''12 Gold Bars'' is a 1980 compilation album by English rockers
Status Quo
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. It achieved number 3 in the UK charts and remained in the charts for 48 weeks. This was longer than any other Quo album.
All the songs featured on the album were hit singles during the period 1972–1979.
It was followed up by ''
12 Gold Bars Vol. 2'' in 1984.
Track listing
*Note: on the UK cassette version of the album, sides one and two were reversed.
*Note: the Australian & New Zealand version alternated "Paper Plane" and "Rain" with each other
Side one
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Rockin' All Over the World
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John Fogerty
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Down Down
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Francis Rossi
Francis Dominic Nicholas Michael Rossi, (born 29 May 1949) is an English musician. He is the co-founder, lead singer, lead guitarist and the sole continuous member of the rock band Status Quo.
Early life
Rossi was born on 29 May 1949 in Fo ...
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Bob Young) – 3:50
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Caroline" (Rossi/Young) – 3:44
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Paper Plane
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" (Rossi/Young) – 2:56
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Break the Rules" (Rossi/Young/
Rick Parfitt
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Parfitt began his career in the early 1960s, playing in p ...
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Alan Lancaster
Alan Charles Lancaster (7 February 1949 – 26 September 2021) was an English musician, best known as a founding member and bassist of the rock band Status Quo, playing with the band from 1967 to 1985, with brief reunions in 2013 and 2014. As wel ...
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John Coghlan) – 3:40
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Again and Again" (Parfitt/
Andy Bown
Andrew Steven Bown (born 27 March 1946) is an English musician, who has specialised in keyboards and bass guitar. He is a member of the rock band Status Quo.
Career
Bown's first major band was The Herd, along with Peter Frampton. After The H ...
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Side two
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Mystery Song
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The song concerns a young man's encounter with a prostitute. The A-side and B-side, B- ...
" (Parfitt/Young) – 3:59
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Roll Over Lay Down
"Roll Over Lay Down" is a song by the British Rock band Status Quo (band), Status Quo that was first released on the album ''Hello! (album), Hello!'' in 1973.
It was later released as the A-side of a live EP, ''Quo Live'' in 1975. It was release ...
" (Rossi/Young/Lancaster/Parfitt/Coghlan) – 5:43
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Rain
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Wild Side of Life
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Whatever You Want" (Parfitt/Bown) – 4:02
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Living on an Island" (Parfitt/Young) – 3:47
Charts
Certifications
References
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1980 compilation albums
Status Quo (band) compilation albums