Album: XS All Areas: The Greatest Hits by Status Quo (2004)
Genre: Rock & Roll | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Gritty
Record Label: Eagle Records
Format: Compilation

Description: Spanning almost 40 years of making hit records, "XS All Areas: The Greatest Hits" CD covers the history of Status Quo from psychedelic beginnings through to rock legends.

Artist Background: Status Quo are one of Britain's longest-lived bands, staying together for over 40 years. During much of that time, the band was only successful in the U.K., where it racked up a string of Top Ten singles across the decades. In America, the Quo were ignored after they abandoned psychedelia for heavy boogie rock in the early '70s. Before that, the band managed to reach number 12 in the U.S. with the psychedelic classic "Pictures of Matchstick Men" (a Top Ten hit in the U.K.). Following that sin... Part of the London, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1960s era. Associated with Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Related Artists: Sweet, Slade, Nazareth, UFO

Music Scene: Part of the London, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1960s era. Associated with Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Rock & Roll, Rock/Pop, Gritty, 2000s, Compilation, Eagle Records


Spanning almost 40 years of making hit records, "XS All Areas: The Greatest Hits" CD covers the history of Status Quo from psychedelic beginnings through to rock legends.

XS All Areas: The Greatest Hits

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