Ain't Complaining

Ain't Complaining
Ain't Complaining
Studio album by Status Quo
Released	6 June 1988
Studio	Chipping Norton (Oxfordshire, England); Ridge Farm Studio (Rusper, UK);
Genre	Rock
Length	52:16
Label	Vertigo
Producer	Pip Williams
Status Quo chronology
Singles from Ain't Complaining
	"Ain't Complaining"; Released: 14 March 1988 ; "Who Gets the Love?"; Released: 9 May 1988 ; "Burning Bridges (On and Off and On Again)"; Released: 21 November 1988 ;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[5]
Kerrang!	^[6]

Ain't Complaining is the eighteenth studio album by British rock band Status Quo. Initially released on the Vertigo label on 6 June 1988, it was the group's first album on that label to fall short of the UK Top 10, breaking a streak of 12 studio albums in the process. It reached no higher than its entry position of number 12 in the UK Albums Chart. The band would re-enter the Top 10 three years later with Rock 'til You Drop.

Ain't Complaining spawned three singles: the title track, the ballad "Who Gets the Love?" and the only UK Top 10 hit among them, "Burning Bridges", which partially incorporated the melody of the traditional folk song "Darby Kelly" within its distinctive instrumental breaks, without crediting it as such. Band members John Edwards and Jeff Rich contributed compositions for the first time since joining Quo. "Another Shipwreck" had originally been a solo track by fellow band member Andy Bown from his 1978 solo album Good Advice^[7] and was released as a single^[8] with him singing lead vocals.^[9] On Ain't Complaining, Francis Rossi sings the song.

An unusual move by Status Quo on this album was the use and endorsement of Charvel guitars.

"The music was too polite," Rick Parfitt later remarked of the album. "There was no weight behind what we were doing. The edge had gone; we weren't real anymore."^[10]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ain't Complaining"	Rick Parfitt Pip Williams	4:40
2.	"Everytime I Think of You"	John Edwards Jeff Rich Mike Paxman	3:49
3.	"One for the Money"	Parfitt Williams	4:52
4.	"Another Shipwreck"	Andy Bown	3:48
5.	"Don't Mind If I Do"	Francis Rossi Edwards	4:41
6.	"I Know You're Leaving"	Eric van Tijn Jochem Fluitsma	4:45
7.	"Cross That Bridge"	John David	3:31
8.	"Cream of the Crop"	Rossi Bernie Frost	4:03
9.	"The Loving Game"	Parfitt Edwards Rich	4:23
10.	"Who Gets the Love?"	Williams John Goodison	5:33
11.	"Burning Bridges"	Rossi Bown	4:19
12.	"Magic"	Rossi Frost	3:52

2006 remaster bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"That's Alright"	Rossi Frost Parfitt	3:29
2.	"Lean Machine"	Rossi Parfitt	3:37
3.	"Halloween"	Parfitt Rossi Williams	4:59
4.	"The Reason for Goodbye"	Williams Johnny Goodison Parfitt Rossi	3:54
5.	"The Greatest Fighter"	Rossi Frost	3:57
6.	"Running All Over the World"	John Fogerty	3:31

2018 Deluxe Edition

Disc one matched the regular album tracklist.

Disc two

"That's Alright" – B-Side – 12″ version of "Ain’t Complaining"
"Lean Machine" – B-Side – 12″ version of "Ain’t Complaining"
"Halloween" – B-Side – 12″ version of "Who Gets the Love?"
"The Reason for Goodbye" – B-Side – 12″ version of "Who Gets the Love?"
"The Greatest Fighter" – Outtake*
"Running All Over the World" – Single
"Ain’t Complaining" – Extended
"Who Gets the Love" – Extended
"Rockin All Over the World" – 1988 Re-recording
"Burning Bridges" – Extended
"Running All Over the World" – Extended
"The Fighter" – Stand Up and Fight Remix – 4 Track Demo*
"The Fighter" – Army Remix – 8 Track Demo*

Disc three (Live at Wembley, 07/07/1988; from BBC broadcast)

"Whatever You Want"
"Little Lady"
"Roll Over Lay Down"
"Cream of The Crop"
"Who Gets the Love"
"Hold You Back"
"Don't Drive My Car"
"Dirty Water"
"In the Army Now"
"Rockin' All Over the World"
"Don't Waste My Time"
"Bye Bye Johnny"

Personnel

Status Quo

Francis Rossi – vocals and lead guitar
Rick Parfitt – vocals and guitar
John Edwards – bass
Andy Bown – keyboards
Jeff Rich – drums

Additional personnel

Bernie Frost – additional vocals
Paul "Wix" Wickens – additional keyboards
Graham Preskett – country violin on "Cross That Bridge" and "Burning Bridges"

Charts

Chart (1988)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[11]	11
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)^[12]	12
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[13]	33
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[14]	13
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[15]	19
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[16]	5
UK Albums (OCC)^[17]	12

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)^[18]	Gold	100,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "UK Albums 2". Statusquo.org.uk. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
^ Hung, Steffen. "Status Quo - Ain't Complaining". Hitparade.ch.
^ Hung, Steffen. "Status Quo - Who Gets The Love?". Hitparade.ch.
^ Hung, Steffen. "Status Quo - Burning Bridges (On And Off And On Again)". Hitparade.ch.
^ Thompson, Dave. "Status Quo Ain't Complaining review". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
^ Reynolds, Dave (11 June 1988). "Review: Status Quo – Ain't Complaining". Kerrang!. 191. London, UK: Spotlight Publications Ltd.: 18.
^ "Andy Bown - Another Shipwreck". Discogs.com. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
^ "Andy Bown - Good Advice". Discogs.com. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
^ "TOPPOP: Andy Bown - Another Shipwreck". Retrieved 8 December 2022 – via YouTube.
^ Ling, Dave (March 2017). "R.I.P. Rick Parfitt". Classic Rock. No. 233. p. 51.
^ "Austriancharts.at – Status Quo – Ain't Complaining" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Status Quo – Ain't Complaining" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Status Quo – Ain't Complaining". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
^ "Swedishcharts.com – Status Quo – Ain't Complaining". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
^ "Swisscharts.com – Status Quo – Ain't Complaining". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
^ "British album certifications – Status Quo – Ain't Complaining". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

[1] "UK Albums 2". Statusquo.org.uk. Retrieved 21 October 2022.

[2] Hung, Steffen. "Status Quo - Ain't Complaining". Hitparade.ch.

[3] Hung, Steffen. "Status Quo - Who Gets The Love?". Hitparade.ch.

[4] Hung, Steffen. "Status Quo - Burning Bridges (On And Off And On Again)". Hitparade.ch.

[5] Thompson, Dave. "Status Quo Ain't Complaining review". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 September 2011.

[6] Reynolds, Dave (11 June 1988). "Review: Status Quo – Ain't Complaining". Kerrang!. 191. London, UK: Spotlight Publications Ltd.: 18.

[7] "Andy Bown - Another Shipwreck". Discogs.com. Retrieved 8 December 2022.

[8] "Andy Bown - Good Advice". Discogs.com. Retrieved 8 December 2022.

[9] "TOPPOP: Andy Bown - Another Shipwreck". Retrieved 8 December 2022 – via YouTube.

[10] Ling, Dave (March 2017). "R.I.P. Rick Parfitt". Classic Rock. No. 233. p. 51.

[ac_Austria_Status_Quo-11] "Austriancharts.at – Status Quo – Ain't Complaining" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 8, 2023.

[FINI-12] Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.

[ac_Germany_Status_Quo-13] "Offiziellecharts.de – Status Quo – Ain't Complaining" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved November 8, 2023.

[ac_Norway_Status_Quo-14] "Norwegiancharts.com – Status Quo – Ain't Complaining". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 8, 2023.

[ac_Sweden_Status_Quo-15] "Swedishcharts.com – Status Quo – Ain't Complaining". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 8, 2023.

[ac_Switzerland_Status_Quo-16] "Swisscharts.com – Status Quo – Ain't Complaining". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 8, 2023.

[ac_UK2_-17] "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 8, 2023.

[United_KingdomStatus_QuoAin't_ComplainingalbumCertRef-18] "British album certifications – Status Quo – Ain't Complaining". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

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v t e Status Quo
Francis Rossi Andy Bown John 'Rhino' Edwards Leon Cave Richie Malone Alan Lancaster John Coghlan Roy Lynes Rick Parfitt Pete Kircher Jeff Rich Matt Letley
Studio albums	Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo Spare Parts Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon Dog of Two Head Piledriver Hello! Quo On the Level Blue for You Rockin' All Over the World If You Can't Stand the Heat... Whatever You Want Just Supposin' Never Too Late 1+9+8+2 Back to Back In the Army Now Ain't Complaining Perfect Remedy Rock 'til You Drop Thirsty Work Don't Stop Under the Influence Famous in the Last Century Heavy Traffic Riffs The Party Ain't Over Yet In Search of the Fourth Chord Quid Pro Quo Bula Quo! Aquostic Aquostic II Backbone
Live albums	Live! Live at the NEC Live Alive Quo Live at the BBC
Box sets	From the Makers of...
Compilation albums	12 Gold Bars 12 Gold Bars Vol. 2 Rocking All Over the Years Whatever You Want – The Very Best of Status Quo XS All Areas – The Greatest Hits Pictures – 40 Years of Hits Accept No Substitute! The Definitive Hits
Singles	"Pictures of Matchstick Men" "Ice in the Sun" "Are You Growing Tired of My Love" "The Price of Love" "Down the Dustpipe" "In My Chair" "Paper Plane" "Mean Girl" "Caroline" "Break the Rules" "Down Down" "Roll Over Lay Down" "Rain" "Mystery Song" "The Wild Side of Life" "Rockin' All Over the World" "Rockers Rollin' / Hold You Back" "Again and Again" "Accident Prone" "Whatever You Want" "Living on an Island" "What You're Proposing" "Lies" / "Don't Drive my Car" "Something 'Bout You Baby I Like" "Rock 'n' Roll" "Dear John" "She Don't Fool Me" "Ol' Rag Blues" "A Mess of Blues" "Marguerita Time" "Going Down Town Tonight" "The Wanderer" "Rollin' Home" "Red Sky" "In the Army Now" "Dreamin'" "Ain't Complaining" "Who Gets the Love?" "Running All Over the World" "Burning Bridges" "Not at All" "Little Dreamer" "The Anniversary Waltz (Parts One and Two)" "Can't Give You More" "Rock 'til You Drop" "Roadhouse Medley" "Come On You Reds" "I Didn't Mean It" "Sherri, Don't Fail Me Now!" "Restless" "When You Walk in the Room" "Fun Fun Fun" "Don't Stop" "All Around My Hat" "The Way It Goes" "Little White Lies" "Twenty Wild Horses" "Mony Mony" "Old Time Rock and Roll" "Jam Side Down" "All Stand Up" "You'll Come 'Round" "Thinking of You" "The Party Ain't Over Yet" "All That Counts Is Love" "Beginning of the End" "It's Christmas Time"
Other songs	"Forty Five Hundred Times" "Bye Bye Johnny" "Jump That Rock (Whatever You Want)"
See also	Discography Members Bob Young Bula Quo!

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