''Blue for You'' is the ninth studio album by English

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. It was released in March 1976, and is the last album until 1980's ''

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'' that the band produced themselves.

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's "

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", the first single from the album, reached number 7 in the UK Singles Chart after its release in February 1976. Its B-side was the non-album track "You Lost the Love", written by

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and Bob Young. The album was released the following month. It entered the

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at number 1 and stayed there for three weeks, making it one of their most successful albums. In the US, the album was self-titled ''Status Quo'' and had a different album cover. An edited version of Parfitt and Young's "

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", released in July that year, was the second single from the album, and peaked at number 11 a few months later. Parfitt and

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's "Drifting Away", from their 1974 album '' Quo'', served as the single's B-side. In December that year the band decided to release a cover of "

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", a song made famous by Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys, and written by Arlie Carter and William Warren, as a non-album single. Its B-side was a new Rossi/Lancaster composition, "All Through the Night". The single reached number 9 in the UK.

Track listing

2005 remaster bonus tracks

"You Lost the Love" (Rossi, Young) # "Mystery Song

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(Parfitt, Young) - 4:00 # "

" (Arlie Carter, William Warren) - 3:17 # "All Through the Night" (Rossi, Lancaster) # "Wild Side of Life

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(Carter, Warren)

2017 deluxe edition bonus tracks

# "You Lost the Love" (Rossi, Young) - 3:01 # "Mystery Song

(Parfitt, Young) - 4:00 # "

" (Arlie Carter, William Warren) - 3:17 # "All Through the Night" (Rossi, Lancaster) - 3:17 # "Wild Side of Life

(Carter, Warren) - 3:52 # "Most of the Time

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(Rossi, Young) - 3:20 # "Roadhouse Blues

(Morrison, Krieger, Densmore, Manzarek) - 12:47 # "Bye Bye Johnny

(Berry) - 6:37 # "Caroline

(Rossi, Young) - 4:36 # "In My Chair

(Rossi, Young) - 4:36 # "Roll Over Lay Down

(Rossi, Young, Parfitt, Lancaster, Coghlan) - 6:09 # "Is There a Better Way

(Rossi, Lancaster) - 3:43 # "Rain

(Parfitt) - 4:37 # "Honky Tonk Angel

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(Carter, Warren) - 3:51 Tracks 6 & 7 recorded live in Stoke 1975 Tracks 8–13 recorded live in Osaka 1976 Tracks 5 and 14 are the same recording

Personnel

;Status Quo * John Coghlan - drums *

- bass, guitar, vocals *

- guitar, keyboards, vocals *

- guitar, vocals with: *

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- piano on "Mad About the Boy" and "Ease Your Mind" * Bob Young - harmonica on "Rolling Home"

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

* Status Quo (band) albums 1976 albums Capitol Records albums Vertigo Records albums {{1970s-rock-album-stub