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ALBUMS

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STATUS QUO
Back To Back (Vertigo)

No, they haven't all got lumbago and grey hair. Not just yet anyway. Fifteen albums since 'Piledriver' kicked off the great Quo onslaught and the formula remains the same. And pretty damn good it is too.

Here's ten tracks from a mature band spreading their wings a little bit at a time. Everything from slow shuffles through pure blues into pounding hard rock.

The '80s Quo will never satisfy the diehards (they'll have to wait till the gigs next year) and this isn't an out and out classic. But Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without a new Quo album... know what I mean, John? Worth buying (if you haven't already that is).

James MacGregor