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Rockin' All Over the World (album)

{{short description|1977 album by Status Quo}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Rockin' All Over The World

| type = Album

| artist = Status Quo

| cover = Rockin'_all_over_the_world.jpg

| alt =

| released = 11 November 1977

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Hard rock

| length = 45:19

| label = Vertigo (UK)
Capitol (USA)

| producer = Pip Williams

| prev_title = Live!

| prev_year = 1977

| next_title = If You Can't Stand the Heat...

| next_year = 1978

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Rockin' All Over the World

| type = studio

| single1 = Rockin' All Over the World

| single1date = 30 September 1977 {{Cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Status+Quo&titel=Rockin%27+All+Over+The+World&cat=s|title=Status Quo - Rockin' All Over The World|first=Steffen|last=Hung|website=Hitparade.ch}}

| single2 = Rockers Rollin'" / "Hold You Back

| single2date = 1977 (EU)

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/rockin-all-over-the-world-mw0000456405|title=Rockin' All Over the World - Status Quo | Album |website=AllMusic}}

|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide

|rev2Score = B+{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: S|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=S&bk=70|access-date=13 March 2019|via=Robertchristgau.com}}

| noprose = yes

}}

Rockin' All Over the World is the tenth studio album by British band Status Quo. It is their first to be produced by Pip Williams. Released in November 1977, it reached #5 in the UK.{{cite web |url= http://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/rockin'-all-over-the-world/|title= Official albums Chart results matching: Rockin' all over the World |publisher= Official Charts Company | access-date= 29 August 2017 }}

"A poxy album," said guitarist and singer Francis Rossi. "There's nothing poxy about Rockin' All Over the World," countered guitarist Rick Parfitt. "It's fucking great. Pip added some class into the production and, from then onwards, we got quite posh – for us." Uncharacteristically, bassist Alan Lancaster agreed with Rossi: "When Pip Williams started producing us was when everything started to go wrong."{{cite magazine|first=Dave|last=Ling|title=Again again again…|magazine=Classic Rock #36|date=January 2002|page=72}}

The title track, written and originally recorded by John Fogerty, was released as a single in September 1977, peaking at #3 in the UK.{{cite web |url= http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/rockin'-all-over-the-world/|title= Official singles Chart results matching: Rockin' all over the World| author= |website= officialcharts.com |publisher= Official Charts Company | access-date= 29 August 2017 }} Its b-side was "Ring of a Change", from their previous studio album Blue for You. No other singles were issued from the album, although "Can't Give You More" was re-recorded by the band for 1991's Rock 'Til You Drop and issued as a single, reaching #37.

The album was reissued by Mercury in 2005 with a bonus track: a cover of the Beatles' "Getting Better", initially recorded in 1976 for the soundtrack of the film All This and World War II. This track was omitted from a deluxe edition released in late 2015; however, for this reissue, the entire album was remixed and reordered by original engineer John Eden. Several of the new mixes feature longer play-outs and the overall sound was stripped back to the core of two guitars, bass and drums, with occasional keyboard parts. As a further bonus, four demos were included.

Track listing

The original album release included the tracks:{{cite web |url= https://www.discogs.com/Status-Quo-Rockin-All-Over-The-World/release/768749|title= Status Quo – Rockin' All Over The World |author= |website= Discogs |date= 11 November 1977 |publisher= Zink Media, Inc. | access-date= 29 August 2017 }}

;Side one

  1. "Hard Time" (Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt) – 4:45
  2. "Can't Give You More" (Rossi, Bob Young) – 4:15
  3. "Let's Ride" (Alan Lancaster) – 3:03
  4. "Baby Boy" (Rossi, Young) – 3:12
  5. "You Don't Own Me" (Lancaster, Mick Green) – 3:03
  6. "Rockers Rollin'" (Parfitt, Jackie Lynton) – 4:19

;Side two

  1. "Rockin' All Over the World" (John Fogerty) – 3:36
  2. "Who Am I" (Pip Williams, Peter Hutchins) – 4:30
  3. "Too Far Gone" (Lancaster) – 3:08
  4. "For You" (Parfitt) – 3:01
  5. "Dirty Water" (Rossi, Young) – 3:51
  6. "Hold You Back" (Rossi, Parfitt, Young) – 4:30

=2005 remaster bonus track=

  1. "Getting Better" (Lennon/McCartney) – 2:19

=2015 deluxe edition bonus tracks: John Eden Remix=

  1. "Hold You Back" - 5:10
  2. "Baby Boy" - 3:18
  3. "Rockers Rollin'" - 4:41
  4. "Who am I?" - 5:10
  5. "Rockin' All Over the World" - 3:50
  6. "Dirty Water" - 4:16
  7. "Can't Give You More" - 5:26
  8. "Let's Ride" - 3:04
  9. "For You" - 3:08
  10. "Too Far Gone" - 3:09
  11. "You Don't Own Me" - 3:29
  12. "Hard Time" - 4:39
  13. "Dirty Water" (1st Demo 1976) - 4:16
  14. "Baby Boy" (1st Demo 1976) - 2:49
  15. "Hard Time" (1st Demo 1976) - 4:47
  16. "Hold You Back" (Studio Demo 1977) - 3:40

Personnel

Credits from Discogs and SoundOnSound.{{cite web |last1=Buskin |first1=Richard |title=Classic Tracks: Status Quo 'Rockin' All Over the World' |url=https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/classic-tracks-status-quo-rockin-all-over-world |website=SoundOnSound |publisher=Sound On Sound |access-date=July 12, 2023}}

Status Quo

Additional personnel

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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|+Weekly chart performance for Rockin' All Over the World

! scope="col"| Chart (1977–1978)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}

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{{album chart|Austria|24|artist=Status Quo|album=Rockin' All Over the World|rowheader=true|access-date=November 8, 2023}}
scope="row"| Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts){{cite book|last=Pennanen|first=Timo|title=Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972|edition=1st|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|location=Helsinki|year=2006|isbn=978-951-1-21053-5 | language= fi}}

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scope="row"| French Albums (SNEP){{Cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Album_S.php |website =Infodisc.fr |language=fr |access-date=9 June 2012 |title=Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artiste – S |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022124902/http://infodisc.fr/Album_A.php |archive-date=22 October 2014 }} Select Status Quo from the menu, then press OK.

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{{Album chart|Netherlands|9|artist=Status Quo|album=Rockin' All Over the World|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 8, 2023}}
{{Album chart|Germany4|7|id=12389|artist=Status Quo|album=Rockin' All Over the World|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 8, 2023}}
{{album chart|New Zealand|29|artist=Status Quo|album=Rockin' All Over the World|rowheader=true|access-date=November 8, 2023}}
{{album chart|Norway|16|artist=Status Quo|album=Rockin' All Over the World|rowheader=true|access-date=November 8, 2023}}
{{Album chart|Sweden|19|artist=Status Quo|album=Rockin' All Over the World|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 8, 2023}}
{{Album chart|UK2|5|date=19771127|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 8, 2023}}

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=Year-end charts=

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|+Year-end chart performance for Rockin' All Over the World

! scope="col" | Chart (1978)

! scope="col" | Position

scope="row" | German Albums (Offizielle Top 100){{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1978|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts|date=1978|publisher=GfK Entertainment Charts|language=de|access-date=2 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023100248/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1978|archive-date=23 October 2021}}

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1977|region=Australia|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=1978|certref=}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=France|award=Gold|source=infodisc|artist=Status Quo|certyear=1978|access-date=16 November 2021}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1977|region=Germany|award=Gold|artist=Status Quo|title=Rocking All Over The World|access-date=20 December 2020}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|type=album|artist=Status Quo|title=Rockin' All Over the World|relyear=1977|certyear=1980|award=Platinum|certref={{cite book|url=http://www.mediafire.com/view/x263f6daopkswo8|title=Sólo Éxitos 1959–2002 Año A Año: Certificados 1979–1990|year=2005|publisher=Iberautor Promociones Culturales|language=es|isbn=8480486392}}|access-date=12 September 2019}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1977|region=Switzerland|award=Gold|certref={{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201220152017/https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/19037/lot/301/|date=20 December 2020|title=Bonhams : Status Quo: a Swiss 'Gold' sales award for the album 'Rockin' All Over The World', October 1978}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=2011|certyear=2021|region=United Kingdom|award=Gold|artist=Status Quo|title=Rockin' All Over The World|access-date=14 September 2021|id=5593-1538-2}}

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References

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Category:Status Quo (band) albums

Category:1977 albums

Category:Capitol Records albums

Category:Vertigo Records albums

Category:Albums produced by Pip Williams