''Spare Parts'' is the second studio album by the English rock band

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, and their final one in the psychedelic vein. It is the first album to feature songwriting contributions from the band's road manager Bob Young. Released in September 1969, it was not a commercial success. The only single released from the album was the Anthony King–written song "Are You Growing Tired of My Love", backed with the

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composition "So Ends Another Life". Released in April 1969, it reached no. 46 on the UK singles charts. At the same time as the album's release in September 1969, the band released a non-album single – the

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' "The Price of Love" with the album track "Little Miss Nothing", written by

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and

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, as the

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Track listing

;Side one #"Face Without a Soul" (

) - 3:08 #"You're Just What I Was Looking for Today" (

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) - 3:50 #"Are You Growing Tired of My Love" (Anthony King) - 3:37 #"Antique Angelique" (

, Bob Young) - 3:22 #"So Ends Another Life" (Lancaster) - 3:12 #"Poor Old Man" (Rossi, Parfitt) - 3:36 ;Side two #"Mr. Mind Detector" (A. King) - 4:01 #"The Clown" (Lancaster, Young, Paul Nixon) - 3:22 #"Velvet Curtains" (A. King) - 2:56 #"Little Miss Nothing" (Rossi, Parfitt) - 2:59 #"When I Awake" (Lancaster, Young) - 3:49 #"Nothing at All" (Lancaster, Roy Lynes, Young) - 3:52

1998 remaster bonus tracks

#" The Price of Love" ( Don Everly, Phil Everly) - 3:41 #"Josie" (Dion Francis DiMucci, Tony Fasce) - 3:37 #"Do You Live in Fire" (Lancaster) - 2:16 #"Hey Little Woman" (Previously unreleased version) (Lancaster) - 3:56 #"Are You Growing Tired of My Love" (Original mono version) (A. King) - 3:39

2003 reissue bonus tracks

#"Josie" (DiMucci, Fasce) - 3:37 #"Do You Live in Fire" (Lancaster) - 2:16 #"Nothing At All" (demo) (Lancaster, Young, Lynes) #"The Price of Love" (D. Everly, P. Everly) - 3:41

2009 Deluxe Edition bonus tracks

#"Josie" (DiMucci, Fasce) - 3:37 #"Do You Live in Fire" (Lancaster) - 2:16 #"Face Without a Soul" ono Version(Parfitt, Rossi) - 3:10 #"You're Just What I Was Looking for Today" ono Version(Goffin, King) - 3:51 #"Are You Growing Tired of My Love" ono Version(A. King) - 3:40 #"Antique Angelique" ono Version(Lancaster, Young) - 3:25 #"So Ends Another Life" ono Version(Lancaster) - 3:13 #"Poor Old Man" ono Version(Parfitt, Rossi) - 3:41 #"Mr. Mind Detector" ono Version(A. King) - 4:03 #"The Clown" ono Version(Lancaster, Young, Nixon) - 3:25 #"Velvet Curtains" ono Version(A. King) - 3:01 #"Little Miss Nothing" ono Version(Parfitt, Rossi) - 3:03 #"When I Awake" ono Version(Lancaster, Young) - 3:54 #"Nothing at All" ono Version(Lancaster, Lynes, Young) - 3:59 #"Nothing at All" emo Version(Lancaster, Lynes, Young) - 2:23 #"The Price of Love" (D. Everly, P. Everley) - 3:42

Personnel

;Status Quo *

–

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– guitar, vocals *

–

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, vocals * John Coghlan –

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* Roy Lynes –

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, vocals

References

{{Authority control Status Quo (band) albums 1969 albums Pye Records albums Psychedelic rock albums by English artists