Blue for You



Blue for You is the ninth studio album by English rock band Status Quo, released in March 1976 and is the last album until 1980's Just Supposin' that they produced themselves, which resulted in subsequent albums having a noticeably lighter, more pop oriented sound.

Rick Parfitt's "Rain", the first single from the album, reached #7 in the UK charts after its release in February 1976. Its B-side was the non-album track "You Lost the Love", written by Francis Rossi and Bob Young.

The album was released the following month. It entered the British album chart at #1 and stayed there for three weeks, making it one of their most successful long players.

An edited version of Parfitt and Young's "Mystery Song" was the second single from the album and, released in July that year, peaked at #11 a few months later. Parfitt and Lancaster'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 "Wild Side of Life", a song made famous by Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys, and written by Arlie Carter and William Warren. Its B-side was a new Rossi/Lancaster composition - "All Through the Night". The single reached #9.

Track listing

 * Side one
 * 1) "Is There a Better Way" (Francis Rossi, Alan Lancaster) - 3:31
 * 2) "Mad About the Boy" (Rossi, Bob Young) - 3:31
 * 3) "Ring of a Change" (Rossi, Young) - 4:15
 * 4) "Blue for You" (Lancaster) - 4:08
 * 5) "Rain" (Rick Parfitt) - 4:24
 * Side two
 * 1) "Rolling Home" (Rossi, Lancaster) - 3:01
 * 2) "That's a Fact" (Rossi, Young) - 4:20
 * 3) "Ease Your Mind" (Lancaster) - 3:12
 * 4) "Mystery Song" (Parfitt, Young) - 6:44

2005 reissue bonus tracks

 * 1) "You Lost the Love" (Rossi, Young)
 * 2) "Mystery Song [Single Version]" (Parfitt, Young) - 4:00
 * 3) "Wild Side of Life" (Arlie Carter, William Warren) - 3:17
 * 4) "All Through the Night" (Rossi, Lancaster)
 * 5) "Wild Side of Life [Demo Version]" (Carter, Warren)

Personnel

 * John Coghlan - drums
 * Alan Lancaster - bass, guitar, vocals
 * Rick Parfitt - guitar, keyboards, vocals
 * Francis Rossi - guitar, vocals