If You Can't Stand the Heat...

{{for|the Bucks Fizz song of the same name|If You Can't Stand the Heat (song)}}

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{{Infobox album

| name = If You Can't Stand The Heat...

| type = Album

| artist = Status Quo

| cover = IfYouCantStandTheHeat_StatusQuo.jpg

| alt =

| released = 27 October 1978{{Cite web |title=UK Albums 2 |url=http://www.statusquo.org.uk/pages/ukalbums2.htm |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=Statusquo.org.uk}}

| recorded = 1978

| studio = Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Holland

| venue =

| genre = Hard rock, boogie rock

| length = 37:54

| label = Vertigo

| producer = Pip Williams

| prev_title = Rockin' All Over the World

| prev_year = 1977

| next_title = Whatever You Want

| next_year = 1979

| misc = {{Singles

| name = If You Can't Stand the Heat

| type = studio

| single1 = Again and Again

| single1date = 25 August 1978{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1978/Music-Week-1978-08-26.pdf|title=Music Week|page=35}}

| single2 = Accident Prone

| single2date = 17 November 1978{{Cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Status+Quo&titel=Accident+Prone&cat=s|title=Status Quo - Accident Prone|first=Steffen|last=Hung|website=Hitparade.ch}}

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |title=If You Can't Stand the Heat Review by Robert Aniento |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/if-you-cant-stand-the-heat-mw0000480665 |website=AllMusic |access-date=19 February 2024}}

}}

If You Can't Stand the Heat... is the eleventh studio album by English rock band Status Quo. Recorded

at Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Holland, and produced by Pip Williams, it was released in October 1978 and reached number three in the UK Albums Chart. The sleeve notes that Aphex Aural Exciter was used in the recording process. Unusually for a Status Quo record, a brass section, the David Katz Horns, was used, as well as a backing vocal trio: Jacquie Sullivan, Stevie Lange, and Joy Yates.

"Again and Again" was the first single released from the album, reaching number 13 in the UK Singles Chart.

The second single released from the album was an edited version of "Accident Prone", which peaked at number 36 in the UK.