Back to Back (Status Quo album)
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| Released | 25 November 1983 | |||
| Recorded | 1983 | |||
| Studio | AIR (Salem, Montserrat) | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, boogie rock | |||
| Length | 32:55 | |||
| Label | Vertigo | |||
| Producer | Status Quo | |||
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| Singles from Back to Back | ||||
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Back to Back is the sixteenth studio album by English rock band Status Quo and released in November 1983. For the first time in the group's history, it featured four singles, "Ol' Rag Blues" (highest position No. 9), "A Mess of Blues", originally a hit for Elvis Presley (No. 15), "Marguerita Time" (No. 3), and "Going Down Town Tonight" (which reached No. 20 in a different, re-recorded version to the album version.) The album entered the UK chart at its highest position of No. 9.
It was the last album to feature original bass guitarist Alan Lancaster, as well as drummer Pete Kircher.