. "Caroline" - 6:19
  15. "Beginning of the End" - 4:25
  16. "Don't Drive My Car" - 3:49
  17. "Pictures of Matchstick Men" - 2:29
  18. "Whatever You Want" - 5:10
  19. "Down Down" - 5:04

    Personnel

;Status Quo
;Additional musicians
Recorded at ARSIS Studios During 2012