Status Quo discography

This is the discography of the British rock band Status Quo. They have released around 100 singles and have spent over 400 weeks in the UK Singles Chart.[1] They have spent over 500 weeks in the UK Albums Chart[2] and are one of the most successful bands of all time in the UK. Their most recent album, Backbone, was released in 2019.

Status Quo discography
Status Quo at the Colston Hall, Bristol on 15 November 2005
Studio albums33
Live albums10
Compilation albums9
Singles85

For a full list of the band's songs, see List of songs by Status Quo.

Albums

Year Album Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[3]
AUT SWI
[4]
GER
[5]
NLD
[6]
NOR SWE FRA
[7]
AUS[8] NZ
1968 Picturesque Matchstickable
Messages from the Status Quo
  • Label: PYE Records
  • Formats: LP
8 12
1969 Spare Parts
  • Label: PYE Records
  • Formats: LP
4 104
1970 Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon
  • Label: PYE Records
  • Formats: LP
70
1971 Dog of Two Head
  • Label: PYE Records
  • Formats: LP
40 14 12
1972 Piledriver
5 12 31 23 10 15
1973 Hello!
  • Label: Vertigo
  • Formats: LP, 8-track, Cassette
1 7 6 37 12 6 5 35 19 38
1974 Quo
  • Label: Vertigo
  • Formats: LP, 8-track, Cassette
2 10 12 21 14 6 8 20 23 25
1975 On the Level
  • Label: Vertigo
  • Formats: LP, 8-track, Cassette
1 4 1 11 1 4 3 1 2 12
1976 Blue for You
  • Label: Vertigo
  • Formats: LP, 8-track, Cassette
1 3 1 15 2 2 3 4 3 9
1977 Rockin' All Over the World
  • Label: Vertigo
  • Formats: LP, 8-track, Cassette
5 24 5 7 9 16 19 8 14 29
1978 If You Can't Stand the Heat...
  • Label: Vertigo
  • Formats: LP, 8-track, Cassette
3 20 8 11 8 18 15 20 21 21
1979 Whatever You Want
  • Label: Vertigo
  • Formats: LP, Cassette
3 16 5 9 7 21 18 9 22 40
1980 Just Supposin'
  • Label: Vertigo
  • Formats: LP, Cassette
4 6 3 14 6 22 26 10 31
1981 Never Too Late
  • Label: Vertigo
  • Formats: LP, Cassette
2 9 5 12 15 12 14 20 33
1982 1+9+8+2
  • Label: Vertigo
  • Formats: LP, Cassette
1 16 5 29 15 7 21 27 60
1983 Back to Back
  • Label: Vertigo
  • Formats: LP, Cassette
9 25 20 60 26 18 38 56 97
1986 In the Army Now
  • Label: Vertigo
  • Formats: LP, Cassette, CD
7 12 1 14 50 6 12 16 87
1988 Ain't Complaining
  • Label: Vertigo
  • Formats: LP, Cassette, CD
12 11 5 33 54 13 19 67 15
1989 Perfect Remedy
  • Label: Vertigo
  • Formats: LP, Cassette, CD
49 26 40
1991 Rock 'til You Drop
  • Label: Vertigo
  • Formats: CD, LP, Cassette
10 26 18 16 22 39
1994 Thirsty Work
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, Cassette, LP
13 10 72 87 20 6 94
1996 Don't Stop: The 30th Anniversary Album
  • Label: Polygram
  • Formats: CD, Cassette, LP
2 28 42 88 12 14 21
1999 Under the Influence
  • Label: Eagle Records
  • Formats: CD, Cassette, LP
26 28 56 81 76
2000 Famous in the Last Century
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Formats: CD, Cassette
19 56 46 2 20
2002 Heavy Traffic
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Formats: CD, Cassette
15 21 35 75 30 48
2003 Riffs
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Format: CD
44
2005 The Party Ain't Over Yet
  • Label: Sanctuary Records
  • Formats: CD, LP
18 21 19 65 17 184
2007 In Search of the Fourth Chord
  • Label: Fourth Chord Records
  • Formats: CD, LP
15 18 22 71 13 142
2011 Quid Pro Quo
  • Label: earMusic
  • Formats: CD, LP
10 26 8 13 32 32 157
2013 Bula Quo!
  • Label: Fourth Chord Records
  • Formats: CD, LP
10 27 13 17 41 27 121
2014 Aquostic: Stripped Bare
  • Label: Fourth Chord Records
  • Formats: CD, LP
5 33 4 15 26 43 183
2016 Aquostic II: That's a Fact![13]
  • Label: Fourth Chord Records
  • Formats: CD, LP
7 37 13 26 50
2019 Backbone
  • Label: earMusic
  • Formats: CD, LP
6 23 2 6 28 31
[14]
114
[15]
98
[16]

Compilation albums

Year Album Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK AUT CHE GER NLD NOR SWE FRA AU NZ
1969 Status Quo-Tations
1973 The Best of Status Quo
10
1976 The Rest of Status Quo
1980 12 Gold Bars
3 10 4 8 26 22 7 14 14 22
1982 From the Makers of...
  • Label: Vertigo
  • Format: 3xLP
4
1984 12 Gold Bars Vol. 2
  • Label: Vertigo
  • Formats: LP, Cassette
12 8 53 80
1990 Rocking All Over the Years
  • Label: Vertigo
  • Formats: 2xLP, CD, Double Cassette
2 14 12 41 20 14 20 9 10 23
  • UK: 2× Platinum[10]
1997 Whatever You Want - The Very Best of Status Quo
  • Label: Polygram
  • Formats: 2xCD, Double Cassette
13 18 8 71
2004 XS All Areas – The Greatest Hits
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Formats: 2xCD
16 33 16 5 35
2008 Pictures - 40 Years of Hits
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Formats: 2xCD, USB
8 29 2 112
2015 Accept No Substitute! The Definitive Hits
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Formats: 3xCD, 2xLP
21
    2016 Whatever You Want: The Essential Status Quo
    • Label: Spectrum Music
    • Formats: 3xCD
    90
    2017 Keep 'Em Coming! The Collection
    • Label: Music Club Deluxe
    • Formats: 2xCD
    70

    Live albums

    Year Album Peak chart positions Certifications
    (sales thresholds)
    UK AUT SWI GER NLD NOR SWE FRA AU NZ
    1977 Live!
    3 20 2 3 7 4 9 10 6 40
    1977 Tokyo Quo
    • Label: Vertigo
    • Formats: LP
    • Note: Japan-only release
    1984 Live at the N.E.C.
    • Label: Vertigo
    • Formats: LP, Cassette
    83 43 45
    1992 Live Alive Quo
    • Label: Vertigo
    • Formats: CD, Cassette, LP
    37
    2010 Live at the BBC
    • Label: Mercury
    • Format: CD
    176
    2013 Back 2 SQ.1 -
    The Frantic Four Reunion
    • Label: Abbey Road
    • Formats: CD, LP
    37 79 22 75 187
    2014 The Frantic Four's Final Fling -
    Live at the Dublin O2 Arena
    • Label: Abbey Road
    • Formats: CD, LP
    34 58 36 68
    2015 Aquostic! Live at the Roundhouse
    • Label: BBC Records
    • Formats: CD, LP
    2017 The Last Night of the Electrics[18]
    • Label: Fourth Chord Records
    • Formats: CD, LP
    24 17 10 93
    2018 Down Down & Dirty at Wacken
    • Label: Fourth Chord Records
    • Formats: CD, LP
    15 23
    Down Down & Dignified at The Royal Albert Hall
    • Label: Fourth Chord Records
    • Formats: CD, LP
    35 66

    Singles

    Year Single Peak chart positions Album
    UK
    [19]
    AUS
    [8]
    AUT
    [20]
    BE (FLA)
    [21]
    ESP
    [22]
    GER
    [23]
    IRE
    [24]
    NL 40
    [25]
    NL 100
    [26]
    NOR
    [27]
    NZ
    [28]
    SWE
    [29]
    SWI
    [30]
    US
    [31]
    As The Spectres
    September 1966"I (Who Have Nothing)" non-album single
    November 1966"Hurdy Gurdy Man"
    February 1967"(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet"
    As The Traffic Jam
    June 1967"Almost but Not Quite There" non-album single
    As The Status Quo
    January 1968"Pictures of Matchstick Men"71918 74 37512Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo
    April 1968"Black Veils of Melancholy" 3618
    September 1968"Ice in the Sun"84819 171724 70
    November 1968"Technicolour Dreams"
    February 1969"Make Me Stay a Bit Longer" non-album single
    As Status Quo
    May 1969"Are You Growing Tired of My Love"46 Spare Parts
    October 1969"The Price of Love"
    March 1970"Down the Dustpipe"1228 11 non-album single
    October 1970"In My Chair"21 38
    March 1971"Tune to the Music"
    November 1972"Paper Plane"8 4211 20Piledriver
    April 1973"Mean Girl"20 4014 14Dog of Two Head
    July 1973"Gerdundula" 16
    August 1973"Caroline"531 3611 Hello!
    April 1974"Break the Rules"8 18 Quo
    November 1974"Down Down"14141 721 182On the Level
    May 1975"Roll Over Lay Down" (live)935 152 273320non-album single
    February 1976"Rain"74010 27145 58Blue for You
    July 1976"Mystery Song"1121 3813 1513
    December 1976"Wild Side of Life"9822 151218 18non-album single
    September 1977"Rockin' All Over The World"3122218 7113 11293-Rockin' All Over the World
    November 1977"Rockers Rollin'" / "Hold You Back"
    (Double A-side; not released in the UK)
    15 308 6
    August 1978"Again and Again"1328 18510 98If You Can't Stand the Heat...
    November 1978"Accident Prone"3615 1913 10
    September 1979"Whatever You Want"422114 21255 5Whatever You Want
    November 1979"Living on an Island"1662 283812 25
    October 1980"What You're Proposing"26247 3327 42Just Supposin'
    November 1980"Lies" / "Don't Drive My Car"
    (Double A-Side in the UK only)
    11931 381035 24
    February 1981"Something 'Bout You Baby I Like"989 849737 15910Never Too Late
    November 1981"Rock 'n' Roll"833 10325 20Just Supposin'
    March 1982"Dear John"1018 1022 241+9+8+2
    June 1982"She Don't Fool Me"36
    October 1982"Caroline" (live)13 12 non-album single
    September 1983"Ol' Rag Blues"931 47721 2017Back to Back
    November 1983"A Mess of Blues"15 12
    December 1983"Marguerita Time"3 527 3523
    May 1984"Going Down Town Tonight"20 14
    October 1984"The Wanderer"7549 34 610non-album single
    May 1986"Rollin' Home"9 1 43910In the Army Now
    July 1986"Red Sky"19 5 29
    September 1986"In the Army Now"2115 21111 15261
    November 1986"Dreamin'"15 2011 17
    July 1987"The Quo Cake Mix"
    (12" single B-side of "Dreamin'"; only released in Spain as A-side)
    13 non-album single
    March 1988"Ain't Complaining"195 398 21Ain't Complaining
    May 1988"Who Gets the Love?"34 27
    August 1988"Running All Over the World"17 489 non-album single
    December 1988"Burning Bridges (On and Off and On Again)"5 8 Ain't Complaining
    October 1989"Not at All"50 Perfect Remedy
    December 1989"Little Dreamer"76
    September 1990"The Anniversary Waltz - Part One"2913 1734 5301012non-album single
    December 1990"The Anniversary Waltz - Part Two"1633 14 66
    August 1991"Can't Give You More"37 34Rock 'til You Drop
    January 1992"Rock 'til You Drop"38
    September 1992"Roadhouse Medley (Anniversary Waltz - Part 25)"21 27 Live Alive Quo
    July 1994"I Didn't Mean It"21 23 21Thirsty Work
    October 1994"Sherri, Don't Fail Me Now!"38
    November 1994"Restless"39
    October 1995"When You Walk in the Room"34 Don't Stop: The 30th Anniversary Album
    February 1996"Fun Fun Fun"
    (Released as Status Quo with The Beach Boys)
    24 81
    March 1996"Don't Stop"35
    October 1996"All Around My Hat"
    (Released as Status Quo and Maddy Prior from Steeleye Span)
    47
    March 1999"The Way It Goes"39 62Under the Influence
    June 1999"Little White Lies"47 73
    September 1999"Twenty Wild Horses"53 96
    May 2000"Mony Mony"48 Famous in the Last Century
    November 2000"Old Time Rock and Roll"83
    August 2002"Jam Side Down"17 Heavy Traffic
    October 2002"All Stand Up (Never Say Never)"51
    September 2004"You'll Come 'Round"14 non-album single
    November 2004"Thinking of You"21
    September 2005"The Party Ain't Over Yet"11 90 The Party Ain't Over Yet
    October 2005"All That Counts Is Love"29
    September 2007"Beginning of the End"48 In Search of the Fourth Chord
    December 2008"It's Christmas Time"40 non-album single
    December 2008"Jump That Rock (Whatever You Want)"
    (Released as Scooter vs Status Quo)
    5719 11 9179Jumping All Over the World - Whatever You Want
    September 2010"In the Army Now (2010)"
    (Released as Status Quo with The Corps Of Army Music Choir
    31 non-album single
    April 2011"Rock 'n' Roll 'n' You" * Quid Pro Quo
    August 2011"Two Way Traffic" *
    November 2011"Better Than That" *
    January 2012"Movin' On" *
    July 2012"The Winner" * non-album single
    June 2013"Bula Bula Quo!" * Bula Quo! Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
    August 2013"Looking Out for Caroline" *129
    October 2013"Go Go Go" *
    October 2014"And It's Better Now" * Aquostic (Stripped Bare)
    December 2014"Pictures of Matchstick Men" *
    February 2015"Paper Plane" *
    May 2015"Break the Rules" *
    September 2016"That's a Fact" * Aquostic II: That's a Fact!
    November 2016"Hold You Back" *
    July 2019"Backbone" * Backbone
    August 2019"Liberty Lane" *
    = single that did not chart or was not released in that country
    * = Download only release

    Music videos

    Year Title Media Director
    1968 "Ice in the Sun" B&W Film
    1968 "Technicolour Dreams" B&W Film
    1970 "Down the Dustpipe" Colour Film
    1970 "In My Chair" Colour Film
    1971 "Tune to the Music" Colour Film
    1972 "Paper Plane" Colour Film
    1975 "Down Down" Colour Film
    1975 "Roll Over Lay Down" Colour VT
    1976 "Rain" Colour VT
    1976 "Mystery Song" Colour VT
    1976 "Wild Side of Life" Colour VT
    1976 "Is There a Better Way" Colour VT
    1977 "Rockin All Over the World" Colour VT
    1977 "Rockers Rollin" Colour Film
    1978 "Again and Again" Colour Film
    1978 "Someone Show Me Home" Colour Film
    1978 "Accident Prone" Colour Film
    1978 "Let Me Fly" Colour Film
    1979 "Whatever You Want" Colour VT
    1979 "Who Asked You" Colour VT
    1979 "Living on an Island" Colour VT
    1979 "Runaway" Colour VT
    1980 "What You're Proposing" Colour VT
    1980 "Lies" Colour VT
    1980 "Don't Drive My Car" Colour VT
    1981 "Something 'Bout You Baby I Like" Colour VT Godley & Creme
    1981 "Rock 'n' Roll" Colour VT
    1982 "Dear John" Colour VT
    1983 "Ol Rag Blues" Colour VT
    1983 "A Mess of Blues" Colour Film Nigel Dick
    1983 "Marguerita Time" Colour Film
    1984 "Going Down Town Tonight" Colour Film
    1984 "The Wanderer" Colour Film Sebastian Harris
    1986 "Rollin Home" Colour Film
    1986 "Red Sky" Colour Film
    1986 "In The Army Now" B&W/ Colour Film
    1986 "Dreamin" Colour Film
    1988 "Ain't Complaining" Colour Film Terry Bulley
    1988 "Who Gets the Love" Colour Film Mike Brady
    1988 "Running All Over the World" Colour Film
    1988 "Burning Bridges" Colour Film
    1989 "Not At All" Colour Film
    1989 "Little Dreamer" Colour Film
    1990 "The Anniversary Waltz - Part One" Colour Film
    1990 "The Anniversary Waltz - Part Two" Colour Film
    1992 "Rock Till You Drop" Colour Film
    1994 "Come On You Reds" Colour Film
    1994 "I Didn't Mean It" Colour Film
    1994 "Sherri Don't Fail Me Now" Colour Film
    1994 "Restless" B&W/ Colour Film
    1995 "When You Walk in the Room" B&W/ Colour Film
    1996 "Fun, Fun, Fun" B&W/ Colour VT
    1996 "All Around My Hat" Colour VT
    1999 "The Way It Goes" Colour Film
    2002 "Jam Side Down" Colour Film
    2004 "You'll Come Round" Colour Film
    2004 "Thinking of You" Colour Film
    2005 "The Party Ain't Over Yet" Colour Film
    2005 "All That Counts Is Love" Colour Film
    2007 "Beginning of the End" Colour VT
    2008 "Jump That Rock (Whatever You Want)" Colour VT Marc Schölermann
    2008 "It's Christmas Time" Colour VT
    2010 "In The Army Now - Reissue" Colour VT
    2011 "Rock 'n' Roll 'n' You" Colour VT
    2011 "Two Way Traffic" B&W VT
    2012 "Down Down (Prices Are Down" Colour VT
    2013 "Bula Bula Quo" Colour VT
    2013 "Looking Out for Caroline" Colour VT
    2013 "Go, Go, Go" B&W VT
    2014 "Rockin All Over The World - Aquostic Stripped Bare" Colour VT

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