Ain't Complaining


Ain't Complaining is the eighteenth studio album by British rock band Status Quo. Initially released on the Vertigo label on 13 June 1988, it was the group's first album on that label to fall short of the UK Top 10, reaching no higher than its entry position of No. 12.
It spawned three singles: the title track, the ballad "Who Gets the Love?" and the only Top 10 hit among them, the jaunty "Burning Bridges", which essentially replicated the melody of the traditional folk song "Darby Kelly" within its distinctive instrumental breaks, without crediting it as such. John Edwards and Jeff Rich contributed compositions for the first time since joining Quo.
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."

Track listing

  1. "Ain't Complaining" – 4:40
  2. "Everytime I Think of You" – 3:49
  3. "One for the Money" – 4:52
  4. "Another Shipwreck" – 3:48
  5. "Don't Mind If I Do" – 4:41
  6. "I Know You're Leaving" – 4:45
  7. "Cross That Bridge" – 3:31
  8. "Cream of the Crop" – 4:03
  9. "The Loving Game" – 4:23
  10. "Who Gets the Love?" – 5:33
  11. "Burning Bridges" – 4:19
  12. "Magic" – 3:52

    2006 reissue bonus tracks

September 2018 Deluxe 3 CD Edition Disc Two (Disc one was the regular album release)

  1. That's Alright – B-Side – 12″ version of Ain’t Complaining
  2. Lean Machine – B-Side – 12″ version of Ain’t Complaining
  3. Halloween – B-Side – 12″ version of Who Gets the Love?
  4. The Reason for Goodbye – B-Side – 12″ version of Who Gets the Love?
  5. The Greatest Fighter – Outtake*
  6. Running All Over the World – Single
  7. Ain’t Complaining – Extended
  8. Who Gets the Love? – Extended
  9. Rockin All Over the World – 1988 Re- Recording
  10. Burning Bridges – Extended
  11. Running All Over the World – Extended
  12. The Fighter – Stand Up and Fight remix – Track 4*
  13. The Fighter – Army Remix – Track 8*

    September 2018 Deluxe 3 CD Edition Disc Three (WEMBLEY – 07/07/1988, from BBC broadcast)

  14. Whatever You Want
  15. Little Lady
  16. Roll Over Lay Down
  17. Cream of The Crop
  18. Who Gets the Love
  19. Hold You Back
  20. Don't Drive My Car
  21. Dirty Water
  22. In the Army Now
  23. Rockin' All Over the World
  24. Don't Waste My Time
  25. Bye Bye Johnny

    Personnel

Status Quo:
Additional personnel: