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The change was going on. In 1971, while Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, and Black Sabbath were competing to be considered the genuine pioneers of the hard rock genre, Status Quo was involved in an inner struggle to find themselves and their own sound. Nobody would have said then that a few years later, Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt, Alan Lancaster, and John Coghlan would be fighting in the peak of European charts with the groups before mentioned. Dog of Two Head was going to be their first step, a very powerful one, in being considered a serious and significant rock band and not another easy-come, easy-go psychedelic group. This was their first record where the basic wall of sound formed by mighty guitar-bass-drums won the game to the more flavored sound of their beginnings. The band forsook psychedelic experimentation and delved into more blues-oriented rock rhythms. The record contained the revision of the Arabesque "Gerdundula," one of their most intriguing tunes and a favorite in the concerts of years to come. They began to show that year their love for boogie rock in the long and powerful "Umleitung" and in "Someone's Learning," which proved to be one of the rare occasions the band touched on political issues (Irish terrorist quarrels, in this case). The album also contains the intimate ballad "Na Na Na," a two-minute résumé of the composition techniques and humble philosophy of Status Quo ("Writing words that I feel I should change/It's all right if they sound just like other songs/Making sounds that can go on and on/It's all right if you stay right on to the end"). Finally, Dog of Two Head includes one of the most brilliant compositions of the band, the stunning "Railroad." Maybe the record is not as representative of Status Quo's sound as Hello! or On the Level, but it keeps being one of the band's more unusual and inspired achievements. They were going to find their characteristic sound in their posterior effort, Piledriver, but never again were they going to sound as innovative and inventive as they sound here
© Robert Aniento /TiVo
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John Schroeder, Producer - Alan Lancaster, Composer - Status Quo, Performance, MainArtist - Roy Lynes, Composer
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1971 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Robert Young, Composer - John Schroeder, Producer - Francis Rossi, Composer - Status Quo, Composer, MainArtist - Bob Young, Composer
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1971 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
John Schroeder, Producer - Status Quo, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1971 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
John Schroeder, Producer - Francis Rossi, Composer - Status Quo, Performance, MainArtist - Bob Young, Composer
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1971 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Robert Young, Composer - John Schroeder, Producer - Francis Rossi, Composer - Status Quo, Composer, MainArtist - Bob Young, Composer
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1971 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Robert Young, Composer - Colin James, Composer - John Schroeder, Producer - Francis Rossi, Composer - Status Quo, Composer, Performance, MainArtist - John Manston, Composer
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1971 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Robert Young, Composer - John Schroeder, Producer - Francis Rossi, Composer - Status Quo, Composer, Performance, MainArtist - Bob Young, Composer
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1971 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
John Schroeder, Producer - Alan Lancaster, Composer - Status Quo, Composer, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1971 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Robert Young, Composer - John Schroeder, Producer - Francis Rossi, Composer - Status Quo, Composer, MainArtist - Bob Young, Composer
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1971 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Francis Rossi, Composer - Status Quo, Performance, MainArtist - Bob Young, Composer
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1971 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Robert Young, Composer - Tom King, Composer - Chuck Berry, Composer - The Doors, Composer - John Fogerty, Composer - John David, Composer - Ronnie Scott, Composer - John Schroeder, Producer - Francis Rossi, Composer - Marty Wilde, Composer - Alan Lancaster, Composer - John Coghlan, Composer - Status Quo, Composer, Performance, MainArtist - Rick Parfitt, Composer - Bob Young, Composer - Larry Bright, Composer - Carl Groszman, Composer - Bernard Frost, Composer - Fred Mendolsohn, Composer - Nicholas Dominic, Composer
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1970 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
John Schroeder, Producer - Status Quo, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1970 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Francis Rossi, Composer - Status Quo, Performance, MainArtist - Bob Young, Composer
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1972 BBC. Licensed courtesy of BBC Worldwide to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG company
Robert Young, Composer - Francis Rossi, Composer - Status Quo, Composer, Performance, MainArtist - Bob Young, Composer
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1972 BBC. Licensed courtesy of BBC Worldwide to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG company
Album review
The change was going on. In 1971, while Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, and Black Sabbath were competing to be considered the genuine pioneers of the hard rock genre, Status Quo was involved in an inner struggle to find themselves and their own sound. Nobody would have said then that a few years later, Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt, Alan Lancaster, and John Coghlan would be fighting in the peak of European charts with the groups before mentioned. Dog of Two Head was going to be their first step, a very powerful one, in being considered a serious and significant rock band and not another easy-come, easy-go psychedelic group. This was their first record where the basic wall of sound formed by mighty guitar-bass-drums won the game to the more flavored sound of their beginnings. The band forsook psychedelic experimentation and delved into more blues-oriented rock rhythms. The record contained the revision of the Arabesque "Gerdundula," one of their most intriguing tunes and a favorite in the concerts of years to come. They began to show that year their love for boogie rock in the long and powerful "Umleitung" and in "Someone's Learning," which proved to be one of the rare occasions the band touched on political issues (Irish terrorist quarrels, in this case). The album also contains the intimate ballad "Na Na Na," a two-minute résumé of the composition techniques and humble philosophy of Status Quo ("Writing words that I feel I should change/It's all right if they sound just like other songs/Making sounds that can go on and on/It's all right if you stay right on to the end"). Finally, Dog of Two Head includes one of the most brilliant compositions of the band, the stunning "Railroad." Maybe the record is not as representative of Status Quo's sound as Hello! or On the Level, but it keeps being one of the band's more unusual and inspired achievements. They were going to find their characteristic sound in their posterior effort, Piledriver, but never again were they going to sound as innovative and inventive as they sound here
© Robert Aniento /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:55:55
- Main artists: Status Quo
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Castle Communications
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
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